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Starmer may be the son of a toolmaker, but he speaks for a very different class – and that’s a problem for Labour | Dan Evans | The Guardian

theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/03/keir-starmer-son-toolmaker-but-different-class-problem-for-labour

• politics, tag
• technocracy, tag
• education, tag
• class, tag
• paternalism, tag
• uk, tag
• ·5 months ago

Gift Article: Why Rich People Don’t Cover Their Windows

theatlantic.com/family/archive/2024/01/uncovered-windows-curtains-wealthy-neighborhoods/677204/

An unexpected status symbol has become a fixture of high-end homes.

• curtains, tag
• class, tag
• home, tag
• ·10 months ago

Maybe Treating Housing as an Investment was a Colossal, Society-Shattering Mistake

goodreason.substack.com/p/maybe-treating-housing-as-an-investment

Thoughts on science, economics, politics, relationships. Not an expert.

• economics, tag
• articles, tag
• money, tag
• housing, tag
• class, tag
• ·1 year ago

Money buys even more happiness than it used to

theconversation.com/money-buys-even-more-happiness-than-it-used-to-141766

It used to be that happiness largely leveled off after around $75,000/year, but now it continues to increase even beyond $160,000 a year.

• inequality, tag
• happiness, tag
• class, tag
• money, tag
• income_imbalance, tag
• ·4 years ago

Forget Your Middle-Class Dreams

jacobinmag.com/2019/03/middle-class-white-collar-unions-kickstarter

• class, tag
• politics, tag
• organisation, tag
• labour, tag
• union, tag
• america, tag
• ·5 years ago

Human Contact Is Now a Luxury Good - The New York Times

nytimes.com/2019/03/23/sunday-review/human-contact-luxury-screens.html

• culture, tag
• technology, tag
• class, tag
• screens, tag
• luxury, tag
• contact, tag
• ·5 years ago

Des accidents de la route pas si accidentels, par Matthieu Grossetête (Le Monde diplomatique, août 2016)

monde-diplomatique.fr/2016/08/GROSSETETE/56078

À chaque période de vacances, tandis que le risque d'accidents de la route s'accroît, le thème de la sécurité au volant revient dans l'actualité. Le gouvernement multiplie alors les consignes de bon sens. En se focalisant sur le comportement individuel des conducteurs, ces préconisations négligent les causes profondes de la mortalité routière.

• lang:fr, tag
• sociology, tag
• accident, tag
• road, tag
• class, tag
• safety, tag
• inequality, tag
• ·8 years ago

prole.info

prole.info/

• essays, tag
• activism, tag
• criticism, tag
• marxism, tag
• class, tag
• politics, tag
• housing, tag
• economics, tag
• anarchism, tag
• ·8 years ago