The free marketeers have spent the past two decades preaching against the evils of state intervention, the dead hand of government, the need to roll back the frontiers, and so on. Yet what happens when these buccaneers of unfettered capitalism run into trouble? They go running to the nanny state they so deplore, sob into [...]
Consumer Museum
The Museum of Weird Consumer Culture collects the most banal, grotesque, ironic, twisted and perverse creations of the capitalistic marketplace.
Who Owns Who In Autos?
Who owns who in the global auto industry?
Big Media
The ten companies that rule (almost) all books, movies, music, television, newspapers and radio.
Karl Marx’ ‘Capital’ in Lithographs
Karl Marx’ ‘Capital‘ in Lithographs
Human Capital and the Value of Institutions
The World Bank says “Human capital and the value of institutions (as measured by rule of law) constitute the largest share of wealth in virtually all countries“.
Beyond Capitalism
Beyond Capitalism
Why You Need A Degree To Work For BigCo
Why You Need A Degree To Work For BigCo
Prolegomena To A New Ethic Of Work
In the past, from St. Paul (”If any would not work, neither shall he eat”) through Thomas Carlyle (”Labour is Life”) to Gordon Brown (”Work is the … ethical basis [of the state]“), thinkers and politicians have asserted that man must earn his place at the communal table through his labor. This has served, like [...]
Ethical Nihilists and Anti-Intellectualism
I have found it very hard, since I go about espousing certain ideas about frugality and living more simply and taking care of oneself, to avoid a group of people who label themselves various things (Libertarians, libertarians, Objectivists, “anarcho-capitalists” etc…) and would like to see me call myself that thing too. Discussion with these sorts [...]
Preempting The Knee-Jerk Reaction
The fact that I am opposed to the protestant work ethic does not mean that I am opposed to work. Thinking that would be as foolish as assuming that a person who crusades against prostitution is against the idea of sex.
The fact that I believe that Capitalism is not the “end of history” does not [...]
“Free Market” Alternatives - Part 1
An introduction to the alternatives to Anglo-American style capitalism, beginning with an explanation of the current state of Anglo-American capitalism, and some criticisms of it.
These are the ramblings of 