In the writings of Karl Marx we find the most penetrating theoretical construction of the basic laws of motion of capitalism, and…
[These remarks were prepared for the North Atlantic Left Dialogue, Berlin, November 22-23. See http://www.left-dialogue.org/] The discussion of electoral politics needs to…
A talk given to actists @ the Left Labor Project, January 6, 2009. The title for my talk I was given is…
Like many people who do not live around here, and maybe some who do, I had not heard of Will Miller, so,…
This essay examines aspects of the global political economy that I hope will inform progressive governments and movements for social change. It…
In April 2008 Josette Sheeran, executive director of the UN World Food Program, spoke publicly of a silent tsunami, “that threatens…
Mainstream finance theory of the sort taught to millions of undergraduates each year features the fairy tale of rational expectations, efficient capital…
The close relation between war and natural resources is of long standing. What else was colonial conquest about? Vast estates held by…
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