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Shimshon Bichler

Shimshon Bichler is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Shimshon Bichler rather than just read about it. In short: Shimshon Bichler (Hebrew: שמשון ביכלר) is an Israeli educator who teaches political economy at colleges and universities in Israel. Along with Jonathan Nitzan, Bichler has created a power theory of capitalism and theory of differential accumulation in their analysis of the political economy of wars, Israel, and globalization.

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Reference excerpt

Shimshon Bichler (Hebrew: שמשון ביכלר) is an Israeli educator who teaches political economy at colleges and universities in Israel. Along with Jonathan Nitzan, Bichler has created a power theory of capitalism and theory of differential accumulation in their analysis of the political economy of wars, Israel, and globalization.

Work Nitzan and Bichler share an intellectual legacy with institutional political economists such as Thorstein Veblen. In particular, they share Veblen's explanation that business exists with the end of pecuniary (monetary) gain and not the accumulation of goods of consumption or of physical machines. According to their power theory of value (introduced in their Capital as Power: A Study of Order and Creorder, published 2009), in capitalism, power is the governing principle as rooted in the centrality of private ownership. Private ownership is wholly and only an act of institutionalized exclusion, and institutionalized exclusion is a matter of organized power.

Major works Nitzan, Jonathan and Shimshon Bichler – Global Political Economy of Israel – 2002 Nitzan, Jonathan and Shimshon Bichler – Capital as Power: A Study of Order and Creorder – 2009

References

External links The Bichler and Nitzan Archives - free resource of their articles

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Shimshon Bichler

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Shimshon Bichler claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Shimshon Bichler before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Shimshon Bichler ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Shimshon Bichler

In research: Shimshon Bichler appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Shimshon Bichler in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Shimshon Bichler is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 21st-century Israeli economists, 21st-century Israeli writers, Economist stubs, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Shimshon Bichler outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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