Tag: Criticism of capitalism
Sensational exhibition by Christoph Büchel at the Fondazione Prada in Venice – Culture
It’s the hidden sensation of the Venice Biennale summer: Christoph Büchel’s bankrupt pawn shop at Prada. From the outside, only a few small posters next to the entrance and jetty…
We have to talk: What separates and connects economy and society – economy
In Germany, companies and citizens are very distrustful of each other. That prevents a constructive discourse. Anyone who wants to change the economy must not turn their back on it.…
Director Carmen Losmann on “Oeconomia” and capitalism – media
Does our economic system still make sense? In her documentary “Oeconomia”, director Carmen Losmann encounters surprisingly unsuspecting people – and tells us what she has learned about money in the…
Yanis Varoufakis’ book "Another now": Like a very long evening in a shared kitchen
Wasn’t there something with the middle finger and Bohemian man? Greece’s former finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis, has long been viewed as a “rock star politician”. Now he has written a…
“The Nest” in the cinema: In the haunted castle of consumption – culture
Again and again you feel like you’ve gotten into a horror movie, even though it said “Family Drama”. In the stately home to which the O’Hara family has moved, the…
“First Cow” at Mubi: the Wild West with a difference. – Culture
Cookie (John Magaro) is arguably the gentlest person who has ever trudged through a western. When he discovers a salamander on his back while collecting mushrooms, he carefully turns it…