Thorstein Veblen has some thoughts about economic populism.
Great piece! I’m curious whether you have read Timothy Mitchell’s Carbon Democracy? Picks up the same Veblen-sabotage point as I recall.
I haven't! But I've heard good things about it, a few friends more academically minded than I have it on their syllabi. I'll see if I can pick up a copy to see the Veblen connections. That also reminds me of this Washington Post op-ed from years ago about sabotage in a climate context: https://www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-history/2022/11/22/what-if-environmental-damage-is-form-capitalist-sabotage/
Great piece! I’m curious whether you have read Timothy Mitchell’s Carbon Democracy? Picks up the same Veblen-sabotage point as I recall.
I haven't! But I've heard good things about it, a few friends more academically minded than I have it on their syllabi. I'll see if I can pick up a copy to see the Veblen connections. That also reminds me of this Washington Post op-ed from years ago about sabotage in a climate context: https://www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-history/2022/11/22/what-if-environmental-damage-is-form-capitalist-sabotage/