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Buried Seed Vault Opens in Arctic

February 26th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Global Seed Bank
This times article is about a new global seed bank opening in Norway. This is an interesting dimension of food politics to explore.  Is it a form of privatisation? Or is it actually a reaction to privatisation? Is it state-led enclosure? Commodification? Centralsiation of seed-capital? Or is it a public service to humanity? […]

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Tags: ECOLOGY · Globalization · JesseG · Neoliberalism · Privatization

Overproduction and Overconsumption

February 8th, 2008 · 2 Comments

So in class we talked about the connection between overproduction and overconsumption - if we make too much junk, then we better make sure that we can convince people to buy too much stuff.  Do you think that’s whats going on with this new economic stimulus package that the congress just passed?
Here is an article […]

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Tags: Finance · JesseG · Recession · United States

Lets Go Giants!!!

February 4th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Whats up Everyone! First off let me say Lets go Giants!! Super Bowl was amazing. As you can see I am a football fan.  Which is a bit strange seeing as I am Dominican and baseball should be my thing…. I am 22 years old and very confused as to what I want to do […]

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Tags: 7.STAR · BEARCAT · FIRE101 · JesseG · RED GROUP · TEAM #1

Jesse Goldstein

February 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

Hi everyone - this is what your introduction posts should look like.
This picture is of me and two friends, Roman and Crystal, at an installation we made last summer. When it comes to screenprinting, Roman and I are total opposites. He is totally clean and precise, I am an absoltue mess and pretty […]

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Tags: INTRODUCTIONS · JesseG

Davos2008 - so is this a paradigm shift?

January 31st, 2008 · No Comments

URL: http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/01/22/business/dprotect.php
 
 
International Herald Tribune
On the cusp of economic history
By Katrin Bennhold
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
 
DAVOS, Switzerland: Is economic history about to change course? Among the chieftains of politics and industry gathering in Davos for the World Economic Forum on Wednesday, a consensus appears to be building that the capitalist system is in for one of […]

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Tags: Globalization · JesseG · Neoliberalism · Recession

Putting the U.S. Economic Crisis in Perspective

January 31st, 2008 · No Comments

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A Socialist Project e-bulletin …. No. 80 …. January 31, 2008
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Putting the U.S. Economic Crisis in Perspective
Leo Panitch
It is time to take stock. The centrality of the American economy to the
capitalist world — which now literally does encompass the whole world –
has spread the financial […]

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Tags: Finance · Globalization · JesseG · Neoliberalism · Recession · United States