Economy

  1. Deep Work

    Book The description for this book is as follows: "Deep work is the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively...

  2. How Far Did Plato And Xenophon Support The Division Of Labour?

    Article In this article, Sena Özyapı discusses the ancient roots of Adam Smith's idea of division of labor. She focuses on two...

  3. How Much Is Enough?

    The description for this book is as follows: "What constitutes the good life? What is the true value of money?...

  4. How to Care Less About Work

    Article In this article, Charlie Warzel and Anne Helen Peterson argue that American working culture is unsustainable. Warzel and Peterson ask: when...

  5. How to Improve Capitalism

    Video In this video, The School of Life provides four suggestions for reforming capitalism. First, there are many types of capitalism,...

  6. Loving Your Job Is a Capitalist Trap

    Article In this article, Erin A. Cech claims that the pandemic forced Americans to reflect on their satisfaction with their work lives, prompting...

  7. Making sense of work: finding meaning in work narratives

    Article The abstract for this article is as follows: "This study examined how individuals make sense of their work narratives –...

  8. The Human Condition

    Book The description for this book is as follows: "A work of striking originality, The Human Condition is in many respects more relevant...

  9. The Irrelevance of Ethics

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  10. The Problem with Work: Feminism, Marxism, Antiwork Politics, and Postwork Imaginaries

    Book The description for this book is as follows: "In The Problem with Work, Kathi Weeks boldly challenges the presupposition that work,...

  11. The Rise of the Meritocracy

    The description for this book is as follows: "Michael Young has christened the oligarchy of the future "Meritocracy." Indeed, the...

  12. The Tyranny of Merit

    The description for this book is as follows: "The world-renowned philosopher and author of the bestselling Justice explores the central question of...

  13. What Money Can't Buy

    Book The description for this book is as follows: "In What Money Can't Buy, renowned political philosopher Michael J. Sandel rethinks the role...