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A Critique of Heinrich’s, ‘Crisis Theory, the Law of the Tendency of the Profit Rate to Fall, and Marx’s Studies in the 1870s’ — Guglielmo Carchedi and Michael Roberts (Dec 01, 2013)| Monthly Review

November 19, 2019

Source: Monthly Review A Critique of Heinrich’s, ‘Crisis Theory, the Law of the Tendency of the Profit Rate to Fall, …

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MMT, Minsky, Marx and the money fetish — Michael Roberts | Michael Roberts Blog: blogging from a marxist ecnomist

February 26, 2019

Originally posted on Michael Roberts Blog:
Recently the former deputy governor at the Bank of Japan Kikuo Iwata argued that Japan must…

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Discerning the obvious: “Desert Island Economics”

May 11, 2018

Source: Existential Comics Ayn Rand and Murray Rothbard are free market, capitalist libertarians. They essential believed that we would be the …

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Marxist theory of crisis: The nature of the current long depression – Michael Roberts | swpTvUk (Aug 7, 2014)

December 15, 2017

  You can find Michael Roberts’ blog here: Michael Roberts Blog: blogging from a marxist economist

A re-post: Reading Marx: On the ‘Reduction’ of ‘Skilled Labour’ to ‘Unskilled Labour’ — by Norm

August 6, 2017

Norm’s note: I’m merely re-posting this because there appears to be some interest in it, or rather, in the content of …

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Lenin’s relevance for today — John Molyneux | SWPTV

August 1, 2017

What needs to be done? “Be at the races!” Related: (Source of everything below: Marxists internet Archive) Written: August – September, 1917 …

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The Paradox of Financialized Industrialization — by Michael Hudson

July 29, 2017

Source: Michael Hudson / and a hat tip to Manda over at OffG for this . . . . . The Paradox of …

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A Brief History of Mass Theft

July 16, 2017

Originally posted on OffGuardian:
by Darren Allen Our institutionalised brand of democracy goes by the name of capitalism. In such…

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Some Videos: A) a lecture titled, “How to read Capital,” by Joseph Choonara; and B) 1 of a series of 4 lectures, this one on “the method of Marx’s analysis in Capital,” otherwise titled, “Marxist method in Capital,” by Paul Blackledge

March 21, 2017

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Frederick Engels’ “Synopsis of Capital” | Marxists Internet Archive

March 8, 2017

Norm’s note: I’m beginning to read through Frederick Engels’Synopsis of Capital. Since this blog is as much for myself as …

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Racism, Equal Opportunity, and Capitalism — written by Norm

March 7, 2017

[Note: I’m re-posting this from Jan 2016 — well, to remind myself what on the whole is my position on …

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Reading Marx: Where Does Profit Come From? (And Why The ‘Rate of Profit’ Must Fall) — Norman Pilon | Taking Sides

February 14, 2017

Norm’s note: in my humble opinion, although many so-called leftists decry the structural imperfections implicit in the economic system that we …

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Understanding Marx: an excerpt from Paul Mattick’s “Economic Crisis and Crisis Theory” (1974) | Marxists Internet Archive

February 13, 2017

Source: Marxists Internet Archive Excerpted from: Economic Crisis and Crisis Theory. Paul Mattick 1974 2. Marx’s Crisis Theory   The stagnation …

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A thought on Culture as an Integral Part of the Conditions of Existence — written by Norman

January 7, 2017

Men make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under …

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Marxism, Conspiracy, and 9–11* | Journal of the Research Group On Socialism and Democracy Online

September 11, 2016

Marxism, Conspiracy, and 9–11* Posted on September 17, 2011 by sdonline Introduction Back at the time of the initiation of …

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Paulo Freire, Antonio Gramsci, and Vladimir Lenin, among others? “Gramsci, the Prison Notebooks and philosophy — Chris Harman | International Socialism”

June 23, 2016

Norm’s note:  Of Antonio Gramsci, Paulo Freire has written, . . . I only read Gramsci when I was in exile.  I …

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Marx Myths and Legends. Introduction — Andy Blunden

January 10, 2016

(Andy Blunden’s Writings / Andy Blunden’s Home Page) Andy Blunden  April 2005 Marx Myths and Legends. Introduction This article was originally drafted …

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Capitalism: Then as Now?

August 5, 2015

Karl Marx. Capital Volume One Part VIII: Primitive Accumulation Chapter Twenty-Six: The Secret of Primitive Accumulation   We have seen …

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The Saker interviews Michael Hudson | The Saker

June 13, 2015

[Source: The Saker (Hat tip to Information Clearing House for this.)] Dear friends It is my immense privilege and honor to submit to you …

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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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