#Labor

Branko Milanovic

BrankoMilan

In "Capitalism, Alone", I introduced the concept of homoploutia. This is the situation when the same people are rich both in terms of labor incomes and capital incomes. Here is

Reg_monkey

monkey_reg

Let’s do a quick effort post. What economists call productivity growth is an error term! Saying productivity growth as a result is assuming a theoretical model that by definition has

William Clare Roberts

MarxinHell

Thoughts on Adorno, exploitation, the bounds of agency, and control vs. domination.I think this bit in Adorno is of a peice with the Frankfurt School's anti-positivism, even if it is

Sam🔔

sam_a_bell

Spent most of the Trump presidency pushing for more aggressive fiscal and monetary policy to tighten labor markets. Caught some flak for it, especially when this (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/12/business/economy/federal-reserve-rates-emp

beatrice

shellac_b

Leaving #academia thread (#withaphd, #AltAc, #academicjobs) I’m not a prominent voice, in fact in Twitter metrics I’m a nobody, but I want to say this: leaving the tenure track is

Ezra Klein

ezraklein

This is a piece I've been thinking about for a long time. One of the most dominant policy ideas in Washington is that policy should, always and everywhere, move parents

Maggie's Toronto Sex Workers Action Project 💋

MaggiesToronto

THREAD: In honour of the #ScholarStrike + #ScholarStrikeCanada we must talk about how sex work is studied and how sex workers in academia - specifically *Black sex workers* in academia

Michael J. Hicks

HicksCBER

1/n Quick thread on today's jobless claims numbers, with a single state focus. It is grim news that highlights how misleading the jobless rate is today. As of Oct, Indiana's

claudiaalick

claudiaalick

Hustle culture is a subset of supremacy culture. It includes all the behaviors and performances that allow you to survive and THRIVE in toxic capitalism and supremacy culture. It’s ableist

panopticorean

gyopoclown

There are countless examples of Korean women organizing and leading labor strikes throughout history, but the Dong-Il Textile Strikes of the 1970s are a great example of how the global

jacq

uncrushedvelvet

Bringing back this socialist feminist thread:As marxist feminists, we seek not only to describe gender but to change it. with this goal, our focus is on the material & historical

Mat Dryhurst

matdryhurst

The left is endlessly infuriatingCritique is cheapCommitment is expensive there is one space currently discussing user ownership of platforms and protocols, fair compensation for digital labor, reintroducing payment for intellectual

Terri Butler MP

terrimbutler

The Morrison Government has appointed yet another interim, toothless water cop for Australia’s environmentally unique and economically critical Murray Darling Basin, following the abolition of the previous interim role. #auspol In

chris evans

notcapnamerica

Men don’t have friends and it’s killing them. People who lack strong friendships have: Higher blood pressureHigher BMIAre more likely to be depressedLive 22% less longStudies show males were more

Romy

romyjournalist

*Beautiful Thread*What Gebran khalil Gebran wrote on Immigration in 1926:1-I believe in you, and I believe in yourdestinyI believe that you are contributors to this newcivilizationI believe that you have

youngmi mayer

ymmayer

A story about Pete wells: the night before mino was born I was in labor when my then husband got an email from Pete wells saying his review of mission

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