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New Substack

I’ve decided to start a new substack. From now on, I’ll be publishing my random thoughts there: https://axdouglas.substack.com/

Jul 18

Jul 18

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Rachel Reeves on “Wealth Creation”

I posted a thread on “X” about the commitment the new UK Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, continues to declare to “wealth creation”:

Jul 10

Rachel Reeves on “Wealth Creation”

Jul 10

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Genus Specious

Capitalism, “Science and Technology”, and Our Uninnovative Era

Jul 3

An antique lightbulb

Jul 3

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Discounting and Commodity Fetishism

Feb 22

Discounting and Commodity Fetishism

Feb 22

A crucial point missing from debates about capitalism

Nov 17, 2023

The title screen from Sabine Hossenfelder’s video: “Capitalism is Good: Let Me Explain”

Nov 17, 2023

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The Labour Theory of Value is Correct and Important

Oct 9, 2023

A poster showing workers in front of a plant with the words “LABOR CREATES ALL WEALTH” above it.

Oct 9, 2023

Is Reality Spiritual? The Forgotten May Sinclair

Sep 12, 2023

The novelist and philosopher May Sinclair, with a black cat

Sep 12, 2023

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Genus Specious

Analytic Philosophy, Bourgeois Ideology

My friend Christoph Schuringa touched a real nerve with his Jacobin piece on analytic philosophy. What I took from his piece is, roughly…

Feb 14, 2023

Analytic Philosophy, Bourgeois Ideology

Feb 14, 2023

Shadow Socialism

Some socialists are “market” socialists, others are “planning” socialists. “Planning” usually means central planning, though not always…

Nov 10, 2022

Shadow Socialism

Nov 10, 2022

Fascism wasn’t needed

The attack on the US Capitol Building gave new impetus to an ongoing media debate over whether Donald Trump (and others like him) should be…

Nov 3, 2021

Fascism wasn’t needed

Nov 3, 2021

Alexander Douglas

Alexander Douglas

Lecturer in Philosophy, University of St. Andrews — personal website: https://axdouglas.com/

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