Category: Political Economy
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The Stuff of Dreams and Exploitation: The Experience Economy Eats Itself
In which we conclude that genuine experience is more resilient than the system that tries to sell it.
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PIG IRON: Pete and Bernie’s Philosophical Steakhouse
In which Alan Partridge goes to Paris, eats a testicle, and unknowingly demonstrates everything this series has been arguing.
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The Stochastic Parrot and the Armchair Progressive
On AI, the commodification of thought, and why the machine that embodies the problem might also illuminate the argument.
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The Stuff of Dreams and Exploitation: The Reckoning
In which we examine what happens when the phantasmagoria fails.
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PIG IRON 3: Alienation, or Why He Feels Like a Tourist at Home
Essays in Dignity and Political Economy. Part 3: In which we explore the defining contradiction: Alienation
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PIG IRON 2: The Rise and Fall of Neo-Liberalism
Essays in Dignity and Political Economy. Part 2: In which we attempt to explain what Neo-Liberalism got right and why it has all gone wrong.
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The Stuff of Dreams and Exploitation: The White Marble Lie
In which we confront the ugly truth that lies beneath.
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PIG IRON 1: How Money Works
Essays in Dignity and Political Economy. Part 1: In which we attempt to explain what money is.
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PIG IRON 0: What This Is
Essays in Dignity and Political Economy. Part 0: In which we explain what this is for.
At Home He Feels Like A Tourist 