SubjectEconomy and business
The city of careThe ethics and economics of care
Increases in life expectancy, changes in reproductive trends and the evolution of the family structure have intensified demand for care here in Catalonia, and a...
The city of careWhy our model of care for dependent people needs to change
There are long-standing deficiencies in care for dependent people, and the pandemic has only made them worse. Given the public system’s shortcomings, the most common...
The city of careThe social economy: a tool for transformation
The social economy is made up of organisations whose economic and business activity puts people and purpose before capital. This system materialises as democratic,...
The city of careReflections on Care and Social Justice
Care is a relational practice that involves those who give it and those who receive it and includes both the right to be cared for and the right to care. As work on...
The city of careCare and the post-pandemic economy
The two latest crises of capitalism – that of 2008 and the Covid-19 crisis – have highlighted the importance of care and the urgent need to transform the economic...
A former liberal puts the left under the magnifying glass
In his book Els salaris de la ira [Wages of Wrath], Miquel Puig opens the debate on workers’ wages, stagnant for decades. According to his theory, the...
Portraying the world before changing it
Patrick Radden Keefe believes in the journalism that tirelessly seeks the truth to dig deeper and make information the first step in transforming the world. In a...
New spiritualtiesThe mystical-esoteric nebula: between neoliberalism and self-help culture
Popular culture is overflowing with discourses with religious undercurrents, such as mindfulness or new-age products, which promise to make us more productive,...
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