As of late, I am halfway done with Part IV of “Third Place: ‘Total Educational Effort” (Pt. III of V).” This is the first half, the other half was handwritten on paper as a draft to get my thoughts sorted… Read More ›
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Third Place: Beyond the Korean Mousetrap (Pt. I of II)
“Under Fordism-Taylorism, the industrial worker had to work at a pace dictated by the speed of the assembly line. Work was repetitive and often exhausting. [Since the death of Bretton Woods], if you have a job, you have to work… Read More ›
On Hamiltonian Federalism and Friedrich Nietzsche (Pt. II of III)
“Is [Scientific Socialism] merely a mistake of [Utopian Socialism]? Or [Utopian Socialism] merely a mistake of [Scientific Socialism]?” -Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols, or, How to Philosophize with a Hammer, ca. 1889 What did Nietzsche really mean when he… Read More ›
Compendium: Taxation and the Work-Standard (Pt. III of III)
The past two parts of this SMP Compendium should be obvious by now. Taxation under the Work-Standard is going to operate according to a different set of parameters than how they are normally conducted under Liberal Capitalism. The purpose of… 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: CMEA’s Fixed Exchange Rates and its Hard Currency Shops
There are no doubts whatsoever that the demise of the Eastern Bloc countries and the Soviet Union by extension came as a direct result of the death of Bretton Woods. While the Western Bloc and the United States opted for… Read More ›
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