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Do We Live in the Capitalocene?

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On December 6, 2015
The language around climate change and epochs in history has fairly recently coalesced around the term "Anthropocene" to delineate the recent point humans became a geological force that is rapidly transforming the world in ways equivalent to an asteroid forcing the dinosaurs into extinction. But...
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The (Near) Perfect Capitalist

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On September 23, 2015
Sure Martin Shkreli is human scum. But as a capitalist, isn't he doing what he is supposed to be doing? The goal is to make money. Anything getting in the way of that is irresponsible to that singular goal. So why shouldn't he force people...
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A Great Leftist Film

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On December 17, 2014
I finally watched The Wolf of Wall Street last night. No leftist has ever made a stronger indictment of capitalism. Nor an indictment of capitalism with more cocaine and sex. That it is not a leftist movie and in fact is totally apolitical only makes...
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Own Something!

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On September 4, 2013
Today is the first day of class at URI. I need some motivation to get me pumped for teaching. These 1920s workplace motivational posters should do the trick. I thought about titling this post "Keep the Wad!" but figured that might be misconstrued.
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