Emotions, reputations, relationships -- so many aspects of social and organizational life today are subject to quantification and other calculative practices. Calculation develops due to a demand for control and accountability. Money is one such instrument of calculation, and th…
"The era of savage money began on 15 August 1971 when the US Government, financially weakened by the Vietnam War, was forced to renounce its control over the gold market. This freed the price of gold from government control for the first time since 1934 and created a new commodi…
Dinners meant a lot to Churchill - a friend once said of him, 'He is a man of simple tastes; he is quite easily satisfied with the best of everything.' But meals were always more for him than just good food and fine wine.
