Screen LibrarySugar daddy capitalism : the dark side of the new economy /
What is the connection between the sleaziness of Harvey Weinstein's 'business meetings' and the passionless doctrine of neoclassical economics? In this witty and incisive examination of the new economy, Peter Fleming argues that they are closer than you might think. The quest to rid s...
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Polity Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Cambridge, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | 2019. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
What is the connection between the sleaziness of Harvey Weinstein's 'business meetings' and the passionless doctrine of neoclassical economics? In this witty and incisive examination of the new economy, Peter Fleming argues that they are closer than you might think. The quest to rid society of bureaucracy, shrink government and burn red tape has certainly made capitalism 'more human', but not in the family-friendly way envisaged by free-market gurus. Increasing informality has led to a capitalism fuelled by limitless exploitation and increasingly seedy methods of management, from semi-feudal |
| Carrier Form: | v, 207 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781509528202 (paperback) : 1509528202 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | HB501 |
| CLC: | F03-05 |
| Call Number: | F03-05/F598 |
| Contents: | Introduction: the economics of sleaze -- Uberfamiliar -- Sugar daddy capitalism -- Wiki-feudalism -- The human : all too human workplace -- No more buddy buddy -- Conclusion: less human. |