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April 9, 2025

Originally published at notes on cinema James McMahon I will be presenting at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) conference on Friday, April 4 at 6PM. Here is the chart book for the …

April 2, 2025

Abstract An early analysis of the imperialist implications of the surge of global commodity prices was conducted in 2014 by Jonathan Nitzan and Shimshon Bichler. However, their analysis did not consider how the US monetary …

March 24, 2025

Abstract National champion policies in BRICS countries pose challenges for governance in global meat processing markets as they increase concentration, reduce competition and enhance corporate power in food systems. We investigate the degree to which …

March 6, 2025

Abstract This study examines the declining usage lifespan of household consumer durables in the United States between 1970 and 2018, situating the phenomenon within a heterodox political economy framework. While mainstream economic narratives attribute the …

March 3, 2025

Abstract El 3 de diciembre de 2024, Michael Hudson se reunió con los investigadores del capital como poder Jonathan Nitzan, Tim Di Muzio y Blair Fix para discutir las intersecciones entre sus dos líneas de …

February 24, 2025

Capital as Power in the 21st Century A Conversation MICHAEL HUDSON, JONATHAN NITZAN, TIM DI MUZIO, and BLAIR FIX February 2025 Abstract On December 3, 2024, Michael Hudson met with capital-as-power researchers Jonathan Nitzan, Tim …

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Review of Capital as Power (RECASP)


February 24, 2025

Capital as Power in the 21st Century A Conversation MICHAEL HUDSON, JONATHAN NITZAN, TIM DI MUZIO, and BLAIR FIX February 2025 Abstract On December 3, 2024, Michael Hudson met with capital-as-power researchers Jonathan Nitzan, Tim …

September 12, 2023

Manuscripts Don’t Burn SHIMSHON BICHLER and JONATHAN NITZAN September 2023 Keywords censorship, ideology, marxism, neoliberalilsm, peer review, plagiarism Citation Bichler, Shimshon, and Nitzan, Jonathan. 2023. ‘Manuscripts Don’t Burn’. Review of Capital as Power, Vol. 2, …

September 12, 2023

The Capital as Power Approach An Invited-then-Rejected Interview with Shimshon Bichler and Jonathan Nitzan SHIMSHON BICHLER and JONATHAN NITZAN September 2023 Keywords capital accumulation, capitalization, interview, Marxism, modes of power, stagflation, systemic fear, value theory …

January 17, 2023

The Business of Strategic Sabotage SHIMSHON BICHLER and JONATHAN NITZAN January 2023 Abstract In a recent article, Nicolas D. Villarreal claims that our empirical analysis of the relation between business power and industrial sabotage in …

June 23, 2022

Pensions and Power The Political and Market Dynamics of Public Pension Plans ERALD KOLASI June 2022 Abstract This paper uses the theory of ‘capital as power’ to analyze the struggle over public pensions in the …

May 3, 2022

Costly Efficiencies Healthcare Spending, COVID-19, and the Public/Private Healthcare Debate CHRIS MOURÉ May 2022 Abstract Proponents of private healthcare often claim that the private sector is more ‘efficient’ at delivering healthcare services. This paper tests …

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April 9, 2025

Originally published at notes on cinema James McMahon I will be presenting at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) conference on Friday, April 4 at 6PM. Here is the chart book for the …

August 20, 2024

Coda to the 6-part series Alberta’s Rockefeller Coups Regan Boychuk Since a small and relatively weak people living alongside a great and powerful people necessarily devotes much time to study and observation of its large …

March 22, 2024

Originally published at sbhager.com Sandy Brian Hager Reading in the latest FT Weekend about NovoNordisk’s recent moves to corner the market for weight loss drugs, I was reminded of an eye-opening article from Rana Foroohar …

March 19, 2024

Originally published at notes on cinema James McMahon This paper investigates the timing of labour strikes in Hollywood. The occurrence of strikes, such as the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes in 2023, can make sense when …

January 12, 2024

Regan Boychuk Author’s Note: John D. Rockefeller Sr. had the last laugh about American anti-trust law and the muck-raking media before descending to Dante’s 9th Circle in May 1937. The oil industry’s center of gravity had …

