Subjects Archives: Capitalism

Anybody who’s ever leafed through Finnegans Wake will quickly recognize that we’re not dealing here with a standard novel, just as anybody leafing through Marx’s Capital will know we’re not dealing with standard economics.

A new rule change will allow the government to count having a place to sleep as income, and deduct it from SSI payments.

Metabolic Rifts: Capitalism’s Assault on the Earth System.

“Integrating earth sciences and life sciences is not an external addition to Marxism, but rather a deepening of its own materialist method.”

Rob Larson’s Mastering the Universe: The Obscene Wealth of the Ruling Class, What They Do With Their Money, And Why You Should Hate Them Even More is a fiercely pleasurable polemic.

The Warao people have faced brutal missionary campaigns, ecological destruction, capitalist penetration, state neglect, racism, disease, forced migration, and now the effects of one of the most aggressive sanctions regimes imposed on any country in the world.

In previous writings, we advanced an inventive new model for municipal finance: what we call the Seattle Loop. By establishing a city-owned public bank, we propose, Seattle can not only expand public investment through municipal lending and provide residents with low-cost financial services; it can also purchase its own bonds and “loop” the interest back to the […]

Michael Hudson: My view is probably in agreement with what the military is said to have discussed with Donald Trump last night and for the last few days. They’ve all told him that the invasion cannot work without an enormous sacrifice, and the United States ever since the Vietnam War, that led to the ending of the draft, no longer has a landed army.

A palpable, but indecisive enthusiasm permeated a recent Seattle arts forum, revealing a city desperate for a future that no one quite knows how to build, let alone finance. Despite the proliferation of sticky notes with compelling schemes, as Amanda Manitach describes in The Stranger, the arts roundtable lacked a cohesive strategy for gathering its aspirational potpourri […]

Why Imperialism Is the Greatest Threat to Humanity.

You ever wonder why people who make AI talk about how AI might destroy humanity—but still keep making AI?

The researcher concludes that the economic power of the Mexican diaspora is undeniable, but its potential remains untapped due to decades of restrictive policies and a lack of binational planning.

The world needs an alternative structure of accumulation, beyond neoliberalism, if U.S. hegemony is to be decisively challenged.

This week’s post is a collaboration with Alex Hobson. You can find Alex’s work here: Class Chip. Alex is doing some very creative and interesting work, so please do swing by and give him a follow/subscribe.

Washington is using sanctions and naval power to decide which oil can move and which refineries can buy.

President Donald Trump is looking to eliminate funding in fiscal 2027 for the agency that serves as the primary federal funding source for libraries and museums nationwide.

The risks inherent in that possibility of closure are now painfully realized, but they were not factored in before.

Karl Marx eagerly devoured writings on all aspects of history, culture and science.

He taught with a kind of irreverent brilliance that made you laugh, think, and question everything you thought you knew about both the economy and economics.

How to Make Revolution Liveable.