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Does Jay-Z’s 4:44 Live Up to Beyonce’s Lemonade?

November 2, 2017November 2, 2017 Chris SunamiArt

Following the artistic leap forward represented by his wife’s album, Lemonade, it was a necessity for Sean “Jay-Z” Carter, AKA “Mr. Beyonce,” to respond with something that could reasonably be placed next to it on[…]

The Downside to Consumerism

September 8, 2011 askmeThe Economy

Last week we looked at the upside of Consumerism, the ways in which it functions well as an employment-creation system. This week we’ll look at the darker side of our trusty economic engine. Seventh in[…]

Spend ’till you drop

September 1, 2011 askmeThe Economy

Sixth in an ongoing series about the deeper reasons behind the difficulty of finding work Let’s take a good hard look at our old friend Consumerism, the dominant Employment-Creation System (ECS) in the modern world. […]

The Bright Side of Unemployment

August 25, 2011 askmeSocial Change

Fifth in an ongoing series about the deeper reasons behind the difficulty of finding work Don’t jump off any tall buildings yet. Despite the abundant Direness, things are less bleak than they appear. The problem[…]

Dire Trend #3: Busywork?

August 18, 2011 askmeThe Economy

Fourth in an ongoing series about the deeper reasons behind the difficulty of finding work (Adapted from an essay originally presented on 4/4/05) Most Americans are familiar with the phenomena of “busywork” –time-consuming tasks of[…]

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Does Jay-Z’s 4:44 Live Up to Beyonce’s Lemonade?

The Downside to Consumerism

Spend ’till you drop

Dire Trend #3: Busywork?