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Why Socialism? — Albert Einstein | Monthly Review

May 30, 2016

Source: Why Socialism? :: Monthly Review. Albert Einstein is the world-famous physicist. This article was originally published in the first …

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Richard Werner speaking in Moscow on the Central Bank issue

September 4, 2015

[Hat tip to the website Critical Thinking for this.] Published on Feb 17, 2015 12/02/2015, Russian Academy of Sciences, Blue Room Round …

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A Synopsis of Marx’s Concept of “Value” and how “Abstract Labour” Determines the Magnitude of all “Exchange-Values” in a Non-arbitrary Way – at least according to Norm

March 12, 2015

[Norm’s note: ( 15 April 2018) I only just discovered this piece by Patrick Murray, “Avoiding Bad Abstractions:  A Defense of …

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“If money, according to Augier, “comes into the world with a congenital blood-stain on one cheek,” capital comes dripping from head to foot, from every pore, with blood and dirt.” — Karl Marx | Marxist Internet Archive

January 20, 2015

[Norm’s note: The quote chosen as the title of this post is the last line of the excerpt that follows.] …

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Can banks individually create money out of nothing? — The theories and the empirical evidence | by Richard A. Werner

January 6, 2015

Can banks individually create money out of nothing? — The theories and the empirical evidence  Richard A. Werner Abstract This …

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Why read Karl Marx?

December 30, 2014

Karl Marx, or at least the current of thought for which he was a spokesman and exegete, whether people realize …

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On Proudhonism and the Marxist Comeback

February 25, 2014

Recently, I posted some excerpts from Proudhon, Engels, and Marx.  Proudhon came to my notice by a piece signaled and …

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A Critique of Proudhonism

February 23, 2014

What follows are two excerpts from two different essays written in response to Proudhon’s ‘socialist project,’ the first from a …

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What Life Means to Me – Jack London

February 6, 2014

From the Marxist Internet Archive Jack London Revolution and other Essays What Life Means to Me I was born in …

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On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber – STRIKE! Magazine

February 6, 2014

A “Daily Pickings” recommendation — all that follows is from the website: STRIKE! Magazine On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs by …

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Is Bitcoin an Alternative Currency?

December 31, 2013

I’ve heard Max Keiser and even James Corbett (the latter of whom I deem highly reliable as a source of …

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