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The Intellectual Origins of Sharing Economy
Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller (1895 – 1983) was a renowned and influential American inventor, designer, systems theorist, and futurist. Fuller saw himself as a practical philosopher and worked to solve global problems surrounding housing, transportation, energy, ecological destruction, and poverty. During his … Continue reading
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Tagged ecology, economics, environment, ideas, sharing economy
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You found water on Mars. Very nice. So what about investing now tens of billions of dollars in dealing with water scarcity on Earth?
“While the great powers are trying to reach the moon, we are trying to get to the village.” (Julius Nyerere, the first president of Tanzania, 1974) According to the United Nations: “Water scarcity is among the main problems to be faced … Continue reading
Ulrich Beck has died. His powerful concept of ‘Risk Society’ is relevant as never before
Renowned sociologist and social thinker Ulrich Beck has died. Ulrich Beck (Munich University and LSE) has become one of the world’s most famous intellectuals and most quoted social scientists in recent decades. Beck’s book Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity (1986/1992) is … Continue reading
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Tagged class, environment, globalization, modernity, risk society, social sciences, sociology of risk, Ulrich Beck
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The Value of Nothing and Market Society
In The Value of Nothing: How to Reshape Market Society and Redefine Democracy, an award-winning academic and activist Raj Patel (University of Texas) reveals the hidden ecological and social costs of a hamburger (as much as $200), and asks how we … Continue reading
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Tagged civil society, democracy, economics, environment, policy, politics, prices, sustainability, valuation
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“Debt: Ethics, the Environment and the Economy”: the concept of indebtedness in its various senses and perspectives
From personal finance and consumer spending to ballooning national expenditures on warfare and social welfare, debt is fundamental to the dynamics of global capitalism. This timely and broad volume, adited by Peter Y. Paik and Merry Wiesner-Hanks (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), … Continue reading
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Tagged capitalism, debt, Economic Sociology, environment, ethics, finance, money
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If you think the economy is more important than the environment, try holding your breath while counting your money
“If you think the economy is more important than the environment, try holding your breath while counting your money.” — Guy McPherson, School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona. This sharp quote is from his blog post “Time for a revolution”, … Continue reading
“Sustainable Lifestyles and the Quest for Plenitude” pulls together case studies on emerging lifestyles that balance consumption with the environment
Many of today’s most troubling environmental and economic issues have come to seem insoluble: carbon emissions, overshoot, inequality, joblessness, and a dysfunctional food system. Can we change direction, move away from business as usual, and achieve a more sustainable, empowering, … Continue reading
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Tagged consumption, environment, fair trade, France, social movements, United States
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“Governance across Borders: Transnational Fields and Transversal Themes”
What is global and what is local in contemporary capitalism? What makes markets tick? How can we regulate finance? Who owns knowledge? What makes expertise? How can we protect the environment and fight poverty? Governance across Borders: Transnational Fields and … Continue reading
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Tagged academia, accounting, environment, global governance, globalization, knowledge, labor, Microcredit, regulation
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Capitalism and Climate Change: History, Theory, Policy
The scientific consensus on clime change is clear-cut. Max Koch (Lund University) wrote a pathbreaking book looking at climate change as a social issue and analysing its development in parallel with capitalism. By integrating political economy and environmental economics, Capitalism and Climate … Continue reading
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Tagged capitalism, Climate Change, environment, global governance, regulation
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