March 23, 2016March 23, 2016 Oleg Komlik BITS & BRIEFS: What is money? // Uberization of work and Shareholder Value // Credit and politics of inequality // R.I.P. John Urry What is money? Money is a social system. Why and how it is created and used? An instructive podcast (25 min), featuring academics How the Uberization of work is rooted in the cult of Shareholder Value; “Corporations are ‘job creators’ only as a last resort.” Inequality contributed to increasing credit use, that in turn altered the politics of inequality– by Prof. Basak Kus Sad news from Lancaster: R.I.P. John Urry (1946-2016), a brilliant, groundbreaking & influential scholar. On his last book Offshoring (2014) *** Join the Economic Sociology and Political Economy community through Facebook / Twitter / LinkedIn / Google+ / Reddit / Tumblr Share this:EmailFacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedInTumblrTelegramRedditPinterestPocketPrintMastodonNextdoorLike Loading... Related
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