#Capitalism

Khadijah *a centered voice*

UpFromTheCracks

Thread on why this is so disconcerting relative to #Ethiopia and #AIEthics https://twitter.com/abebab/status/1342238827675602945 Abeba’s PhD is enactive cognition, The premise is roughly that cognition is not the internal processes of

reijer hendrikse

reijerhendrikse

Covid is a new chapter in the rise of neo-illiberalism: it allows the illiberalizing right to disregard public health under the guise of individual freedom and liberty, and shift the

Branko Milanovic

BrankoMilan

Here are some of the slides from my today's talk at FMM (and also from my "C,A"). These are six systemic inequalities. Start with No. 2. Increasing concentration of ownership

People's Freedom Assembly

gsopfa

unlearning, de-programming, or re-educating...it doesn’t matter what you call it, it must happen for any hard fought revolution to truly be won. particularly, white settlers will need to let go

Dexter Roberts

dtiffroberts

Anecdotally, I had heard that the pandemic was hitting China’s migrants much harder; this research by @kamwchan and team shows worst fears confirmed.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15387216.2020.1791726#.XxJEdL_FUt1.twitter 2

Dr Deepa Govindarajan Driver

deepa_driver

@ScottShaneNYT thanks for your acknowledgement of the truth - grudging though your phrasing seems . As one of many ordinary citizens who understood the world better because of @Wikileaks' &

Kate Alexander Shaw

KAlexanderShaw

THREAD (long one this time)I’m reading 2 new books: Brett Christophers' Rentier Capitalism, and @PeterKGeoghegan'sDemocracy for Sale, and together they paint quite a picture. Let's explore... TL:DR Our rentier economy

JazzyDaddyDolla

JazzyDaddyDolla

Malcolm X on socialism (thread) “While I was traveling I noticed that most of the countries that had recently emerged into independence have turned away from the so-called capitalistic system,

Robert Peston

Peston

It is worth watching deputy CMO Jonathan Van-Tam explain why the COVID 19 vaccines have come to market in 9 months, compared with 10 years for a typical vaccine -

Dr. Chelsea Gibson

gibsoche

This year I've started assigning something I call "Weekly Encounters" where students get credit for telling me how they "encountered" our course content out in the wild. The goal is

Bryan Formhals 👣📷

bryanformhals

Magnum Photos existence is based on the hoarding of opportunity and resources for their members. It's why so many people aspire to join! They know that if you get in,

Nicholas Guyatt

NicholasGuyatt

So we get the stealth-privatisation of education, including free schools run by people like Toby Young, but we’re reassured this is about “driving up standards” as measured by the constant

Dominant Peng Girl

khanyabonani

Why is everyone on the TL forgetting capitalism's core purpose? Self-interest. The reason why SA is only getting vaccines in Q2 is due to pharmaceutical giants being protected by first

Thucydides

DThucydides

The problem with Marxists/communists (whatever they call themselves) is and always has been that they actually have quite good analysis of the relationship between Labour and capital and the problems

Big Joel

biggestjoel

Ok if we’re gonna call Joe Biden’s continued support for liberal capitalism “fascism,” could we all just admit that fascism means “the thing we don’t like” and move on I

Jessi Lehman

jessi_lehman

1/ Books are my constant companions. This week I finished my 40th non-academic book of 2020. Recognize this reflects huge privilege but I want to highlight three outstanding books I

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