The guest this week is Marxist economist Andrew Kliman. Kliman is a professor at Pace University, the author of two books: Reclaiming Marx and The Failure of Capitalist Production, and a returning guest to the podcast.

Since Occupy Wall Street has taken off you may have noticed that this Commie show has gotten worse. That is, while I've played the Internationale at the beginning of every episode during the last two years, I recently replaced that intro with Rick Roderick imploring us to transcend the petty bourgeois lives that define this Late Capitalist moment. What this change indicates is perhaps an attempt to let go of nostalgia and the trappings of old failed revolutions. Kliman and his cohorts are sometimes accused of being orthodox or dogmatic Marxists, but I think a proper understanding of Marx's value theory might point to the need for a break or rupture. Everything seems to point to the need for truly creative acts.

As always I'll remind you to find the Diet Soap Facebook page, to look for me on twitter, to find my website (that's douglaslain.com) and to consider helping the podcast by purchasing a copy of my newest novella, a book called "Wave of Mutilation," from Amazon. I didn't have time to edit together an excerpt from the book this week, but I'll be sure to include an excerpt next week. Also I'd love to hear from people who have been following the story so far. Is anybody out there?

The Occupy Movement emphasizes income inequality and while that inequality is utterly unacceptable, the real crime of Capitalist production is how limiting it is. The real emancipation won't be when we all live in a world where everyone can afford a nice house, a car, and an iPad, but a world in which everyone is free to develop their creative and productive capacities in order to build a life beyond cars and iPads.