Author: Matt Bruenig

I use the phrase left-neoliberal from time to time but never bother explaining it. Given that my posts explaining different philosophical approaches to economic and political issues have proven more popular than I expected, I figure that readers might appreciate a brief post on the details of left-neoliberalism. Like the rest of the left, left-neoliberals… Continue reading Left-neoliberalism in a nutshell

Continued from part one. Distributive Justice Unlike procedural justice, distributive justice concerns itself with the distribution of goods within society, not the process of how those goods are distributed. Like procedural justice, distributive justice has right-wing and left-wing forms. On the right, distributive justice primarily takes the form of desert theory: society ought to be… Continue reading On procedural and distributive justice (part 2/2)

Generally, when people categorize economic and political philosophies, they do so according to a left-right spectrum. Writers group all of the philosophical arguments that tend towards right-wing conclusions together, and then do the same for philosophies that tend towards left-wing conclusions. Although helpful for some purposes, those actually interested in the philosophical moves in economic… Continue reading On procedural and distributive justice (part 1/2)

In Reviving the Strike, Joe Burns argues that for organized labor to regain the power it once had, labor unions must revive the production-halting strike. During labor’s heyday, unions regularly and repeatedly utilized the tactic of production-halting strikes to win major gains for workers across the country. In the latter part of the 20th century… Continue reading Reviving the Strike and the ethics of labor commodification