Capitalist Culture
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Capitalism and advertising ruined our relationship with bacteria
Our view of this essential dimension of earth’s biome has been shaped by the manufacturers of cleaning products.
Norah Campbell, The Conversation & Cormac Deane, The Conversation
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Not just minimum wage: To reduce inequality, we also need to look at a maximum wage limit for CEOs
Almost all liberal capitalist democracies have experienced an explosion in inequality over the past 30-40 years.
Mark R Reiff, Aeon
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Max Weber’s ‘spirit’ of capitalism is frequently misunderstood. What did it really mean?
‘Capitalism’ was Weber’s own word and he defined it as he saw fit.
Peter Ghosh, Aeon
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Journalist Sreenivasan Jain quits NDTV
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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Why you can’t keep Anurag Kashyap down
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The big news: Odisha Health Minister Naba Das dies of bullet injury, and nine other top stories
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Ten students suspended in Ajmer university for watching BBC documentary on Gujarat riots
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Why Amartya Sen remains the century’s great critic of capitalism
Every major work on material inequality in the 21st century owes a debt to Sen.
Tim Rogan, Aeon
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Modern capitalism’s oversights have paved the way for assertive labour unions to make a comeback
Does 21st century corporate logic contain the seeds of its own destruction?
Kim Moody, The Conversation
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The attacks on Raghuram Rajan: Lessons from Stanley Fischer's term as Israel's central banker
India and Israel show that fighting crony capitalism is sometimes a role only people with strong backing from outside the country can take on.
Guy Rolnik
Video
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Watch: Three snow leopard cubs on a mountain road at night flee as car drives behind them
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Watch: Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav sings Hindi film hit with singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya
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Watch: Former Pakistan cricket captain Sarfaraz Ahmed sings for cricketer Shan Masood at his wedding
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‘Space travel will let us live forever’: Video of writer Ray Bradbury’s 1974 interview resurfaces
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‘Let’s make bubble tea’: Interactive Google Doodle marks third anniversary of boba tea emoji launch