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Leisure employment and citizen profitability

German philosopher Richard David Precht wants to create a utopia for the digital society where enlightenment and education are at the center.
Eivind Tjønneland -

The age of the investor and the investor

To be or not to be creditworthy – that is the question in the era of investment capitalism.
Mikkel Bolt -

No one would think anyone could bu

West's scrapped phones, PC monitors and refrigerators become a kind of livelihood for the many living on the world's largest garbage dump for electronic products, Sodom
Aleksander Huser -

AS Norway: A capitalist actor, without sufficient conscience

In his new book Svein Hammer makes many interesting reflections on a greener Norway
Andrew P. Kroglund -

Liberal and anarchist

Weekly magazine The Economist marked 15. September's 175 anniversary with a manifesto against weakened liberal values.
Truls Lie -

Social class Marx did not predict

Today's mode of production has not two, but three classes: the capitalists, the working class and the leaders. 
Mikkel Bolt -

Invisible omniscience

George Orwell's 1984 is still relevant, but "Big Brother" is an outdated and misleading metaphor for today's surveillance, according to author David Lyon. He claims "Big Data" is a more up-to-date linguistic picture.
Hans-Georg Kohler -

Our future with bitcoin and blockchain

Are bitcoin, crypto and blockchain a hype that will burst? Cryptocurrency purchases are not impossible to track.
Truls Lie -

Indifference as an act of war

Two Canadian films dissect the destructive forces of capitalism unleashing in the world and present how the market is a very suitable tool in the regulation of economic, social and political activity. 
tina.poglajen@gmail.com -

Emperor's green clothes

The concept of "green washing" became part of our language after eco-thinking became trendy, and states and corporations realized that they could wash dirty business with beautiful promises.
Ranveig Eckhoff -

Mrs. Gundersen's 1. May demonstration

Mrs. Gundersen is a middle-aged, venerable lady, always well-dressed and fresh-cut – even when she puts the flowers in the cozy villa garden somewhere on the west side of Oslo.
From the archive Orientering -

Increasing pressure on the family

Rok Bicek's documentary explores the growing expectations of the family, under the pressure of liberal capitalism.
Melita Zajc -

Iran, mullah capitalism and the protest movement

Around the turn of the year, Western media could read that there was a revolution underway in Iran. But there was no revolution – which is not so surprising.
Pål Steigan -

Love the monster

"We have no choice but to love the monster we created ourselves," says social-science-fiction writer Peter Frase. 
Dominique Routhier -

The unquenchable blood thirst of capitalism

Crises are just what capitalism needs. What, then, is smarter than dealing with disasters when the system stagnates? 
Henning Næs -

A left wing for the nation-state does not change anything

As global protests accelerated in the wake of the financial crisis, they nationalized the protests and paved the way for authoritarian isolationism
Mikkel Bolt -
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