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For a scientific economy (part I): planning, not the free market, made the West wealthy

The economy is a complex system — a system pulsating with billions of agents that interact between themselves, sometimes along planetary…

Sep 27, 2018

For a scientific economy (part I): planning, not the free market, made the West wealthy

Sep 27, 2018

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The Rise of the Right Wing Is Not Due to the Working Class Because Workers Don’t Vote

A common and mistaken assumption among radicals is that right wing parties win because of ideological trickery and lies. In other words…

Jul 23, 2018

The Rise of the Right Wing Is Not Due to the Working Class Because Workers Don’t Vote

Jul 23, 2018

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Crisis Theory: The Decline of Capitalism As The Growth of Expensive and Fragile Complexity

It’s an empirical fact that the economy experiences business cycles, in other words, oscillations between booms and busts. Furthermore…

Jun 30, 2018

Crisis Theory: The Decline of Capitalism As The Growth of Expensive and Fragile Complexity

Jun 30, 2018

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Ergodicity as the solution for the decline of science

In 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, 2018

Ergodicity as the solution for the decline of science

Jun 13, 2018

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The Decline of Science, The Decline of Capitalism

Can 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, 2018

The Decline of Science, The Decline of Capitalism

May 22, 2018

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On Hegel and the Intelligibility of the Human World

I’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, 2018

On Hegel and the Intelligibility of the Human World

May 2, 2018

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Against Economics, Against Rigour

I’ve been trying to grasp why mainstream economics considers itself the superior approach over heterodox disciplines like Post-Keynesianism…

Apr 19, 2018

Against Economics, Against Rigour

Apr 19, 2018

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The World-System Versus Keynes

The 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, 2018

The World-System Versus Keynes

Mar 16, 2018

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You Aren’t A Vulcan, But a Squishy and Ideological Human

Scientific rationality is one of the foundations of western civilization. The discovery of the natural laws behind the useful work done by…

Feb 25, 2018

You Aren’t A Vulcan, But a Squishy and Ideological Human

Feb 25, 2018

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Socialism Versus Economic Growth: the Human Being Is Not Infinitely Hackable

I am for the rational planning of the world economy in order to fulfil social need (e.g. free time, housing, healthcare, transportation…

Feb 6, 2018

Socialism Versus Economic Growth: the Human Being Is Not Infinitely Hackable

Feb 6, 2018

Cold and Dark Stars

Cold and Dark Stars

A physicist’s notebook on socialism, the left, political economy, and philosophy of science. Website: https://colddarkstars.wordpress.com

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