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Dr Paul Cockshott (@paulcockshott8733) is a computer scientist and multidisciplinary economist working through Marxism and scientific socialism. Dr Cockshott earned a PhD in Computer Science from Edinburgh University. Named on fifty-two patents, his research covers political economy, robotics, computer parallelism, 3D TV, foundations of computability, and data compression. He is the author of numerous books, including How the World Works, Towards a New Socialism and Defending Materialism. In this episode, we discuss the history of materialism, whether dialectical or mechanical materialism is correct, what type of materialist Marx was, scientific socialism, centralised planning, computational economics and whether markets without capitalism are possible.
You can find more of Dr Cockshott's work at youtube.com/@paulcockshott8733, scholar.google.com/citations?user=eDREwZMAAAAJ&hl=en and paulcockshott.wordpress.com
Defending Materialism: bloomsbury.com/au/defending-materialism-9781350447349
Towards a New Socialism: https://users.wfu.edu/cottrell/socialism_book/new_socialism.pdf
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Dr Paul Cockshott (@paulcockshott8733) is a computer scientist and multidisciplinary economist working through Marxism and scientific socialism. Dr Cockshott earned a PhD in Computer Science from Edinburgh University. Named on fifty-two patents, his research covers political economy, robotics, computer parallelism, 3D TV, foundations of computability, and data compression. He is the author of numerous books, including How the World Works, Towards a New Socialism and Defending Materialism. In this episode, we discuss the history of materialism, whether dialectical or mechanical materialism is correct, what type of materialist Marx was, scientific socialism, centralised planning, computational economics and whether markets without capitalism are possible.
You can find more of Dr Cockshott's work at youtube.com/@paulcockshott8733, scholar.google.com/citations?user=eDREwZMAAAAJ&hl=en and paulcockshott.wordpress.com
Defending Materialism: bloomsbury.com/au/defending-materialism-9781350447349
Towards a New Socialism: https://users.wfu.edu/cottrell/socialism_book/new_socialism.pdf
RSam Podcast #75
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{Podcast}
Substack: rsampod.substack.com/podcast
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/4ryEqjut4r6SMtfxLdM1Le
SFP: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rahul-samaranayake
{Website}
rahulsam.me
{Social Media}
substack.com/@trsam
instagram.com/name_is_rahul
https://x.com/trsam97
linkedin.com/in/rahul-samaranayake-981a9315b
{Reference Links}
youtu.be/9aK4OztueuE?si=ejHFFQ_BnThrxgvA
{Images & Videos used}
youtu.be/44grUtq6D98?si=P2J8xZ7Uh4ITDles
youtu.be/t1F66Yit_bk?si=Ht9hjFyXgjFkFgpZ
youtu.be/LtlZys7QOO4?si=UgyAUEEMKI8VsolG
{Music Used}
"Supapao - Can't Fall In Love" is under a Free To Use YouTube license
soundcloud.com/supapao
Music powered by BreakingCopyright: youtu.be/VZkFJAb_gx4?si=J6AwKLAmikAzoqHj
Chill Lofi Hiphop - 'Breath' by l33 is under a Free To Use YouTube license
SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/nocopyrightlofi/no-copyright-chill-lofi-hiphop-breath-by-l33
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If the ideas I discuss in this channel evoke your interest, consider visiting theunhappyman.substack.com
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Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statutes that might otherwise be infringing.
If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of the related material, please email me at trahulsam@gmail.com, and we can sort it out. Thank you.
