Friday, March 16, 2018
The Archaeology News Network: Compassion helped Neanderthals to survive, new stu...
The Archaeology News Network: Compassion helped Neanderthals to survive, new stu...: They have an unwarranted image as brutish and uncaring, but new research has revealed just how knowledgeable and effective Neanderthal heal...
Thursday, March 08, 2018
LA REVUE GAUCHE - Left Comment: Whose Family Values?
LA REVUE GAUCHE - Left Comment: Whose Family Values?: Women and the Social Reproduction of Capitalism "proletarii, propertyless citizens whose service to the State was to raise children (...
Saturday, March 03, 2018
ResoluteReader: Ben Fine & Alfredo Saad-Filho - Marx's Capital
ResoluteReader: Ben Fine & Alfredo Saad-Filho - Marx's Capital: A decade after the financial crash that marked the start of the Long Depression , capitalism has still failed to recover. Economic crisis,...
Fine and Saad-Filho' guide to Marx's ideas has been in print, in various forms, since the 1970s. The text I've read is from 2004 and I understand it has been much developed since the early versions. The authors are two leading Marxists and have attempted to condense the key points of Marx's thought into this short book. I suspect it's popularity in no small part lies with its length - many of Marx's works and the guides to them are long, detailed books and this short volume offers an easy start.
The authors look at several key aspects of Marx's work - in particular his Method and the origins of his philosophy; the Labour Theory of Value, commodities; the circulation of capital and its accumulation and the role of the falling rate of profit in creating crisis. These are good introductions, and worth reading. Later chapters, particularly those on finance capital and agricultural rent are harder.
While there is much of interest here, in my opinion the book is too difficult to act as an entry to Marx's ideas. The early chapters are accessible, but by the middle of the book the authors appear to be addressing students with existing knowledge of mainstream economics. Because the book is not a guide to specific volumes of Marx's work in self-contained sections, the authors miss key sections. For instance there is no serious discussion of Marx's concept of money as a universal commodity - a key and very important section of the early chapters of Capital - It's omission makes some of the later explanations harder to understand.
Fine and Saad-Filho' guide to Marx's ideas has been in print, in various forms, since the 1970s. The text I've read is from 2004 and I understand it has been much developed since the early versions. The authors are two leading Marxists and have attempted to condense the key points of Marx's thought into this short book. I suspect it's popularity in no small part lies with its length - many of Marx's works and the guides to them are long, detailed books and this short volume offers an easy start.
The authors look at several key aspects of Marx's work - in particular his Method and the origins of his philosophy; the Labour Theory of Value, commodities; the circulation of capital and its accumulation and the role of the falling rate of profit in creating crisis. These are good introductions, and worth reading. Later chapters, particularly those on finance capital and agricultural rent are harder.
While there is much of interest here, in my opinion the book is too difficult to act as an entry to Marx's ideas. The early chapters are accessible, but by the middle of the book the authors appear to be addressing students with existing knowledge of mainstream economics. Because the book is not a guide to specific volumes of Marx's work in self-contained sections, the authors miss key sections. For instance there is no serious discussion of Marx's concept of money as a universal commodity - a key and very important section of the early chapters of Capital - It's omission makes some of the later explanations harder to understand.
Thursday, March 01, 2018
Earthquake right below Hutchinson, Kansas - March 1, 2018
#FRACKQUAKE FROM #SHALEOIL #WASTEWATERINJECTION
#Earthquake right below Hutchinson, Kansas - March 1, 2018: Are you one of the people who felt the shaking ? If Yes, please tell what you experienced by filling up the I FELT IT form behind the earthquake or at the bottom of this page. Your I FELT IT report…
#Earthquake right below Hutchinson, Kansas - March 1, 2018: Are you one of the people who felt the shaking ? If Yes, please tell what you experienced by filling up the I FELT IT form behind the earthquake or at the bottom of this page. Your I FELT IT report…
Friday, February 16, 2018
LA REVUE GAUCHE - Left Comment: Black History Month Posts
LA REVUE GAUCHE - Left Comment: Black History Month Posts: Here we are half way through February and half way through Black History Month. Here are my posts from the past dedicated to Black History. ...
LA REVUE GAUCHE - Left Comment: Lucy Parsons Redux
LA REVUE GAUCHE - Left Comment: Lucy Parsons Redux: I originally posted here about Lucy Parsons for Black History Month . Here are some updates from the web about Lucy. And as you read about...
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
LA REVUE GAUCHE - Left Comment: Tick, Tock, We Live By The Clock
LA REVUE GAUCHE - Left Comment: Tick, Tock, We Live By The Clock: Consider this an appendix to my post Tempus Fug'It. Also see my pal Werner at Shagya Blog's post on clocks and time. The dominatio...
Monday, December 11, 2017
LA REVUE GAUCHE - Left Comment: THE ALBERTA NDP THE PARTY OF OIL WORKERSTHE COINC...
LA REVUE GAUCHE - Left Comment: THE ALBERTA NDP THE PARTY OF OIL WORKERS
THE COINC...: THE ALBERTA NDP THE PARTY OF OIL WORKERS THE COINCIDENTAL BIRTH OF THE NEW DEMOCRATS AND THE OIL INDUSTRY IN ALBERTA Rachel No...
THE COINC...: THE ALBERTA NDP THE PARTY OF OIL WORKERS THE COINCIDENTAL BIRTH OF THE NEW DEMOCRATS AND THE OIL INDUSTRY IN ALBERTA Rachel No...
Tuesday, December 05, 2017
LA REVUE GAUCHE - Left Comment: The Real Crime In Canada
LA REVUE GAUCHE - Left Comment: The Real Crime In Canada: Is violence against women. Today is Dec. 6 and we remember the massacre of women Engineering students in Montreal by Mark Lapine. And ye...
Thursday, November 30, 2017
LA REVUE GAUCHE - Left Comment: Today In History
LA REVUE GAUCHE - Left Comment: Today In History: Sagittarius (12/1/1954) It's my birthday. Turns out I am a horse in both western and Chinese astrology. Sagittarius ...
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