“For progress today really does mean simply the prevention and avoidance of total catastrophe.” Law, capitalism, and standard disclaimers.
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On the @LPEblog I contribute to the recent debate on theory launched by @samuelmoyn. I do this by addressing two questions he raises: Is capitalism "a thing"? If so, what's our theory of it? Is Capitalism “a Thing”? lpeproject.org/blog/is-capit…
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New draft: “Capital, the Market, and Republican Domination.”
A lot of people say capitalism is a form of domination. My paper asks a basic question: who (or what?) exactly is doing the dominating?
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In brief, capital, but not the market, exhibits (1) a purpose, or "will," (2) that will is arbitrary, and (3) this will subjects workers and market-dependent others to this purpose, production for accumulation.
Still a draft, so comments welcome!
@chrisokane_nyc made the great point (in his own book presentation) that capital does not dominate "society" so much as it is a form of (as)sociation. This caused me to make quite a few wording changes 😉
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Podcast Episode 53 is out! Listen as our director Matthew Dimick @mddimick discusses law, income inequality, the economics of justice, and his recent book Ending Income Inequality. buffalo.edu/baldycenter/mult…
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ALT Book cover Ending Income Inequality: A Critical Approach to the Law and Economic of Redistribution by Matthew Dimick. Cambridge University Press.
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Today, @mddimick argues that while antitrust may promise to tame corporate power, it leaves untouched the deeper logic of capitalism that compels production for profit’s sake.
The latest in our mini-series on Marxism and Antitrust.
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the key to philosophical learning is not just to know a bunch of texts or how to slot in one more argument among others but to access the logical space in which those arguments are made and to learn to “free sail” among them, with “nothing over you or under you.”
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"Any abstract claim for or against checks and balances cannot be sustained. Their value must be judged relative to specific, historically given social relations." @mddimick in @form_legal: legalform.blog/2025/10/14/ch…
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Week in review: @LDHerrine on neoliberalism and the authoritarian turn in higher ed, @beau_baumann on losing and regaining(?) administrative legitimacy, and @mddimick on the dreaded double distortion argument.
Plus, the best of LPE from around the web!
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And, if you enjoyed the piece, make sure to check out Matt's new book with @CambridgeUP!
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This piece is being co-published with the fine folks at @jacobin.
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Today, @mddimick explains why one of the most famous arguments against predistribution fails on its own terms.
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I know there’s a lot going on, but on September 11th, we must take a moment to celebrate Archie the Hippo King on his birthday.
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"One's immediate experience of oppression or exploitation is powerful, but it is unable to locate that experience within a broader ensemble of social relations. It is only through theoretical reflection that one can understand the ways in which broader logics produce and sustain