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The Dig

How Capitalism Works w/ Nancy Fraser

The Dig

Daniel Denvir

News, Politics

4.81.7K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2022

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Featuring Nancy Fraser on why a total analysis of capitalism requires taking Marxism beyond a narrowly economistic view: what everyday labor exploitation requires from politics, care work, war-making, borders, appropriation of nature, sexism, racism, and more. Dan’s 2018 interview from the archives.

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0:16.7

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0:28.1

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0:58.2

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1:39.2

This week's episode is my September 2018 interview with Nancy Frazier

1:43.6

on why a total analysis of capitalism requires taking Marxism beyond a narrowly

1:48.5

economic view. Throughout its history, capitalism has been defined not just by labor exploitation,

1:55.8

but also by the disavowal of that exploitation's own basic conditions of possibility.

2:01.7

The work required in politics, care work, police repression, colonialism, imperialism,

2:07.9

natural resource extraction, plunder, sexism, racism, and more, all for the daily business of

2:14.0

labor exploitation, and surplus value appropriation to take place. We're posting this Nancy Frazier

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