Diet Soap Podcast #125: Capitalism’s System Failure
The guest this week is Marxist economist Andrew Kliman. Kliman is a professor at Pace University, the author of two books: Reclaiming Marx and The Failure of Capitalist Production, and a returning guest to the podcast.
Since Occupy Wall Street has taken off you may have noticed that this Commie show has gotten worse. That is, while I’ve played the Internationale at the beginning of every episode during the last two years, I recently replaced that intro with Rick Roderick imploring us to transcend the petty bourgeois lives that define this Late Capitalist moment. What this change indicates is perhaps an attempt to let go of nostalgia and the trappings of old failed revolutions. Kliman and his cohorts are sometimes accused of being orthodox or dogmatic Marxists, but I think a proper understanding of Marx’s value theory might point to the need for a break or rupture. Everything seems to point to the need for truly creative acts.
