Political Economy and Geopolitics of the 20th Century
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Notes
Im am reading Courier from Warsaw and Thinking the 20th Century trying to synthesize some ideas of philosophy of power in the 20th century. The 20th century is relevant in the 21st because doing better in the 21st century - potentially towards the Collaborative Singularity - requires one to understand the major trends that arise as a legacy of the 20th century. Random notes here.
- There is
- Postwar appears to be important.
- Aron seems to be important
- Hobsbawm appears important.
- Major contribution of Keynes =
- Major contribution of Smith - give a middle finger to the invisible hand, it's the people, stupid!
- Welfare/warfare state provided some security
- Security is missing in the wast, giving fuel to demagogues such as in the War on Terror, War on Drugs, etc, which is all War on People