#economic sociology

[hussyknee]

[econsociology]

10 Economic Sociology books for students and the general public.✨Take a look, dive into, share!

[etirabys]

Huh. Are cocktails expensive because the culture as a whole wants to distinguish drinking socially from drinking alone? I looked at a $15 cocktail on a menu and shook my head, but then I imagined it costing $6, and my brain said "that buckets it closer to drinking alone at home, and that feels bad (although overall I like the cheaper option better)".

maybe the cocktail price is like a line you draw for yourself in the sand

[iwishiknewyouwantedmeuh]

Economic Sociology is basically one subject I will absolutely despise with my whole heart because I don’t even understand the point of that subject. It makes absolutely no freaking sense. And, like why the fuck does everything sound the goddamn same.

Anyways, I hope I pass my paper🤞

[gothhabiba]

I saw this whole long thread of people hand-wringing about "anti-intellectuals" on tiktok and how scary it is that they're believing sourceless claims other people on tiktok tell them, because they claim they have the same chance of being correct as anything that "science says."

and said hand-wringers were waxing poetic about the scientific method and replicability and how everything that's published in an academic journal is guaranteed to be true and correct because of a little thing called peer review whereby scientists (naturally a petty and pedantic people) are encouraged to tear each other's conclusions apart.

and I just have to say. if you believe (in the midst of a major replicability crisis amongst scientific journals, no less) that everything published in a scientific journal is de facto factual or trustworthy, and if you believe that peer review of all things is a process that is guaranteed to prevent papers with anything from flaws in experimental design to full-blown fraud from going to print (as if publishers don't have a literal profit motive to publish studies that yield novel, startling conclusions),

then you are 100% as "anti-intellectual," foolish, & averse to thinking for yourself as the tiktokers you're making fun of. actually I think I like you less. at least their ideas might be bizarre enough to be interesting

[mindblowingscience]

In an ideal workplace, organizations should strive to protect employees from abusive supervisors, but for employees who experience this type of intense workplace stress, new research from the University at Buffalo School of Management offers insight and coping strategies. Available online ahead of publication in the Journal of Organizational Behavior, the study examines whether employees can recover from supervisory abuse during leisure time, and if individual personality traits impact the restoration process. "Abusive supervision is detrimental to employees' well-being. Victims experience increased emotional exhaustion, job stress, negative emotions, and physical symptoms like pain, weakness, fatigue and shortness of breath," says study co-author Min-Hsuan Tu, Ph.D., assistant professor of organization and human resources in the UB School of Management. "Our study clarifies why and under what conditions abused employees engage in certain activities to recover after work." Gathering data from 203 full-time employees in Taiwan, the researchers analyzed more than 1,500 daily responses over 10 consecutive working days to measure employee perception of nonphysical aggression from a boss or manager, such as humiliating or threatening subordinates or taking credit for their work.

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[queercodedangel]

"The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas, i.e. the class which is the ruling material force of society, is at the same time its ruling intellectual force. The class which has the means of material production at its disposal, has control at the same time over the means of mental production, so that thereby, generally speaking, the ideas of those who lack the means of mental production are subject to it. The ruling ideas are nothing more than the ideal expression of the dominant material relationships, the dominant material relationships grasped as ideas; hence of the relationships which make the one class the ruling one, therefore, the ideas of its dominance." - Karl Marx, The German Ideology

[greenhorizonblog]

If money is the blood circulation system of society/the economy; then billionaires are dangerous blood clots

[your-average-teenage-mess]

Okay, so a few months ago, I saw someone claiming that since some animals were seen engaging in some forms of trade, that must mean that trade is essential to humanity, and therefore it's impossible to realistically imagine a society in which people can live without the concept of ownership or exchange, and instead rely on the community to support them unconditionally.

Now, I am not a communist. I don't think that getting rid of the concept of ownership is a good or (and this is the important part) practical idea. I don't think our society can realistically get there in any of the upcoming centuries, it might drift into a non-capitalistic economic system, in fact it's pretty likey, but the specific model of communism probably isn't gonna happen. Also the idea of relying on collective action to achieve anything does have its own flaws- if that is your only system, there is a tendency to drift towards a model that allows the collective to throw out anyone who disagrees. I'm personally more of a socialist, and even that is just in the idealistic sense, practically I'm a social democrat. However.

Can we aknowlage that this is an appeal to nature? Animals might have not been doing communism, but they haven't really been doing capitalism either. The idea of a given individual or organization owning the jobs of other people is not some kind of essential truth of nature, it's just as much of a man-made model to push trade into this specific logical extreme that you could deduce from it (which again, isn't the only one, some models of socialism are arguably better representations of some ideas of "the free market" than what we have right now) as much as it is to try and replace it with communal support. We are, in fact, capable of developing models that are better AND more complex than the ones you get after stripping civilization out of all cultural power and letting people figure out a power structure out of chaos, you KNOW that, right?

