Tag: Economy

16 posts

Dear Men, We Only Have Men to Blame

Spaghetti Thoughts icon
Spaghetti Thoughts
·
Apr 21, 2026

Gateway Country

Thinking about the globalization of the computer industry through a tech company so American it prominently promoted its birth on an Iowa farm on its packaging.

Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet icon
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
tedium.co/
·
Oct 13, 2024

george-batailles-on-the-limits-of-the-useful

Georges Bataille, The Limit of the Useful. Translated and edited by Corey Austin Knudson and Tomas Elliott. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2022. Hardback. 360 pages

T
The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory
jcrt.org
·
Aug 20, 2023

economic-theology-and-the-indebtedness-of-everyday-life-philip-goodchild-and-devin-singh

The following is the transcript of “Critical Conversations” No. 9, an ongoing series of Zoom seminars conducted by Whitestone Publications with distinguished

T
The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory
jcrt.org
·
May 30, 2021

Antinomian Flesh, Part 1 (David Kline)

In this essay I explore the idea of what I call an “antinomian flesh.” Looking to the concept of nomos theorized by sociologists, political and legal theorists

T
The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory
jcrt.org
·
Oct 19, 2020

revolutionary-love-kierkegaards-gift-economy-as-a-religious-corrective-to-the-leveling-of-the-public-sphere-part-2-andrew-ball

The following is the second insatallment of a three-part series. The first can be found here. In his late authorship Kierkegaard articulates the social ontology

T
The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory
jcrt.org
·
May 23, 2020

Which areas of Howard County are most and least affluent?

I look at median household income within Howard County, Maryland, and how it has changed.

frankhecker.com icon
frankhecker.com
frankhecker.com
·
Jul 7, 2019

How affluent is Howard County, really?

Looking at median household income in Howard County, Maryland, over time compared to other local jurisdictions. [UPDATED]

frankhecker.com icon
frankhecker.com
frankhecker.com
·
Jun 2, 2019

How affluent is Maryland, really?

Looking at median household income in Maryland over time compared to DC and Virginia.

frankhecker.com icon
frankhecker.com
frankhecker.com
·
May 27, 2019

Want a hole? Rent a drill! Really?

Michael Munger, transaction costs, and limits to the gig economy.

frankhecker.com icon
frankhecker.com
frankhecker.com
·
Apr 17, 2019

Trimmed For Space

As the newspaper industry contracted, so too did the furniture and the newsprint. Let's check out the first victims of the digital revolution.

Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet icon
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
tedium.co/
·
Dec 7, 2017

Review – Indebted to Asceticism (Hollis Phelps)

Stimilli, Elettra. **The Debt of the Living: Ascesis and Capitalism. Translated by Arianna Bove. Albany: SUNY Press, 2017. ISBN 9781438464152 It highlights

T
The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory
jcrt.org
·
Nov 14, 2017

Review – Economy And Ontology From Agamben To Nancy (Taylor Weaver)

*Bird, Greg. Containing Community: From Political Economy to Ontology in Agamben, Esposito, and Nancy. Albany NY: SUNY Press, 2016. ISBN 978-1-4384-6185-4

T
The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory
jcrt.org
·
May 22, 2017

Review – The Origins of Neoliberalism: A Racialized Review (Adam F. Braun)

*Leshem, Dotan. The Origins of Neoliberalism: Modeling the Economy from Jesus to Foucault. New York: Columbia University Press, 2016. ISBN-10: 0231177763

T
The Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory
jcrt.org
·
May 4, 2017

Let's Teach Textbooks A Lesson

The prices of college textbooks are absurd—to the point where authors have to defend their $300 books. But we could, thankfully, be turning a corner.

Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet icon
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
tedium.co/
·
Aug 25, 2016

Charmeleon Chaos Theory

Laugh all you want, but Pokémon Go offers a really good example of a key libertarian economic theory in action. Spontaneous order was never so much fun.

Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet icon
Tedium: The Dull Side of the Internet
tedium.co/
·
Jul 21, 2016