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Bacon’s Rebellion, Donald Trump, and American Populism

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Bacon’s Rebellion of 1676 took place long before Donald Trump’s ascension to the White House, but if we […]

Roger Chapman December 6, 2016 Britain, conservatism, conspiracy theory, Donald Trump, inequality, more conservatism, nationalism, Native American history, politics, radical politics

On Creativity, Knowledge, and Epistocracy

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In the early 1980s, the philosopher Paul Oskar Kristeller looked up “creativity” in the dictionary.  He groused that […]

Alex Sayf Cummings October 18, 2016 class, human rights, inequality, philosophy, post-industrial society

Waiting for Righty: How Uber Plans to Change the World

Eighty years ago, Clifford Odets wrote a play about striking taxi drivers in New York City. With too […]

Alex Sayf Cummings August 27, 2015 labor, New York, post-industrial society, postmodernism, radical politics, technology

Reading Piketty at the Grand Budapest Hotel

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Wes Anderson has always had a penchant for the past.  Ever since The Royal Tenenbaums, his movies have […]

Alex Sayf Cummings July 16, 2014 capitalism, class, film, WWII

i Paid for Your iPhone: Mariana Mazzucato’s Spirited Defense of the Public Sector and Its Crucial Role in Innovation

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The State makes things happen that otherwise would not have. – Mariana Mazzucato Thomas Piketty isn’t the only […]

Alex Sayf Cummings May 5, 2014 economic development, Japan, post-industrial society, science, technology, the Left

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