Listening to a great radio series about the life and writing of Karl Polanyi, especially his book Markets and Society;
"Using readings from Polanyi's work, the reminiscences of family and friends, and the comments of contemporary Polanyi scholars, it traces his life and thought from his childhood in 19th century Budapest to his final days in southern Ontario. A final programme examines his contemporary legacy."
davidcayley.com/podcasts/2014/…
#podcasts #DavidCayley #MarketsAndSociety
Markets and Society: the Life and Thought of Karl Polanyi
Karl Polanyi started a revolution in economic anthropology when he argued, in The Great Transformation and subsequent books, that the modern market is a modern invention, and not a natural growth from primordial roots, as the liberal tradition had su…David Cayley (davidcayley.com)
An explosion, when regulated, becomes an engine. The same is true of markets.
An explosion, unregulated, is a weapon of mass destruction. The same is true of markets.
When Adam Smith talked about "free markets", he meant free of economic rents (paying people to own things), not free of regulation.
Lite sen på bollen men nu har jag läst ut denna! Intressant och välskrivet. Blir absolut att gå till biblioteket och plocka upp mer #andersmalm som man missat!
#palestina #thedestructionofpalestine #gaza #palestine #PalestineSolidarity
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No white discrimination in South Africa.
It is baseless rumour and disinformation, spread by Musk + Grok AI, just more #racism.
They've been caught tweaking the algorithm, adding disinfo.
4% of the population is still owning more land than the majority. No genocide of Boers, but #apartheid is still affecting black and coloured population.
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Ireland, a country where we get worked up about spending €300,000 on cycling infrastructure but completely ignore the €215 million we spent on a road interchange that has made traffic congestion worse.
irishexaminer.com/news/munster…
Cork council engineers to raise traffic gridlock issues on eastern approach to Jack Lynch Tunnel
Motorists from east Cork say they are queuing even longer than ever during rush hours due to increasing tailbacksSean O'Riordan (IrishExaminer.com)
#örrversagen
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Studie: Deutsche arbeiten weniger als Bewohner anderer Länder
Raus aus der Wirtschaftskrise - dafür sollen die Deutschen laut Kanzler Merz wieder mehr arbeiten. Sein Appell dürfte zu neuen Diskussionen führen. Auch, weil laut einer neuen Studie in anderen Wirtschaftsnationen mehr gearbeitet wird.tagesschau.de
globalist.it/culture/2025/05/1…
Un libro interessante
Dall’argomentazione alla politica: Perelman e la contemporaneità
Stefano Cazzato analizza la Teoria dell'argomentazione di Chaïm Perelman, esplorando nessi tra retorica, etica e politica nel dibattito pubblico.globalist (Globalist.it)
GAZA
Palestine et droit international
orientxxi.info/magazine/gaza-p…
#gaza #palestine #israel #droitinternational #genocide #crimedeguerre #cisjordanie #scandale #orientxxi
Gaza. Pour en finir avec la « guerre contre le terrorisme »
Alors qu’Israël intensifie son offensive génocidaire à Gaza, la thèse de la légitime défense paraît désormais totalement éculée. En revanche, l’argument de (…)Orient XXI
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A study finds stacking bricks differently could help this country fight air pollution
Bangladesh suffers from extreme air pollution, but a new study shows the brick industry can make small changes to have a big effect on the country's smog problem.
#news #npr #publicradio #usa
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Entoilement et voies d'éclipse
Photo du 18 mai 2025 sous licence CC-BY-NC-SA. Mes autres photos : pixelfed.social/dandauge
#Jeu : mais qu'est-ce bien donc que tout ce fatras ?
#jardin #photography #photo #nature #biodiversité #environnement #mywork #myphoto #photographie #botanique #insectes
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