racial capitalism is fundamentally about labour surplus value

Universal class struggle is impossible

There is no emancipation of working class without examination of race

System theory of inequality of capitalism

origins of institutions

Fossil fuels enable different politics

Coal -> Oil = reduction in labour intensity, and reduction in collective bargaining, rise in authoritarianism - Rentier State Theory (states buy off citizens through welfare services)

Debt creates new relationships and identities

Debt as an accelerator of accumulation

spatial element of debt (not just temporal), diffusion of debt via formal/informal, debt can be means of capacity and endurance, a way

De-linking is the idea that after a socialist revolution, countries should break away from capitalist system with hope that capitalist system will evolve

De-growth - capitalism inherently requires growth, a marxist conception of growth says doesn't mean getting rid of GDP - capitalism would still have incentives to grow. De-growth is to reduce impacts on environment, the only way is to overturn capitalism

De-commodification of society, de-materialisation

worker cooperatives

• foundation economics - modelling game theory, marx wage labour capital

• readings shoudl be clearly signposted

• add article - add omar shheabi policing empire - remove neha vora

• more middle east case studies

• more practical investigations

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