Marxist Twitter has been fighting about Vivek Chibber lately. Ben Burgis takes the opportunity to address the immediate controversy but also the much broader value of Chibber's work.

Read the Jacobin Chibber interview on the origins of capitalism that everyone is freaking out about:

https://jacobin.com/2025/12/colonialism-transition-feudalism-capitalism-history-economy

Read Ben's essay "Taking the Red Pill: William Clare Roberts vs. Vivek Chibber on the Class Matrix":

https://benburgis.substack.com/p/taking-the-red-pill-william-clare

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