Institutional Economist (original, not new). Research on feminist institutional economics, gifts in neoliberalism, Barbara Wootton. Trumpeter with a day job.
Mary Wrenn, William Waller, and Matthew Watson discuss Thorstein Veblen’s book, The Theory of the Leisure Class on In Our Times with Melvyn Bragg was broadcasts yesterday on BBC4. Here is the link on the show’s website. https://t.co/UTGlmWYV56
A longer podcast is forthcoming.
The Theory of the Leisure Class reshapes our view of society, highlighting conspicuous consumption and social status. Tune in to @BBCRadio4's In Our Time to hear former Fellows, Dr Mary Wrenn @monkeco & Prof @WilliamWaller3, discuss Veblen's seminal work. https://t.co/eRKy1Nf93R
@anastasiawils Good for you. Teaching grad students currently. Same thing. I love teaching UGs, but older students bring a great deal more to the table.
@anastasiawils My composter has a DeCay brown snake in it. That is its real name. It is a small harmless snake that eats slugs and worms. And it only appears for the women in the family. No matter how hard my dad and I work to meet it, it just stays hidden. The snake is now part of the family.
@jamiekmccallum Focusing on caring labor under capitalism is to only focus on care as a commodity. The leads to all kinds of twisted analyses depending on the economic perspective employed. It also leads to theoretical incoherence in much empirical work. This is too complex a topic for a tweet.