Tag: capitalism
Javier Milei: The man with the chainsaw disturbs and inspires Davos – Economy
At the World Economic Forum, the new Argentine President Javier Milei praises capitalism, with which he wants to lead his country out of misery, and warns the West against socialism…
Erik Olin Wright: Why class matters. – Culture
The movie “Parasite” was a hit, but why are so few people interested in class issues in real life? The sociologist Erik Olin Wright has written an illuminating book on…
“Capitalism without Democracy” by Quinn Slobodian: Paradise for the Super-Rich – Culture
Canadian historian Quinn Slobodian shows how systematic work is being done to break the world into tax havens. Also in Germany. There has been an often irritatingly cold-hearted and surprisingly…
“Capitalism without Democracy” by Quinn Slobodian: Paradise for the Super-Rich – Culture
When companies withdraw from the tax system, it also has social consequences. In his new book, the American historian Quinn Slobodian writes what these are. There has been an often…
It’s never enough: football and the topic of investors – sport
A new investor for the league, a new mode for the Champions League: In top-level football, the logic of constant growth that the industry neurotically follows displaces all concerns and…
G20: China is doing predatory capitalism, not trade war – opinion
As after every G20 summit, the question arises at the one in Delhi as to whether this is not just very costly rambling on the part of politicians, at the…
Exhibition in the Gunzenhauser Museum: Proletarians of all countries, jump
An exhibition in the Gunzenhauser Museum in Chemnitz breaks down criticism of capitalism into snackable morsels – suitable for Instagram and deeply sad at times. source site
Kohei Saito: “System Crash”: Away with Capitalism – Culture
500 000 copies sold. This is mostly unattainable even for the most popular authors and the most popular topics. For a book in which an openly neo-Marxist philosopher calls for…
Congratulations, Mattel: Why “Barbie” is a capitalist film. – Culture
What is feminism again? Is it feminism to offer a long-legged, snub-nosed plastic doll with a pilot’s hat for sale, or is it just perfectly normal capitalism? Is it feminism…
Lukas Bärfuss’ "The crumb of bread": Coincidence is a lousy traitor
In “Die Krume Brot” Lukas Bärfuss tells the story of a woman from the working-class milieu of the 1970s. He succeeds in much more than mere critique of capitalism. source…