Neoliberalism and The Global Economy in Three Easy Steps
Via some guy with a Nobel Prize: Finance mythbusting, third world edition – Paul Krugman Blog – NYTimes.com via kwout Read Full Story
Precarization and Social Insecurity Keep Religion Alive
Via Epiphenom: How very Durkheimian. The starting point: nrc.nl – International – Features – Insecurity not education determines church attendance via kwout So, how do these factors work when it comes to religiosity: nrc.nl – International – Features – Insecurity not education determines church attendance via kwout One look at the overwhelming religiosity in the United States certainly indicates that increased education does not necessarily correlate wi... Read Full Story
Women Live Longer but Less Healthy Lives Than Men
This seems appropriate after the US healthcare bill fiasco: WHO | WHO calls for action beyond the health sector to improve the health of girls and women via kwout The differential then has to do with structural discrimination an social stratification. Women are on the receiving end of many more social disadvantages than men. WHO | WHO calls for action beyond the health sector to improve the health of girls and women via kwout The WHO report notes that societies need to specifically addres... Read Full Story
“Are Flu Shots Like Bonuses?” – Social Privilege Yet Again
Some people deserve to live disease-free more than others. That’s the beauty of the being part of the power elite. Is there any privilege that the financial class does not enjoy? Wall Street bankers at front of queue for scarce swine flu vaccine | Business | guardian.co.uk via kwout What everyone is thinking: Read Full Story
Global Sociology Blogroll – Theory Viewed From Mexico
This looks like a new socblog (found via Twitter), so, I hope the author, Luis Antonio Guerrero Cantera, sticks with it and get prolific because there aren’t enough soc theory blogs around! θεωρειν. Apuntes sobre teoría sociológica y antropológica via kwout As always, update your RSS feeds and bookmarks! Read Full Story
The Incredibly Scary and Informative Website Du Jour
Via Rue 89: banksecrets via kwout For instance, in the screenshot above, I selected Citibank and saw that they loaned over $10 million to a companies manufacturing cluster bombs. So, if you want to know more about controversial investments that your bank might be making, just head on over there and start clicking away. It is well worth it. There are also links to other organization that keep track of financial investments: BankTrack.org – news – Top financial institutions still... Read Full Story
Global Sociology Blogroll – Social History and Labor Movement Edition
Another great Italian blog: Tau ²· Zero by Gianni Silei (who’s lucky enough to be working in the great city of Siena) So, update your feeds and bookmarks. Tau Zero via kwout Read Full Story
The Depressing Graphs Du Jour – Unemployment
There are more where this one came from and they’re all VERY depressing. And this… Calculated Risk: Employment Report: 190K Jobs Lost, 10.2% Unemployment Rate via kwout Read Full Story
Social Privilege and Allocating Blame
If a white person commits an atrocity, it’s because that person has mental health problems If a non-white person commits an atrocity, it is because non-white people all have self-control problems of some kind (translation: they’re not as civilized as “we” are) If a person with an Arab name (Note to the media: there is no such thing as a “Muslim” name) commits an atrocity, it’s terrorism as part of some global jihad So, A white person committing atr... Read Full Story
Cool Animated Graph du Jour
Click on your own demographics and find out the unemployment rate for people in your category: The Unemployment Rate for People Like You – Interactive Graphic – NYTimes.com via kwout Read Full Story