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Bhaskar Sunkara is the founder and editor of Jacobin, which he launched in 2010 as an undergraduate at George Washington University. He has written for the New York Times, the Guardian, VICE, and the Washington Post. Sunkara is also the publisher of Catalyst and the UK-based Tribune. He Lives in afficher plus New York. afficher moins

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Œuvres de Bhaskar Sunkara

The ABCs of Socialism (2016) 169 exemplaires
The Future We Want: Radical Ideas for the New Century (2015) — Editor. — 61 exemplaires
Jacobin 17: Ours to Master (2015) — Directeur de publication — 36 exemplaires
Jacobin 24: Journey to the Dark Side (2016) — Directeur de publication — 7 exemplaires
Jacobin Magazine — Directeur de publication — 5 exemplaires
Jacobin 25: By Taking Power (2017) — Directeur de publication — 5 exemplaires
Jacobin 21: Between The Risings (2016) — Directeur de publication — 4 exemplaires
Jacobin 23 (2016) — Directeur de publication — 4 exemplaires
Jacobin 3 exemplaires
Jacobin 27: The First Red Century — Directeur de publication — 3 exemplaires
Jacobin 26 (2017) — Directeur de publication — 3 exemplaires
Jacobin 19: Uneven and Combined (2015) — Directeur de publication — 3 exemplaires
Jacobin 20: Up From Liberalism — Directeur de publication — 2 exemplaires

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Date de naissance
1989-06
Sexe
male
Nationalité
USA
Lieu de naissance
White Plains, New York, USA

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Armas da Crítica 03 - Janeiro de 2021
 
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HelioKonishi | 2 autres critiques | Apr 21, 2022 |
Please see my review essay of this book, together with Robinson's 'Why You Should Be A Socialist,' here:

https://thepointmag.com/politics/socialism-or-democracy/

If you only read one of these books, make it Robinson's. Despite a horrific introduction, this is a nice book. The best thing in Sunkara's book, on the contrary, is the excellent introduction.
 
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stillatim | 2 autres critiques | Oct 23, 2020 |
Part I is a history of socialism and took some work to get through. There are a lot of factions that are all interrelated, which makes it somewhat complicated and difficult to follow.

Part II is about what has happened since 2000 and the possibilities for the future. A much easier read and very hopeful.
 
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grandpahobo | 2 autres critiques | Dec 8, 2019 |
Cette critique a été écrite dans le cadre des Critiques en avant-première de LibraryThing.
I received this book for free from LibraryThing's Early Reviewers Program.

Insofar as I don't want the future most of the contributors of this book are advocating for, this was an interesting read. I put off reviewing this for two years, so as part of my Lenten observance, I will review The Future We Want: Radical Ideas for the New Century.

The first essay, "Working for the Weekend," by Chris Maisano is a good example of what you'll find in the rest of the volume: excellent points interspersed with assertions premised on things I find dubious. For example, Maisano says that the definition of "full employment" is an economist's construct, based on the Non-Accelerating Inflation Rate of Unemployment, or NAIRU. It is indeed a bit strange to think that 5% unemployment, or 1 out of 20 people is looking for work [to horrendously oversimplify], constitutes full employment.

In principle, the NAIRU, or its equivalents, is supposed to be the point where there is equilibrium between labor and capital. It represents a place where the curves cross, based on some empirical data. There is some unemployment, and some change in prices. However, I find myself a little suspicious that the chosen euphemism for this is "full employment." If you read between the lines, the economists who write about this admit that there is an element of choice in what level of unemployment is considered acceptable.

I can get on board with that. I think my problem is that Maisano, and the other contributors to this volume support lots and lots of other things that directly work against the goal of a stronger labor movement. For example, immigration was long considered by union leaders to be a tool of the boss-class to keep wages down and workers internally divided. This subject never once comes up in Maisano's essay. Which is probably because it is an own-goal.

While I'm interested in many of the subjects discussed here, I'm far from convinced the contributors know enough about them to really contribute. Thus, despite some overlap with what I also find wrong with America, I think I'm still a contra.
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bespen | 11 autres critiques | Feb 25, 2018 |

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