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Posts Tagged ‘political economy’


Left Side of the Story: Labour, Welfare, and Workplace

By Cultural Shifts and Berrak Kabasakal — April 10th, 2008
The fourth panel of the Institute of Political Economy annual conference.



From within Canada: Identity and Public Policy

By Cultural Shifts and Benjamin Christensen — April 1st, 2008
The third panel of the Institute of Political Economy annual conference.



The Internationalization / Transnationalization of the State and its Relation to Low-Intensity Democracy: The Case of Haiti

By Ray Silvius and Neil Burron — March 22nd, 2008
Historical materialist scholarship has, from the time of Marx, reflected the manner in which economics transcends national borders. Bastian van Apeldoorn (2004: 143) encapsulates this sentiment, writing that “the world of international relations has from the start been inextricably bound up with the expanding capitalist …



IP Rights and New Technologies: Pills, Pirates & Sex Dolls

By Cultural Shifts and Eliot Che — March 18th, 2008
Comments on the first panel of the Institute of Political Economy annual conference.



Marxxxist Alienation: Sexual Anthropomorphism of Realdolls™ and Construction of Man

By Elizabeth Record — March 18th, 2008
Looking at the changing interactions between the organic and inanimate constructions of capitalism.



The Road to Serfdom is a Good Book

By Matthew Lymburner — January 13th, 2008
There, I said it. Likely all who stop reading this post at the title, and who have done the same with Hayek’s book will be appalled, and will proceed to lambast me somewhere (oh wait, I’m not that important!). But it’s something that needs to …



Why Study Marx?

By Archie Techne — December 29th, 2007
From the ruins of the Berlin Wall and the decline of the Soviet empire emerged declarations about the end of Marxism and the triumph of Western capitalist democracy. And yet, these misguided assertions failed to address two key points - that Soviet-style top-down communism was …