Cold and Dark StarsFor a scientific economy (part I): planning, not the free market, made the West wealthyThe economy is a complex system — a system pulsating with billions of agents that interact between themselves, sometimes along planetary…Sep 27, 2018Sep 27, 2018
Cold and Dark StarsThe Rise of the Right Wing Is Not Due to the Working Class Because Workers Don’t VoteA common and mistaken assumption among radicals is that right wing parties win because of ideological trickery and lies. In other words…Jul 23, 2018Jul 23, 2018
Cold and Dark StarsCrisis Theory: The Decline of Capitalism As The Growth of Expensive and Fragile ComplexityIt’s an empirical fact that the economy experiences business cycles, in other words, oscillations between booms and busts. Furthermore…Jun 30, 2018Jun 30, 2018
Cold and Dark StarsErgodicity as the solution for the decline of scienceIn a previous post I explored the decline of science as related to the decline capitalism. A large aspect of this decline is how the…Jun 13, 20181Jun 13, 20181
Cold and Dark StarsThe Decline of Science, The Decline of CapitalismCan another Einstein exist in this era? A better question is whether the spirit of his research program could emerge again in our current…May 22, 2018May 22, 2018
Cold and Dark StarsOn Hegel and the Intelligibility of the Human WorldI’ve been studying Hegel lately because I find a value in his idea that history has an objective structure and is intelligible. He argued…May 2, 2018May 2, 2018
Cold and Dark StarsAgainst Economics, Against RigourI’ve been trying to grasp why mainstream economics considers itself the superior approach over heterodox disciplines like Post-Keynesianism…Apr 19, 2018Apr 19, 2018
Cold and Dark StarsThe World-System Versus KeynesThe most incredible modern lie is the one of nation-state sovereignty. From the left to right, the relative success of an administration is…Mar 16, 2018Mar 16, 2018
Cold and Dark StarsYou Aren’t A Vulcan, But a Squishy and Ideological HumanScientific rationality is one of the foundations of western civilization. The discovery of the natural laws behind the useful work done by…Feb 25, 2018Feb 25, 2018
Cold and Dark StarsSocialism Versus Economic Growth: the Human Being Is Not Infinitely HackableI am for the rational planning of the world economy in order to fulfil social need (e.g. free time, housing, healthcare, transportation…Feb 6, 2018Feb 6, 2018