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Pulling the magical lever

September 6, 2018

Pulling the magical lever A critical analysis of techno-utopian imaginaries Image: Pixabay Ideas about the importance of the imagination in an age of political and ecological crisis are popping up everywhere: in the arts, in activism and other forms of politics, and in a wide range of academic disciplines and fields. This blog is one […]

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Stockman to Trump: It’s the Economy, Stupid

February 9, 2017

Stockman to Trump: It’s the Economy, Stupid In a recent appearance on CNN, David Stockman suggested that Trump might best spend some time actually addressing economic issues instead of the administration’s travel ban for immigrants from Middle Eastern countries, which Stockman called “a giant misfire.” Pointing out that Americans are far, far more likely to be struck […]

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China Moves Forward with Its De-Dollarization Strategy

October 23, 2016

China Moves Forward with Its De-Dollarization Strategy  The world monetary order is changing. Slowly but steadily, global trade and currency markets are becoming less dollar-centric. Formerly marginal currencies such as the Chinese yuan now stand to become serious competitors to U.S. dollar dominance. Could gold also begin to emerge as a leading currency in world […]

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“Free Stuff” Isn’t All That It’s Cracked Up to Be

April 8, 2016

“Free Stuff” Isn’t All That It’s Cracked Up to Be  To my British and American friends who must deal with the socialist nonsense of Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn, I found this poem. It was written by Rudyard Kipling, the writer most hated by English Socialists in the 40s and an opponent to the interventionist […]

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The Formlessness of Progressivism

December 30, 2015

The Formlessness of Progressivism Progressives are often good people with good intentions. However, modern Progressivism has evolved into something so shapeless and amorphous as to amount to little more than a belief in “things that sound nice.” Mainstream Progressives have done an abysmal job of outlining precisely, in their view, the proper role of government […]

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Sheldon Wolin and Inverted Totalitarianism

November 2, 2015

Sheldon Wolin and Inverted Totalitarianism    Sheldon Wolin discusses his ideas with Chris Hedges in this still from Hedges’ interview with Wolin for The Real News Network. (TRNN via YouTube) Sheldon Wolin, our most important contemporary political theorist, died Oct. 21 at the age of 93. In his books “Democracy Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted […]

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Today’s Anti-Capitalists Ignore the Fundamental Problems of Socialism

July 29, 2015

Today’s Anti-Capitalists Ignore the Fundamental Problems of Socialism Anti-market and pro-socialist rhetoric is surging in headlines (see also here, here, and here) and popping up more and more on social media feeds. Much of the time, these opponents of markets can’t tell the difference between state-sponsored organizations like the International Monetary Fund and actual markets. But, that doesn’t matter because the articles and […]

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