#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🤞

[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

[diangelodork]

“what radicalized you?”

my middle school teacher saying “communism is like if half the class got an A on a test and the other half got an F and i said that we could make everyone’s grade a C.” as though it were a bad thing. my twelve year old ass was like “that’s perfect! we all pass!” and she was like “but you worked harder and put in more effort.” and i was like “but we all passed so it doesn’t matter” and now im a communist

[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 likely, 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.

[quotesfrommyreading]

The last needle to be applied against smallpox, before its eradication almost half a century ago, carried a dose of vaccine smaller than a child’s pupil. Four hundred years fit inside that droplet. The devotion of D. A. Henderson’s disease-eradicating team was in it. So were the contributions of Benjamin Rubin and the Spanish boys, as well as the advocacy of Henry Cline and the discovery by Edward Jenner, and before him the evangelism of Lady Montagu, and the influence of Circassian traders from the Caucasus Mountains, who first brought the practice of inoculation to the Ottoman court. An assembly line of discovery, invention, deployment, and trust wound its way through centuries and landed at the tip of a needle. Perhaps there is our final lesson, the one most worth carrying forward. It takes one hero to make a great story, but progress is the story of us all.

  —  Why the Age of American Progress Ended

[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

[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

[thesagittarianmind]

[rachel-sylvan-author]

"Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand

Fair warning - I cried like a baby during the two-forehead-kisses scene. I had to put down the book and go for a walk outside after that. Be ye warned!

[mindblowingscience]

Now, results from the world's largest trial of a four-day working week reveal significantly reduced rates of stress and illness in the workforce—with 71% of employees self-reporting lower levels of "burnout," and 39% saying they were less stressed, compared to the start of the trial.

There was a 65% reduction in sick days, and a 57% fall in the number of staff leaving participating companies, compared to the same period the previous year. Company revenue barely changed during the trial period—even increasing marginally by 1.4% on average.

In a report of the findings presented to U.K. lawmakers, some 92% of companies that took part in the U.K. pilot program (56 out of 61) say they intend to continue with the four-day working week, with 18 companies confirming the change as permanent.

Research for the U.K. trials was conducted by a team of social scientists from the University of Cambridge, working with academics from Boston College in the U.S. and the think tank Autonomy. The trial was organized by 4 Day Week Global in conjunction with the U.K.'s 4 Day Week Campaign

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