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 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
