Category Archives: Academic Left
Ancient to Modern Mashriq
Ancient to Modern Mashriq March 29, 2015Editor from Ali Kadri The earliest places to develop into sedentary cultures were to be found in the present-day Mashriq (Ancient Syria and Mesopotamia) pursuant to the early agricultural revolution. The crevice at the end … Continue reading
Economics as Superstructure
Economics as Superstructure March 26, 2015Editor Norbert Häring‘s presentation for the seminar “Economics and Power” on 23 March 2015, House of Lords, London: Ladies and Gentlemen, To pay tribute to the Marxist jargon, in which Lord Skidelsky has phrased the title … Continue reading
Why Paul Krugman is no real Keynesian
Why Paul Krugman is no real Keynesian March 26, 2015Editor from Lars Syll Keynes’s insights have enormous practical importance, according to Lance Taylor and Duncan Foley (who jointly received the Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought at Tufts … Continue reading
The CIA and Signals Intelligence
The CIA and Signals Intelligence Formerly Top-Secret Multi-Volume History Details Spy Agency’s Conflicts with NSA and Military over SIGINT Role Additional Declassified Documents Describe CIA Domestic and Foreign SIGINT Activity CIA Role Often Put It in Direct Competition with NSA, … Continue reading
The Rage of the Cultural Elites
The Rage of the Cultural Elites Post Categories: Culture Yu Shan | Thursday, March 19, 2015, 9:45 Beijing A certain unhappy incident happened to my aunt in the summer of 1966. The Cultural Revolution—a political movement initiated by Mao Zedong—was … Continue reading
The ‘Christian US’ Overseeing the End of Christianity in the Mideast
The ‘Christian US’ Overseeing the End of Christianity in the Mideast Post Categories: Canada Finian CUNNINGHAM | Saturday, March 7, 2015, 11:13 Beijing The latest brutal persecution of Christians in Syria and Iraq by extremists belonging to the Islamic State … Continue reading
Microfoundational cyborg dream and Neoclassical Economics
Microfoundational cyborg dream March 6, 2015 from Lars Syll – Are macro-economists doomed to always “fight the last war”? Are they doomed to always be explaining the last problem we had, even as a completely different problem is building … Continue reading