A discussion with Ashwin Parameswaran.

A Universal Basic Income may not be much of a utopia in itself, but it points in surprisingly radical directions.

Star Trek meets anti-Star Trek in California District Court, as a science fiction-loving judge demolishes a gang of copyright trolls.

The development of rentism entails not just a change in the laws, but in the way the economy itself is measured and defined.

The policy wonk and “Charlie Rose disease.”

The basic vision of the post-work left is one of fewer jobs and shorter hours.

There’s been a bit of a discussion about affective labor going around. Paul Myerscough in the London Review of Books describes the elaborate code with which the Pret a Manger chain enforces an ersatz cheerfulness and dedication on the part of its employees, who are expected to be “smiling, reacting to each other, happy, engaged.” [...]

As everyone knows by now, Jacobin issue 9 is out (except for you print subscribers, sorry you lot, your issues aren’t being shipped until January 4). There’s lots of great stuff there to dig into. My lead editorial for this issue began its life as a blog post, and it was originally just going to [...]

The new issue of Jacobin will be out next week, just after Christmas, and it’s full of great stuff. You should subscribe if you haven’t already, or give someone else a gift subscription if you have. (You can place an order with the right shipping address, send an email to subscriptions@jacobinmag.com with your gift announcement, [...]