[dipperdesperado]

Notes Toward Finding Community, Or, How to Find Community When You Feel Isolated

Neoliberalism sucks for a ton of reasons. From the enclosure of every common, to the commodification of every creation, it feels like a muzzle on humanity that gets tighter and tighter. One of the most underexplored aspects of neoliberalism is the way in which it creates and reinforces isolation. People don’t really have communities outside of consumption or compulsion. This is problematic for a ton of reasons, namely that it prevents us from fulfilling our basic needs. Humans are social creatures. People need to have connections with folks. People may not all need the same levels or intensity of connections, but connections are important nonetheless. To lack in the ability to socialize meaningfully is to ensure worse health outcomes, mentally, emotionally, and physically. But, I don’t mean to freak you out. I think that there are steps we can take to star building community, bridging gaps with the people around us.

Think About What You Want

When folks feel very isolated, it can be easy to accept anything. If we’re in a vulnerable state, that could leave us open for ending up in precarious situations. One way to fight against this is to start from the position of imagining what community looks like. Is the type of space we want to occupy based around interests (fandom, hobbies)? Religions, spiritualities, social issues? If we are able to list the things that excite us, we have a good idea of what to look for, and can focus our efforts towards finding those spaces.

Find the Watering Holes

With the spaces we’re interested in on hand, youcan find where folks gather. Every community has virtual and/or in-person spaces. For example, if you’re a film fan, you can look for indie cinemas, folks putting on screenings, or look into film societies where you live. For activism, I’ve written a whole guide on how to get started. Looking for those spaces will allow you to start getting integrated in the space. Really think about how you can occupy the same physical and digital spaces of people who are into what you’re into.

Go Meet Folks

Now, this may be difficult, depending on your disposition. The quickest way to meet folks is to put yourself out there. It’s always vulnerable to put yourself on the line in this way, but it’s super necessary. When you’re in spaces with similar folks, you have talking points built in! You don’t have to worry if the folks around you will like movies at film club. If you are enjoyable to be around, through being nice, interesting, and/or being an active listener, you’ll be making connections in no time. If you’re not willing to talk to folks, it’ll be hard to make connections. Being open is an asset towards the end of getting connected. At the very least, consistently go to events and spaces in your interest area(s). Maybe you’ll bump into an extroverted person that can show you the ropes.

Be the Change You Want to See

As you get out there, think about how you can start catalyzing community. Maybe you host a dinner for neighbors. Maybe you start a book club. Or even a neighborhood garden, or cleanup event. In this way, you’re flipping the issue on its head. You’re creating the space to meet folks yourself. It’s like being a magnet, drawing others to you.

We need community. It’s a necessary thing, you know? So, hopefully, keeping these things in mind helps in that regard.

[phoenixyfriend]

I wonder how many business majors turn out like I did: disillusioned leftists who view all they learned for that degree with a healthy dose of skepticism.

[giantsinthemist]

A genuine question for the economists, anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists, and anyone else who wants to join in of tumbler

please be respectful to each other and ideas presented.

[econsociology]

Read very interesting readings and recorded talks on various topics in Economic Sociology and Political Economy: The Administrative State | Automating Finance | Dependency Theory | Youth Unemployment | Spatial inequality | Fukuyama | More

[quert-ii]

sociology is political science for gay ppl

poli sci is sociology for annoying ppl

criminal justice is sociology for narcs

anthropology is sociology for gayer ppl

economics is poli sci for boring ppl

philosophy is poli sci for pussies

i DO make the rules here

[travelingtwentysomething]

I propose that every business has to break down their budget and publish it publicly once a year as a public or private business so that everyone knows each others salaries and how much the boss is taking home vs how much is actually used to run the business and how much profit they're making

[shrinkrants]

Author and The Guardian columnist George Monbiot joins host Chris Hedges to discuss the book “Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism,” written by Monbiot and Peter Hutchinson. Together, they tackle the truths of neoliberalism, including its origins in colonialism and how it became the dominant ideology in the most powerful countries in the world. The discussion, Hedges and Monbiot make clear, extends far beyond economics and policy decisions. Neoliberalism affects every aspect of people’s lives and for this reason, it remains an elusive topic of discussion amongst its victims and beneficiaries. “Neoliberalism has permitted a kind of full spectrum capitalism, which could be described as totalitarian capitalism in that it penetrates every aspect of our lives,” Monbiot tells Hedges. “Everything becomes monetized, everything becomes commoditized, even our relations with each other.” Neoliberalism establishes a tollbooth over the essential systems necessary for human survival. With little regard for regulation (other than its diminishment), the law or the overall well-being of humans and the planet, this system enables “this tremendously rich class of oligarchs emerging out of the rentier economy [to use] their exclusive capture of assets, assets which the rest of us need, to ensure that we pay way over the odds to them in order to use those assets.” Monbiot illustrates this dynamic through his own experiences in the United Kingdom, referencing the privatization of the water supply, which allows for private companies to charge outrageous fees, invest minimally in maintenance and use rivers as sewers. “We have no choice,” Monbiot says. “We have to use the water. There's only one supplier in each region of the UK, so we have to go with that supplier. So they can charge pretty well what they want. There is a regulator which is supposed to limit that, but the regulator, as so often happens with neoliberalism, has been completely captured by the industry it is supposed to regulate.”

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Some say we have evolved away from neoliberalism. Monbiot (& Hedges) argue that it has on gotten more subtle and tricky and taken-for-granted as the only reality.