Economics is often presented as “too complicated” for regular folks to understand and politics is often presented in a too simplistic style — two ways for the people who benefit from the world as it is to keep the world as it is. Systemic Disorder, usually on Wednesdays, will present essays on the ongoing economic crisis of capitalism, the political and ideological disinformation that holds the global system in place, thoughts on the creation of a better world and the occasional book review. Systemic Disorder is written by Pete Dolack, an activist, writer and photographer. My degree is in journalism, so if I can understand economics, so can you. I am the author of the forthcoming book It’s Not Over: Lessons from the Socialist Experiment, a study of some of the attempts organized to create societies on a basis other than capitalism with an eye toward an understanding of today’s world and finding a path to a better world tomorrow.
Thanks Pete for setting up this blog. It is enormously helpful to read and gain a better understanding of this difficult subject. Congratulations on this great writing and offering your wise mind to the public.
For many years, people could rely on several learned individuals for thoughtful, researched in-depth analysis of major political and economic issues impacting their lives. These were people who invested hours upon hours of work to study such matters and try to put the pieces together in ways that made sense. Moreover, they were people who were willing to travel extensively and give what little spare time they may have had to write, speak, appear on panels and offer well reasoned answers to whatever questions were thrown at them. Professor Noam Chomsky comes to mind as one of the very few left of such seasoned “scholarly based activists.” After reading your first two blog posts, I am feeling both encouraged and relieved to know that this essential tradition continues in good health. Thank you for stepping up to the plate, or at least the cyber microphone. As Neil Young wrote in a song: Long may you run!
I’m posting this to brechtforum/economywatch.org.