Matt Dimick

“For progress today really does mean simply the prevention and avoidance of total catastrophe.” Law, capitalism, and standard disclaimers.

[Matt Dimick @mddimick]

On the @LPEblog I contribute to the recent debate on theory launched by @samuelmoyn. I do this by addressing two questions he raises: Is capitalism "a thing"? If so, what's our theory of it? Is Capitalism “a Thing”? https://t.co/az2VuSFNCq

[Matt Dimick @mddimick]

@LPEblog Yay! Joanna will be visiting the Baldy Center next year! @baldycenter

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@chrisokane_nyc Yes! I've read (and cited) Arzuaga. Came out just in the nick of time. 😉

[Matt Dimick @mddimick]

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New draft: “Capital, the Market, and Republican Domination.”

A lot of people say capitalism is a form of domination. My paper asks a basic question: who (or what?) exactly is doing the dominating?

https://t.co/Q7MPNoFRdT

[Matt Dimick @mddimick]

@chrisokane_nyc made the great point (in his own book presentation) that capital does not dominate "society" so much as it is a form of (as)sociation. This caused me to make quite a few wording changes 😉

[Matt Dimick @mddimick]

In brief, capital, but not the market, exhibits (1) a purpose, or "will," (2) that will is arbitrary, and (3) this will subjects workers and market-dependent others to this purpose, production for accumulation.

Still a draft, so comments welcome!

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Podcast Episode 53 is out! Listen as our director Matthew Dimick @mddimick discusses law, income inequality, the economics of justice, and his recent book Ending Income Inequality. https://t.co/HfuKmbrM84

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I wrote for @LPEblog about @alybatt's new book—which, I argue, shows how the critique of political economy can allow us to clearly name the social cause of climate catastrophe: capital. https://t.co/uFyefJfHIE

[Matt Dimick @mddimick]

@gabrielwinant Thanks, @gabrielwinant, that's very kind.

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Today, @mddimick argues that while antitrust may promise to tame corporate power, it leaves untouched the deeper logic of capitalism that compels production for profit’s sake.

The latest in our mini-series on Marxism and Antitrust.

https://t.co/XctrjZEuRJ

[Matt Dimick @mddimick]

@alex_callinicos Full agreement. This is only confusing for people who think that Marx's materialism as some kind of Humean naturalism.

[Jensen Suther @jensensuther]

the key to philosophical learning is not just to know a bunch of texts or how to slot in one more argument among others but to access the logical space in which those arguments are made and to learn to “free sail” among them, with “nothing over you or under you.”

[Gunar Olsen @GunarOlsen]

"Any abstract claim for or against checks and balances cannot be sustained. Their value must be judged relative to specific, historically given social relations." @mddimick in @form_legal: https://t.co/fAs2IdT3PW

[Matt Dimick @mddimick]

@n_hold Focusing on "substance" rather than "process" also helps liberals do a lot of shitty stuff, too.

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Week in review: @LDHerrine on neoliberalism and the authoritarian turn in higher ed, @beau_baumann on losing and regaining(?) administrative legitimacy, and @mddimick on the dreaded double distortion argument.

Plus, the best of LPE from around the web!

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And, if you enjoyed the piece, make sure to check out Matt's new book with @CambridgeUP!

https://t.co/1KqXVUwHWQ