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Our Ancestors Thought We'd Build an Economic Paradise. Instead We Got 2022
“Slouching Towards Utopia” Time Magazine launch piece; commissioned by Lucas Wittman
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John Quiggin on þe End of Neoliberalism, & BRIEFLY NOTED:
For 2022-12-12 Mo
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Vienna as þe Crossroads...
A note from John Crespi...
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November 2022

DRAFT: Talk on “Grand Narratives” & “Slouching Towards Utopia"
For presentation 2022-11-19 Sa at the SSHA Conference
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Hegemony Ending: One of the Ends of the Long 20th Century, &
BRIEFLY NOTED: For 2022-11-16 We
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Erratum: “Differential” Should Be “Deferential”
2022-11-12 Sa
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“Slouching” Erratum: “Humans Have Coevolved wiþ Culture & Geography”: First Edition p. 377
The passage: Yes, humans have coevolved with culture and geography. Those of us whose ancestors moved far from the equator are descended only from those…
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“Slouching” Omission: Social Trust & Economic Prosperity: First Edition p. 346
2022-11-12 Sa
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“Slouching” Omission: Explaining þe Slowdown in Global-North Productivity: First Edition p. 487
2022-11-12 Sa
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“Slouching” Erratum: Misdating Hobsbawm’s “Age of Extremes": First Edition p. 577
2022-11-11 Fr
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Components of þe Grand Narrative of þe 21st Century: Global Warming, & China Stands Up
Noting a good critique of “Slouching” by Jeremy Wallace
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“Slouching” Omission: Mishandling þe Theme of þe Industrial Research Laboratory: First Edition p. 2
I think this may well be the biggest flaw in the book-as-printed. And the very sharp Arthur Goldhammer agrees, and sends a withering, accurate critique
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