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Equality of Opportunity is Not Enough

• December 3, 2012 • 3 Comments

Posted in Classical Liberalism, Philosophy, Society, Work
Tags: Adam Smith, equality of opportunity, equality of outcome, Federal Convention, French Revolution, Individualism, James Madison, John Stuart Mill, Oscar Wilde, The Spirit Level, US senate

On the giving and receiving of gifts

• August 1, 2012 • 2 Comments

Posted in Anarchy, Economics, Science, Society, Work
Tags: David Graeber, Debt: The First 5000 Years, Einstein, General Relativity, gift economy, Michael Albert, nuchnibs, Parecon, Revolution, Richard Feynman, The Dispossessed, Ursula Le Guin

One Million March to Sunset Square: Adventures of an English Anarchist in Madrid

• April 2, 2012 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Anarchy, Civil Disobedience, Education, Society, Work
Tags: Anarho-syndicalism, CGT, Civil Disobedience, CNT, Huelga General, John Dewey, La Vita e Bella, Los Indignados, Madrid General Strike, Merkozy

Is Science of Any Value?

• March 22, 2012 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Science, Society, Work
Tags: appropriate technology, Carl Sagan, Diogenes, Empire, enlightenment, Guy McPherson, industrial revolution, Richard Feynman, Science, society, technocracy, Thee Silver Mount Zion

Debunking Economics Part 3: Work and Wages

• December 27, 2011 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Book Reviews, Economics, Education, Work
Tags: Adam Smith, chaos theory, Debunking Economics, diminishing marginal returns, Dragons Den, lorentz attractor, Michael Albert, minimum wage, Neo-Classical Economics, Noam Chomsky, Piero Sraffa, Steve Keen

Occupy Wall Street: An Appeal To The Young

• October 13, 2011 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Civil Disobedience, Science, Society, Work
Tags: 99%, An appeal to the young, Civil Disobedience, Henry David Thoreau, Occupy Wall Street, Peter Kropotkin

The corporatisation of universities?

• September 30, 2011 • 2 Comments

Posted in Education, Society, Work
Tags: Careers Advice, Coporatocracy, Corporatisation, Corpotations, Graduate Fog, Higher Education, Student Debt, University of Southampton, Wage Slavery

Alternatives to capitalism – participatory economics?

• July 25, 2011 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Anarchy, Economics, Philosophy, Society, Work
Tags: Buckminster Fuller, Capitalism, Direct Democracy, Economic Democracy, John Dewey, Keynes, Markets, Michael Albert, Parecon, Participatory Economics, Socialism, Transition

Classical Liberalism and the meaning of work

• July 17, 2011 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Classical Liberalism, Philosophy, Work
Tags: Adam Smith, Alexis de Tocqueville, Classical Liberalism, Division of Labour, John Stuart Mill, Neo-Liberalism, Noam Chomsky, Thomas Jefferson, Wilhelm Von Humboldt

The Martin Luther King Jr we don’t remember – socio-economic critic, anti-capitalist and supporter of a Guaranteed Income

• July 11, 2011 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Civil Disobedience, Society, Work
Tags: Bank Bailouts, Basic Income, Capitalism, Citizen's Income, Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights Movement, Guaranteed Income, Martin Luther King, Poverty