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Regan Boychuk British, American, and Russian elites planned global domination through one great war a century ago, but it did not quite work out. Instead, today we approach a third world war to avoid democracy …
Originally published at pluralistic.net Reproduced under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license Cory Doctorow You know how “realist” has become a synonym for “asshole?” As in, “I’m not a racist, I’m just a ‘race realist?'” …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Review of Capital as Power (RECASP)
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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Regan Boychuk British, American, and Russian elites planned global domination through one great war a century ago, but it did not quite work out. Instead, today we approach a third world war to avoid democracy …
Originally published at pluralistic.net Reproduced under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license Cory Doctorow You know how “realist” has become a synonym for “asshole?” As in, “I’m not a racist, I’m just a ‘race realist?'” …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Publications
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Working Papers on Capital as Power
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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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 …
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 …
max gr
Surprisingly, the above question became relevant again, so if someone has any thoughts about the matter, any feedback would be welcome.
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 …
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 …
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 …
Bichler & Nitzan Archives
- מעשה במניפסט [עם טיוטות, טלאים ותיקונים] (A Tale of a Manifesto [With Drafts, Patches and Corrections])on June 11, 2025
מעשה במניפסט [עם טיוטות, טלאים ותיקונים] (A Tale of a Manifesto [With Drafts, Patches and Corrections]) Al-Azhari, Ali and Schubert, Herzl and Neumann, Giyora and Bichler, Shimshon. (2025). pp. 1-6. Tel Aviv. June. (Other; Hebrew).
- Capital as Coordination: A Synthesis Encompassing Marx and CasPon June 5, 2025
Capital as Coordination: A Synthesis Encompassing Marx and CasP De Beer, Pieter. (2025). Substack. 3 June. pp. 1-7. (Article - Magazine; English).
- Energy Poverty, Power and Capital: Moving Beyond Descriptive Theories Through the Swedish Institutional Caseon May 17, 2025
Energy Poverty, Power and Capital: Moving Beyond Descriptive Theories Through the Swedish Institutional Case Vahnberg, Jack and von Platten, Jenny. (2025). Energy Research & Social Science. Vol. 125. July. pp. 1-9. (Article - Journal; English).
- Crises financeiras e a sabotagem do processo de produção: uma perspectiva Vebleniana (Financial Crises and the Sabotage of the Production process: A Veblenian Perspective)on May 17, 2025
Crises financeiras e a sabotagem do processo de produção: uma perspectiva Vebleniana (Financial Crises and the Sabotage of the Production process: A Veblenian Perspective) Rabelo Freitas, Tales. (2025). Nova Economia. Vol. 35. No. 1. pp. 1-28. (Article - Journal; Portuguese).
- The Soviet Experiment with Empireon May 14, 2025
The Soviet Experiment with Empire Fix, Blair. (2025). Economics from the Top Down. 13 May. pp. 1-12. (Article - Magazine; English).
- The Half Life of Empireon May 4, 2025
The Half Life of Empire Fix, Blair. (2025). Economics from the Top Down. 4 May. pp. 1-10. (Article - Magazine; English).