The Art of Socialist Finance cannot be conveyed in a massive book of rules and regulations like a “70,000-page Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Tax Code.” The styles which govern Socialist Finance are to be applied in accordance with present-day economic… Read More ›
Karl Marx
Compendium: Total Mobilization of Production for Dasein
Entries related to Arbeit and Geld, Theory of Value, Theory of Money, VCS Economy and Economic Planning, Accounting and Taxation have all raised implications about the appearance of three key variables. Those are Work-Productivity (WP), Solidarity, and Economic Socialization. The… Read More ›
Compendium: Ernst Jünger’s Der Arbeiter (Pt. V of VII)
When one thinks of “Prussia,” does one conjure images of Prussian militarism? Where one thinks of “Bolshevism” (or if one wishes, “Leninism”) does one conjure images of the Soviet Union? Or, as Ernst Jünger dared to claim, are Prussianism and… Read More ›
Compendium: Ernst Jünger’s Der Arbeiter (Pt. IV of VII)
Technology continues to be the defining characteristic of the Arbeiter. It is what enables the Arbeiter to revolutionize the world. The other key trait is the arts, particularly how certain artforms are created and what can be considered an artform… Read More ›
Compendium: Theories of Money (Pt. I of II)
Competing Theories of Money have proliferated in the Western world when the concept of Currency became grew increasingly important since the Renaissance. In addition to the Theories of Value that argued for different ways to determine how much something should… Read More ›
Compendium: 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: 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: 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: Ernst Jünger’s Der Arbeiter (Pt. I of VII)
It is always a challenge to figure out how best to explore the deeper meanings and the significance of Ernst Jünger’s 1932 book, Der Arbeiter: Herrschaft und Gestalt (The Worker: Dominion and Form). Der Arbeiter was one of Jünger’s least… Read More ›
Compendium: Kapital and its Subversion of Culture
Kapital is capable of distorting perceptions, value-judgments and decision-making processes. Its effects have been studied by psychologists, sociologists, political scientists, military-industrial and labor relations scholars, anthropologists, and other non-economic and non-financial fields. All of them can be influenced by the… Read More ›
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