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Episode 151: You’re Welcome, Google


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We seem to have painted ourselves into a corner. The utopian promises of consumer capitalism have failed to materialize. Today we are more financially unequal than ever. The global hegemony is a plutocracy, whose asset-based power shapes political policies, information flows, and social structures with unaccountable hands. True reform is elusive, despite what should have been a devastating financial crisis in 2008. Roberto Unger is angry about this! On today’s show, Kevin and I ask some simple, troubling questions about our predicament, ponder the role of the individual in global change, and dote on cats. Because cats. Have a listen (or watch)!

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  • Roberto Unger at the RSA | YouTube
  • Roberto Unger on Social Science Bites
  • The True Cost of Economics | RSA Talk by Philip Roscoe
  • The Contradictions of Capitalism | RSA Talk by David Harvey
  • Infinite Cat Project
  • The Cold Equations and Moral Hazard | Cory Doctorow
  • State of the World 2013 | The WELL
  • Post-Show Song

    Zum Greifen nah by Bersarin Quartett

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