Link to an article by Ian Sinclair:
Links
Slavoj Žižek – Guardian Webchat
Link to an online webchat hosted by The Guardian newspaper with Slavoj Žižek:
“Slavoj Žižek webchat – as it happened”
Here’s a select quote:
“I think boredom is the beginning of every authentic act. *** Boredom opens up the space, for new engagements. Without boredom, no creativity. If you are not bored, you just stupidly enjoy the situation in which you are.”
Pete Dolack – “A Bigger Pie Doesn’t Mean You Are Getting a Slice”
Link to an article by Pete Dolack on the travails of the Coca-Cola Corporation as a microcosm of the modern economy:
Matthew Hutson – Status Anxiety
Link to an article by Matthew Hutson on the use of luxury goods to indicate social status:
Peter Frase – In Defense of Gamers
Link to an article by Peter Frase:
Alan Nasser – The Alternative to Long-Term Austerity
A link to an excellent article by economist Alan Nasser:
“The Alternative to Long-Term Austerity”
There is plenty of evidence to support Nasser’s thesis. What this article doesn’t address in any detail is the role of money creation in the financial sector, which is explained in Ole Bjerg’s Making Money.
Naomi Klein – Capitalism vs. the Climate
Link to an interview with journalist Naomi Klein, promoting her new book This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate (2014):
Capitalism vs. the Climate: Naomi Klein on Need for New Economic Model to Address Ecological Crisis
Bonus links: “Klein vs. Klein” and “This Changes Some Things”
Arundhati Roy – Corporate Power Converted Wealth Into Philanthropy
Link to an essay by Arundhati Roy excerpted from her book Capitalism: A Ghost Story (2014):
“How Corporate Power Converted Wealth Into Philanthropy for Social Control”
Dan O’Sullivan – Money In the Bank
Article on the business of pro wrestling by Dan O’Sullivan:
Gareth Porter – Robert S. McNamara and the Real Tonkin Gulf Deception
Link to an article by investigative historian Gareth Porter:
“Robert S. McNamara and the Real Tonkin Gulf Deception: Pushing LBJ Into War”
It is interesting to consider Porter’s perspectives on this in light of the late sociologist Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of the “bureaucratic field”. That is, Porter does not view the “state” as a monolithic entity, but a field established by and through its agents (and groups of agents) struggling amongst each other for authority.