Economische antropologie

Financial crises do not just happen. They result from a specific kind of worldview-Wall Street's culture of always looking for short-term high performance. Long-term plans are not considered, so the banking culture is all about instant big rewards and ever-present job insecurity.

DEBT: The First 5,000 Years While the "national debt" has been the concern du jour of many economists, commentators and politicians, little attention is ever paid to the historical significance of debt.

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-a-gift-economy-alex-gendler What if, this holiday season, instead of saying "thank you" to your aunt for her gift of a knitted sweater, the polite response expected from you was to show up at her house in a week with a better gift? Or to vote for her in the town election?

What is Anthropology and why should we study it? This short video from Macat explains how the subject has developed over the years and introduces some of the key ideas and major thinkers who have helped to shape it in only a few minutes.

Stem nu op 'Dit kan niet waar zijn' voor de NS Publieksprijs 2015: nspublieksprijs.nl/dit-kan-niet-waar-zijn http://www.jorisluyendijk.nl 'Dit kan niet waar zijn. Onder bankiers' De financiële wereld blijkt geen ver-van-mijn-bedshow. De financiële wereld is het bed zelf. En toen op 15 september 2008 de Amerikaanse bank Lehman Brothers failliet ging, stortte dat bed op een haar na in.