Stephen Maher, Author at ZNetwork
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3232Under Capitalism, Democracy Stops at the Economy
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/under-capitalism-democracy-stops-at-the-economy/
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/under-capitalism-democracy-stops-at-the-economy/#respondTue, 10 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0000https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1294581The dominant mode of socialist analysis of contemporary capitalism very often focuses on its corruption or decay through financialization, monopolization, deregulation, or corporate influence over politics. Financial parasitism, the extraction of rent by “technofeudal” overlords, and political corruption are seen as aberrations that have sapped capitalism of its competitive vitality, resulting in exploding economic inequality [...]]]>https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/under-capitalism-democracy-stops-at-the-economy/feed/0We Can Organize Amazon, but Only If We Understand It
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/we-can-organize-amazon-but-only-if-we-understand-it/
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/we-can-organize-amazon-but-only-if-we-understand-it/#respondMon, 10 Mar 2025 15:47:03 +0000https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1280801If we count Amazon’s roughly 500,000 subcontracted drivers alongside its 1.5 million employees, this modern corporate behemoth is likely the largest employer in the country — edging out Walmart, which has held that designation for three decades. It is second only to Walmart in total revenue (a fact that may well change very soon, too), and [...]]]>https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/we-can-organize-amazon-but-only-if-we-understand-it/feed/0Book launch: The Fall and Rise of American Finance
https://znetwork.org/zvideo/book-launch-the-fall-and-rise-of-american-finance/
https://znetwork.org/zvideo/book-launch-the-fall-and-rise-of-american-finance/#respondSun, 05 May 2024 15:31:07 +0000https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1265933With authors Scott Aquanno and Steve Maher. Moderated by Lenart Nici. Recorded in Toronto, 27 April, 2024. The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is proud to present the launch of the new book from Scott Aquanno and Steve Maher: The Fall and Rise of American Finance: From J.P. Morgan to Blackrock (Verso, 2024). Today, it is [...]]]>https://znetwork.org/zvideo/book-launch-the-fall-and-rise-of-american-finance/feed/0The Power of Finance Is Inherent to Capitalism
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-power-of-finance-is-inherent-to-capitalism/
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-power-of-finance-is-inherent-to-capitalism/#respondSun, 14 Apr 2024 13:56:18 +0000https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1265005Much of the Left sees finance as being parasitic on industry. Financialization, in this view, amounts to financial institutions capturing the state, hollowing out the “real” economy, and hastening the decline of capitalism. But if we survey the last century of capitalist development, we find that, despite the costs to workers and the middle class, [...]]]>https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-power-of-finance-is-inherent-to-capitalism/feed/0The State Organizes the Capitalist Class
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-state-organizes-the-capitalist-class/
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-state-organizes-the-capitalist-class/#respondSun, 15 May 2022 11:27:40 +0000https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1058230https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-state-organizes-the-capitalist-class/feed/0The Obama Doctrine?
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-obama-doctrine-by-stephen-maher/
https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-obama-doctrine-by-stephen-maher/#respondMon, 03 Mar 2008 05:00:00 +0000https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-obama-doctrine-by-stephen-maher/feed/0
The dominant mode of socialist analysis of contemporary capitalism very often focuses on its corruption or decay through financialization, monopolization, deregulation, or corporate influence over politics. Financial parasitism, the extraction of rent by “technofeudal” overlords, and political corruption are seen as aberrations that have sapped capitalism of its competitive vitality, resulting in exploding economic inequality [...]]]>
If we count Amazon’s roughly 500,000 subcontracted drivers alongside its 1.5 million employees, this modern corporate behemoth is likely the largest employer in the country — edging out Walmart, which has held that designation for three decades. It is second only to Walmart in total revenue (a fact that may well change very soon, too), and [...]]]>
With authors Scott Aquanno and Steve Maher. Moderated by Lenart Nici. Recorded in Toronto, 27 April, 2024. The Leo Panitch School for Socialist Education is proud to present the launch of the new book from Scott Aquanno and Steve Maher: The Fall and Rise of American Finance: From J.P. Morgan to Blackrock (Verso, 2024). Today, it is [...]]]>
Much of the Left sees finance as being parasitic on industry. Financialization, in this view, amounts to financial institutions capturing the state, hollowing out the “real” economy, and hastening the decline of capitalism. But if we survey the last century of capitalist development, we find that, despite the costs to workers and the middle class, [...]]]>