David Fields

For Whom Does One Toil? Time Use Differentials, Social Reproduction, and Occupational Prestige Social reproduction theory builds upon Marxist theories that center on the extent to which labor power is the source of capital’s growth through the exploitation of the working class, providing a u...

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YIMBY is the empirically untenable belief that housing needs can be met by market demand. The latter is about buyers/investors who can afford to buy or rent. The former is actually securing socially equitable housing for which the market cannot do. assets.ctfassets.net/6sxvmndnpn0s...

You’ll see more if you abandon the church of Marshallian dogma.

Simple upzoning wont help.
Yimby is a scam.

Contradictions abound. Yimby is a scam.

A Crimmigration Crucible: The Bipartisan Roots and Evolution of DHS and ICE By David Fields,

To effect genuine change, it is imperative that ICE, and by definition, DHS, along with the police and prison industry of which they are deeply embedded, be systematically dismantled.

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Rest in Peace and in Power, Alex Jeffery Pretti, America’s son, brother, and Helper. Condolences to your friends and family. You deserve Justice, and I believe Americans will Demand It! It is time to dismantle the criminal regime who bear responsibility!

Live from Minneapolis: Protesting ICE Out of Minnesota and Delta Stop Deportation Flights Honored to stand alongside faith leaders representing diverse backgrounds and religions, coming from all different states around the country

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“We’ll All Go Down to Jail”: January 23 Minnesota Shutdown Begins With Civil Disobedience Some 100 faith leaders are braving freezing temperatures to block a key road outside of the Minneapolis–St. Paul Airport to protest ICE.

​“This is not just a local struggle,” Betancourt said. ​“It is a test of who we are as a nation and what kind of future we will build together.”

This is not driven by the so-called forces of supply & demand. To counteract losses due to increased credit costs resulting from a long period of monetary austerity, landlords are lowering top-tier rents to attract tenants and fill vacant units. YIMBY is nothing but a scam.

Will we see a variety of perspectives represented, or is this simply a YIMBY love fest?

I'm thrilled to announce that the chapter I co-authored with @nakedkeynes.bsky.social and Nathaniel Cline has been officially published in "Deweaponizing Interdependence", a book edited by Jamie Morgan and Heikki Patomaki www.bloomsbury.com/uk/deweaponi...

The Bipartisan US Resource War on Iran: A Longue Durée Imperialism By David Fields

The current political turmoil in Iran can only be fully understood within a longue durée context of US imperialism.

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He is correct in pointing out the issue of intimidation, but his claim that he and the Fed have set interest rates based on principles of public interest and empirical rationality is utterly absurd.

(PDF) Central banking and social conflict PDF | On Dec 16, 2025, David M. Fields published Central banking and social conflict | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

My entry on central banking and social conflict for the recently published second edition of the Elgar Encyclopedia of Central Banking www.researchgate.net/publication/...

On Venezuela: A Three-Decade US Campaign for Regime Change By David Fields,

Trump’s direct military offensive against Venezuela is the culmination of a 30 year bipartisan process of regime change. utahvanguard.medium.com/on-venezuela...

BREAKING: Explosions have been heard and smoke is rising over the Venezuelan capital, according to Al Jazeera correspondent, as tensions with the US spiral. Parts of the city’s south, near a major military base, have reportedly lost power aje.io/pv5l3e

If Mamdani is indeed as progressive as he says he is then he would realize that YIMBY is a total scam. utahvanguard.medium.com/mamdanis-yim...

#OtD 2 Jan 1905 @IWW union was conceived in the US at the Conference of Industrial Unionists in Chicago. Formally constituted at a subsequent conference in June, the IWW was a new kind of revolutionary, multi-racial union to unite all workers. Learn more: workingclasshistory.com/2018/05/23/w...

Enjoying this series.

Part I: sawicky.substack.com/p/questions-...

Part II: sawicky.substack.com/p/questions-...

Trump’s Nazi-style COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT denies childcare in Minnesota Minnesota Families Are Rattled by Threat to Cut Federal Aid for Child Care

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Fair enough, but to assume a trickle down effect of YIMBY is very naive, especially when it is promoted by folks who should know better.

Thanks for your feedback. I disagree, specifically with the respect to the nature of modern warfare.

The Crumbling Fortress: How Europe’s New Military Keynesianism Undermines Its Security By David Fields,

Europe’s pursuit of defense security embodies the adoption of an economic stimulus model that utterly contradicts the means for social security.
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Interesting article on the sociological approach to freedom at @sociologicaltheory.bsky.social

White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross

White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross

Nice rhetoric. I hope it translates into real praxis if you get elected.

(PDF) The Security Trilemma A Critical Research Agenda PDF | On Nov 15, 2025, David Fields and others published The Security Trilemma A Critical Research Agenda | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

Adem Elveren and I introduce the concept of the security trilemma to argue that to simultaneously maximize national security, social security, & trade security is challenging, especially for the periphery, given the nature of neoliberal world-system. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

where do people think al-Qaeda came from in the first place?

Is AI Capitalism’s Creative Self-Destruction? A Short Rant By David Fields

AI embodies capitalism’s ultimate drive for accumulation but simultaneously dismantles the very structural mechanism required for the system’s self-preservation.

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