November 24, 2023

Originally published at Economics from the Top Down Blair Fix A few months ago I received an intriguing email from researcher and activist Regan Boychuk. For the past 15 years, Boychuk has been studying the …

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Publications


April 2, 2025

Abstract An early analysis of the imperialist implications of the surge of global commodity prices was conducted in 2014 by Jonathan Nitzan and Shimshon Bichler. However, their analysis did not consider how the US monetary …

March 24, 2025

Abstract National champion policies in BRICS countries pose challenges for governance in global meat processing markets as they increase concentration, reduce competition and enhance corporate power in food systems. We investigate the degree to which …

March 3, 2025

Abstract El 3 de diciembre de 2024, Michael Hudson se reunió con los investigadores del capital como poder Jonathan Nitzan, Tim Di Muzio y Blair Fix para discutir las intersecciones entre sus dos líneas de …

December 16, 2024

Abstract Our recent article on ‘The Road to Gaza’ examined the history of the three supreme-God churches and the growing role of their militias in armed conflicts and wars around the world. The present paper …

December 6, 2024

Abstract The concepts of rentiership and intellectual monopoly have gained increased prominence in discussions about the transformation of global capitalism in recent years. However, there have been few if any attempts to construct measures for …

November 28, 2024

Abstract In the face of the impending climate emergency, an anonymous manifesto surfaces online by the mysterious El Grillo declaring a war on cars. As the manifesto spreads around the world, activists from all over …

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Working Papers on Capital as Power


March 6, 2025

Abstract This study examines the declining usage lifespan of household consumer durables in the United States between 1970 and 2018, situating the phenomenon within a heterodox political economy framework. While mainstream economic narratives attribute the …

August 19, 2024

Abstract Our recent article on ‘The Road to Gaza’ examined the history of the three supreme-God churches and the growing role of their militias in armed conflicts and wars around the world. The present paper …

August 15, 2024

Abstract Much of the economic analysis of banking crises focuses on the interplay between concentration and stability. A common theory is that concentration is associated with greater stability, whereas competition is associated with instability. In …

August 14, 2024

Abstract Hager’s project examines the historical development of US public debt ownership and its political implications. His main innovation is to approach the topic from the perspective of disaggregated social class and frame questions of …

August 13, 2024

Abstract The war that started in 2023 between Hamas and Israel is driven by various long-lasting processes, but it also brings to the fore a new cause that hitherto seemed marginal: the armed militias of …

November 9, 2023

Abstract The 2023 war between Hamas and Israel elicits many different explanations. As with previous regional hostilities, here too, the pundits and commentators have numerous overlapping processes to draw on – from the struggle between …

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April 21, 2025 9:12 pm

Jonathan Nitzan

Keynes considered the accumulation urge useful in bringing humanity to a state of material bliss, after which it would be recognized for what it was — a pathological condition befitting the psychiatrist couch. Had he …

April 20, 2025 9:37 am

max gr

“…Of course there will still be many people with intense, unsatisfied purposiveness who will blindly pursue wealth—unless they can find some plausible substitute. But the rest of us will no longer be under any obligation …

April 17, 2025 5:29 am

max gr

Surprisingly, the above question became relevant again, so if someone has any thoughts about the matter, any feedback would be welcome.

April 16, 2025 9:22 am

Pieter de Beer

Hi Max, thank you for your response. max gr wrote:if those definitions include power than it is unclear why we should think of power as an “emergent” property of coordination The dimensions describe how coordination …

April 16, 2025 6:53 am

max gr

Thanks for sharing this, Pieter. Some quick thoughts about the analytical framework itself: Pieter de Beer wrote:Origin of coordination: who or what initiates the process, and with what legitimacy or authority. This “dimension”, as well …

April 16, 2025 5:48 am

Pieter de Beer

I just finished Angela Davis’s Freedom is a Constant Struggle, and honestly it hits hard in all the right ways. It’s a mix of speeches, essays, and convos that somehow manage to feel super immediate …

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