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Taxing the rich might not be a bad place to start. As to whether this would amount to saving capitalism or helping it dig its grave, the answer is: it can do both. Saving capitalism in the particular conjuncture of the early twenty-first century is, paradoxically, a condition for its overcoming. This is the case because __rebooting the economic engine of capitalism by stabilizing production, employment, and income, as I have suggested, also creates the conditions for emancipatory political agency.__
Capitalism on Edge
Albena Azmanova;
“Where the origin of social arrangements in political, cultural, and moral choices has disappeared or has come to appear as a neutral technical matter, … one faces a situation of cultural and political hegemony.”
Education and Power
Michael W. Apple
I have found no better explanation of productivity as it manifests in the work settings of today’s information professional than Sloterdijk’s concept of athleticism. It is the primary model for career advancement in organizations that foster individual feats of heroism as the hallmarks of success.
Counterproductive: Time Management in the Knowledge Economy
Melissa Gregg
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