We Read Theory We Read Theory

Theory is BACK! In this one, Alex leads Mark on a journey through the philosophy and practice of Anarcho-Syndicalism as told by Rudolf Rocker.

Mark and Alex investigate the first in a (non-continuous) series of socialist leaders from the 20th century and beyond. This week, Thomas Sankara of Burkina Faso!

Mark and Alex celebrate a year of theory by returning to the bearded chad that started it all. In this second installment of the Kropotkin Saga, the boys discuss the various ways in which mutual aid, rather than competition, has defined our social lives throughout history.



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"Mutual Aid: a Factor of Evolution: by Petr Kropotkin

This time the boys don't just read theory, they roast it. Mark and Alex explore the need for material analysis, what it means for an ideology to be incoherent, and why many definitions of freedom are misleading. And what better ideology to examine for this purpose than Libertarianism?

Mark and Alex run through Errico Malatesta's cafe dialogues, in which based and breadpilled anarchism enjoyer crushes small-brained conservatives in the arena of ideas



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"At the Cafe" by Errico Malatesta

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/errico-malatesta-at-the-cafe

Mark and Alex embark on the perilous journey of attempting to talk about economics without boring everyone to death. In particular, the boys investigate Modern Monetary Theory, a radical and relatively new perspective on money and the state.



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Sources used in this episode

From the State Theory of Money to Modern Money Theory: An Alternative to Economic Orthodoxy, By L. Randall Wray

http://www.levyinstitute.org/pubs/wp_792.pdf

Understanding the Economic Fallacies of the Intergenerational Debate, by Bill Mitchel and Warren Mosler

http://billmitchell.org/publications/journals/J51_2006.pdf

My Response to a German Critic, by Bill Mitchel

Part 1: http://bilbo.economicoutlook.net/blog/?p=38964

Part 2: http://bilbo.economicoutlook.net/blog/?p=38992

Part 3: http://bilbo.economicoutlook.net/blog/?p=39022

A Skeptic’s Guide to Modern Monetary Theory, By N. Gregory Mankiw

https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/mankiw/files/skeptics_guide_to_modern_monetary_theory.pdf