The Geecologist

Satin Island

Satin Island

Jan 8, 2022 | Fiction | 0 comments

5.1 On the Company. No: on companies; on companies and crowds; whatever. In the fifties and sixties, people like me started conducting studies of corporations, presenting their findings back to the academy, for consecration as pure, unconditional knowledge. But,...
Nutshell

Nutshell

May 16, 2020 | Fiction | 0 comments

I stay awake, I listen, I learn. Early this morning, less than an hour before dawn, there was heavier matter than usual. Through my mother’s bones I encountered a bad dream in the guise of a formal lecture. The state of the world. An expert in international relations,...
Capitalism: A Ghost Story

Capitalism: A Ghost Story

Mar 14, 2015 | Non-Fiction | 0 comments

Is it a house or a home? A temple to the new India, or a warehouse for its ghosts? Ever since Antilla arrived on Altamont Road in Mumbai, exuding mystery and quiet menace, things have not been the same. “Here we are,” the friend who took me there said, “Pay your...
Confessions of a radical economics prof

Confessions of a radical economics prof

Aug 2, 2009 | Non-Fiction | 0 comments

…I realized another problem. The students who believed in the radical view were also convinced that large corporations were so powerful that nothing could be done about them. Instead of inspiring my students to radical activism, I had taught them to be cynical...