Things feel pretty damn dystopian right now. Oh, capitalism has almost always seemed to have this edge of injustice and greed, but these days things are reaching nightmare levels of aaaaAAAA and No, my God, please, no! Inflation is rising its ugly head and many workers feel like their walletsRead More →
Capitalism creates inequalities. Nature creates inequality. Different socio-economic systems reward different natural inequalities – intelligence, physical health, strength and beauty – with the incentives they create. Capitalism rewards the “bourgeois values” whose left makes fun of: economy, honesty, perseverance, hard work, prudence, tolerance and civility. Socialism rewards cruelty. Material inequalityRead More →
Several political commentators have recently speculated that neoliberalism is dead. It’s not. This arguably soulless economic philosophy is evident in the new US Supreme Court ruling that has disarmed the federal government’s best weapon against global climate change. The court ruled that without specific direction from Congress, the Environmental ProtectionRead More →
By Nikos Mottas. “The least we owe Ukraine is full support, and to do that we need a stronger NATO. […] Today, one cannot be on the left if one does not stand unequivocally behind Ukraine” (The Guardian, June 21, 2022). Who is the author of the above words? IsRead More →
Placeholder while loading article actions You might expect to find skeptics of capitalism in sociology or anthropology departments – and let’s be honest, capitalism doesn’t have as many fans lately. But you would think that the basis of our great American economic system could at least count on the approvalRead More →
By Richard Katz* For six long months, the Kishida administration, aided by outside advisers from universities and start-ups, has struggled to translate Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s mantra of a “new form of capitalism” into concrete policies. The final product rather hollow than the Cabinet approved June 7, 2022 must haveRead More →
Gustavo Petro, candidate of the pseudo-left coalition Pacto Histórico (Historical Pact), was elected president of Colombia last Sunday. With 50.44% of the vote, he beat the fascist candidate Rodolfo Hernandéz, nicknamed the “Colombian Trump”, who obtained 47.04%. The result was heralded as the first victory for a “left-wing government” inRead More →
The blame game on soaring prices is on. Was it too much central bank money pumped in for too long that caused inflation to take off? Was it China, where most physical production had moved before the pandemic locked down the country and disrupted global supply chains? Was it Russia,Read More →
Beginning in the 19th and 20th centuries, during the era of the reconstruction of the United States that followed the American Civil War, an important debate emerged in this country. It was the time after the official abolition of slavery – after Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas on JuneRead More →
Roger Olson, Emeritus Professor of Christian Theology at Baylor University, recently published an essay titled “Why I’m a Socialist: Because I’m a Christian.” He added, “I think laissez-faire capitalism, especially its social Darwinist variety, is contrary to the spirit, the ethos, of Jesus Christ, which is compassion for the weak,Read More →
It’s counter-intuitive, but companies worry too much about money. They remind me of a creature that only wants to inhale and never exhale, which is anathema to the Yin-Yang of Nature. They must learn to breathe normally, which is a process of give and take. It’s normal to “lose money”Read More →
Five years after the disastrous Grenfell fire, justice still seems a long way off for the victims of this tragedy and their families. Far from doing justice, the ongoing investigation sheds light on the litany of failures of those responsible for this disaster and their motivations. Whether it’sRead More →
By Margaret Kimberly The following article was published on Black Agenda Report on May 29. The shortage of infant formula is not a problem in the system. It actually illustrates all that is wrong when the profit motive reigns. Capitalism cannot ensure a food supply or anything else that humansRead More →
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer promised Sen. Amy Klobuchar that his “Online Innovation and Choice Act” would soon get a floor vote. If passed, it will subject American businesses to a degree of centralized control that will amount to socialism. There is no mystery as to why progressive Democrats areRead More →
Award: Why I hate capitalism and you should too: the opposite is not the socialism they scare you with. June 02, 2022 1:00 p.m. PDT by Egberto Willies, 6 7 Please login or register to continue. An incident with the hitch of my car and a mechanic was the lastRead More →
Capitalism is dead in Australia. Long live capitalism. The economic system that made the West rich has been defeated – by itself. It was the election of new awakened capital vs old lazy capital which saw the new kids win while the old ones slept. Having recently watched the GreensRead More →
