Philosophical Dictionary

What's the deal with Ayn Rand? Why does she remain a big deal to tech billionaires and politicians half a century after her death? Let's delve deeper into the continued influence of the 20th century's controversial yet popular thinker.

Adam Smith is quoted constantly and read almost never. The invisible hand appears three times in a lifetime of writing. He described landlords as those who reap where they never sowed. His first book was about sympathy, not self-interest. The popular Adam Smith was built by think tanks. Here is the real one.

In which we discuss Karl Marx's criticisms of capitalism, us, the Labor Theory of Value, and freedom. With bonus thought experiment.

In which we discuss Karl Marx's anti-capitalist roots, delving into the history of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century and relating these critiques to our current situation as society in late stage capitalism.

In which we discuss the philosophical concept of the social construct. What is a social construct and what makes something a social construct?

In which we discuss Karl Marx's theories of alienation of labor and wage slavery in our contemporary context.