Monthly Archives: March 2016

What the US presidential campaign is showing is that the free trade consensus no longer holds. Bernie Sanders for the Democrats, and Donald Trump for the Republicans, both make the point that free trade has harmed the American working class, … Continue reading →

Academic specialization is a rather novel phenomenon. We can say with great confidence that biology was formalized over the last 400 years, sociology has perhaps half that lifespan, and if we go into the foray of literary theory or gender … Continue reading →

One of the running jokes on Marxists is that they tend to predict 10 out of the last 4 recessions. Basically, we expect another crisis of capitalism to unfold itself at any moment. Certainly, the number of book orders that … Continue reading →