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What does it mean when the economy is strong?What Does It Mean When the Economy Is Strong? There is a peculiar habit among modern economists: they speak of “the economy” as if it were a machine in a basement somewhere, humming quietly beneath civilization, managed by committees armed with spreadsheets and interest-rate models. When the machine emits pleasant noises, they announce that the economy is “strong.” When...0 Comments 0 Shares 3K Views 0 Reviews
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What is Marxist economic theory?The Theory That Refuses to Sit Quietly There is a peculiar persistence to Karl Marx. Empires have collapsed, markets have globalized, financial systems have digitized themselves into abstraction—and yet Marxist economic theory continues to provoke, irritate, and, at times, illuminate. I have found that even in rooms dominated by quantitative models and elegant regressions, the ghost of...0 Comments 0 Shares 3K Views 0 Reviews
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Who controls the economy?Who Controls the Economy? There is a comforting fiction taught in modern democracies: the economy is managed. Somewhere, in marble buildings populated by economists with equations and polished shoes, serious people supposedly pull levers that guide prosperity with the precision of an engineer operating a turbine. Recessions are “stimulated” away. Inflation is...0 Comments 0 Shares 3K Views 0 Reviews