The Evolution of Modern Political Power by Jonathan Ira Levy - Project Syndicate
Jonathan Ira Levy traces the complicated interplay between states, global capital, and civil society over the past century.
When digital nomads come to town - Rest of World
Cities from Canggu to Medellín are welcoming tech workers, but locals complain they’re being priced out.
What to make of Singapore's high "crony capitalism" ranking - Academia | SG
LINDA LIM explains the complexities behind Singapore’s seemingly alarming number four rank in The Economist’s Crony Capitalism index. Regardless of the scale and impact of political connections in the Singapore economy, though, the republic’s status as an enabler of crony capitalism in other countries should be of concern.
Elon Musk's SpaceX Mission Takes Flight in South Texas
Elon Musk wants to go to Mars. Money, regulations, and public beaches are no object.
How Chiang Mai became the world’s most polluted city | Environment News | Al Jazeera
Burning fields are blamed for hazardous levels of air pollution in northern Thailand but the government is doing little.
Revealed: Exxon made ‘breathtakingly’ accurate climate predictions in 1970s and 80s | ExxonMobil | The Guardian
Oil company drove some of the leading science of the era only to publicly dismiss global heating
What the fediverse (does/n’t) solve | by Cory Doctorow | Dec, 2022 | Medium
We can protect our communities from commodification, but it takes work
White Protagonism and Imperial Pleasures in Game Design #DIGRA21 | by meghna jayanth | Medium
So is it even possible to make a video game that resists capitalism-colonialism?
The Quest to Defuse Guyana’s Carbon Bomb | WIRED
A former BP lawyer is going up against Exxon—and her own country—in a bid to stop offshore oil drilling before disaster strikes.
Locals protest sand mining in Sabah - Macaranga
The sand mining project is part of a RM2 billion Chinese investment favoured by the state government. But locals fear the health impact.
Laleh Khalili · In Clover: What does McKinsey do? · LRB 15 December 2022
The primary product sold by all management consultants – both software developers and strategic organisers – is the...
The aim was to maximise profit, enrich management and shareholders, and circumscribe worker militancy. Outside the US, as the Cold War raged, management consultants were willing foot soldiers in the global battle for capitalism.
Bogdanich and Forsythe’s book is a damning account of the way McKinsey has made workplaces unsafe, ditched consumer protections, disembowelled regulatory agencies, ravaged health and social care organisations, plundered public institutions, hugely reduced workforces and increased worker exploitation.