tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post8783939519370072551..comments2024-03-17T00:23:24.896-07:00Comments on Social Democracy for the 21st Century: A Realist Alternative to the Modern Left: We Need an Old Left / Realist Left / Alt Left Internet CommunityLord Keyneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-23308539893031786312016-09-08T09:27:24.707-07:002016-09-08T09:27:24.707-07:00I'd like to say that I'd be up to the task...I'd like to say that I'd be up to the task, but you never know unless you actually do it, and are then critiqued by others about your performance.Kainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09841689865415250256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-55043283705147357282016-09-08T02:42:07.437-07:002016-09-08T02:42:07.437-07:00https://makeameme.org/meme/why-do-postmodernistshttps://makeameme.org/meme/why-do-postmodernistsTheIllusionisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17642837989235595346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-11306922561461948312016-09-08T02:12:16.321-07:002016-09-08T02:12:16.321-07:00Kain,
To save time, you can easily copy and use m...Kain,<br /><br />To save time, you can easily copy and use my various bibliographies on Post Keynesian economics:<br /><br />(1) Bibliography on introductory and advanced Post Keynesian economics (at the end):<br /><br />http://socialdemocracy21stcentury.blogspot.com/2016/01/an-introduction-to-post-keynesian.html<br /><br />(2) A Bibliography on the History of Post Keynesian Economics:<br /> http://socialdemocracy21stcentury.blogspot.com/2014/09/a-bibliography-on-history-of-post.html<br /><br />(3) Bibliography on Uncertainty in Post Keynesian Economics:<br /><br />http://socialdemocracy21stcentury.blogspot.com/2014/05/bibliography-on-uncertainty-in-post.html<br /><br />(4) Heterodox and Post Keynesian Bibliography on Trade Theory <br />http://socialdemocracy21stcentury.blogspot.com/2016/07/a-heterodox-and-post-keynesian.html<br /><br />(5) Endogenous Money: A Bibliography:<br /><br />http://socialdemocracy21stcentury.blogspot.com/2012/04/endogenous-money-bibliography.html<br /><br />(6) Academic Journals for Post Keynesian Economics:<br /><br />http://socialdemocracy21stcentury.blogspot.com/2014/04/academic-journals-for-post-keynesian.htmlLord Keyneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-9900830701359714602016-09-08T02:01:21.662-07:002016-09-08T02:01:21.662-07:00(1) Kain@September 7, 2016 at 8:18 AM
That is fan...(1) Kain@September 7, 2016 at 8:18 AM<br /><br />That is fantastic work, Kain. Wow. <br /><br />Great Facebook page and great to see you on Twitter. I have followed you on Twitter and will promote you.<br /><br />I love your slogan: “Keep it Real. Keep it Left.” Pure gold.<br /><br />Also, I will write up a blog post on the "Realist Left" next with something that could be easily turned into a Wikipedia entry.<br /><br />(2) Daniel Marmur@September 7, 2016 at 12:49 PM<br /><br />Don't worry, the next blog post I'll write will be a "Realist Left" summary that be a Wikipedia entry.<br /><br />Well done, everybody!<br />Lord Keyneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-49104893355086931302016-09-07T22:30:40.479-07:002016-09-07T22:30:40.479-07:00Ken B@September 7, 2016 at 8:55 AM
(1) you've...Ken B@September 7, 2016 at 8:55 AM<br /><br />(1) you've never even been able to refute the empirical case against free trade by comparative advantage. We've challenged you repeatedly to answer but every time you come up with a big fat hairy zero.<br /><br />(2) seriously, dude, who are you even virtue signalling to in the comments section here by firing off hostile trolling comments (without any arguments) against heterodox economics? Nobody cares.Lord Keyneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-9317650534594146212016-09-07T22:27:23.363-07:002016-09-07T22:27:23.363-07:00I agree, but you do need people with strong clear ...I agree, but you do need people with strong clear voices, good delivery, a bit of humour for that.<br /><br />I might try a YouTube debate at some stage and see if I'm up to it.<br />Lord Keyneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-75132656436993572812016-09-07T20:42:37.549-07:002016-09-07T20:42:37.549-07:00Getting some interviews from Sargon and Rubin woul...Getting some interviews from Sargon and Rubin would be very helpful, seeing as how they both have big and growing audiences, and would lend a sympathetic ear.<br /><br />Debating popular figures on topics such as economics would be a good thing too. I'd love to see debates between "Realist Leftists" and Libertarians like Lauren Southern, Milo Yiannopoulis and Tom Woods.Kainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09841689865415250256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-68874632233179753472016-09-07T19:57:41.940-07:002016-09-07T19:57:41.940-07:00I'll get onto that if it hasn't already be...I'll get onto that if it hasn't already been done once I get at least a workable blog up and running.<br /><br />Also, created a twitter if anyone's interested in following:<br /><br />https://twitter.com/realistleft<br /><br />But I think the real emphasis should be on facebook and moreover on quality blogposts.Kainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09841689865415250256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-70457443827142838012016-09-07T16:44:53.556-07:002016-09-07T16:44:53.556-07:00A Job Guarantee is pretty much the opposite of ...A Job Guarantee is pretty much the opposite of 'poverty for all'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-88806854028605016052016-09-07T13:19:00.112-07:002016-09-07T13:19:00.112-07:00I guess I am the only one left here who thinks Bri...I guess I am the only one left here who thinks Britons should be able to buy wine from Portugal or bananas from the Caribbean. Portugese wine?? The bastards!Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12976919713907046171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-90822516277000771002016-09-07T13:09:49.803-07:002016-09-07T13:09:49.803-07:00I second that, as a means of getting some of the i...I second that, as a means of getting some of the ideas of Keynes back into the mainstream. But be prepared for the comments section to blow up with book-length rants from the Austrian crowd.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11890229869783893118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-43117554135242103002016-09-07T12:49:13.118-07:002016-09-07T12:49:13.118-07:00If you will able to create good article of wikiped...If you will able to create good article of wikipedia it will be amazingdisequilibriumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09760922141392402211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-11188931682140073292016-09-07T10:54:40.776-07:002016-09-07T10:54:40.776-07:00LK you might want to reach out to Sargon via twitt...LK you might want to reach out to Sargon via twitter to do an interview/discussion about economics and where the left went wrong. I suggest you explain why leftwing economics isn't limited to Marxism and anarchist stupidity. <br /><br />Even though I'm more alt-rightist (cause antiracism has turned into reverse nazism and hyperxenophilia);<br />I'm always in support of more voices against neoliberalism and globalism. Septeus7https://www.blogger.com/profile/00337900484297284276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-18790068144743328672016-09-07T08:55:58.936-07:002016-09-07T08:55:58.936-07:00"Poverty for all!"
Not so catchy, but p..."Poverty for all!"<br /><br />Not so catchy, but puts your economic policies pithily.Ken Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12976919713907046171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-3246989710900884522016-09-07T08:18:16.248-07:002016-09-07T08:18:16.248-07:00Thanks for the shoutout LK! And thanks for everyon...Thanks for the shoutout LK! And thanks for everyone for joining. If anyone with graphic designing could create a cover photo for it, that would be excellent. Elsewise, I'll have to mash something together with Paint.<br /><br />Otherwise I'll start making a RealistLeft.com megablog. Think on the scale of dailykos.com or redstate.com, which is a large community precisely because it allows the individual to participate directly by creating diaries. They also have professional frontpagers, but I think we'll have to wait on that. <br /><br />I'm thinking we should also include a book section, linking people to works of our favorite authors such as Joan Robinson, Kalecki, Hyman Minsky, Keynes, Mark Blyth, etc. So that people know what kinds of information sources for a solid center-left economics with a (Post-)Keynesian foundation (other similar things, i.e. MMT, or more rational center-left perspectives on political and social issues).<br /><br />I'll have to handcode this all, which isn't a problem but will take time. I hope to have a working template finished in... say 2 weeks. Wordpress and Blogspot simply doesn't allow for the functionality that I like out of those other mega-websites, and Scoop, which was used to create them, doesn't really exist anymore. But no problems. It can be done. We've got the facebook page, and we can work on putting together a wikipedia page.<br /><br />In the meantime, this blog is the official headquarters of the Realist Left. :)<br /><br />I suppose I can look into creating a Youtube channel. But, that does require a different learning curve of producing videos, and I don't think I could start out producing more than 1 video a week (on a Sunday or Saturday probably). In due time of course.Kainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09841689865415250256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-1010477609477714902016-09-07T07:43:02.619-07:002016-09-07T07:43:02.619-07:00@Anonymous,
That is not surprising. The anti-SJW...@Anonymous, <br /><br />That is not surprising. The anti-SJW Internet is largely right-wing in orientation. Even though I sometimes agree with their stances, the anti-SJW Internet can be nasty. Once you dip your feet into their world get ready for name-calling, trolling, an all sorts of Internet drama. Tiberius Gracchusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-33597382086800209262016-09-07T06:39:50.303-07:002016-09-07T06:39:50.303-07:00they have turned on him recently calling him a Mar...<i>they have turned on him recently calling him a Marxist</i><br /><br />That's the Mens Rights/Anti Feminist Element, of which I was steeped in but am in the process of dialing all of that down. There's a guy from Romania named Lucian Valsan that participates in A Voice for Men that's been the big mouth running around calling people "libtards" and "economically illiterate," etc. It finally got to me wherein I needed some breathing space.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11890229869783893118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-61126394378627862462016-09-07T06:26:12.688-07:002016-09-07T06:26:12.688-07:00He is surrounded by libertarian youtubers in the a...He is surrounded by libertarian youtubers in the anti SJW sphere, not hardly surprising really. Though they have turned on him recently calling him a Marxist.