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We have defined ourselves for centuries by what we do, by what we *produce.*
But by now we must know that this definition of ourselves entails the principle of productivity – from each according to his abilities, to each according to his creation of real value through work – and commits us to the inane idea that we’re worth only as much as the labour market can register, as a price. By now we must also know that this principle plots a certain course to endless growth and its faithful attendant, environmental degradation.
Fuck Work
James Livingston
The sociologist James Coleman notes that people must draw upon a fund of social capital—shared past experiences as well as individual achievements and endowments—to help navigate a loose network. Other sociologists of network mobility emphasize that a person who presents himself or herself to a new employer or work group has to be attractive as well as available; risk involves more than simply opportunity.
The Corrosion of Character
Richard Sennett
Take, for example, big food and beverage companies’ promise to fight hunger and malnutrition by selling products to the world’s poor. Often aligned with NGOs, including United Nations agencies, they target starving and malnourished people in the developing world for sales, creating new markets for products that health-conscious consumers in the developed world are turning away from.
The New Corporation
Joel Bakan
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