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: 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
