Aaron Benanav’s Automation and the Future of Work, is, first and foremost, a whirlwind of a treatise. In a mere 99 pages (excluding preface), the author traces a line from the utopian ideals of Sir Thomas More through the socialist movements of the middle to late 19th century through the universal basic income (UBI) evangelists […]
The so-called opioid crisis (or epidemic, depending upon who you ask) has been a news story for many years now, although its roots go back much further than the political and media attention. Beth Macy’s 2018 book Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America traces the origins of this national catastrophe as […]
Parallels between the Trump administration and Chile’s Pinochet regime, reflecting on past dictatorships and societal complicity amid state sanctioned violence.
When buying a book becomes a political action…
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