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Society & Politics
Justice, rights, power and law; how we live together.
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Is an economy more than the people in it?
I lecture in economics in Valencia, and every year I teach the same tension without resolving it. On one side, methodological individualism: social phenomena should be explained, ultimately, by individuals' choices and interactions. Prices, unemployment and recessions are patterns of individual behaviour.…
Started by Javier Morales0 replies100 views -
Capabilities or the social model: which better tells a city what it owes disabled residents?
I'm a final-year law student in Delhi. In a moot this term we had to argue about what a municipal corporation owes disabled residents under India's disability-rights legislation. I found myself reaching for two frameworks that don't fit together as neatly as…
Started by Deepa Nair0 replies92 views