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The New Game-Changing Inequality Database. Radio-Free Humanity, Ep. 14
The co-hosts discuss the new prototype account for the distribution of “personal income”—what share of income is obtained by the top 1%, the bottom 10%, and so on—unveiled earlier this month by the U.S. government agency that reports Gross Domestic … Continue reading
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The Tankie Craze, Part 2. Radio Free Humanity Ep. 13
In a previous episode of this podcast series, MHI organizational secretary Anne Jaclard discussed her relationships with former “Tankie” and “soft-Stalinist” youth who are now disillusioned with Stalinism and have reached out to MHI. The latest episode features two of … Continue reading
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Inequality of Wealth in the US; Radio Free Humanity, ep. 12
Brendan interviews Andrew about his recent study “Wealth Inequality in the U.S.: Its Level, Trend, and Significance.” They discuss differences between what the wealthy own and what working people own––the massive difference in the amount, but also how the … Continue reading
Defending, and Transcending, Liberal Democracy- Radio Free Humanity; Episode 11
Episode 11: Defending, and Transcending, Liberal Democracy The co-hosts interview Adam Plante, a young New York City education activist and Marxist-Humanist thinker, about his work on liberal democracy. With respect to the current moment, they discuss such topics as Plante’s … Continue reading
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Radio Free Humanity, Episode 2: Fighting White Nationalism
In this episode of “Radio Free Humanity: The Marxist-Humanist Podcast,” we draw lessons from Karl Marx’s political writings to better understand the political orientation needed today to best fight the scourge of white nationalism. Andrew Kliman discusses some of his … Continue reading
New Podcast: Radio Free Humanity
I started a new podcast with Andrew Kliman. We discuss politics, philosophy, etc. We will release two episodes a month. Listen on SoundCloud. Comment and Discuss here.
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Abstract Labor- Capital chapter one
Capital Chapter 1 Compared with the Critique of Political Economy, Capital’s opening exposition is much clearer and more powerful, due in large part to the category of ‘intrinsic value’ which Marx introduces. Commodities have an intrinsic value which is expressed … Continue reading
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Tagged abstract labor, capital, commodity, marx, physiological, universal, value-form
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Abstract Labor- Critique of Political Economy
Critique of Political Economy , Chapter One [I am using some obscure edition from 1904 by International Library Publishing Co. NI Stone translation. So I’m sure the page numbers will be of no use to anyone. Sorry. However a few … Continue reading
Indirectly Social Labor
Indirectly Social Labor (This is a draft chapter. Comments appreciated.) This chapter considers Marx’s distinction between directly social and indirectly social labor. Indirectly social labor is a key concept used by Marx to characterize the distinctive nature of capitalism. Any … Continue reading
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Tagged communism, dependence, directly social labor, humanist, indirectly social labor, marx, money, particular, post festum, rubin, universal, value
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