The Blockchain Socialist Designing post-capitalism with the Economic Space Agency feat. Akseli Virtanen
For this week's podcast I spoke to Akseli Virtanen (@econaut6), one of the founders of the Economic Space Agency (@ecospaceagency) (ECSA), an organization for exploring protocols for post-capitalist economic expression. Akseli previously founded the Robin Hood Cooperative Hedge Fund and has been referred as The Andy Warhol of Finance.
During the interview we talk about how ECSA is exploring the creation of post-capitalist economic media through the creation of a new "economic grammar", how the Left can co-opt financial jargon to imagine a post-capitalist future (like social derivatives), and the irony of using the work of Friedrich Hayek on economic calculation to show that capitalism sucks. If you're a leftist interested in the blockchain space, it's absolutely imperative that you keep up with the work of ECSA.
Learn more about ECSA
ECSA Website
Akseli's blog
Economic Grammar
Economic Media
Transcending Hayek and his digital disciples (article)
Transcending Hayek and his digital disciples (podcast)
New Renaissance
Learn more about Robin Hood
Democratizing the Power of Finance
Financial Platforms for the Future
Equity, Options, Assemblage
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ICYMI I've written a book about, no surprise, blockchains through a left political framework! The title is Blockchain Radicals: How Capitalism Ruined Crypto and How to Fix It and is being published through Repeater Books, the publishing house started by Mark Fisher who’s work influenced me a lot in my thinking.
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