To begin, I thought I should confess by stating my field of expertise is not Economics but Political Science, specifically International Relations. My interest in Economics revolves around a recurring problem that I constantly encounter within my own discipline whenever… Read More ›
Finance
On the Topic of Post-Keynesianism
“Post-Keynesianism” has an intriguing pedigree, even by Keynesian standards. Based on what I had researched about that heterodox economic school of thought, Post-Keynesianism strives to transcend the ideological dogmatism inherent within Liberal Capitalism. It is critical of the mainstream variants… Read More ›
Compendium: World Reserve Currencies
Even though the Bretton Woods System is dead, the US Dollar still continues to be the “World Reserve Currency.” Everyone knows the Value of the US Dollar within Exchange Rates and everyone outside the Western world clamors for it during… Read More ›
Compendium: Why Vocations need Geld to contribute Arbeit
As bizarre as this may seem at first, Vocations do require specific amounts of Geld from the State in order to contribute Arbeit to the Life-Energy Reserve. Geld is not just needed for paying the workforce of the Vocational Civil… Read More ›
Update (22 July 2021)
I have at least two upcoming SMP Compendium entries that needs to be finished. As of late, it remains to be seen whether I should continue working on them or consider writing other entries. The entries in question are related… Read More ›
Update (21 July 2021)
Everyday perceptions of Technology tend to describe it as being an “instrument” or a “human activity.” While those are understandable and acceptable definitions of Technology, neither properly addresses the true “essence” of Technology. As mentioned in Part VII of the… Read More ›
Ernst Jünger’s Der Arbeiter (Pt. VII of VII)
The technological changes described in Der Arbeiter later became the topic of immense interest for Martin Heidegger. Heidegger ascertained the possibilities of Technology undermining the Dasein of everyday people as Beings-in-the-World. Whereas Spengler was arriving at his conclusions in Man… Read More ›
Ernst Jünger’s Der Arbeiter (Pt. VI of VII)
Just as Technology is an art requiring creativity and ingenuity, so it too does it pave the way for political-economic change. The conditions of Total Mobilization compel the need to alter the conception of the nation-state as a Western polity…. Read More ›
The Deconstruction of American Conservatism
Prior to the presidency of Donald Trump, why is there always something defining American Conservatism instead of nothing? Why believe that American Conservatism is somehow immune to a Heideggerian “Lichtung” (Clearing) that wipes the slate clean of its preconceived perceptions… Read More ›
Compendium: Devaluation and Revaluation (Pt. II of II)
In the first half of this SMP Compendium entry, it was established that the Currencies pegged to the Work-Standard have the Price of Geld affected by the Value of Arbeit. If the Financial Regime of a Socialist nation-state has its… Read More ›
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