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Prologue Two: Troubling Facts and Observations about a Perilous Age
From: Thinking Systematics
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In this chapter, Smith and Hayslip trace widening wealth inequality, the erosion of liberal democracy, human-caused environmental damage, and escalating tensions in international relations.
Contributors
Murray E.G. Smith
Murray E.G. Smith is professor emeritus in sociology at Brock University, with interests in social theory, political economy, health and illness, social movements, philosophy and dialectical methodology. His previous books include Twilight Capitalism and Invisible Leviathan.
Tim Hayslip
Tim Hayslip is a PhD student in sociology at York University. His research focuses on the intersection of the sociology of knowledge and economic sociology, seeking to explain the popularity of the Austrian School of Economics and its remedies for economic malaise: higher interest rates, less market regulation and allowing the bankruptcies of “zombie companies.”
