Marx\u27s Democratic Critique of Capitalism and Its Implications for a Viable Socialism

This paper argues that Marx’s critique of capitalism is not, as commonly believed, a critique of the “free market.” I argue that the “market” under capitalism should be understood as a three-fold market—for goods and services, for labor and for capital. I argue that Marx’s critique is essentially a critique of the latter two markets, and not the first. Hence theoretical space opens up for “market socialism.” I proceed to elaborate briefly what specific institutions might comprise an economically viable socialism that would not be vulnerable to Marx’s critique

Tired of Capitalism? How about Something Better?

Capitalism causes staggering inequality, rising unemployment, growing poverty, and the degradation of democracy. But is there any viable alternative? Is there a form of socialism that would preserve the strengths of competitive capitalism, yet mitigate its worst evils? This paper argues that there is such an alternative -- economic democracy. An economic democracy keeps competitive markets for goods and services, but dispenses with labor markets and capital markets. It replaces labor markets with worker ownership, and capital markets with democratic control of investment. These mechanisms will preserve the principal advantages of capitalism, while mitigating its worst evils

Sartre, Camus and a Marxism for the 21st Century

In 1952 Albert Camus wrote a caustic letter to Les Temps Modernes in response to the journal’s negative review of The Rebel, addressed, not to the author of the review, but to “M. Le Directeur,” i.e. to Sartre. Sartre’s response published in the journal ended their friendship. This article examines the deep cause of this rupture, Camus’s political views moving rightward, Sartre’s moving left. I examine Camus’s critique of Marx and Marxism, then ask the question, “What is Marxism, Anyway?” I defend a version of Sartrean “existential Marxism” as appropriate for our time

N5330 17 SchweickartCourtney Poster

Asthma is a very important disease to understand in the year 2017. With noncompliant patients due to financial strain, resource deprivation, and overall poor socioeconomic status it is very important that the advanced practicing medical providers understand the underlying pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, medication regimen, and nursing implications associated with asthma. Without the education of this disease process and how to correctly manage an asthmatic patient, a controllable disease can ever so easily turn into a fatal diagnosis. In the intensive care setting asthmatic patients range from requiring mechanical ventilation support, to solely utilizing continuous aerosols. This poster explains all of the important key points in managing and understanding an asthma diagnosis, and how we as providers can continue to be successful patient advocates, as well as what we can do to educate our patients in how they can be successful outside of an in-patient setting. With the proper medication, compliancy, and guided treatment regimen, asthma is a very manageable disease. To do our patients the justice in allowing them to live their life to a full capacity, we must spread our knowledge

The Mechanics of Moving Asteroids

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/76523/1/AIAA-2004-1446-296.pd

Case study: Leveraging automation and custom single-use systems to streamline media production and enable scalability for CAR-T manufacturing

In cell therapy, historical media production methods have typically utilized off-the-shelf, single-use assemblies from blood management suppliers with open connection devices. The use of these assemblies requires open processing in ISO 5 biological safety cabinets (BSCs), with significant manual labor required to aseptically access and transfer media components. Manual and open media production processes create capacity challenges that are only partially alleviated with efficiency improvements to the manual methods. Furthermore, these methods also create potential contamination risks. An automated media production system has been developed to dispense individual components, mix the components, and fill the compounded media into a large quantity of small-volume bags for use in manufacturing operations. The process has been closed using custom single-use assemblies with aseptic connectors and weldable TPE tubing, enabling the relocation of the operation to a less stringent ISO 8 cleanroom and eliminating the ergonomic strain associated with prolonged BSC operations. Additionally, legacy blood management bag films have largely been replaced with next generation biopharmaceutical bag films, reducing extractables and leachables risk. Please click Additional Files below to see the full abstract

Dynamical Characterization and Stabilization of Large Gravity-Tractor Designs

Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/76167/1/AIAA-32554-693.pd