Mark Paschal's Bookmarks Tagged With "society"

potlatch: gift-theft economies

http://potlatch.typepad.com/weblog/2008/05/publishers-seem.html
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“Publishers seem to believe that economics explains almost 'everything', but what would the rational choice brigade make of this incident? Ideally I would put this on a wiki, so that the mini-Stephen Levitt's could annotate it, explaining just wha… More
- Tags: economics, society, story, will davies
- Saved by Mark Paschal on May 07, 2008.
slacktivist: More on subsidiarity

http://slacktivist.typepad.com/slacktivist/2008/02/more-on-subsidi.html
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“Subsidiarity is a key aspect of Catholic social teaching's critique of both of those extremes [communism and libertarianism]. It corrects a major failure of both -- the tendency to overlook and exclude every aspect of society other than the indiv… More
- Tags: catholicism, subsidiarity, mutualism, capitalism, society, agency
- Saved by Mark Paschal on February 29, 2008.
Why We Banned Legos - Volume 21 No. 2 - Winter 2006 - Rethinking Schools Online

http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/21_02/lego212.shtml
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“These children seemed to squirm at the implications of privilege, wealth, and power that ‘giving’ holds. The children denied their power, framing it as benign and neutral, not something actively sought out and maintained. This early conversation … More
- Tags: legos, school, teaching, children, childhood, learning, capitalism, society, mutualism
- Saved by Mark Paschal on February 28, 2008.