He's a good Marxian economist, but a transphobe (CW?)
He's also had takes about how gay marriage furthers the economic divide between men and women, immigrants bring down wages and prostitution is economically unproductive, which, if you're feeling charitable, you could read as value-judgement-free statements about the realities of capitalism, but when combined with the transphobia paint a picture of one weird little guy. What can I say except :ukkk:
Fortunately his weird reactionary takes don't come up pretty much at all in his work so you should definitely check out How the World Works (and Towards a New Socialism if you haven't)
Why's he a dipshit? The excerpt you shared is pretty good, and now I want to read that book.
Any preconceived notions I should have before reading it?
He's a good Marxian economist, but a transphobe (CW?)
He's also had takes about how gay marriage furthers the economic divide between men and women, immigrants bring down wages and prostitution is economically unproductive, which, if you're feeling charitable, you could read as value-judgement-free statements about the realities of capitalism, but when combined with the transphobia paint a picture of one weird little guy. What can I say except :ukkk:
Fortunately his weird reactionary takes don't come up pretty much at all in his work so you should definitely check out How the World Works (and Towards a New Socialism if you haven't)