Ep 16: Capitalism, Hierarchy, and Energy

Date: 1/29/2018

We talk to Blair Fix, a graduate student at York University in Canada, about his fascinating research examining energy and hierarchy and the relationship between hierarchy and personal income. I sound tired in the intro because I was, but the interview was recorded on a different day, so I don't sound so much like a lazy slug in the rest of the episode.

Reading mentioned or referenced:

Capital as Power by Shimshon Bichler & Jonathan Nitzan

A Power Theory of Personal Income Distribution by Blair Fix

Energy and Institution Size by Blair Fix

Growing through Sabotage: Energizing Hierarchical Power by Bichler & Nitzan

Debunking Economics by Steve Keen

The Invention of Capitalism by Michael Perelman

When Corporations Rule the World by David Korten

A Critical History of Economic Thought by E.K. Hunt

Debt by David Graeber

Rethinking Economic Growth Theory from a Biophysical Perspective by Blair Fix

Uneven and Combined Confusion: On the Geopolitical Origins of Capitalism and the Rise of the West by Tim Di Muzio

Against the Grain by James Scott

Pathways to Power: New Perspectives on the Emergence of Social Inequality by T. Douglas Price, Gary M. Feinman

Abolish Human Rentals: The Fundamental Myth by David Ellerman