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-7196008309404713122016-09-07T05:47:07.325-07:002016-09-07T05:47:07.325-07:00That may be, I don't live in Europe so I'm...That may be, I don't live in Europe so I'm in no place to differ. But someone that doesn't understand how the US went wrong after 9/11 and the role Dick Cheney & his ilk played in all of that is certainly not going to be a bulwark against Neofacism.<br /><br />Jill Stein says she'd pardon Snowden and appoint him to a cabinet post. Now <i>that</i> is a mind for real security!Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11890229869783893118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-86593253694726156772016-09-07T05:32:39.385-07:002016-09-07T05:32:39.385-07:00No, Kevin, open borders in Europe is more likely t...No, Kevin, open borders in Europe is more likely to lead to re-emergence of neofascism.Lord Keyneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-56787441690926651322016-09-07T05:27:28.240-07:002016-09-07T05:27:28.240-07:00The only other alternative would be to try your lu...The only other alternative would be to try your luck with Trump and hope his choosing Mike Pence isn't a bad omen. Sure the Veep doesn't do that much, but Dick Cheney found plenty to do on his own.<br /><br />AFAICS blame-gaming ethnic and religious minorities will lead to another NAZI Germany.<br /><br />Jill Stein agrees those with criminal records should be excluded. I can live with that.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11890229869783893118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-90686960099506314402016-09-07T05:04:24.175-07:002016-09-07T05:04:24.175-07:00I have to disagree. Canada and the US enjoyed a pr...I have to disagree. Canada and the US enjoyed a pretty fair & open relationship for crossing borders for a long time.<br /><br />http://innovationtrail.org/post/new-normal-canadian-border-after-911<br /><br />If you give people an easier path to citizenship and worker-permits, they'll come out of the shadows and be easier to account for. The ones who do become citizens will be taxpaying citizens. Then just passing the $15 wage or some other such controls, and that ought to take care of things.<br /><br />Are you for Increased Surveillance, the Department of Homeland Security, detainment without a trial, torture and other stuff like that that came in with 911? Seems a bit draconian to me. Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11890229869783893118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-32192203986229688182016-09-07T04:47:32.171-07:002016-09-07T04:47:32.171-07:00Lk
If you and people in our community will prepare...Lk<br />If you and people in our community will prepare good wikipedia article with sources i will spare time to find out how to put this article into wikipedia.<br /><br />I recommend to put 2 kind of sources economic ones (like steve keen bill mitchell baker and of course your blog) <br /><br />And social/cultural of course.<br /><br /><br />disequilibriumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09760922141392402211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-41258000515302849102016-09-07T04:35:14.040-07:002016-09-07T04:35:14.040-07:00"The Green Party calls for permanent border p...<i>"The Green Party calls for permanent border passes to all citizens of Mexico and Canada whose identity can be traced and verified. The "matricula consular" should be accepted as one means of proving one's identity. Work permits for citizens of Mexico and Canada must be easily obtainable, thereby decriminalizing the act of gainful employment. "</i><br /><br />That is a recipe for economic and social disaster. Period.<br />Lord Keyneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06556863604205200159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245381193993153721.post-39475772237718030802016-09-07T04:25:20.576-07:002016-09-07T04:25:20.576-07:00Here's some other stuff I was able to dig up:
...Here's some other stuff I was able to dig up:<br /><br />http://www.ontheissues.org/Celeb/Green_Party_Immigration.htm<br /><br />The Green Party calls for permanent border passes to all citizens of Mexico and Canada whose identity can be traced and verified. The "matricula consular" should be accepted as one means of proving one's identity. Work permits for citizens of Mexico and Canada must be easily obtainable, thereby decriminalizing the act of gainful employment. <br /><br />http://us-political-parties.insidegov.com/compare/3-4/Libertarian-Party-vs-Green-Party<br /><br />Note the contrast between the Libertarians and Greens on Immigration.<br /><br />http://www.p2012.org/issues/platformimmig.html<br /><br />Scroll down to section on the Greens:<br /><br />"he understandable concern about immigrant workers competing for jobs with current citizens cannot and should not be addressed by criminalizing undocumented immigration or punishing fellow victims of U.S. corporatist policies. Instead, we must reverse these policies. Among other things, we should repeal NAFTA, CAFTA, Fast Track and other corporate globalization policies. We must stop using our tax dollars to subsidize corporate agribusiness and to promote poverty in Latin America, and start using them to help reward environmentally responsible family farmers, encourage improved infrastructure and economic conditions in Latin America, and raise labor standards, at home and abroad. Here at home, we must also promote the policies, as outlined in the Economy and Workers’ Rights sections of this Platform, that can help us achieve a full employment economy at a living wage, including strictly enforcing and expanding the rights of all workers to form unions."<br /><br />So I suspect they are still more liberal than you are on immigration, but it's not quite "open the floodgates" with no law enforcement, either.Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11890229869783893118noreply@blogger.com