Anarchy & Socialism | Mark Lance

In this special episode of Brain in a Vat, Brad Duchaine from the Psychological and Brain Sciences Department at Dartmouth discusses prosopometamorphopsia (PMO) – a condition where individuals see distorted faces.The episode explores various manifestations of PMO, including seein ... Show More

When is death preferable to living? Are there fates worse than death? And what sort of future society should we build?Lionel Shriver discusses her latest novel, Should We Stay or Should We Go. 

Should you be required to get a parental license from the State before you can raise your own children? Do the wishes of parents matter at all – or should we only care about the best interests of their children? 

Alright, we’re back again with ADRIAN JOHNSTON to discuss more of his book INFINITE GREED: THE INHUMAN SELFISHNESS OF CAPITAL. FULL EPISODE ON OUR PATREON HERE! Adrian takes us through some of the shifts in Freud’s positions on Marxism and this insistence on negativity as history ... Show More

Patrick Bet-David, entrepreneur and outspoken capitalist, takes the hot seat in Jubilee’s Surrounded, facing 20 anti-capitalists. He argues four bold claims: incentive drives capitalism, capitalism has lifted more people out of poverty than any other system, equal wealth distribu ... Show More

<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">In this lecture, Breht provides an accessible but rigorous introduction to the Marxist theory of history: historical materialism. Breht explains how historical materialism is dialectical materialism applied to the evolution of human societies over time, ... Show More

<p>Recently, Bethany and Luigi joined economist and wealth inequality expert Branko Milanovic in front of a live audience at the Aspen Ideas Festival to explore how capitalism, democracy, and income inequality interact. Together, the three discussed the pervasiveness of income in ... Show More

<p class="MsoNormal">As socialists in the United States one of our most important tasks—at least under our current material conditions—is to raise class consciousness among the mass of people: the basic work of tuning people in to the existence of structures and systems that defi ... Show More

<p>Todd McGowan joins the show once again, this time to discuss his newest book <a href= "https://cup.columbia.edu/book/pure-excess/9780231217590">"Pure Excess: Capitalism and the Commodity".</a> Together, he and Breht discuss commodity fetishism, the tensions between Marxism and ... Show More

Rediffusion Le communisme est une idéologie politique et économique visant à établir une société sans classes, où les moyens de production sont collectivement possédés et contrôlés. Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations. 

<p>Is it possible to pursue Excellence unabashedly without it being capitalism&#39;s fault? Do we have work spaces that are not defined by or centered around the work of money? How do we have a loving relationship with ourselves as working beings while living in a society with ex ... Show More

Former fund manager Ruchir Sharma spent most of his career as a money manager on Wall Street. Lately though, he’s become a fierce critic of modern capitalism – arguing that the economic system is less fair and less efficient than it has ever been. What’s the fix?Produced and pres ... Show More

<p>In this episode, we unpack tensions between theories of equality that emphasize opportunity and outcomes in a discussion based upon Christine Sypnowich’s recent <em>Boston Review </em>article, “Is Equal Opportunity Enough?” We also discuss our very own William Paris’s response ... Show More