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(In)efficiency: Should Efficiency be a Moral Value?
(In)efficiency: Should Efficiency be a Moral Value?
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Length:
17 minutes
Released:
Jan 5, 2023
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Podcast episode
Description
Efficiency has moved from a technique for measuring machines to a widely held moral value. But at what cost?
Guests
Jennifer Alexander, Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota and author of The Mantra of Efficiency: From Waterwheel to Social Control
Tom Hodgkinson, founder and editor of The Idler
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Guests
Jennifer Alexander, Associate Professor at the University of Minnesota and author of The Mantra of Efficiency: From Waterwheel to Social Control
Tom Hodgkinson, founder and editor of The Idler
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Released:
Jan 5, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Joe Deville, “Lived Economies of Default: Consumer Credit, Debt Collection and the Capture of Affect” (Routledge, 2015): Credit, debt and default are embedded into everyday life, whether as a constant part of people’s daily routines or as a constantly discussed topic in news media. Joe Deville‘s new book, Lived Economies of Default: Consumer Credit, by New Books in Economics