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Oct 2020
44m 35s

How Capitalism Commodifies Time

ELLIE ANDERSON, PH.D. AND DAVID PEñA-GUZMáN, PH.D.
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On episode 2 of Overthink, Ellie  and David  discuss how millennials love talking about hating capitalism, the influence capitalism has had on our understanding of time, and the blurring line between who you are as a worker and who you are as an individual. Then they discuss how Covid-19 has challenged our conception of time and what this means for the futur ... Show More
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