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Post-capitalism

Theory & Practice

As the veneer of democracy starts to fade…

on Paolo Virno

July 2, 2016 • by McKenzie Wark
Paolo Virno offers a curious diagnosis of the times. In A Grammar of the Multitude (Semiotext(e), 2004), he writes of the communism of capital. It’s a thought that has some pedigree in Marx, who made a similar observation in his own time about the formation of the joint-stock company, which ...
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Comments on Paul Mason’s PostCapitalism: A Guide to our Future

June 14, 2016 • by Johanna Oksala

This video was shown at 'The G20 of Philosophy and Economics' in Amsterdam on April1, 2016. The event coincided with the publication of the Dutch translation of Paul Mason's recent book 'Post-Capitalism: A Guide to Our Future' and the opening session was a discussion on it. After Mason's presentation, there ...

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Comments on Paul Mason’s PostCapitalism: A Guide to our Future
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