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Harry Magdoff and Paul Sweezy

Freedom and Economics

This article will be released in full online September 29, 2025.

“Assume a ship under the command of a mad captain headed for certain shipwreck. What would freedom mean to the people on board?” asked MR cofounder Paul M. Sweezy in this previously unpublished discussion piece. “There can hardly be any doubt about the answer…the essence of freedom for the people on the ship is the ability to control their collective fate.” | more…

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