The Best of Current Affairs
10+ most popular Current Affairs articles, as voted by our community.
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Why We Need “Degrowth” ❧ Current Affairs
Leading philosopher Kohei Saito defends the controversial idea of “degrowth communism.”
Why We Need Limits on Extreme Wealth ❧ Current Affairs
An introduction to limitarianism, and why there should be an upper limit on how much money people can accumulate.
Current Affairs on Economy
What “Economic Freedom” Would Look Like ❧ Current Affairs
Economist Mark Paul explains why we need an “economic bill of rights” and why the right-wing libertarian conception of “freedom” is bananas and won’t actually make us free.
Current Affairs on Fascism
What Is Fascism—And Why the Definition Matters ❧ Current Affairs
The label “fascism” gets tossed around a lot—but that doesn’t mean it lacks a coherent definition, or belongs solely to a bygone past. The political formation we call fascism is still very much alive,…
Current Affairs on Minimalism
What Can Minimalism Do For Us? ❧ Current Affairs
From Thoreau to Marie Kondo, there have periodically been movements encouraging us to make do with less. Is this a healthy rejection of consumerism or a demand for bleak austerity?
Current Affairs on Mobility
We Can Have a Public Transit Paradise ❧ Current Affairs
We can build effective mass transit. But this requires ending the dominance of the automobile, an inefficient and dangerous method of transit.
Are Toll Roads Progressive? ❧ Current Affairs
It’s tempting to financially disincentivize car use but we also want public infrastructure to be free at point of use.
Current Affairs on Politics
How to Spot Corporate Bullshit ❧ Current Affairs
A new book shows that the same talking points have been recycled for centuries, to oppose every form of progressive change.
A Teacher Explains Why Politics Belong In The Classroom ❧ Current Affairs
Teacher Sam Shain was caught in the middle of the culture war when he taught a book about racism. He discusses that experience, and explains why it’s so important for teachers not to shy away from…
Current Affairs on Pop Culture
Who Actually Gets to Create Black Pop Culture? ❧ Current Affairs
A closer look at the economics of Black pop culture reveals that most Black creators (outside music) come from middle-to-upper middle class backgrounds, while the Black poor are written about but…
Current Affairs on Society
Make Billionaires Republicans Again ❧ Current Affairs
It’s a good sign for the Democratic Party that Elon Musk doesn’t want to be a member.
The Beast Within Capitalism ❧ Current Affairs
The success of YouTuber “MrBeast” tells us a lot about who we are and what kind of world we live in.
Current Affairs on Yuval Noah Harari
The Dangerous Populist Science of Yuval Noah Harari ❧ Current Affairs
The best-selling author is a gifted storyteller and popular speaker. But he sacrifices science for sensationalism, and his work is riddled with errors.
«among Harari’s flock are some of the most powerful people in the world, and they come to him much like the ancient kings to their oracles.»
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The Truth Is Paywalled But The Lies Are Free ❧ Current Affairs
The political economy of bullshit.
Why You Hate Your Job ❧ Current Affairs
A theory on the function of bullshit jobs: to maintain the illusion of meritocracy and to provide status and prestige for elites.
What The World Looks Like to the Super-Wealthy ❧ Current Affairs
Michael Mechanic, who has studied the lives of the super-rich, talks about strange bubble inhabited by the 1%.
The Boss is Watching ❧ Current Affairs
Businesses sit on a treasure trove of employee surveillance data, which is a threat to working class power and to a dignified work experience.
«According to a survey put out by the American Management Association, approximately 66 percent of U.S. companies monitor their employees’ internet usage, with at least 45 percent of companies logging keystrokes and 43 percent of companies tracking workers’ emails.»
In Praise of the Pointless ❧ Current Affairs
Not everything should have to prove its market worth. We need places that serve no utilitarian function and exist only to be interesting.
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