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Melinda Cooper

    Melinda Cooperová se zaměřuje na zkoumání dopadů biotechnologie a kapitalismu v neoliberalismu. Její práce se noří do komplexních vztahů mezi vědou, ekonomikou a společností. Zkoumá, jak tyto síly formují moderní život a naše chápání lidského bytí. Její přístup je analytický a kritický.

    Counterrevolution
    Life as Surplus
    The Asset Economy
    Family Values
    • Family Values

      • 448 stránek
      • 16 hodin čtení
      4,5(212)Ohodnotit

      An investigation of the roots of the alliance between free-market neoliberals and social conservatives.

      Family Values
    • The Asset Economy

      • 176 stránek
      • 7 hodin čtení
      5,0(2)Ohodnotit

      This book examines rising inequality in Anglo-capitalist societies, attributing it to the emergence of an asset economy where asset ownership surpasses employment in determining class status. It explores generational impacts, wealth disparities, urban property inflation, and the disconnect between public expectations and policy priorities.

      The Asset Economy
    • Life as Surplus

      • 222 stránek
      • 8 hodin čtení
      3,9(64)Ohodnotit

      Focusing on the period from 1970s onwards, this is a study of the relationship between politics, economics, science, and cultural values in the United States. It demonstrates that the history of biotechnology cannot be understood without taking into account the simultaneous rise of neo-liberalism as a political force and an economic policy.

      Life as Surplus
    • "This book seeks to explain the combination of austerity and extravagance that characterizes government spending and central bank monetary policy in our times"--

      Counterrevolution