Austin Hayden SmidtA Cup of Tea, Bad Infinity, and the Process of ProductionI am working through some tensions that I’ve sensed in the field of political economy; even the field of the critique of political economy…Aug 17, 2018Aug 17, 2018
Austin Hayden SmidtPunitive Justice is Self-HarmPunitive justice (or ‘retributive justice’) is a form of justice that advocates for a proportional punishment for the offense committed. An…Jul 24, 2018Jul 24, 2018
Austin Hayden SmidtFantasy and Disappointment: In Defense of Alexandria Ocasio-CortezRecently, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made some ambivalent remarks regarding her position on the Israel-Palestine situation. After being…Jul 20, 2018Jul 20, 2018
Austin Hayden SmidtCapitalism, The Embrace that Smothers: An AnalogyThere are technical debates about how we should understand the nature of capitalism. One such debate pertains to the ‘ontology of capital’…Jul 17, 2018Jul 17, 2018
Austin Hayden SmidtLeftist Nihilism: Thoughts Towards an Enlightened Hedonism“The left is boring and has no sense of humor.”Jul 11, 2018Jul 11, 2018
Austin Hayden SmidtThe State as Ultimate Insurer of ValueBernard Stiegler argues that economy is always about protension. That is, the tendency that most characterizes a given economic system is…Jul 9, 2018Jul 9, 2018
Austin Hayden SmidtThe Debt Logic of Counter-HegemonyFurther to my thoughts from yesterday…May 10, 2018May 10, 2018
Austin Hayden SmidtSomething Always Escapes: Excess and LackSomething I’ve been working through is the way constituted power structures, ideas, networks of power, systems, etc. gather power and then…May 9, 2018May 9, 2018
Austin Hayden SmidtYesterday’s Liberals are Today’s Monarchs | Today’s Liberals are Tomorrow’s Ancien RegimeThe constant assertion from free market apologists is that the market is the most rational agent for resource allocation. The market sees…Mar 10, 2017Mar 10, 2017
Austin Hayden SmidtThe Success of the Conservative Imagination“[We] can chalk up the current state of the right not to its failures of imagination or excess of spleen — as some have done — but to its…Mar 7, 2017Mar 7, 2017