SOC 107 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Keynesian Economics, Financial Literacy, Heirloom Plant
18 Apr 2016
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Chapter 11 (223) power and everyday practices. Financial fitness a neoliberal discourse about the responsibility of individuals to participate in financial culture in prescribed ways, such as by using credit cards an repaying the monthly balance. A form of self-care similarly to diet and exercise, personal money management is thought to be important to individual and national financial health. Slow money a social movement for investment in small productive enterprises, especially organic farms, organic food products, heritage seed companies, restaurants that serve local food, and other elements of local food systems. Considerations other than short-term financial returns motivate investors, who may be equally concerned about supporting ecological sustainability, small-scale farming traditions, animal welfare, or social justice aspects of food production. Political economy a field to study that seeks to understand the long-term history of, and prospects for, social change, especially the potential for emancipation from unjust and exploitative social relations under capitalism. Capitalism a system of economic organization and production.
