Issues for the week of August 11, 2022 - Public Seminar

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A global intellectual commons

Curated Essays for the

Week of August 11

Previous Weeks

Summer Syllabi: Capitalism & The Economy

A World Beyond Capitalism

Molly Ragan

Molly Ragan is an MS candidate in Strategic Design and Management, Parsons School of Design, The New School

The “K” in the Economy

Andrew Moon and Janet Roitman

Capitalism Uber Alles

Mitchell Abidor

Brooklyn-based writer and translator

Capitalism Is Trumping Democracy at Home

Heather Cox Richardson

Professor of History, Boston College

Building an Alternative to Amazon?

Trebor Scholz and Casper Gelderblom

How (Some) Rich People Work Toward Redistribution

Guillermina Altomonte and Rachel Sherman

The Commons versus Capitalism

Thijs Lijster

Assistant Professor Philosophy of Art and Culture at the University of Groningen

Ending Exploitation in the Fashion Industry

Nandita Shivakumar and Aabid Firdausi