The Chicago Boys in Chile: Economic Freedom's Awful Toll
An economic appraisal of the early years of the Junta in Chile and the failures of the Chicago School economists in charge of the nation.
Southern Insurgency: The Coming of the Global Working Class - Immanuel Ness
Across the Global South, new methods of combating industrial capitalism are evolving in ambitious, militant and creative ways. Southern Insurgency examines these organizations in three key countries: China, India and South Africa. In each case he considers the broader historical forces at play: imperialism, the trade union movement, the class struggle and the effects of the reserve army of labor. For each case study, he narrows his focus to reveal the specifics of each grassroots insurgency: the militancy of the miners in South Africa, the new labor organizations in India and export promotion and the rise of worker insurgency in China.
No Pravin, it was not progressive nor redistributive
Submitted by Malatesta Black on Feb 23 2017 13:58
This article looks at the South African state's budget for 2017. Far from being redistributive and progressive, as the South African Minister of Finance claimed, it was rather a regressive and outright neoliberal budget.
Black Reconstruction in America: W.E.B. Du Bois
W.E.B. Du Bois's massive essay about the Reconstruction period in the aftermath of the US Civil War. Du Bois argues that the period represented an potential revolutionary moment in which the southern black population played an active and crucial role.
The sad conceit of Participatory economics
Anarchist Federation critically discusses Participatory Economics( Parecon)
From Organise Issue 62, Summer 2004.
see original here http://flag.blackened.net/af/org/issue62/index.html
What is wrong with free money?
Critisticuffs and Gruppen discuss Universal Basic Income (also known as Citizens income, Citizens Wage etc) and critique the idea from an anti-authoritarian left position as fundamentally inadequate and mistaken.
Understanding Capital - Duncan K. Foley
Understanding Capital is a brilliantly lucid introduction to Marxist economic theory. Duncan Foley builds an understanding of the theory systematically, from first principles through the definition of central concepts to the development of important applications. All of the topics in the three volumes of Capital are included, providing the reader with a complete view of Marxist economics.
Reading guide to 'Capital' - Simon Clarke
A reading guide to Marx's 'Capital' by Simon Clarke.
Essays on Volumes I, II and III of Marx's 'Capital'
The essays in this collection address specific themes of Marx's 'Capital'. Although the essays can be read independently, they present complementary perspectives on issues at the cutting edge of recent scholarship on Marx's work. Although all Parts of Capital are discussed, the book is not intended to be a textbook, it will be read by specialists in the field.
Looking back at Obama’s bailouts: HAMP
Submitted by Soapy on Jan 12 2017 01:20
As Obama leaves office, a quick look back at a little known chapter in his administration reveals much about his presidency.
