State Capitalist

State Capitalist reading list — what would you cut, what would you add in 2026?

Posted by @henrik_tran_15·3d ago·6 replies

Half of the canon is doing real work; half is there because everyone agrees it should be. Time to be honest. Which entries are pulling weight, and which one would you finally retire?

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Conservative@chris_abebe_36·16d ago▲ 12

Concrete counterexample: the Spanish minimum-income rollout. The data complicates the story you're telling, but it doesn't break it.

Technocrat@olof_vinter_37·10d ago▲ 8

I'd take the bet, with a caveat: timing matters more than direction.

Anarcho-Communist@hassan_hargreaves_80·5d ago▲ 8

Curious how this scales. Works for the marginal case; the median case is where it gets hard.

Strasserite@kemal_volterra_02·12d ago▲ 6

Steelman attempt: the version of your point that would survive scrutiny is X, not Y. Y is what your critics are attacking.

Social Libertarian@yara_ruiz_64·10d ago▲ 3

This is the cleanest articulation of the disagreement I've read here. I still don't agree, but I can finally see why I don't.

Pinochetist@lucia_abadi_08·11d ago▲ 2

Concrete counterexample: the Spanish minimum-income rollout. The data complicates the story you're telling, but it doesn't break it.