May 21, 2017May 21, 2017 Oleg Komlik BITS & BRIEFS: Pressures of employability // Debt in academic life // Homo Economicus is a man // Funding religion // Racial inequality Five thought-provoking and interesting reads: > Employability is a tragic path of self-policing and the constant questioning of personal achievements, while “free-time” has become a mere continuation of the forms of profit-oriented social life — asserts David Frayne > Why would a tenure-track professor sell his plasma to make rent? A story about debt and credit in academia — by Josh Roiland > “Homo Economicus is a man”; Economics rejects women and discourages those who take up the subject — to the detriment of all, argues Frances Weetman > Religion, economics and wealth: early Methodism was underpinned by a sophisticated management of finance and funding — by Clive Norris > Policy and systemic racism created vast and persistent inequality gaps between white and black in the US — by Tom Shapiro *** Join the Economic Sociology and Political Economy community via Facebook / Twitter / LinkedIn / Google+ / Instagram / Tumblr Share this:EmailFacebookTwitterWhatsAppLinkedInTumblrTelegramRedditPinterestPocketSkypeLike this:Like Loading... Related