Fox cartoon “The simpsons” just wrapped up season 33 on May 22 with a heartbreaking attack on capitalism and how the middle class has been torn apart. It featured a singing janitor played by actor Hugh Jackman and a professorial cameo by socialist Robert Reich, who was onceRead More →
The era of modern American business is defined by CEOs celebrated for their wild growth, wild personalities, and wild wealth. Why is it important: Leading my second company as CEO, I am increasingly convinced that this model of fame, growth at all costs and growth at all costs will notRead More →
No one has appreciated the power of capitalism better than its greatest antagonist, Karl Marx. Born of the Enlightenment, embodied by the Industrial Revolution, capitalism, according to Marx, “has accomplished marvels far beyond the Egyptian pyramids, Roman aqueducts and Gothic cathedrals. . . achieve more massive and colossal productive forcesRead More →
“When you work here, you join a family.” These are the words that were spoken to me during my integration day for a job in a paper mill, at the age of 19. Many will have heard similar statements at some point in their journey into gainful employment. This livelyRead More →
By Bhabani Shankar Nayak* A very well-meaning comrade called me a multi-versal Marxist with a savage smile full of English irony while presiding over my book publishing function at the Marx Memorial Library, London. I dedicate this piece to him…There is no other philosopher who is more abused and misunderstoodRead More →
Every once in a while, an old claim goes viral: capitalism is ruining the planet. The argument is that capitalism needs economic growth to sustain itself. And economic growth requires more production, which means more carbon emissions and pollution. Therefore, capitalism is bad for the environment. A recent viral tweetRead More →
DR Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr can be expected to continue his father’s original labor export policy. What he says goes against all of the state’s presumed commitments. It is an obligation, a democratic and constitutional duty of the state, to provide meaningful and humane jobs in the Philippines. Workers mustRead More →
On Sunday May 1, after being kicked out of the English Football League three years previously, Bury FC were taken out of administration in a fan-led takeover. This will see the club’s majority stake transferred to the Bury Football Club Supporters’ Society – no doubt a huge relief forRead More →
The United States faces a growing national shortage of infant formula. At the start of 2021, the national infant formula stock-out rate fluctuated between 2% and 8%. The stock-out rate began to increase in July, eventually reaching 31%. And then, in the last three weeks of April, the rate suddenlyRead More →
Socialist Register 2022New polarizations and old contradictions:The crisis of centrismEdited by Greg Albo and Colin Leys320 pages; 978-1-58367-937-1; $29 paper Reviewed by Seth Sandronsky Socialist Register 2022 provides a thought-provoking analysis of the factors and forces driving multiple polarizations in our world. They include nation and race identities, social classRead More →
Demonstration: “people not profits” Getty In the 1970s, a small group of activists and their allies came together and embarked on an unlikely quest to redefine what is good for society and enact discriminatory public policy to help themselves. Now, in 2022, their supporters are celebrating not only victory, butRead More →
If Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels were somehow transported to the present day and given a newspaper, the apparent absence of class conflict would probably make revolutionaries believe they had won. They would see a society divided on all sorts of issues – from identity politics to the right COVID-19Read More →
This is the report given by Nick Beams at the May Day 2022 online rally held on May Day. Beans is a longtime leader of the International Committee of the Fourth International and an expert on Marxist economics. To see all the speeches, visit wsws.org/mayday. Nick Beams, leading member ofRead More →
The strategy adopted by central governments to manage the economic downturn of COVID-19 was simple: bail out the entire capitalist class. Governments in the industrialized world, including that of the United States, have spent billions of dollars providing subsidies to owners, multinational corporations and financiers throughout the pandemic. Although vaccinesRead More →
Russia’s war on Ukraine both reflects and deepens a global split that should remind us of Karl Marx’s famous remark: “No social order ever disappears until all productive forces, for which there is place, have been developed; and new higher relations of production never appear until the material conditions ofRead More →
I Recently Decided The Kid With One F Is Old Enough To Watch Netflix stranger things. It may or may not be because I wanted to do a rewatch before the season premiere next month and it was a good way to claim living room TV without a fight. GoodRead More →
review of Socialism for soloists by William Edmundson (Polity, 2021) John Rawls was arguably the greatest liberal philosopher of the 20th century. But by the end of his life – he died in 2002, aged eighty-one – he had become a persistent critic of capitalism. In his 2001 book, JusticeRead More →
