What many capitalists claim as the free market’s guiding ‘invisible hand’ of Adam Smith has nothing to do with his ideas, for he goes beyond a secularist- materialist worldview steeped in nihilism and fear. Continue reading Adam Smith: The moral economy unhijacked
by Sanjay Perera
This Ragnarök finale that ISIS is hung up on is in effect exemplary in its utilitarian approach of the ends justifies the means thinking that underlies the rationality of its Apocalypse. Continue reading ISIS and the instrumental rationality of its Apocalypse
What makes his vision terrifying is that he is able to weave it into a consistency, and reinforces it via a repetitiveness and patience that defies expectations: there is clearly method in the ‘madness.’ And so he can be regarded as a philosopher. Continue reading Radical punishment: the economic rationality of the Marquis de Sade
by John Weeks Peddling Ideology as Science All social sciences carry a heavy burden of ideology, but none heavier or more explicit than what currently passes for mainstream economics. Critics often complain that economists arrogantly pretend to understand far more … Continue reading Capitalist economics and the economics of Capital
by Sanjay Perera ‘They’re waiting patiently, like the long-suffering lot they are, in the firm conviction that someone has conned them. They are waiting, belly to the ground, like cats at pig-killing time, hoping for scraps. They are like servants … Continue reading A theory of economic violence
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