What impact is the private military industry having on war? 🔊
Over the past decades, privatised military contracts have grown to unprecedented levels, a change that has challenged the standing ethical doctrine known as ‘Just War’ theory. How is the privatisation of military activities compromising international...
Is big money influencing science? 🔊
Raising big money is a relatively new phenomenon in academia. How did science, government, and industry become so entwined with one another, and what has it meant for scholarly research? Big money has supported cross-institution collaborations researching both...
Is our economy undermining the green revolution? 🔊
Are some green solutions unhelpful for the environment, or, worse, do they harm it? In her book, Green Gone Wrong: How Our Economy Is Undermining the Environmental Revolution, journalist Heather Rogers explores whether ‘green’ products such as carbon...
Can cooperatives transform the nature of work? 🔊
Maria Armoudian talks to Jessica Gordon Nembhard about worker-owned cooperatives and whether they can transform workers’ lives and livelihoods. Jessica Gordon Nembhard is an Associate Professor of Community Justice and Social Economic Development in the...
What is the future of the university? Academic capitalism and the global knowledge economy ▶
Changes in the political economy of higher education, including cuts in public spending, rising student fees, the privileging of STEM subjects over the arts and humanities, and the proliferation of new regimes of audit and accountability, pose challenges for the...
What is the celebrity industrial complex? 🔊
What is the celebrity industrial complex? How does it impact our democracies, our culture, and our society? Joining Maria Armoudian to discuss the celebrity industrial complex and the issues that arise from it are Joshua Gamson, David Gilles, and P. David Marshall....
Should corporations have a public purpose? 🔊
Should corporations put public purpose before profit? Once upon a time, corporations were required to have a public purpose, and once they fulfilled it, they were dissolved. How did we get to where we are today, and what does it mean for democracy? Maria Armoudian...
What is the code economy? How does it relate to the future of work?🔊
What is the code economy, and what does it have to do with the future of work? Some people argue that machines will take over jobs, while others say that humanity will reinvent work in a way that’s more aligned with what it means to be human. Maria Armoudian discusses...Subscribe by Email
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