June 14, 2017 Oleg Komlik BITS & BRIEFS: Economics and nature // Fair taxation // Land-backed currency // Post-growth economy // Life and death in India > Ditch the belief that economics is about mechanical rules; Work with, not against, nature’s resources — by Prof. Kate Raworth > Neither inequality nor suffrage nor globalization influenced tax rates; But perceptions about what is a fair tax system — argues Prof. Julia Ott > History of money and revolution: An attempt to create a land-backed currency in the 1790s France — a podcast with Prof. Rebecca Spang > Organizing for the Post-Growth economy: a special (open-access) issue of Ephemera on critical and creative thinking on growth and sustainability > Urban poverty, hard labour, and pervasive corruption: a review of two interesting books on life and death in India — by Prof. Emma Tarlo *** Join the Economic Sociology and Political Economy community via Facebook / Twitter / LinkedIn / Google+ / Instagram / 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