Learned Helplessness: Of Roaches, Restaurant Vents, and Reality
A worrisome case study of helpless and inaction in New York City tenants.
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Our Neoliberal Economic System is Making Us Mentally Ill
The neoliberal economy was supposed to bring about a utopian world order. Instead, it produced psychological stress and social breakdown.
Read more...Why Don’t We Treat All Refugees as Though They Were Ukrainian?
Who’d have thunk it? Advanced economies are mighty bigoted about which refugees go to the head of the line.
Read more...Book Excerpt: The Lockdown Diaries of Wuhan
An on-the-ground report from the early days of the Wuhan lockdown.
Read more...Rationales and Social Cover
A discussion of a common social strategy for dissenting with orthodox opinion.
Read more...How One Cooperative Is Trying to Develop an Alternative Economy in Oakland
Despite having some inherent competitve advantages, cooperative ventures can find it hard to launch. An Oakland program provides some liftoff.
Read more...Three Cheers for the Makers of Corsi-Rosenthal Boxes!
Two, three, many Corsi-Rosenthal boxes!
Read more...Book Review: A Sweeping — and Personal — History of Addiction and Recovery
In “The Urge” by Carl Erik Fisher, a psychiatrist blends history and social critique with his own story of recovery.
Read more...Wall Street Journal Mystified By Public’s Sour Mood Despite “Booming” Economy
Americans are not happy despite a not at all bad economy leaving most with higher savings and pay than pre-Covid.
Read more...How Young Workers Are Being Exploited in the COVID-19 Economy
Child labor is back. Why are more teens being exploited?
Read more...More Home Surveillance Coming Your Way, Courtesy Bosch and the Internet of Things
Bosch brings you Stasi at home….and the worst is, too many people will happily pay for more surveillance.
Read more...Valentine’s Day: The Pressures of Shopping for Romance
The pernicious effects of the Hallmarking of holidays. Valentine’s Day happiness comes from spending time sharing pleasant experiences, rather than spending money on the perfect gift.
Read more...Faster Internet Displaces Social Capital in the UK
Confirmation of the notion that the Internet displaces social time with real people.
Read more...How a Cooperative Run by the Formerly Incarcerated Is Reshaping Chicago’s Food Industry
In Chicago, the formerly incarcerated are prepping locally sourced meals for schools, nursing homes and transitional housing facilities.
Read more...Why Young Workers Are Driving a Wave of Unionization
The young are again on the forefront of change, now by challenging neoliberal atomization and indoctrination by forming unions.
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