Politics and Society
Containing posts discussing social issues and theory, political issues and theory, and the occasional affair with economics.
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I wrote a column!
As some of you may know, I spent the first few seasons of college writing for Berkeley’s marvelous independent student newspaper, The Daily Californian. I was an arts writer, and at one point wrote a weekly column (“Painting With Thought”)… Continue reading
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Idle Thoughts While Studying Political Economy
Reading Dani Rodrik‘s 1997 essay “Has Globalization Gone too Far”, he asserts (during a discussion of common critiques of globalization) that “A common view is that the complaints of nongovernmental organizations or labor advocates represent nothing but old protectionist wine in… Continue reading
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An Academic Interaction
I was just starting to read Logicomix again tonight when I started reflecting back on interactions I’d had with other academics. One that really sticks out in my mind occurred in one of my favorite lectures this semester, when me,… Continue reading
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Art by Majority, II
Hey world, I wanted to follow-up on the last Art by Majority post and expand on the high oratory that’s been surrounding the nexus between introspection and action. In the last two council, art has come up in three issues.… Continue reading
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Art by Majority
After two and half years and four co-ops, I’ve noticed something interesting about co-op councils (“council” is the common term for the weekly or bi-monthly housewide meetings where the house conducts its business). There are certain kinds of topics that… Continue reading
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Selections from “The Prophet”
As a sort of addendum to my previous post, I thought it would be valuable to share two chapters from Khalil Gibran‘s “The Prophet.” To contextualize, the book is a collection of poems covering various facets of the human condition,… Continue reading
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