Episodes
Saturday Apr 27, 2019
/69/ Boiled Lobsters ft. Angela Nagle
Saturday Apr 27, 2019
Saturday Apr 27, 2019
On Peterson vs Zizek. Did the 'debate of the century' live up to its billing? More importantly, what explains Peterson's appeal - and Zizek's? Why did the debate have such an odd, out of time feel?
References:
The Fool and the Madman, Jacobin critique of the debate
Evaluating the Peterson-Zizek Debate, Doug Lain, Zero Books
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Thursday Apr 18, 2019
/68/ Big Money Talk ft. Doug Henwood
Thursday Apr 18, 2019
Thursday Apr 18, 2019
On Modern Monetary Theory. Doug Henwood joins us to discuss whether MMT offers a fiscal alternative for Left governments. What is monetary sovereignty and do all states have it? What are MMT's prospects for states as different as the USA, Nigeria or Brazil? Is it a suspect economic remedy, too much of a quick fix? Are MMT proponents guilty of avoiding political confrontation?
Readings
Modern Monetary Theory Isn’t Helping, Doug Henwood, Jacobin
MMT Is Already Helping, Pavlina R. Tcherneva, Jacobin
Modern Money Theory 101: A Reply to Critics (pdf), Éric Tymoigne and L. Randall Wray
Modern Money Theory (MMT) vs. Structural Keynesianism, Thomas Palley
What Is Modern Monetary Theory and Why Is It So Important to the Green New Deal?, Jacob Weindling, Paste Magazine
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Thursday Apr 04, 2019
/67/ Legacies of Postmodernism ft. Catherine Liu
Thursday Apr 04, 2019
Thursday Apr 04, 2019
On whether we can salvage anything from postmodernism. Have we left postmodernity - and if so, can can we be properly dialectical about it: see it as progress and catastrophe all at once? Is there a moment of truth to postmodernism amidst all the falsity?
We discuss the left intelligentsia's abandonment of materialism; phoney cultural populism; the demolition of Pruitt-Igoe; Knausgaard's six volume 'Min Kamp'; and the end of cultural rebellion.
Readings:
- The Apprentice in Theory: Fan, Student, Star, Catherine Liu & Devan Bailey on Avital Ronell, LA Review of Books
- Postmodernism or the Cultural Logic of Late Capitalism, Frederic Jameson, NLR
- Itemised, review of Knausgaard by Jameson, LRB
- The Myth of Pruitt-Igoe, documentary
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