Sometimes a Socialist is Just a Socialist

A Korean Econ. Student’s Response to Marxism

When I first heard the topic “Marxism” the first thing that came into my head was the negative side of contemporary Communism, which I regretted after reading this book. As a native Korean who grew up in South Korea until 17 years old, I could not help but keep thinking and remembering all the dictatorships [...]

Oh Karl Marx

In reading Marx for Beginners, it basically opened up a flood-gate of questions and frustrations. Clearly we can see how the summary of what Karl Marx and Engels wrote is currently being displayed in today’s economic struggle. Yet is debatable about if we are even interpreting it right, because the two scholars are now dead [...]

Walmart and Facebook rambles

So the first thing I noticed about this reading was, of course, the writing style. I don’t know if it was mentioned in class before Wednesday, but if it was, I missed it. I was completely surprised and I thought it was a fantastic idea. I also noticed it was very dense. The reading throws [...]