This is a weekly thread in which we read through books on and related to imperialism and geopolitics. Last week's thread is here. ... read full post
This is a weekly thread in which we read through books on and related to imperialism and geopolitics. Last week's thread is here. ... read full post
This is a weekly thread in which we read through books on and related to imperialism and geopolitics. Last week's thread is here. ... read full post
Ståhl argued that a welfare state needed an efficient system for calculating the value of an individual over the life cycle, because without this indicative value, all forms of social planning would be suboptimal. Such a system appeared grotesque in its extreme rationality, but in Ståhl’s argument figured both a social-capital argument in the Chicago school sense, and an idea that the welfare state replaced possible market solutions to the same problem of human value. ... read full post
perry anderson slop 
About 50 minutes ... read full post
Edited with some reading notes. Starting with Anderson on Nationalism: ... read full post
This is a weekly thread in which we read through books on and related to imperialism and geopolitics. Last week's thread is here. ... read full post
This is a weekly thread in which we read through books on and related to imperialism and geopolitics. Last week's thread is here. ... read full post
brief overview of academia heads and different conceptions of settlerism
We will pause the Capital Reading Group until the site is migrated and solidified. I don't think it's fair for those that aren't on Chapo.Chat to miss the discussions.
If you want to continue onward I recommend it. It's also a great chance to catch up!
Welcome to the fifth week of the Imperialism Reading Group! Last week's thread is here. ... read full post
Hop in, comrades, we are reading Capital Volumes I-III this year, and we will every year until Communism is achieved. (Volume IV, often published under the title Theories of Surplus Value, will not be included, but comrades are welcome to set up other bookclubs.) This works out to about 6½ pages a day for a year, 46 pages a week. ... read full post
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Welcome to the fourth week of the Imperialism Reading Group! Last week's thread is here. ... read full post
I'm reading through the introduction. I have real familiarity with Trotsky and his theories, but, it would seem that Desai's formulation of Geopolitical Economy is centered on restoring his generalized theory of "Uneven and Combined Development". Naturally, there is a lot more to it than that, but I found it interesting considering just how much disdain there is for Trotsky both historically but as a developer of theory. ... read full post
Hop in, comrades, we are reading Capital Volumes I-III this year, and we will every year until Communism is achieved. (Volume IV, often published under the title Theories of Surplus Value, will not be included, but comrades are welcome to set up other bookclubs.) This works out to about 6½ pages a day for a year, 46 pages a week. ... read full post
Welcome to the third week of the Imperialism Reading Group! Last week's thread is here. ... read full post
Inspired by discussions our Capital Vol. I Chapter 3 discussions on money I decided to finally set down and give this article by Michael Roberts, The Modern Monetary Trick a read. Especially since we had discussion contrasting Marx's theory of money with that of MMT. I thought I'd share the article here, and give a brief rundown of Robert's main points as I understood them. ... read full post
Hop in, comrades, we are reading Capital Volumes I-III this year, and we will every year until Communism is achieved. (Volume IV, often published under the title Theories of Surplus Value, will not be included, but comrades are welcome to set up other bookclubs.) This works out to about 6½ pages a day for a year, 46 pages a week. ... read full post
Welcome to the second week of the Imperialism Reading Group! Last week's thread is here. ... read full post
and I can see why Marx felt compelled to dunk on it, despite the amount of work it would have required. ... read full post
Hop in, comrades, we are reading Capital Volumes I-III this year, and we will every year until Communism is achieved. (Volume IV, often published under the title Theories of Surplus Value, will not be included, but comrades are welcome to set up other bookclubs.) This works out to about 6½ pages a day for a year, 46 pages a week. ... read full post
Welcome to the first week of the Imperialism Reading Group! ... read full post
Hop in, comrades, we are reading Capital Volumes I-III this year, and we will every year until Communism is achieved. (Volume IV, often published under the title Theories of Surplus Value, will not be included, but comrades are welcome to set up other bookclubs.) This works out to about 6½ pages a day for a year, 46 pages a week. ... read full post