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The old (new) messy history (present) of change offline (online)

By ⋅ December 10, 2009 ⋅

This past summer started (and nearly finished) an anthology called “Tribal and Peasant Economies: Reading in Economic Anthropology” (Edited by George Dalton). It’s from the late 60′s, the examples all seemed very male-centric, and there is a clear anthropological misstep in perspective. “Primitive” seems to be the term used most to describe these other economies [...]

$300 richer!

By ⋅ May 2, 2008 ⋅

The rebate check came into the account today (yours may be $600). I’m supposed to spend it on none-debt like things in a trained consumer kind of way. Grumble…but I have debt, loans, and some decent foreign ambition (which costs some money). Fueling casual consumption will only be a short-term boost to an economy that [...]

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