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Thomas Hettich
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Finished the introduction. I picked up the book as a previous colleague posted about this book of her late father. I‘m surprised that this, the first edition, is from 2021 - I thought the book might be 20-30 years old as it references Tragedy of the Commons - not a paper that I feel is referenced much anymore. (Why it‘s an ironic reference as the author claims, I don‘t know.) It could be Tragedy of Capitalism?!
— Feb 27, 2023 04:36AM
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Thomas Hettich
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The chapter „Ideologische und politische Gegenfeuer“ tackles 3 ways how the past success of achieving GDP growth through increased consumption is sustained. „Die Negationisten“ are the deniers, such as climate deniers.
— Mar 12, 2023 01:49AM
Thomas Hettich
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In the chapter „Weshalb das herrschende ökonomische Paradigma obsolet ist“ the author describes how that science will generally come up with a new and improved model, when the existing model doesn‘t sufficiently describe reality. But as the economic model sustains those who are rich and those in power, the observations that don‘t fit (inequality, biodiversity loss, climate change) are dismissed as outliers .
— Mar 12, 2023 01:31AM
Thomas Hettich
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Im Abschnitt „Die Natur verstummt…“ wird die Geschichtlichkeit aufarbeitet, weshalb die Natur als nahezu wertlose Ressource in der Ökonomie auftritt. Am Anfang wurde sie kaum erwähnt (z.B. bei Adam Smith), und später war die Erhaltung der Natur nicht im Interesse derjenigen, die an der Macht waren.
— Mar 10, 2023 05:01AM
Thomas Hettich
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On page 15 the author makes several generic assertions such as „immer mehr Leute leben unter Existenzminimum“ that without more context seem more false than true (one of the biggest advances of modern age is that a large part of the population has moved out of poverty). He paints a complex and not entirely straight-forward story that capitalism is build on a few fragmented ideas which need to be replaced.
— Mar 06, 2023 04:18AM
