Inkoativ charted income per day against population and animated the "mountains" that result for each continent. Click through to watch the developing world, well, develop. [via Data Is Beautiful]
Animated "Income Mountains" for the world's continents, 1950-2015
David Graeber's posthumous new book explores how pirates created liberalism
Acclaimed "Anarchist Anthropologist" David Graeber passed away in 2020, leaving behind an incredible legacy of scathingly insightful examinations of economics and human culture. In addition to being credited with coining… READ THE REST
"Your debt is someone else's asset", a short film from The Intercept, Mollie Crabapple and co., and Astra Taylor
Do you know who owns your debt? Do you know who makes money off your hustle to pay off the principal, compounding interest and fees, and that strange moral obligation… READ THE REST
It's time to kill the carbon credit
I recently took a class at Harvard in (big breath) the International Political Economy of Decarbonization, taught by the fantastic Juergen Braunstein, author of (big breath) Capital Choices: Sectoral Politics… READ THE REST
This knife sharpener is guaranteed to arrive by Valentine's Day and is on sale
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This fancy $30 toothbrush makes for a good Valentine's Day
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Treat that special someone in your life with this Microsoft Surface tablet, now only $159.99
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