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Jo M. Sekimonyo

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Born

Kisangani, Congo, the Democratic Republic of the

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Nonfiction, Political Economy, Psychology

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William Godwin (the father of philosophical anarchism).

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Jo M. Sekimonyo is a theorist, human rights activist, political economist, and social philosopher. He is a Congolese born, American fermented and globally bottled Merchant of Ideas. He has been a strong critic of mainstream economists stating that, "these clown shows chip away the substance of economic disparity dialogues".

On the Labor Theory of Value, Sekimonyo argues that in the twenty-first century, instead of the average number of labor hours, the quality of the means nested in an enterprise to produce a commodity or provide a service establishes relative prices.

In this context, labor is no longer viewed as a cost but one of the profiteers, as it ought to be. The working class is no longer a cost but one of the profiteers, as it shou ...more

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	Economic Jihad: Putting the Kibosh on Antiquated Social Axioms Defining Us 4.48 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2014 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ethosism: Self-Enslavement Abolitionist Manifesto 4.80 avg rating — 10 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Выброшенный За Борт: По Этим Причинам by Jo M. Sekimonyo (Goodreads Author), Tara Casimir (Editor), Svyatoslav Albireo (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Odrzucony: Z Tych Właśnie Powodów by Jo M. Sekimonyo (Goodreads Author), Tara Casimir (Editor), Nauczanie Języków Obcych i Tłumaczenia Anna Ferenc (Translator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lämna det sjunkande skeppet, en resa till ett ekonomiskt jihad by Jo M. Sekimonyo (Goodreads Author), Tara Casimir (Editor), Charlotta Zaar Böll (Translator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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In the best part of the globe, when the charm of an economic crisis culprit provides an alibi for cranking up banknote printers, Liberals and Conservatives gang up to muzzle Friedman and overindulge policies prescribed by Keynes to get consumers to keep spending. To fight the economic disruption caused by COVID-19, governments have ranked up debt to provide financial support to individual househol Read more of this blog post »

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“Socialism and Communism have failed, but now Capitalism is failing us.”
― Jo M. Sekimonyo, Economic Jihad: Putting the Kibosh on Antiquated Social Axioms Defining Us

tags: capitalismo, communism, inequality, socialism

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“any form of expression that ceases to be an experience and becomes an art form loses its glowing divinity”
― Jo M. Sekimonyo, Economic Jihad: Putting the Kibosh on Antiquated Social Axioms Defining Us

tags: anti-capitalism, inequality, political-economy

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“I don’t read much, as I could care less about echoing or reciting.”
― Jo M. Sekimonyo, Ethosism

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“I spill my gospel and contradictions not to please but to summon contemporaneous probity and to grow solicitude over injustice and antiquated social and political economy constructs.”
― Jo M. Sekimonyo, Ethosism

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tags: anti-capitalism, inequality, political-economy

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“Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.”
― James Baldwin

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“Common sense is not so common.”
― Voltaire, A Pocket Philosophical Dictionary

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“Socialism and Communism have failed, but now Capitalism is failing us.”
― Jo M. Sekimonyo, Economic Jihad: Putting the Kibosh on Antiquated Social Axioms Defining Us

tags: capitalismo, communism, inequality, socialism

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