The marketization of hobby games really sucks.
Police arrested a man in South Carolina after he left his daughter asleep in a Target parking lot so he could keep his place in line.
www.404media.co/dad-asked-6-...
www.404media.co/dad-asked-6-...
Dad Asked 6-Year-Old Daughter if ‘She Had the Gun’ Before He Left Her in Line for Pokémon Cards
Police arrested a man in South Carolina after he left his daughter asleep in a Target parking lot so he could keep his place in line.
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November 15, 2026 at 1:21 AM
The marketization of hobby games really sucks.
DON'T MISS THIS ❗
Anna-Maria Fjellman, Andreas Alm Fjellborg & Håkan Forsberg, “The Swedish ‘experiment’ with marketization: Evidence on three decades of school segregation in an urban school market”
In open access here 👇
🌐 doi.org/10.1177/0001...
Anna-Maria Fjellman, Andreas Alm Fjellborg & Håkan Forsberg, “The Swedish ‘experiment’ with marketization: Evidence on three decades of school segregation in an urban school market”
In open access here 👇
🌐 doi.org/10.1177/0001...
November 11, 2026 at 9:38 AM
DON'T MISS THIS ❗
Anna-Maria Fjellman, Andreas Alm Fjellborg & Håkan Forsberg, “The Swedish ‘experiment’ with marketization: Evidence on three decades of school segregation in an urban school market”
In open access here 👇
🌐 doi.org/10.1177/0001...
Anna-Maria Fjellman, Andreas Alm Fjellborg & Håkan Forsberg, “The Swedish ‘experiment’ with marketization: Evidence on three decades of school segregation in an urban school market”
In open access here 👇
🌐 doi.org/10.1177/0001...
I love the Christmas season and look forward to it every year, but yeah the hyper-marketization of the holiday does get old, especially when it's done earlier every year.
Like, out of respect, wait until after Remembrance Day AT LEAST ffs
Like, out of respect, wait until after Remembrance Day AT LEAST ffs
November 10, 2026 at 11:22 PM
I love the Christmas season and look forward to it every year, but yeah the hyper-marketization of the holiday does get old, especially when it's done earlier every year.
Like, out of respect, wait until after Remembrance Day AT LEAST ffs
Like, out of respect, wait until after Remembrance Day AT LEAST ffs
If the government were truly interested in “AI for All,” they would keep AI-related health data out of the private sector. They’re not, b/c the whole point of such legislation (like the GDPR) is to create a market in data. Ironically, it’s the marketization of data that’ll drive harms going forward.
November 9, 2026 at 11:40 AM
If the government were truly interested in “AI for All,” they would keep AI-related health data out of the private sector. They’re not, b/c the whole point of such legislation (like the GDPR) is to create a market in data. Ironically, it’s the marketization of data that’ll drive harms going forward.
🇸🇪 Étude sur les 30 ans du marché scolaire suédois.
Les chercheurs estiment que le marché a affecté à la fois les missions démocratique et compensatoire de l'école.
(Étude impossible à faire au Qc en l'absence de données socio-économiques)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Les chercheurs estiment que le marché a affecté à la fois les missions démocratique et compensatoire de l'école.
(Étude impossible à faire au Qc en l'absence de données socio-économiques)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The Swedish “experiment” with marketization: Evidence on three decades of school segregation in an urban school market - Anna-Maria Fjellman, Andreas Alm Fjellborg, Håkan Forsberg, 2026
The educational reforms that encompassed school choice, vouchers, and for-profit private schools in Sweden during the 1990s transformed the public comprehensive...
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November 9, 2026 at 7:04 PM
🇸🇪 Étude sur les 30 ans du marché scolaire suédois.
Les chercheurs estiment que le marché a affecté à la fois les missions démocratique et compensatoire de l'école.
(Étude impossible à faire au Qc en l'absence de données socio-économiques)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Les chercheurs estiment que le marché a affecté à la fois les missions démocratique et compensatoire de l'école.
(Étude impossible à faire au Qc en l'absence de données socio-économiques)
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
21st-century "consumer eugenics" operates under the banner of parental choice, reproductive autonomy, and commercial healthcare marketization.
November 3, 2026 at 11:35 PM
21st-century "consumer eugenics" operates under the banner of parental choice, reproductive autonomy, and commercial healthcare marketization.
