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Why does work matter? As changes occur in how work is organised across the globe, What's wrong with work shows that how workers are treated has wide implications beyond the lives of workers themselves. Recognising gender, race, class and global differences, the book looks at three kinds of increasingly important work – green work, IT work and the 'gig' economy - within the context of the neoliberal society, the promises of technologisation and anticipated...
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What does money mean? Where does it come from and how does it work? In this highly topical book, Mary Mellor, an expert on money, examines money's social, political and commercial histories to debunk longstanding myths such as money being in short supply and needing to come from somewhere. Arguing that money's immense social value means that its creation and circulation should be a matter of democratic choice, she sets out a new finance system, based...
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Love them or hate them, most of us have an opinion about cars. If not the cars themselves, then it's driver competence and behavior that can offend us. And then, there's modification: alloy wheels, custom audio systems and bespoke paint jobs. For some, changing the look, feel and sound of a car says something about themselves, but for others, such enhancements signify a lack of taste, or even criminality. In subtle and complex ways, cars transmit...
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