Thinking about neo-liberalism as if specificity mattered

Designing as if trust mattered

Historically, builders of CSCW tools have not focused on the creation of trust among users as a critical design goal. Yet, high levels of trust produce a number of benefits, including reduced coordination and communication costs. These benefits are particularly salient and desirable for geographically distributed workers. Therefore, to the extent that support for geographically distributed work...

Health care as if health mattered.

THERE IS CONSENSUS ABOUT THE NEED FOR FUNDAMENtal change in the US health care system and there has beenattentiontotheimportantproblemsofinadequate access and increasing costs. But the most serious shortcoming—that the nation’s health system is not designed to maximize health—has been overshadowed. Individuals in theUnitedStatesreceiveonlyabouthalftherecommendedmedical services. Only 43% of ind...

Food Policy Beyond Neo-Liberalism

Amitai Etzioni Neo - Liberalism - The

NE OF THE most striking as0 pects of the 1960 election campaign is that it was waged between two comparatively liberal platforms and candidates. It is true that Kennedy carried the standard of a party whose majority is actually liberal, whereas Nixon represented a party which had subscribed to a relatively liberal platfonn (including a rather strong civil rights position) with some reluctance, ...

Capitalism beyond harmonious equilibrium: mathematics as if human agency mattered

Narrating a world of flux entails moving away from equilibrium-oriented thinking toward considerations of emergence, uncertain futures, and unintended consequences. This is not the exclusive domain of the qualitative theory construction and analysis that has dominated such thinking in sociospatial theory: it is also involved in mathematical theory construction. It requires a relational approach...