Heilafóður: Let’s Be Less Productive

Tim Jackson veltir upp efasemdum um að aukin framleiðni sé alltaf til góðs: Productivity — the amount of output delivered per hour of work in the economy — is often viewed as the engine of progress in modern capitalist economies. .. The quest for increased productivity occupies reams of academic literature and haunts the waking…

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Heilafóður: Keynes’ Jetpack

Mike Beggs skrifar um kapítalisma, hugmyndir Keynes, dreifingu auðsins og fleira: Socialists would surely agree with Keynes that while there is no cure for the human condition, the economic problem can indeed be solved. We would disagree that the solution will emerge smoothly and naturally out of capitalism. Jacobin writers have repeatedly made the case…

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