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- Keynes vs. Hayek
Circulating in the attention economy of the internets is this Austrian appropriation of the hiphop vernacular.
Moralist tone of the Hayekian critique of excessive borrowing aside, I find it quite interesting how the liberatory tinge of Hayek’s “I want to free the markets!” is made to contrast with Keynes’ “I want to steer the market”. [...]
Written by Saint ymM
- Slavoj Zizek against Bernard-Henri Levy
There are a number of important moments, in particular look for the charity as a consumption practice or the violence of charity, the problem of zionist anti-semitism, the persistence of systemic violence in West Bank, the neccessity of communism in the advent of “new” commons, palin a as fascist, Hitler as a new age philosopher [...]
Written by Saint ymM
- Love etc.
A new single from Pet Shop Boys. Here are the almost Veblenian, or even perhaps Lacanian, lyrics. But I especially admire the line that refers to Gerhard Richter. I also embedded the video.
Written by Saint ymM
You need more You need more You need more You need more
You need more You need more You need more [...]
- Beyond “commodity fetishism”: the Wire and the political economy of drugs
HBO series, the Wire, entered its fifth, and, unfortunately, the last season. Although I’ve wholeheartedly agreed that “the best thing ever happened to TV is Twin Peaks,” since I became an addict of the Wire, I felt the need to reconsider my allegiance. There are so many things to say about the Wire [...]
Written by C-Blok
- a wine-dark sea, indeed
for me the image of the mediterranean first came into being by way of a tv commercial. we all grew up in it, but it was different, it was never simply an image then; it was something we enjoyed, like one enjoys breathing. this particular commercial featured all the charming aspects of the mediterranean fantasy; [...]
Written by fraulein montag
- Iraqi workers strike against the new Oil Law
The following is an excerpt from the interview that Amy Goodman conducted with Antonia Juhasz, the author of The Bush Agenda: Invading the World, One Economy at a Time. The interview is aired on Wednesday as the 600 pipeline workers in southern Iraq began a strike on June 5 to protest the new oil [...]
Written by Saint ymM
- “United States of Alzheimer’s”
On May 16, Studs Terkel turned 95. He is precious. You may want to listen to his interview with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now!. The first time I taught Introduction of Political Economy at the University of Massachusetts, thanks to Steve Cohn’s sound advice, I used interviews from his Working:What People do all [...]
Written by Saint ymM
- Iraq oil and its colonial pre-history
I remembered some years ago talking in class about the US-led plans of privatization in Iraq at the beginning of the Occupation. From what I recall, Bremer even had a timeline for selling off the state-owned oil firm. At the time, it was roundly criticized by neighboring countries (surprise, surprise), and i think the plan [...]
Written by maliha
- A leader without a body?
The following is a quote from Ernesto Laclau’s The Populist Reason (Verso, 2005: 60-1), but, as he explains, he himself is quoting in extenso from Sigmund Freud. I think it is important to read this passage in relation to “A commune with a leader?” and “No commune without a leader?” postings. [It is even possible [...]
Written by Saint ymM
- “Netherlands proposes to ban burkas”
There are a couple of aspects of the matter that incites my interests in these–let me put it out there right away–racist laws. And, to be entirely honest, none of them really relate to the question of secularism. I identify as a secular subject, but these so-called defences of secularism leave me cold–to say the [...]
Written by Saint ymM