@isabellamweber.bsky.social wrote a whole book about China's progress.
www.routledge.com/How-China-Es...
While the Anglo-Saxon economies have focused on knuckling down their labor and consumers with ever more intricate financial instruments and anti-labor/consumer practices...
www.routledge.com/How-China-Es...
While the Anglo-Saxon economies have focused on knuckling down their labor and consumers with ever more intricate financial instruments and anti-labor/consumer practices...
How China Escaped Shock Therapy: The Market Reform Debate
China has become deeply integrated into the world economy. Yet, gradual marketization has facilitated the country’s rise without leading to its wholesale assimilation to global neoliberalism. This boo...
www.routledge.com
October 30, 2026 at 7:18 AM
@isabellamweber.bsky.social wrote a whole book about China's progress.
www.routledge.com/How-China-Es...
While the Anglo-Saxon economies have focused on knuckling down their labor and consumers with ever more intricate financial instruments and anti-labor/consumer practices...
www.routledge.com/How-China-Es...
While the Anglo-Saxon economies have focused on knuckling down their labor and consumers with ever more intricate financial instruments and anti-labor/consumer practices...
That was the immediate trigger for the crisis, indeed. The systemic reliance on exorbitant international student tuition is rooted in decades of chronic underfunding and marketization of the sector.
Earlier this summer, we published a full report on this 🙂: bcpolicy.ca/post-seconda...
Earlier this summer, we published a full report on this 🙂: bcpolicy.ca/post-seconda...
Rebuilding post-secondary education as public infrastructure in BC (or how we fix the predictable failures of marketization)
British Columbia’s public post-secondary education system is facing its worst funding crisis in history. This report captures a critical moment in time for BC’s public post-secondary education sector....
bcpolicy.ca
October 21, 2026 at 5:38 PM
That was the immediate trigger for the crisis, indeed. The systemic reliance on exorbitant international student tuition is rooted in decades of chronic underfunding and marketization of the sector.
Earlier this summer, we published a full report on this 🙂: bcpolicy.ca/post-seconda...
Earlier this summer, we published a full report on this 🙂: bcpolicy.ca/post-seconda...
data manipulation is elevated at the beginning of the year, declines midyear, and peaks in the fourth quarter as annual performance evaluations approach. The effect is pronounced in cities with lower fiscal autonomy and lower levels of marketization.
October 21, 2026 at 4:53 PM
data manipulation is elevated at the beginning of the year, declines midyear, and peaks in the fourth quarter as annual performance evaluations approach. The effect is pronounced in cities with lower fiscal autonomy and lower levels of marketization.
A consequence of the marketization of higher education. It’s now a product for which they’re charged £10k pa on fees, so the expectation of an “experience” plus the benchmark for what constitutes 15ECTs =150h of work per semester module. Frankly, I worked a lot as an undergrad bc I was a nerd
October 15, 2026 at 12:52 PM
A consequence of the marketization of higher education. It’s now a product for which they’re charged £10k pa on fees, so the expectation of an “experience” plus the benchmark for what constitutes 15ECTs =150h of work per semester module. Frankly, I worked a lot as an undergrad bc I was a nerd
Environmental taxes are reshaping urban resilience in 285 Chinese cities, but the impact depends on local marketization levels.
Industrial upgrades and green tech innovation are the key drivers, not just compliance.
Industrial upgrades and green tech innovation are the key drivers, not just compliance.
ESG Regulation: Environmental taxes are reshaping urban resilience in 285 Ch
Environmental taxes are reshaping urban resilience in 285 Chinese cities, but the impact hinges on local marketization l... Read more
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October 13, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Environmental taxes are reshaping urban resilience in 285 Chinese cities, but the impact depends on local marketization levels.
Industrial upgrades and green tech innovation are the key drivers, not just compliance.
