>culture, democracy, history, politics, polarization inverse.com 16-1-2023 2,454 YEARS AGO, ONE EERILY FAMILIAR EVENT LED TO THE DOWNFALL OF ANCIENT ATHENS - During the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, Thucydides was cited frequently, and for a good reason. by Rachel Hadas THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY of the January 6, 2021, insurrection is upon us. And … Continue reading 2,454 YEARS AGO, ONE EERILY FAMILIAR EVENT LED TO THE DOWNFALL OF ANCIENT ATHENS – Rachel Hadas – culture, democracy, history, politics
Category: DEMOCRACY
The Silencing of Money Politics – Jakob Feinig’s Moral Economies of Money
Jakob Feinig - Moral Economies - book reviews, excerpts, presentations, articles - Absorbing, revelatory and exceedingly readable, "Moral Economies" is highly recommended to money connoisseurs and freshers alike. For much of American history, large numbers of people claimed that money was a public good and asserted the right to shape money creation practices. If popular knowledge about money creation was once widely shared, how and why did it disappear? An introduction to money creation practices since the colonial era, enabling readers to understand why most people are disconnected from knowledge about money creation today. >money production, money system, credit, debt, banking, finance, monetary, politics
The Currency of Politics: The Political Theory of Money from Aristotle to Keynes – by Stefan Eich
Stefan Eich examines six crucial episodes of monetary crisis, recovering the neglected political theories of money in the thought of such figures as Aristotle, John Locke, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes. He shows how these layers of crisis have come to define the way we look at money, and argues that informed public debate about money requires a better appreciation of the diverse political struggles over its meaning.
the challenge of reclaiming the commons from capitalism – Dirk Philipsen – 2020
Mousehold Heath (1810) by John Sell Cotman. Drawing on paper. According to the UK Government, between 1604 and 1914 enclosure Bills enacted by Parliament restricted access to formerly open communal land comprising just over a fifth of the total area of England. Courtesy the Trustees of the British Museu Dirk Philipsen is an economic historian and wellbeing economics advocate … Continue reading the challenge of reclaiming the commons from capitalism – Dirk Philipsen – 2020
participatory DEMOCRACY – citizens’ assembly – egalitarian representation -random conventions – sortition -epistemic practices
contents selection, participation, representation participation - debate, deliberation collective intentionality - research, epistemic theory real existing democracy alterntive democracies > alternative democracies - > Ecological Economics, Anarchism, Heterodox Economics, Socialism, DeGrowth, Planning, Economic Planning, Economics and Politics, Postgrowth Economics academia.edu - gg/pdf 2023 Planning beyond growth. The case for economic democracy within limits by Matthias … Continue reading participatory DEMOCRACY – citizens’ assembly – egalitarian representation -random conventions – sortition -epistemic practices
direct finance, basic guaranteed income, UBI
direct finance, postive money, UBI Frances Coppola ,Annie Lowrey, Guy Standing,
Agent Orange? Bildungslücke der Ampelkoalition emittiert Aktienrente
pensions updates here Sehr Geehrte Ampel, In dem Glauben dass Sie meine freischaffenden Interessen am ehesten vertreten, möchte ich mich als Selbstständiger primär an Gelb, sekundär an Rot und zu guter Letzt an Grün wenden. Freiheit, Gerechtigkeit, Nachhaltigkeit - das ist gut. Ich freue mich Sie wollen auf dem Weg dorthin Fortschritt wagen. Gerade was … Continue reading Agent Orange? Bildungslücke der Ampelkoalition emittiert Aktienrente
Digitales Zentral Bank Geld : Geld zwischen Schleier und Tabu (1)
Hat TheEconomist den endogenen Motor des Kapitalismus enthüllt? Eher nicht. Eher 101=404. Der klassische Fehler wird nicht gefunden. Man man mag die orthodoxe "Savings&Loans" Spar-Brille nicht absetzen. Trotzdem lohnt sich die Lektüre. Die Staats-Digital-Währung kommt. So oder so. e-Yuan will do nicely Im AngloMainstream wird jetzt öfter von digitalem Zentralbankgeld gereded. Schon wieder ein … Continue reading Digitales Zentral Bank Geld : Geld zwischen Schleier und Tabu (1)
Don’t Correct me or I Double Down
Couldn’t resist posting this. Somehow it reminds me of how Equilibrium Economics reacts to facts? MIT study: The double-down is real: Correcting online falsehoods might make matters worse by Peter Dizikes “Not only is misinformation increasing online, but attempting to correct it politely on Twitter can have negative consequences, leading to even less-accurate tweets and more … Continue reading Don’t Correct me or I Double Down