A divided Germany offered a solid basis for comparison, with a market economy system in the West and a planned economy system in the East. German historian Hubertus Knabe, a leading expert on the history of the GDR, observed: “One of the biggest climate killers in the world was, inRead More →
Despite unprecedented extreme weather, droughts, floods and fires increasing every year, we see little or no action from capitalist leaders that matches the urgency of the crisis. Action must be taken immediately to end the use of fossil fuels, restore ecosystems and transform our relationship with the planet to secureRead More →
By Carl D. RafothCANFIELD, Ohio – George Gilder, renowned economic theorist and prolific author, recently published an article answering the question: what is capitalism? It traces its meaning back to Karl Marx who defined capital as “embodied in machines and resources.” The word capital derives from the Latin word caputRead More →
You can attribute just about everything you have touched, eaten or worn today to capitalism. But you can also blame it for some of the world’s worst problems. Is it broken? Or an urgent need to reinvent? Session 2 of TED2022 featured five thought-provoking talks that brought us to someRead More →
This week, the Conservative government announced that the UK is set to embrace the cryptocurrency craze, in a bid to attract investors from around the world. Instead of welcoming these spies and speculators, we must expropriate the billionaire class. Chancellor Rishi Sunak recently said Britain is striving to become aRead More →
review of Revisiting the Marxist Critique of Liberalism: Rethinking Justice, Legality and Rights by Igor Shoikhebrod (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) What will communism look like? Anti- or at least non-liberal seems to be the consensus between right and left sections. The former fear that socialists will seek their hard-won freedoms; theRead More →
Understanding the nature of capitalism’s contradictions and crises is central to the question of building a socialist alternative, writes John Clarke Efforts to pretend the global pandemic is over are colliding with the stubborn and deadly reality of its continued spread. The Russian invasion of Ukraine, against the backdrop ofRead More →
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Sex and relationships are important topics in therapy. Whether the problem is conflict with a partner or spouse, the decision of whether or not to stay in a relationship, the pain and confusion after a breakup or divorce, frustrations with dating and single life, or questions about sexuality, therapy canRead More →
Elon Musk, currently the world number one the richest man has always been rich. Born into enormous wealth in South Africa during asideMusk is the son of the half-owner of an emerald mine – the Musk family was so wealthy that a young Elon once walked the streets of NewRead More →
Differences between capitalism and socialism: Capitalism is a political and economic theory postulating that the means of production should be controlled by individuals. It is centered on individuals who own and control the production and distribution of goods and services. Savage capitalism is extreme capitalism, where individuals are free andRead More →
The difference between crony capitalism and pragmatic capitalism Walt Back asks a pertinent and important question: will we become a nation of united Americans? [“When do we become a nation of united Americans?” March 7]. The answer to Back’s question, based on his implicit premise that voting for the so-calledRead More →
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! progressive representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was mocked on social media on Friday after appearing on Instagram Live and whispering to the camera that “most people don’t know what capitalism is.” “Let me tell you a secret,” the New York Democrat whispered to herRead More →
While Russia is waging war on Ukraine, President Joe Biden and Democratic Party politicians are waging war on America and capitalism. The reduction in domestic oil and gas production has wreaked havoc on trade around the world, as if two years of the pandemic hadn’t hurt us enough. In theRead More →
American oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller gives a penny to a child in this undated photo. Backed by the immense wealth of the founder of Standard Oil, the Rockefeller Foundation was established in 1913 in Albany, New York. For several decades it was the dominant foundation in theRead More →
We live in a strange world. John D. Rockefeller, the founder of Standard Oil, helped provide the energy that powered the American Century from the early 1900s. Today, his grandchildren spend the billions of dollars he gave to the Rockefeller Foundation to attack the same oil and gas industry thatRead More →
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Bank towers are shown from Bay Street in Toronto’s financial district, June 16, 2010.Adrien Veczan/The Canadian Press David Ryan is the Managing Director of Edelman Smithfield Canada The stress of the pandemic has frayed the social and economic fabric of Canada. We have witnessed an erosion of trust in CanadianRead More →
