Next week I’m going to blog a piece that is at once lucid, engaging, insightful, and flabbergasting: David Harvey and Michael Reeds “The Culture of Poverty: An Ideological Analysis.” (Sociological Perspectives, 1996) As far as I can tell, there’s only a gated version, but if you want to peek inside the intra-left debate on “culture of poverty” research, this is the place to start.
Dec 14 2018
I had a blast doing this. Here is the link. Now the highlights. The times listed are roughly right. 3:30 to 5:00: My bio 5:00 to 15:00: How I got hooked on economics, especially the role of Harold Demsetz 15:30 to 18:00: Advice Milton Friedman gave 19-year-old me. 18:25: My change in plans after my broth...
Dec 14 2018
In addition to the split between the left and the right, there's also a split between people who favor incremental change and those who want to "blow it all up." In 2016, the British voted in a referendum in favor of exiting the EU. The referendum did not have the force of law, but the government (quite reasonably)...
Dec 14 2018
Next week I'm going to blog a piece that is at once lucid, engaging, insightful, and flabbergasting: David Harvey and Michael Reeds "The Culture of Poverty: An Ideological Analysis." (Sociological Perspectives, 1996) As far as I can tell, there's only a gated version, but if you want to peek inside the intra-left d...
READER COMMENTS
Handle
Dec 14 2018 at 3:24pm
For an ungated version, try https://sci-hub.tw/10.2307/1389418
Michael Stacey
Dec 14 2018 at 3:44pm
The link on the name is to David W. Harvey (famous Marxist geographer), and the paper is by David L. Harvey (sociologist–who confusingly also seems to write about Marx sometimes).
John Alcorn
Dec 14 2018 at 5:15pm
Bryan,
“lucid, engaging, insightful”? Obscure, tiresome, occasionally clear enough to be wrong.
Thomas Sowell would have a field day lampooning Harvey & Reed.
Thaomas
Dec 16 2018 at 8:59am
I think it is a waste of time to engage the worst alternatives to Libertarian ideas.
Mark Z
Dec 16 2018 at 7:30pm
Not if the worst alternatives are nonetheless among the most popular alternatives.
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