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  Nov 21, 2023

  Richard Wolff: Karl Marx and the Myths of Marxism | Robinson's Podcast #154

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  Richard Wolff is Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a visiting professor at The New School, where he works on economics in the Marxist tradition. This is Richard’s second appearance on Robinson’s Podcast. In episode #127, he and Robinson discussed some of the most profound criticisms of capitalism. In this installment, they focus on Marx himself, including Karl Marx’s background, his most important views, what he wrote and didn’t write, and some of the common—and potentially devastating—criticisms of Marxism. Richard’s Website: ⁠https://www.rdwolff.com⁠ Economic Update: ⁠https://www.democracyatwork.info/economicupdate⁠ The Sickness is the System: https://a.co/d/jf5w5wy OUTLINE 00:00 In This Episode… 00:22 Introduction 03:55 Who Was Karl Marx? 32:15 Karl Marx, Armchair Intellectual? 37:40 Answering Karl Marx’s Critics 50:38 Is Karl Marx Responsible for the Communist Genocides? 01:14:09 Marxism and The World Economy of Today 01:17:53 Is Socialism a Monolith? Does Marxism Evolve? 01:25:13 On Marxism and Mass Death Robinson’s Website: ⁠http://robinsonerhardt.com⁠ Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and everyone in-between.

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  Impact Dashboard - Impact Counter | Impact Counter

  impactcounter.com - Eric Moakley

  Visualize the human impact of funding changes for aid and support organizations.

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  From dread to action: Tracking the Trump-Musk death toll from cuts to USAID

  Salon - By Tatyana Tandanpolie

  At the outset of the United States' freeze on billions of dollars in foreign aid, Brooke Nichols thought President Donald Trump would never cut funding to the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, a $6.5 billion program that supplies most of the HIV treatment drugs in low-income countries …

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  Researchers sound alarm: How a few secretive AI companies could crush free society

  ZDNET - Tiernan Ray

  What happens when AI automates R&D and starts to run amok? An intelligence explosion, power accumulation, disruption of democratic institutions, and …

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  India and Pakistan closer to conflict over Kashmir attack as tit-for-tat moves mount

  The Guardian - Aakash Hassan

  Islamabad closes airspace to Indian aircraft and tells Delhi any interference in water sharing will be seen as act of war

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  2 days ago

  China Is Setting the World on Fire

  nationalinterest.org - Trevor Filseth

  Topic: SecurityBlog Brand: The BuzzRegion: AsiaTags: China, India, India-Pakistan War, Pakistan, and TerrorismChina Is Setting the World on FireApril …