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: Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr Share on Bluesky (Opens in new window) Bluesky Share on Threads (Opens in new window) Threads Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on Pocket (Opens in new window) Pocket Share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon Share on Nextdoor (Opens in new window) Nextdoor Like Loading... Related