OWe live in a strange world. John D. Rockefeller, the founder of Standard Oil, helped provide the energy that powered the American Century from the early 1900s. Today, his grandchildren spend the billions of dollars he gave to the Rockefeller Foundation to attack the same oil and gas industry thatRead More →
Adam Harmsworth, Coventry Socialist Party Woke Capitalism provides a useful introduction to the well-deserved critique of corporations that co-opt and sabotage progressive movements. Author Carl Rhodes gives us many examples of companies embracing slogans, gimmicks and campaigns on social issues: Ben and Jerry’s “Pecan Resist” flavor with proceeds going toRead More →
Below is my USA Today column on the Black Lives Matters financial and tax status investigations. As these investigations grow, co-founder Patrisse Cullors is should speak out in favor of defunding the school police in Los Angeles. Many, however, are still seeking answers about Cullors’ time at BLM and whatRead More →
The New York Times mocks ‘ridiculous’ crossword clue for ‘GREED’ which they say is a ‘vice encouraged by capitalism’ The NY Times received online backlash for using the clue ‘vice encouraged by capitalism’ for the answer ‘greed’ in Tuesday’s crossword puzzle. Many have criticized The Times for fueling anti-capitalism whileRead More →
The headlines of the media on February 22 In today’s media, Chris Rufo thanks John Oliver for his ‘unwitting favour’ following critical monologue on race theory, Washington Post editorial board expresses support for federal list of d flight ban for passengers who disobey mask mandates, and NBC’s Beijing Olympics ratingsRead More →
Much has been written about the immense increase in economic inequality that has taken place in recent times and various startling figures have been provided by organizations like Oxfam, which has just released a report called Inequality kills. This shows that the wealth of the 10 richest men has doubledRead More →
For transplants in New York and San Francisco, where salaries and living costs are higher, Miami apartments seem like a godsend. But for local tenants – who are already considered the most rent dependent in the country – the estimated increase of 34% in year-over-year rents, some residents are scratchingRead More →
Through Roger McKinneyContributor | Monday, February 14, 2022 Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, DN.Y., speaks at the National Action Network convention in New York on Friday, April 5, 2019. | The Christian Post/Leonardo Blair Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (DN.Y.) said in a recent interview that capitalism is irremediably bad: “So for me, capitalism atRead More →
When the Berlin Wall came down in November 1989, a cheer went up across the continent as it marked the end of communism in East Germany and Central Europe. This was followed in 1991 by the breakup of the former Soviet Union, with the Central Asian republics becoming sovereign states.Read More →
Homepage | The Socialist February 9, 2022 | Join the Socialist Party Subscribe | Make a donation | audio | PDF | Ebook what we think Nationalize the energy companies! (Click to enlarge) Working class families face a perfect storm. After two lost decades of living standards, stagnant wages, privatizationsRead More →
Breadcrumb Links News PF Economy “On the way to change, I hope people could patronize my business” Commuters in Toronto’s financial district. Photo by Cole Burston/Bloomberg Content of the article I’m heartened that my earlier call for a new charter for capitalism sparked debate in the form of this week’sRead More →
Online comments and complaints have been circulating freely since the New York Times announced that it was buying Wordle, the online puzzle game that has become a global sensation, and I’m not alone in lamenting the likelihood that Wordle will soon be transformed from some sort of public good availableRead More →
The theory • February 6, 2022 • Michael A. Lebowitz We must put an end to capitalism. To do this, we must know the enemy – capital. We will never defeat this enemy if we do not understand it – its effects, its strengths and its weaknesses. If, for example,Read More →
While touting economic growth on Friday, Biden said he would work with Congress to make capitalism work better. It comes after AOC told Yahoo Finance that the capitalist system in the United States was “unredeemable”. Biden frequently cites his capitalist beliefs and the benefits the system offers the working class.Read More →
Further thoughts on “A New Origin Story: The 1619 Project” By Abayomi AzikiweEditor, Pan-African NewswireAfrican American History Month Series #1 New York Times reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones continued to make an impact with the revised publication of “The 1619 Project” as an extension of the original work which coincided with theRead More →
The announcement by the US Treasury that the national public debt has exceeded 30 trillion dollars is an important step in the deepening of the historic crisis of American capitalism. Over the past few decades, and particularly since the financial collapse of 2008, the ruling class and its state institutionsRead More →
