- -: Hip Hop's 'Commodity Fetish' - Michael Eric Dyson
June 10, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/27/Michael_Eric_Dyson_Can_You_Hear_Me_Now Author Michael Eric Dyson criticizes the commercialism and sensationalism of today's hip hop. Political messages in hip hop, he argues, have been diluted. "Hip hop has now been reduced to so much commodity fetish...
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- -: The 'Free Rider' Problem with Energy Subsidies - Mark Jaccard
July 8, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/06/23/Energy_Markets_and_Policy_Developments_Around_the_Globe Mark Jaccard discusses potential problems with subsidizing energy efficiency. He uses a refrigerator subsidy to explain that if "the people who get the $50...were going to buy the more efficient ...
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- -: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Rails Against Capitalism at COP15
December 21, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/12/17/Irans_Mahmoud_Ahmadinejad_Addresses_the_COP15_Summit Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks out against capitalism and materialism, and the role he says each play in fueling global warming. He blames the crisis on the endless cycle of consumptio...
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- -: How Free Is the Free Market? - Raj Patel
January 13, 2010 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/06/Raj_Patel_The_Value_of_Nothing Raj Patel, author of The Value of Nothing, examines the concepts of freedom and liberty in relation to the free market economy. He suggests Nobel laureate Elinor Ostrom's notion of collaborative governance known as "the ...
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- -: Being Frugal: The Original Sustainability? - Chris Farrell
February 12, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/01/21/Chris_Farrell_The_New_Frugality "Frugality is the opposite of being a cheapskate," says Chris Farrell, author of The New Frugality. Farrell asserts that conscientious spending is actually linked to a sustainable, green lifestyle. ----- According to ...
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- -: Champagne Lifestyles: The Changing Notion of Greed
February 23, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/11/01/The_Good_Society_Virtues_for_a_Post-Recession_World Journalist Brendan O'Neill criticizes the historical tendency to interpret social crises through the "prism of excess and opulence" and expresses concern that all consumers, not just the elite, have ...
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- -: Does Pop Culture Turn Us Into Consumer Slaves? - Stephen Sewell
February 26, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/02/09/Popular_Culture_Weve_Seen_the_Future_and_Its_Junk Screenwriter Stephen Sewell rails against the social effects of consumerism, stating that modern pop culture serves to "enslave" people in a endless cycle of insatiable desire. "Popular culture isn't c...
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- -: Free Barbie! Eve Ensler Imagines Liberating the Iconic Doll
February 27, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/02/16/Eve_Ensler_I_Am_an_Emotional_Creature Author Eve Ensler discusses the origin of the "Free Barbie" story from her latest book I Am an Emotional Creature. Ensler says the story of Barbie, from manufacturing plant to toy box, is a metaphor for everything...
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- -: Is the Pursuit of Happiness Making Us Miserable? - Petrea King
May 14, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/03/09/Is_the_Pursuit_of_Happiness_Making_Us_Miserable Petrea King, founder and CEO of The Quest for Life Foundation, argues the pursuit of happiness is making us all miserable. "Happiness is found in the present moment," she says. "That's where life is, lov...
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- -: Slavoj Zizek: The Delusion of Green Capitalism
April 21, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/04/04/Slavoj_Zizek_Catastrophic_But_Not_Serious Philosopher Slavoj Zizek argues environmentally conscious consumers are desperate for simple tasks they can perform to alleviate their guilt, so they do things like purchase overpriced organic produce. Zizek a...
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