E256: IVF or IMF w/ Jason Smith
Added 2024-07-17 10:00:11 +0000 UTCSean sits down with Los Angeles-based Antifada political economy correspondent, Jason Smith of the Brooklyn Rail, to discuss demographic decline, a hot button issue relatively untouched by the Marxist left.
Why has fertility gone up in the past? Why has it gone down in the developed world? What do Marx, Adam Smith and Keynes have to say about this phenomenon? Why has the potential for population decline made the capitalists so crazy?
Check out Jason's article in Brooklyn Rail: https://brooklynrail.org/2024/07/field-notes/After-the-Wave-Winter
Referenced article: https://newleftreview.org/issues/i137/articles/wally-seccombe-marxism-and-demography
Song: Dystopia - Population Birth Control
Comments
This was great! Was astounded by Jason’s ability to pull an NLR issue citation for Marxism and Demographics right off the dome.
Baron
2024-07-30 23:24:20 +0000 UTChe's always so great! i was joking about jason being our polecon correspondent but maybe it shouldn't be a joke lol
The Antifada
2024-07-20 14:56:46 +0000 UTCI've been thinking about this subject a lot lately, so its great to hear a left take. The right pretty much monopolizes discussions over declining birth rates . From what I can we're facing a situation where America and West Europe will become increasingly reliant on climate refugees and immigrants from countries with high birth rates at precisely the time aging populations in these countries become increasingly xenophobic. In America the Biden administration basically adopted the Republican platform from 2016 on immigration.
Thomas Leposa
2024-07-20 02:21:51 +0000 UTCwould pay extra to get him on here once a month lol
Daniel E
2024-07-17 20:24:45 +0000 UTCMusic choice 💯
Terra 💕🌎💕
2024-07-17 13:10:53 +0000 UTC