Breadcrumb Links PF Comment There are too few billionaires in Canada — or anywhere else, for that matter — to fund an expansive welfare state Pedestrians cross the intersection of Bay Street and Wellington Street West in Toronto’s Financial District. Photo by Galit Rodan/Bloomberg Files Content of the article ReadingRead More →
We have some very exciting news! The Chinese translation of “Capitalism on a Ventilator – The Impact of COVID-19 in China & the US” – originally published in 2020 by World View Forum as a joint project of the International Action Center and the China-US Solidarity Network – came outRead More →
At the other extreme are those who proselytize for a radical libertarian vision of capitalism. They include the Adam Smith Institute, which fears that the whole movement of stakeholder capitalism poses an existential threat to prosperity. “Wake capitalism could undermine economic recovery,” he said. In this age of culture wars,Read More →
Breadcrumb Links PF Comment ESG and stakeholder capitalism use the regulatory state to control corporations for their own political and special interest The vague nature of the ESG framework raises a number of fundamental questions. Photo by Getty Images/IstockPhoto Files Content of the article This week, the World Economic ForumRead More →
The hideout was the largest seizure of drug money in Panama’s history – Copyright Afghan Taliban/AFP/File STR You wouldn’t think capitalism would be a lot of a topic these days, but surprisingly, it does. Existing capital structures have failed miserably in many ways over the past few decades, and theRead More →
When partners first step out, it’s often the case, they’re looking to put their best foot forward. Comedian Chris Rock maintains that by doing this we reveal a lot about who we are, how we see ourselves and what commitments matter most to us. When Martin Luther King Jr. andRead More →
Ten years ago a visitor would have had little to do in the city, but Nowa Huta has learned to capitalize on its communist heritage. The city offers both foreigners and Poles a glimpse of communism as it once was. “Young [Poles] today I have no idea what it was,”Read More →
Breadcrumb Links PF comment William Watson: A substitute for “capitalism” is “flourishing”, which happens to societies when they adopt the capitalist approach Author of the article: William watson Photo by Photo Illustration by Gigi Suhanic / Financial Post Content of the article Capitalism has created more prosperity and progress forRead More →
The issue of the WWII-era Ustasha fascist movement, and the badges used by the Ustasha and the Croatian defense forces of the 1990s, remain a powerful and polarizing issue in the country. In November, the Austrian Interior Ministry proposed a permanent ban on a controversial annual commemoration of Croatian soldiersRead More →
By Jim ThompsonHCP columnist Capitalism is defined as “an economic and political system in which the commerce and industry of a country are controlled by private for-profit owners, rather than by the state”. Capitalism created the largest economy in the history of the world (ours) and lifted more people outRead More →
OPINION: In a recent conversation with a group of students, we discussed which historical figures they would most like to dine with. It’s a question I’ve asked many young people over the years, and their choices have always been a mix of religious, political, media and TV figures. Names likeRead More →
According to Paul, the founder of Humans of Capitalism, every system, from capitalism to socialism, has a chance of becoming corrupt if bad behavior is not punished. “If we go back to the time when socialism or communism was at its peak, we can see that the top of theRead More →
The future of capitalism is the title given to this book transcription of the 25th Munk Debate held in Toronto two years ago. It’s a provocative title but a little misleading in that the four eminent thinkers who participated in it were much more focused on capitalism as it isRead More →
My colleague Jeff Jones recently reviewed Gallup’s updated research on American public responses to the words “socialism” and “capitalism.” The new data shows little change in these attitudes from previous surveys, with 60% of Americans having a favorable view of capitalism (38% unfavorable) and 38% having a favorable image ofRead More →
The the authors are among the world’s leading economists known for their critical assessments of capitalism. And the blurb for the book says, “Traditional economics views capitalism as an isolated and closed system. In this groundbreaking book, authors Utsa Patnaik and Prabhat Patnaik argue that this is both historically falseRead More →
Students today are not as sensitive to Cold War ideology. (Mark Lennihan | AP photo) In this photo from March 8, 2017, the Fearless Girl statue faces the Charging Bull statue on Wall Street in New York City. | December 8, 2021, 1:00 p.m. In a recent Deseret News opinionRead More →
Earlier this year, asset manager Standard Life Aberdeen rebranded itself as abrdn. It’s a very silly name for many reasons: not having vowels is silly; not having a capital letter is silly (especially at the beginning of sentences). But there’s the good news: The company isn’t as dumb as itRead More →
