There is a downside to the concept of listening to everyone – sometimes the professionals know better. It is fashionable to bash “professionals” for thinking they know better […]
economics / feminism / rant
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Connecting dots
Feeling powerless leads to expensive purchases | Science Blog Feeling powerless can trigger strong desires to purchase products that convey high status, according to new research in the […]
politics / rant / sociology
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Aren't you creative too?
There is a pernicious (dammit, I *will* say pernicious as much as I want!) assumption that goes along with any discussion of the creative class. It’s the assumption […]
economics / rant
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How to avoid making an economist's mistake
A recent Economist magazine has a wonderful throwaway note that illustrates all that is wrong with economists in general. (How much of a throwaway quote? Enough so that […]
rant / sociology
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What's in Your Pot?
You are only as human as your models. I have to apologize to Maura; she sent me a copy of George Herbert Mead’s Mind, Self and Society, and […]
politics / racism / rant / sociology
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Social fist-jabs
I continue to be appalled at the sheer amounts of intolerance that swirls around me. It is frightening how much it has become part of the social handshaking […]