@larsdenmar.bsky.social
Sociologist drafting a book that extends #Bourdieu's #critique of #neoliberalism with #MMT. How does neoliberalism work via power/deception? To focus I follow few & not for news. Hope you understand. Home: https://homosociologicus.com/neoliberalism-3
Called the doctor today about our son coughing 10 days and liquid in the ear.
- Doctor: it's quite normal, it's probably just some corona.
fascinating piece on France's strategy to fix crisis of housing affordability hammering European cities.
you'll never guess, but it's the state building more (social) housing, to great outrage of institutional landlords, real estate lobbyists and FT's American readers
www.ft.com/content/76fb...
"HEC Paris has two mottos reflecting its history and current vision: "The more you know, the more you dare" which emphasizes the conviction that knowledge fosters freedom and entrepreneurship,.."
Les sciences sociales et la dΓ©mocratie,(November, 1995)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VGL...
Thursday's blog post (07/08) is now posted (17:28 EAST) - The British government's obsession with the fiscal rules is driving the economy towards recession - billmitchell.org/blog/?p=62704
07.08.2025 07:28 β π 8 π 4 π¬ 1 π 2Once the most independent institution
17.07.2025 17:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The best of (history) science has always been able to explain much of reality. This is akin to anti-science. As if every big attempt is always.. ideological.
10.07.2025 09:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The seven deadly innocent frauds of economic policy by @wbmosler.bsky.social It's the most important book to destroy neoliberalism written since Keynes. And it is better for the purpose.
08.07.2025 22:16 β π 7 π 5 π¬ 0 π 1Very interesting text.
How Reagan killed ethics etc.
harpers.org/archive/2011...
"Neo-liberals promote the myth that some activity is βtoo expensiveβ or βnot productive enoughβ and we are thus (..).
The neo-liberal era has successfully imposed a very narrow conception of value in relation to our consideration of human activity and endeavour."
billmitchell.org/blog/?p=22129
Tony Blair Institute participated in a project to develop a postwar Gaza economy with a βTrump Rivieraβ and an βElon Musk Smart Manufacturing Zoneβ.
Is there anything he won't do for money, or to appease Trump?
Forced removal of population cannot provide durable peace.
archive.ph/jtUd0
I guess that the Powell Memo played out in all Western nations - to destroy the university as we knew it.
billmitchell.org/blog/?p=45272
One of the most important texts you will ever read
billmitchell.org/blog/?p=33226
"Documents how even progressive foundations serve to reinforce the political status quo."
sunypress.edu/Books/F/Foun...
βThe Trillion Dollar Silencer is a masterful primer on an institution β the US military β that has literally thousands of facets & functions, & about a thousand billion dollars each year to support its role in preparing for & making war around the world."
www.claritypress.com/product/the-...
We were promised freedom, but what we got was access. And access comes with an invoice.
Rent became the price of entry, rights became products.
Housing, medicine, credit, even visibility... someone owns the toll booths that count as 'access'.
#GenerationRent #EconomicJustice #CostOfLiving
NY would not have a competitive primary without a system publicly financing candidates.
Without that system, Cuomo & his oligarchs woulda faced no strong opposition.
It's why oligarchs hate such systems & why other cities/states should adopt them.
MasterPlanPodcast.com
This is on the level of Harold Pinter's Nobel Prize speech about the US reality show and crimes. Highly recommended!
Our friend the courageous Canadian international lawyer Christopher C Black passed away a couple of days ago.
Rip.
youtu.be/u8NHawXaOPc?...
This is on the level of Harold Pinter's Nobel Prize speech about the US reality show and crimes. Highly recommended!
Our friend the courageous Canadian international lawyer Christopher C Black passed away a couple of days ago.
Rip.
youtu.be/u8NHawXaOPc?...
Important.
youtube.com/watch?v=9mgL...
2014 The Guardian
05.06.2025 07:40 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Western politicians in a nutshell
04.06.2025 09:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Europe, US, Russia, Ukraine explained. Excellent.
youtu.be/HMVjQJ17-HY?...
Thanks for this @auchentrachle.bsky.social
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