Newspapers are teeming with stories of ‘Warring Tories’ and our timelines are filled with #ToryShambles hashtags as Tory dysfunction swirls with their open corruption in the sewers of British politics. But if there is something almost humiliating about being ruled by such people, there is also something emerging about ourRead More →
In particular, the World Economic Forum (WEF) advanced the concept of stakeholder capitalism designed to make the capitalist system more viable and dynamic through greater inclusion and consideration of factors such as long-term economic goals. term and sustainability. According to Klaus Schwab, “Stakeholder capitalism is a form of capitalism inRead More →
Socialism and capitalism are on either side of a debate about which system is best for us humans. I’m here to set the record straight: they both stink. Take the costs. The enemies of capitalism will tell you that the profit incentive that drives it causes companies to care onlyRead More →
After the fall of communism in 1989 in the Soviet bloc, there remain today five self-proclaimed communist states: China, Cuba, Laos, North Korea and Vietnam. Belarus and Venezuela can also be added to the mix as they meet the criteria for a communist state – even though they don’t officiallyRead More →
In this week’s Hok Talk, we discuss the different and conflicting goals that make baseball less enjoyable than it could possibly be. Baseball is a sport. sport 1. an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes with another or others for entertainment. If itRead More →
20 November 2021 IN HIS CABIN on board of SS Bashan, a luxury riverboat sailing to Wuhan, Janos Kornai was sleepless with excitement. The Hungarian economist, who died last month, was one of seven foreign experts invited in 1985 to share their views on China’s economic reforms. As Julian GewirtzRead More →
Fresh out of an election victory, the new Japanese Prime Minister, Fumio Kishida, is already giving a glimpse of what his economic policy agenda will look like in practice. Unfortunately, early signs suggest that while its goals are sound, its policies are not. TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio KishidaRead More →
BOOK OF THE WEEK FREE by Lea Ypi (Allen Lane £ 20, 336 pp) A bitter quarrel between two groups of close family friends, over. . . the disappearance of an empty Coca-Cola can? It sounds crazy, but that was life in socialist Albania in the early 1990s. The canRead More →
Is the capitalist system the root of the problem or the solution to climate change? It depends on who you ask. Bill Gates, one of the richest billionaires in the world, tackles the subject with his recent book titled, How to avoid climatic disasters. He emphasizes investing in new greenRead More →
The vast majority of Greenland’s settlements – including the capital, Nuuk – lie on the country’s west coast, along the Labrador Sea and Baffin Bay. When traveling from Asia or western North America to Europe or the east coast of North America through the Northwest Passage, this is the homeRead More →
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the October Jobs Report at the White House in Washington, DC on November 5, 2021. Evelyne Hockstein | Reuters Well done, President Biden. America wants gentler, gentler capitalism; he does not want galloping socialism. You understood it: Trickle up must reaffirm its democraticRead More →
In America, 10% of the population controls half of the wealth. Businesses grow to huge sizes, destroying competition from small businesses. Capitalism is doing something dangerous for our market economy. The debate around capitalism is certainly banal. However, I want to defend the market economy and erase its name fromRead More →
Several years ago – at a sweltering church gathering with poor ballroom catering where chicken breasts all tasted like PowerPoint presentations – a progressive pastor admitted to me that the church he works in wouldn’t be. not “open and assertive” to LGBTQ individuals and families “if our wealthier members wereRead More →
But muscle building has earlier origins as well, including in Mr. Musk’s own biography. Much of Muskism descends from the technocratic movement that flourished in North America in the 1930s, which was led by Mr. Musk’s grandfather, Joshua N. Haldeman, a staunch anti-Communist. Like muscism, technocracy was inspired by scienceRead More →
Socialism 2021 is the latest in a series of international conferences on socialism that began in 2005. The theme this year is “Overcoming the Multiple Crises of Capitalism” and will feature speakers including Walden Bello (Philippines) and Saleh Moslem (Rojava / Syria). The conference started as an initiative of theRead More →
As recently as 1981, 88% of the Chinese population lived in extreme poverty. Today, it is less than one percent. How was this possible? Never in the history of the world have so many hundreds of millions of people moved from abject poverty to the middle class in such aRead More →
Last month, the Fraser Institute released its annual report Economic freedom of the world report. As usual, he showed that “economic freedom” is positively correlated with many good things and negatively correlated with many bad. Defenders of capitalism love the Fraser Institute. Libertarian philosopher Jason Brennan, for example, made extensiveRead More →