Part Two of the interview with Fred Block about Malthusianism old and new (the first part is here), plus Nicolas Lampert discusses the intersection of art and social movement activism in the U.S. Fred Block and Margaret Somers, The Power of Market Fundamentalism: Karl Polanyi’s Critique Harvard University Press, 2016 Nicolas Lampert, A People’s Art … Continued
The idea that human society and markets are self-regulating, and that therefore political intervention to address poverty and equality is wrong-headed, has taken over the political landscape. Fred Block shows how that idea, advanced by T. R. Malthus and much later by Charles Murray, has pushed governments to abandon safety-net protections. (Encore presentation.) Fred Block … Continued
Part Two of the interview with Fred Block about Malthusianism old and new (the first part is here), plus Nicolas Lampert discusses the intersection of art and social movement activism in the U.S. Fred Block and Margaret Somers, The Power of Market Fundamentalism: Karl Polanyi’s Critique Harvard University Press, 2016 Nicolas Lampert, A People’s Art … Continued
The idea that human society and markets are self-regulating, and that therefore political intervention to address poverty and equality is wrong-headed, has taken over the political landscape. Fred Block shows how that idea, advanced by T. R. Malthus and much later by Charles Murray, has pushed governments to abandon safety-net protections. Fred Block and Margaret … Continued
