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• Ep. 77: Capitalist Exploitation—G. A. Cohen & Ben Burgis vs. Karl Marx

  The co-hosts discuss Andrew’s article, “Karl Marx Systematically Exploited by Ben Burgis: Marx’s Exploitation Theory vs. G. A. Cohen’s ‘Plain Argument.’” Andrew likens Burgis’ “theoretical appropriation” of Marx’s exploitation theory to cultural appropriation. Brendan and Andrew then discuss a variety of topics, including problems with Burgis’ formulation of exploitation in terms of “capitalists’ control of part of the product”; how exploitation differs from injustice and oppression, and why the difference matters; Cohen’s and Burgis’ critiques of Marx’s value theory; and what’s wrong with Cohen’s “Plain Argument” that capitalists exploit workers, why it goes wrong, and why Burgis embraces it.
  
  Current-events segment: Current-events segment: Ukrainians’ military victories deliver blow to Putin’s ideological control inside Russia.
  
  
  Radio Free Humanity is co-hosted by Brendan Cooney and Andrew Kliman, and sponsored by Marxist-Humanist Initiative (https://www.marxisthumanistinitiative.org/ ). [...]

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Radio Free Humanity is a podcast covering news, politics and philosophy from a Marxist-Humanist perspective. It is co-hosted by Brendan Cooney and Andrew Kliman. We intend to release new episodes every two weeks. Radio Free Humanity is sponsored by MHI, but the views expressed by the co-hosts and guests of Radio Free Humanity are their own. They do not necessarily reflect the views and positions of MHI.

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