21st Century Capitalism: On Venezuela’s Nationalization of the Oil Industry

by Fernando Dachevsky, Grupo de Investigación de la Historia Económica Argentina (Argentine Economic History Research Group) – CEICS.

 Editor’s note:  In response to our request to publish some of their writings, we were sent the following article by the Argentine organization Razón y Revolución (Reason and Revolution). We enjoyed extensive discussions with some of its Marxist scholar-activists in December, when Andrew Kliman spoke at their Buenos Aires conference. This article appeared in their publication El Aromo, March/April 2007. Our translation is by Carlos Saracino.  Read the rest of this entry »

Video: “Temporal Value Theory at a Moment of Capitalist Crisis”

The Marxist-Humanist Initiative sponsored and participated in several panels and events at the Rethinking Marxism conference in Amherst, MA, from November 5-8, 2009. Video from a series of sessions, Temporal Value Theory at a Moment of Capitalist Crisis, sponsored by the Marxist-Humanist Initiative and Critique of Political Economy at Rethinking Marxism is now available. Special thanks to Brendan Cooney for the video recordings. Read the rest of this entry »

Reply to Bill Jefferies and the Permanent Revolution organization

In an October 16 article, “ISJ 124: Kliman and Choonara review” published on the website of the Permanent Revolution organization, Bill Jefferies criticizes my recent review of Chris Harman’s new book, Zombie Capitalism. Key points of contention have to do with the current economic crisis and its causes, so my response to Jefferies may be of general interest, and of interest to those who’ve read my new study of movements of profitability in the U.S. corporate sector. Read the rest of this entry »

Confronting Capitalism’s Economic Crisis, Meeting & 4-part Seminar

UPDATE: Video for the June 23 meeting is now available.

Confronting Capitalism’s Economic Crisis

–Meeting & 4-part Seminar–

all events at TRS, 44 East 32nd St., 11th floor,
New York, NY, from 7 pm to 9 pm

sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative
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Cherry-Picking Peaks and Troughs

Why Marxist Economists Dismiss Marx’s Law of the Tendential Fall in the Rate of Profit

by Andrew Kliman, Author of Reclaiming Marx’s “Capital“: A refutation of the myth of inconsistency Read the rest of this entry »