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Holocaust Capitalism
Richard Hunsinger, August 21, 2019
Richard Hunsinger argues that migrant concentration camps represent a descent into fascist barbarism and are related to the inherent tendencies of capitalism. Reading: Remi Debs. Read Article.
Power as Savior and Destroyer of the World
Cold and Dark Stars, December 10, 2019
Latest from Cold and Dark Stars. Economic laws are sold to us by those in power as natural laws beyond our own control rather than forms of class power that can be challenged and overcome. Read Article.
Beyond Denial and Abstinence: How Climate Change Can Bring Us A Better World
Colin Drumm, January 19, 2020
Colin Drumm's "Beyond Denial and Abstinence" argues that we should define economic growth in terms of meeting human needs, as opposed to the prevailing definition centered on ruling-class interests. This argument is important when responses to climate change tend to center around issues of economic growth as either positive—as something that needs to be decoupled from carbon emissions—or inherently negative—as something that needs to be reversed. While we, the Cosmonaut Editorial Board, would argue for a more drastic economic change than the policies proposed at the end of this article, we believe that its general arguments are an important jumping-off point for a debate about how we understand economic growth in the context of climate change. Read Article.
A life in Marxist Economics and Education with Sam Bowles
Amelia Davenport, May 3, 2021
On the Indetermination of Wages and its Consequences
Salmin Biao, September 6, 2023
Salmin Biao makes an intervention into the ongoing debate over unequal exchange. Read Article.
Extraordinary Surplus Value and Capital Accumulation by Ruy Mauro Marini
Renato Flores, September 11, 2023
Renato Flores presents an English translation of Brazilian economist and sociologist Ruy Mauro Marini's Plusvalía extraordinaria y acumulación de capital, originally published in Cuadernos Politicos in 1979. You can find our other translations of Marini's work here. Read Article.