Archive - MaxSpeak, You Listen!

Fully Automated Fantastical Luxury Communism

If we had ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had eggs . . .

Jul 12

The Poverty of Abundance, III

The resistible rise of Industrial Policy

Jul 8

The Poverty of Abundance, II

Inequality is your fault

Jul 7

The Poverty of Abundance, I

"Economics is supply and demand." No it isn't!

Jul 5

Propaganda Is Boring

We need better material

Jul 4

We escaped the heat dome for most — but not all — of the week at our usual haunt of Belfast, Maine.

Jul 1

June 2025

The Foreign Policy of the City of New York

Much of foreign policy is words, so there is no reason why a prominent local politician cannot contribute to it.

Jun 26

Henry George for New York City

Location, location, location

Jun 25

Back to the Future

The Man-Baby Plays at War

Jun 23

Get On the Bus, Gus

I’m not impressed by the great debate over Zohran Mamdani’s free bus proposal.

Jun 19

Marx and Inequality

Beyond liberal egalitarianism

Jun 1

May 2025

Przeworski: Socialism Is Freedom

The Marxist take

May 30

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