Pathways from and Crises aft er Communism

Two cases of polyneuropathy , microcytic anemia and copper defi ciency aft er prolonged allopurinol treatment

Copper is a cofactor for numerous coenzymes and metalloproteins essential for normal neurologic function. Th e most common neurological presentations of copper defi ciency are myelopathy, polyneuropathy and optic neuropathy. Here we present two cases of sensorimotor polyneuropathy, copper defi ciency and microcytic anemia in conjunction with allopurinol management for gout. Th ese two patients ...

The fallacy of communism.

Marxism after communism

It is with apprehension but also conviction that I defend Marxism today1apprehension because we live in a period that is suspicious of visions of alternative futures, skeptical of grand historical narrative, dismissive of materialist explanations, rejecting of class analysis while tolerating capitalism's defects and pathologies as unavoidable and natural; conviction because we live in a period ...

SnapShot: ER-Associated Protein Degradation Pathways

Financial Crises and Political Crises∗

The simultaneous determination of financial default and political crises is studied in an open economy model. Political crises accompany default in equilibrium because of an information transmission conflict between the government and the public. Multiple equilibria are possible: if foreign lenders are pessimistic about the country’s stability, they demand a high interest on the debt, exacerbat...