What is the connection between the sleaziness of Harvey Weinstein’s
‘business meetings’ and the passionless doctrine of neoclassical
economics? In this witty and incisive examination of the new economy,
Peter Fleming argues that they are closer than you might think.
The quest to rid society of bureaucracy, shrink government and burn
red tape has certainly made capitalism ‘more human’, but not in
the family-friendly way envisaged by free-market gurus. Increasing
informality has led to a capitalism fuelled by limitless exploitation
and increasingly seedy methods of management, from semi-feudal
workplace hazing rituals and predatory middle-managers with an axe to
grind to arbitrary zero-hours contracts, Uber and, perhaps worst of
all, the compulsory gym session with your boss.
Fleming dubs this ‘Sugar Daddy Capitalism’ after the controversial
dating-app wealthy businessmen use to meet young girls, most of whom
are struggling with university fees. What seems like a creepy outlier
is actually a prescient metaphor for our whole economy: an anonymous
and impersonal cash system that is also intent on getting under your
skin, extra close and capable of ruining everything if you say ...
‘no’.
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9781509528233
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2018
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Engelsk
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