Exploring degrowth: a critical guide
by Hickel, Jason, Nelson, Anitra, Liegey, Vincent
fromFireWorks
A sense of urgency pervades global environmentalism, and the degrowth movement is bursting into the mainstream. As climate catastrophe looms closer, people are eager to learn what degrowth is about, and whether we can save the planet by changing how we live. This book is an intr…
"This book proposes blockchain-based currencies, open algorithms, and data cooperatives as the foundation of a new economy that is decentralized, resilient, and secure.
"Analysis of the American workplace in the larger context of an integrated global economy. Through engaging vignettes and rich data, this text frames the development of jobs and employment opportunities in an international comparative perspective, revealing the historical transf…
Introduction: the sexed truth of neoliberal digitality -- Transcendence: Moses, or the other of the other -- Knowledge: online fee-ding as the solution to Meno's paradox -- Desire: the ballistic sexuality of drones and tinder -- Writing: the quantified self and digital accountab…
