Am I creating value?
I recently read Mariana Mazzucato’s The Value of Everything (2018), which contends that the economy as it is presently constituted often rewards value “extraction” rather… Read More »Am I creating value?
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Review: Five Day Weekend
Looking through bookstores over Christmas, I decided that I ought to read what some others have written about working reduced hours. The first that I… Read More »Review: Five Day Weekend
Does security help or hinder creativity?
At one point in Benjamin Ginsberg’s The Fall of the Faculty (2011), which otherwise doesn’t have much to do with the topic of this blog,… Read More »Does security help or hinder creativity?
On protection from the need to make money
Attending several events at Australia’s National Science Week recently, I heard a couple of times about scientists’ desire to be left to pursue their work… Read More »On protection from the need to make money
On the pros and cons of high labour costs
An article at the ABC this week suggests another explanation for why Australians might feel poor despite being amongst the richest people who have ever… Read More »On the pros and cons of high labour costs