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“U.S. imperialism is currently the most aggressive geopolitical force, openly coercive, and deploying military and economic instruments with diminishing restraint. What links its resurgence to the present state of the world economy? How is geopolitical turmoil connected to capitalist reproduction at a time when productive accumulation has slowed to a crawl in the historic core of global capitalism, while financial capital continues to expand and fuel speculation? “ The preceding analysis of contemporary balance-sheet imperialism converges on a single structural paradox, namely, the U.S. share of global manufacturing (value added) has fallen from roughly half in 1945 to just over 16–17 percent today, while the dollar’s share of allocated official reserves has slipped only slightly below 60 percent.   U.S. monetary and financial dominance is accompanied by the demise of its productive primacy. Meanwhile, U.S. multinational enterprises remain pre-eminent and rely on the global functi...

Karl Popper ’s theories are universally taught at universities worldwide  as a foundational component of standard academic curricula. Rather than being confined to a single department, his ideas—primarily  falsifiability , the  problem of induction , and the  open society —are integrated across multiple disciplines. Popper argued that an  Open Society  functions exactly like a laboratory. In science, we advance by making bold claims and eliminating errors through experimentation. In a democracy, we advance by implementing "piecemeal social engineering" (policies) and eliminating errors by voting bad leaders out of office without bloodshed. Both require the absolute freedom to criticise authority and speak openly. Professors often note a cultural divide: while contemporary academic philosophers view Popper’s model as overly simplistic, practicing scientists and science educators still heavily embrace and teach his strict view of the scientific method.  ...