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Hendrik Strauss
is 65% done
Beckert is making an interesting argument:
As the so called marginal revolution sought to establishe economics as a law based quantitive science divorced from the social sciences in institutions at the turn of the 19th century, it created a vacuum of asking how this economic structure came to be. Filled subsequently by "scientific" racism and antisemitism.
— Mar 01, 2026 03:00PM
As the so called marginal revolution sought to establishe economics as a law based quantitive science divorced from the social sciences in institutions at the turn of the 19th century, it created a vacuum of asking how this economic structure came to be. Filled subsequently by "scientific" racism and antisemitism.
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Hendrik Strauss
is 50% done
Due to its scope inevitably a bit brief on most topics, but nonetheless an essential sketch of the development of capitalist relations economically, and socially with a particular view to interactions with different political institutions. The global scale is also much appreciated and doesn't feel forced.
— Feb 13, 2026 10:02AM
Hendrik Strauss
is 27% done
Beckerts thesis is about how instrumental the plantage slavery system was to what he is calling «The great connecting» of the world economy and European ascent in it. Going so far as to call the non carribic America's the hinterland of the, mostly sugar, plantations in the islands.
— Jan 17, 2026 02:32PM
Hendrik Strauss
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Been searching for a general economic history overview for a while now, and this recently published book my dad happened to read, at least from the indicators I can gauge before reading it, perfectly hits the mark.
— Dec 27, 2025 09:33AM
