Episode 319: #206 Reflections on Socialism w/ Nick Rogers

This week I am delighted to welcome Nick Rogers to the podcast to talk about his recent paper “Reflections on the Economics of Socialism” that he wrote for a recent special issue of the Journal of Global Faultlines. Nicks Paper: https://www.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.13169/jglobfaul.9.2.0138Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/FromAlpha2OmegaBook Project: https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/

We finish our discussion of Chapter 9 - “Is the Precariat a Class''.Da Slides:https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oNY1SPxFk0Xg-NndRJPh0l_cOWyLMOGY6rFhC0zGIyc/edit?usp=share_linkBook Project:https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/FromAlpha2Omega

Donal and I host a livestream where we talk all about the progress of our socialist planning book.https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/

We continue our discussion with Geoffrey Bell about his book ‘The Twilight of Unionism: Ulster and Future of Northern Ireland’.

This week I am delighted to welcome Geoffrey Bell to the show, to discuss his book ‘The Twilight of Unionism: Ulster and Future of Northern Ireland’.Book Project:https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/

This week Donal  and myself discuss a really excellent book we recently read on the socialist calculation debate. The book is called Rivalry and Central Planning, and is written by the Austrian economist Don Lavoie.The Book Project:https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/FromAlpha2Omega

We welcome Peter Åström to the podcast, to discuss an article he recently wrote for the Riff-Raff journal. Riff-raff describes itself as a ‘journal for a theoretical discussion of communism as a real movement’.The article: http://www.riff-raff.se/texts/en/the-commodity-and-communismThe book project:https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/

We continue our discussion of Chapter 9 - “Is the Precariat a Class''. Our socialist planning book project: theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com

We continue our discussion of LL Mens "The Capitalist Nature of the 'Socialist' Countries: A Politico-Economic Analysis"

Today Donal and myself discuss an amazing text by the little known Hong Kong based Left Communist L.L. Men.You can download the text from libcom.org here: https://libcom.org/article/ll-men-two-texts-defining-communist-programmeThe self-publishing friendly version of the pdf:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jQYDzqw_dLIDYc1zt8B9tRdE-DvCXLsQ/view?usp=sharingBook Project:https://theclasslesssocietyinmotion.com/