December 18, 2015 Oleg Komlik BITS & BRIEFS: From shells to Bitcoin // Tales on ‘sharing’ tech industry // Wealthy love the crisis // Universities for the public From shells and coins to apps and Bitcoin. Underneath, money is always a token of our social relations – by Prof. Bill Maurer Tech industry, for all its talk of ‘sharing’ & ‘democratizing’, is addicted to business models of short-term returns – by Professor Nathan Schneider and Professor Trebor Scholz Do Capitalists really want economic recovery? How the wealthy learned to stop worrying and love the crisis – by Professor Shimshon Bichler and Professor Jonathan Nitzan Universities should benefit the Public, not just the public purse. Viewing students as customers, we are losing sight of higher education’s true purpose – Professor Joshua Forstenzer and Professor Matthew Flinders *** Join the Economic Sociology and Political Economy community through Facebook / Twitter / LinkedIn / Google+ / Reddit / Tumblr Discover more from Economic Sociology & Political Economy Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email. Type your email… Subscribe Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Click to share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Click to share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window) Pocket Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon Click to share on Nextdoor (Opens in new window) Nextdoor Like Loading... Related
