Confronting Capitalism with Vivek Chibber cuts through the chaos to provide a conceptual and historical framework for understanding how capitalism functions across the globe. Conversations span political economy, history, and strategy. Every other week, Vivek provides essential insights for effective socialist politics today. Produced by Catalyst and published by Jacobin.
Confronting Capitalism with Vivek Chibber
Claim This PodcastHosted by Vivek Chibber, Melissa Naschek
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Confronting Capitalism with Vivek Chibber cuts through the chaos to provide a conceptual and historical framework for understanding how capitalism functions across the globe. Conversations span political economy, history, and strategy. Every other week, Vivek provides essential insights for effective socialist politics today. Produced by Catalyst and published by Jacobin.
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Recent Episodes
September 16, 2026
Socialists and Markets
Host Vivek Chibber and Melissa Naschek explore markets in pre-capitalist versus capitalist economies, considering their potential role in future socialist societies.
September 2, 2026
Labor Needs Socialists and Socialists Need Labor
Host Vivek Chibber interviews guests about the crucial relationship between labor movements and socialist politics, exploring union democracy and their vital role in enacting change.
August 19, 2026
The Return of Industrial Policy
Host Vivek Chibber explores the resurgence of industrial policy in advanced capitalist nations and its implications for developing countries, offering insights into state-labor alliances.
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Socialists and Markets
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[…] So they see capitalism simply as a quantitative expansion of the market. Ironically, there's a mirror image of this within the left, too. So they see that whenever there's a market, it has to be a capitalist market. And this is why a lot of the objections come to market socialism. So I think it's good to see if we can detach markets from capitalism conceptually and then try to show that the market itself is very limited in its properties and How it functions will depend on how it's embedded in the wider and more encompassing context of other social relations. And that'll help us think better about what aspects of the market are intrinsic to it and what aspects of the market actually are ones that are endowed through capitalism. […]
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