Status Updates From Critique of Economic Reason

Gorz’a göre modern toplumlar, “ekonomik aklın totalitarizmi” altına girmiştir. Bu akıl, her şeyi ölçülebilir, hesaplanabilir, rekabetçi ve verimlilik odaklı kılar.
Oysa insan yaşamının büyük bölümü ekonomik olmayan, yani sevgi, dayanışma, anlam ve özgürlük gibi “yaşam dünyası”na ait değerlere dayanır. Gorz bu iki alan arasındaki gerilimi açığa çıkarır.

Karl Polanyi definition of socialism.

Politics as non- exchange activity.

“Our pleasure gives them work, which we consume directly; this is the defining characteristic (as we have seen in the case of prostitution) of serval labour.” This seems like a very good rationale to reject. All of the Uber eats type services.

I worry that Gorz places too much emphasis on accounting as a motivating force. Surely this is a by product or auxiliary to profit max or power max?

Exhaustion of teachers would hold true here too.

Lack of empirical data. Part time huge in Holland. Kellogg’s case study of reduced working hours shows what Gorz is saying to have some evidence.