Anyone who thinks about unemployment as a necessary evil given by nature and to be averted by heroic politicians could be placed in the Marxist corner. Because back then people thought that way – rightly so. When “Das Kapital” was published, the population had doubled in 50 years. That was ages ago. And today? The population explosion is over, the misery has been contained, and yet the myths remain that someone is resisting God’s plan and has to be forced to work by withdrawing their citizens’ benefits. What’s going on there? Wrong concepts of “work”, “money”, “economic benefit” and “credit”, says Philippa Sigl-Glöckner. In her spectacular book about “Good Money” she really turns everything upside down. We discuss it in detail. Afterwards, Wolfgang performs a requiem and Stefan criticizes Harari’s “Nexus”. Today we will also discuss the current opposing viewpoint and give the editorial team a few arrogant recommendations.
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- Today the debt rules in Germany and the EU seem like mathematical laws, but power-driven politicians invented them without knowing what happened to them. In her book “Good Money” Philippa Sigl-Glöckner tells the history of the debt rules and shows how you could break out of them. luebbe.de
- With “Requiem”, the author Alexander Schnickmann presents a novel in verse whose linguistic art is original and incredibly virtuosic. The end of the world can be very poetic. matthes-seitz-berlin.de
- Yuval Noah Harari’s new book “Nexus” is too long and rather disappointing in terms of content. You wish your ideas were analyzed more, but what you get most of all is hundreds of pages of unnecessary illustrations. penguin.de
- The radical left-wing, state-critical magazine “Gegenstandpunkt” leads a niche existence; we took a look at the current issue. gegenstandpunkt.com
- There are many degrowth studies, but what good is this research really? A meta-study by Ivan Savin and Jeroen van den Bergh reveals something shocking. sciencedirect.com
- Taylor Lorenz says goodbye to the Washington Post and founds “Usermag”. Your accompanying statement applies to all branches of contemporary journalism. usermag.co
- Geopolitics is also playing out in the Arctic. For a while the powers relied on cooperation, but that has changed since the start of the war in Ukraine, reports Didier Ortolland in “Le Monde Diplomatique”. monde-diplomatique.de
- The BGH decided: AI cannot be an inventor; patents must include living people. The lawyer Daniel Pfahler comments on the decision in the magazine “ Kommunikation & Recht” 10/24.
- Franz Schubert’s “Winterreise” is one of the most beautiful song cycles ever. Now there is a wonderful new recording by baritone André Schuen, accompanied by Daniel Heide on the piano. deutschegrammophon.com
This entry was published in Salon on October 5, 2024 by Stefan.
