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jobs as an end

[...] jobs become a quantitative output (politicians only talk about them in terms of faceless numbers) rather than a qualitative or substantive input that might serve some wider social and existential role. In other words, a job is no longer a means to achieve other things but a (dead) end in …

—p.265 The Death of Homo Economicus: Work, Debt and the Myth of Endless Accumulation Conclusion: A Marginal Model of Nothingness (256) by Peter Fleming
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the Global South has had its own global crisis

None of this would be a problem if economics was confined to the endowed chairs of the academy, esoteric journal articles and boring conferences. But the lexicon of neoclassical economics is the leading language game in (post-)neoliberal societies of control. And this economisation of life in gener…

—p.262 Conclusion: A Marginal Model of Nothingness (256) by Peter Fleming
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a deconstructive reading of neoclassical economics

[...] One might be tempted to conduct a deconstructive reading of neoclassical economics in the style of Jacques Derrida to try and discern what precisely is the ‘absent presence’ quietly animating this vast machinery of means in the dark margins of its own impossibility. On the other hand, perhaps…

—p.261 Conclusion: A Marginal Model of Nothingness (256) by Peter Fleming
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secondary to making money

[...] Life itself is simply about being endlessly concerned with solving technical problems, many of which have none (e.g., debt, etc.). For example, it’s crucial for any civilised society to have a functioning and affordable nationwide public transport system (value). But the job of delivering it …

—p.258 Conclusion: A Marginal Model of Nothingness (256) by Peter Fleming
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on accelerationism

[...] The ‘accelerationist’ perspective, for example, is a philosophy of political intervention that has recently gained popularity. Accelerationists suggest that capitalism is now so totalising that it can absorb almost any form of protest or opposition. In fact, it might even thrive on dissent. T…

—p.236 The Quiet Earth (215) by Peter Fleming