A heavily reworked version of Double-Entry Bookkeeping, Command-Obedience Bookkeeping is the preferred accounting system under the Work-Standard. As pointed out in an early post on The Fourth Estate Blog, Double-Entry Bookkeeping contributed to the formation of the Capitalism in Liberal… Read More ›
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Ernst Jünger’s Der Arbeiter (Pt. III of VII)
Two recurring topics related to the Arbeiter are commonly cited throughout Der Arbeiter, art and technology. Ernst Jünger focused more on the role of technology as being the defining characteristic of the Arbeiter as a Figure than art. Clearly, the… Read More ›
Compendium: Supply-Side versus Demand-Side Economics and the Laffer Curve
It has often been claimed that a lower Taxation Rate can yield economic growth. The claim perpetuates like an Internet Meme over the past few decades due to the prevalence of “Supply-Side Economics.” As a macroeconomic theory from Liberal Capitalism,… Read More ›
Compendium: Soviet-Type Economic Planning (STEP) and the Formulas of its Accounting System
Soviet-Type Economic Planning (STEP) relies on its own methodology of calculating economic growth/contraction and the overall productivity of nation-states under Marxism-Leninism. Included in this methodology is a distinct accounting system and formulas. The accounting system is known as the “Material… Read More ›
Compendium: The “Paranoid Style” as a Jeffersonian Obstacle for Hamiltonian Federal Socialism
Anyone who has made serious contemplations about the return of Hamiltonianism as “Federal Socialism” must contend with the “Paranoid Style” identified by the American historian Richard Hofstadter. Written in the wake of conspiracy theories surrounding the rise of Barry Goldwater… Read More ›
Compendium: Work-Standard Formula for Quality of Arbeit
Arbeit is discernible from the outputs of economic and financial activities through the actual production of goods and services. The Value is affected by the balance of Work-Productivity (WP) and Work-Intensity (WI) for 1 Vocation and listed in the national… Read More ›
Compendium: Democracy and the Council State (Pt. III of III)
There are a number of potential disadvantages that may arise while conducting any serious implementation of Councilor governance. Council Democracy, despite overcoming much of the shortcomings with Parliamentary Democracy, still has its own set of disadvantages to offset. These disadvantages… Read More ›
Compendium: Why the “Splinternet” is an Alternative to the World Wide Web (WWW)
The rise of the Internet in the 1990s posed serious questions besides the sovereignty of the nation-state in the 21st century. It has introduced the role of Information as a fifth vector in the dynamics of Liberal Capitalist-style Free Trade,… Read More ›
Compendium: Democracy and the Council State (Pt. II of III)
It is a common misconception by Liberal Capitalists to accuse Council Democracy of promoting “Democratic Backsliding” or “Illiberal Democracy.” Claiming to wield a virtual monopoly on Democracy as a political concept in the economic sense, they perceive any deviation from… Read More ›
Compendium: How the Central Bank sets the Exchange Rates under the Work-Standard
In the entries “How the Economy creates Arbeit” and “How Arbeit is converted into Geld,” all of the important steps on the basic processes of the Work-Standard were laid out. Granted, they were discussed in the context of a single… Read More ›
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