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Capitalism is the best economic system, as long as you assume that the marginal utility if incremental individual wealth is not diminishing

Capitalism is the best economic system, as long as you assume that the marginal utility if incremental individual wealth is not diminishing

Johan Norberg – The capitalist manifesto

Some interesting fact and figures around happiness in different countries support the thesis, but the question of redistribution is treated in a shallow way.

Today’s dominant ideology is the acceptance of ‘how the world really is’ and that any attempt to change that will lead to ruin

Today’s dominant ideology is the acceptance of ‘how the world really is’ and that any attempt to change that will lead to ruin

Slavoj Zizek – Like a thief in broad daylight

Mix of interesting Marxist perspectives on contemporary politics and confusing rants about old movies.

You are the raw material of capitalists trading in futures on human behavior

You are the raw material of capitalists trading in futures on human behavior

Shoshana Zuboff – Surveillance capitalism

There is a tendency in critiques of ‘big tech’ to underestimate the long-term resilliance of mankind; although that does not render the argument invalid.

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