Tag: C4SS Studies
Download: “Intellectual Property”: A Libertarian Critique I. The Ethics of “Intellectual Property” II. Privilege as Economic Irrationality III. “Intellectual Property” and the Structure of the American Domestic Economy IV. “Intellectual Property” and the Global Economy V. “Intellectual Property,” Business Models and Product Design VI. Is “Intellectual Property” a Necessary Incentive? “Intellectual property” is a contentious issue among libertarians. Among the individualist anarchists alone,…
Download [PDF]: Industrial Policy: New Wine in Old Bottles I. The Unsustainability of the Existing System II. The Seeds of the New System III. What Stands in the Way The problem is, the low-overhead business model I described above for the informal economy is, in almost countless ways, illegal. Take the restaurant/brew pub example. You have to buy an extremely expensive…
Download [PDF]: Industrial Policy: New Wine in Old Bottles I. The Unsustainability of the Existing System II. The Seeds of the New System III. What Stands in the Way Sloanism, not to mince words, is as dead as Elvis; the corpse just hasn’t started to stink yet. The kind of industry that emerges on the other side of the Time…
Download [PDF]: Industrial Policy: New Wine in Old Bottles I. The Unsustainability of the Existing System II. The Seeds of the New System III. What Stands in the Way Einstein reputedly said that you can’t solve problems with the same level of thinking that caused them in the first place. The political and economic establishments tasked to deal with problems, unfortunately,…
Destroying the Master’s House With the Master’s Tools: Some Notes on the Libertarian Theory of Ideology [PDF] We commonly look at ideology from the perspective of the ruling class, as a legitimizing tool. But ideology serves the purposes of the ruled, as well—as a guide to action in their class interest. The respective ideologies of rulers and…
Alan Furth: el anarquismo no es lo que la mayoría de la gente cree que es.
C4SS Media would like to present one of our signature political position pieces, from C4SS Senior Fellow Gary Chartier
INTRODUÇÃO I. Ascensão e Persistência da Comuna de Vila. II. Destruição da Comuna Camponesa pelo Estado. III. Destruição da Comuna Camponesa pelo Estado. Os Cercos na Inglaterra. IV. Destruição da Comuna Camponesa pelo Estado. França: Guerra às Comuns por Monarquia, República e Império. V. Destruição da Comuna Camponesa pelo Estado. O Acordo Permanente da Índia. VI. Destruição…
Furth: Anarchism is not what the majority of people think it is.
A hint of the subjects covered: Vulgar libertarianism, labor theory of value, FMAC mutualism, economies of scale, human scale production…
Kevin Carson: In their equation of progress and productivity with the sheer quantitative mass of capital invested, are stuck in the paleotechnic age.
“Não Há Trabalho Bastante”
Setores Desperdiçadores da Economia
Desperdício Externo Decorrente de Marketing e de Obsolescência Planejada
Desperdício Interno no Processo de Produção
Sistemas de Contabilidade e Vitrines Quebradas
Desperdício Decorrente de Desembolsos Compulsórios de Capital e de Overhead
Desperdício Decorrente de Insumos Subsidiados
