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Daily income per person for a family of four, with one family member working 250 days a year as an unskilled laborer, 2011 welfare-adjusted PPP $ (1301 – 1913). Source: Allen (2001); U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2020). Credit: World Development (2022). DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2022.106026 Far from reducing extreme poverty, the expansion of capitalism from the 16th century onward was associated with a dramatic deterioration…

After five years of negotiations involving the government, tech companies, and civil society activists, the world's largest democracy is sending its debate on privacy back to the drawing board. The Indian government has junked the personal data protection bill, and decided to replace it with “a comprehensive legal framework.” If the current anarchy wasn't bad enough, nobody knows what the revamped regime will contain — whether it it will put individuals first, like in Europe, or promote vested commercial and party-state…

At TC Sessions: Climate 2022 last week, we tackled an age-old question: Are corporations really that bad? Your answer may change depending on what side of the bed you wake up on any given morning and whether you believe Amazon is currently trying to quash a grassroots workers movement. Some have a more positive perspective, at least when it comes to climate-related matters. On TechCrunch’s Found podcast, the co-founder and CEO of carbon accounting firm Persefoni, Kentaro Kawamori, said that climate change was caused…

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A psychologist’s perspective on why, how and when digital privacy violations irk us. Richard Shweder has discovered that societies are constructed from three ethics: autonomy, community, and divinity. Autonomy largely concerns our personal sphere; communal sphere contains social norms that keep society running smoothly and uniformly. The divinity sphere involves religious and moral beliefs and rituals. Digital rights is a relatively new arena for these three social spheres to work out their jurisdiction. But sometimes…

A new film set in 1980s New York, in which Donald Trump’s property mogul father, Fred, and high-achieving lawyer sister Maryanne appear as characters is a direct attack on late-stage capitalism, according to its principal cast and director.Armageddon Time, which is premiering at the Cannes film festival and stars Succession’s Jeremy Strong alongside Oscar-winner Jessica Chastain as Maryanne Trump, in a cameo, is set during the run-up to the election of Ronald Reagan as president and examines the layers of privilege that…

Breadcrumb Trail Links Weekend Post Books New book by Kenneth Whyte documents how Ralph Nader's consumer activists rammed a 1960s Chevy into the heart of American enterprise and almost killed it Publishing date: Aug 28, 2021  •  August 31, 2021  •  9 minute read  •  16 Comments Ralph Nader testifies at the U.S. House Commerce Committee about the safety of Rolls Royce cars in 1966. Photo by CSU Archives/Everett Collection Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are…