Industrial upgrades and green tech innovation are the key drivers, not just compliance.
capitalism also brings you the marketization of ideas and IP—only profitable ideas make it; not all good ideas are profitable. could solve cancer but if not profitable, not successful in our current society. can’t depend on capitalism to give us what we need. THE RIGHT believes in this the most
October 13, 2026 at 9:51 AM
capitalism also brings you the marketization of ideas and IP—only profitable ideas make it; not all good ideas are profitable. could solve cancer but if not profitable, not successful in our current society. can’t depend on capitalism to give us what we need. THE RIGHT believes in this the most
mass production which led to cheaper bjds which led to ease of access which then led to a feedback loop of cheaper bjds being bought for less money therefor being far less intimidating for the average buyer/casual hobbyist. also the marketization of those cheaper bjds thru blindboxes and influencers
October 8, 2026 at 1:32 AM
mass production which led to cheaper bjds which led to ease of access which then led to a feedback loop of cheaper bjds being bought for less money therefor being far less intimidating for the average buyer/casual hobbyist. also the marketization of those cheaper bjds thru blindboxes and influencers
New in the December Issue: Ruediger Frank says North Korea's economic change is driven by monetization, not just marketization. Money is back as a store of value, and private demand is pressing the state toward repression or selective liberalization. Read now: doi.org/10.1080/0030...
October 7, 2026 at 5:58 PM
New in the December Issue: Ruediger Frank says North Korea's economic change is driven by monetization, not just marketization. Money is back as a store of value, and private demand is pressing the state toward repression or selective liberalization. Read now: doi.org/10.1080/0030...
This is a fascinating and remarkable (!) description of the methods and people that the Russians are currently using ... !
youtu.be/MAwzbJph24Q?...
youtu.be/MAwzbJph24Q?...
Michael Weiss: "The Marketization of Russian Intelligence" | Crested Butte Public Policy Forum
YouTube video by The Crested Butte Public Policy Forum
youtu.be
September 30, 2026 at 9:10 AM
This is a fascinating and remarkable (!) description of the methods and people that the Russians are currently using ... !
youtu.be/MAwzbJph24Q?...
youtu.be/MAwzbJph24Q?...
The Marketization of Psychiatric Care: Appointment-Based Gatekeeping and the Exclusion of Acute Crises
The Commercial Logic of Strict Appointment Systems In developed urban centers with high-density medical infrastructure, prestigious private psychiatric clinics increasingly operate on strict,…
The Commercial Logic of Strict Appointment Systems In developed urban centers with high-density medical infrastructure, prestigious private psychiatric clinics increasingly operate on strict,…
The Marketization of Psychiatric Care: Appointment-Based Gatekeeping and the Exclusion of Acute Crises
The Commercial Logic of Strict Appointment Systems In developed urban centers with high-density medical infrastructure, prestigious private psychiatric clinics increasingly operate on strict, 100% appointment-based schedules. From a commercial and operational perspective, this model is highly efficient: The Mismatch Between Mental Health Crises and Scheduled Care The fundamental flaw of this market-driven model is that acute psychiatric crises do not adhere to administrative calendars: The Paradoxical Displacement of Severe Patients This market dynamic creates a bitter paradox: the most severely impaired patients are structurally filtered into the least reputable clinics:
molamola.live
September 29, 2026 at 6:17 PM
The Marketization of Psychiatric Care: Appointment-Based Gatekeeping and the Exclusion of Acute Crises
The Commercial Logic of Strict Appointment Systems In developed urban centers with high-density medical infrastructure, prestigious private psychiatric clinics increasingly operate on strict,…
The Commercial Logic of Strict Appointment Systems In developed urban centers with high-density medical infrastructure, prestigious private psychiatric clinics increasingly operate on strict,…
yes, we will convert you Georgian to the power of Karl* and Dialetics
( * The double movement is a concept originating with Karl Polanyi in his book The Great Transformation. The phrase refers to the dialectical process of marketization and push for social protection against that marketization. )
( * The double movement is a concept originating with Karl Polanyi in his book The Great Transformation. The phrase refers to the dialectical process of marketization and push for social protection against that marketization. )
September 28, 2026 at 3:20 PM
yes, we will convert you Georgian to the power of Karl* and Dialetics
( * The double movement is a concept originating with Karl Polanyi in his book The Great Transformation. The phrase refers to the dialectical process of marketization and push for social protection against that marketization. )
( * The double movement is a concept originating with Karl Polanyi in his book The Great Transformation. The phrase refers to the dialectical process of marketization and push for social protection against that marketization. )
ERRATUM is pleased to announce it has joined ScholarLed, a consortium of open access book publishers organised around a commitment to opening up research to diverse readerships and resisting the marketization of academic knowledge production. scholarled.org @scholarled.bsky.social
September 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
ERRATUM is pleased to announce it has joined ScholarLed, a consortium of open access book publishers organised around a commitment to opening up research to diverse readerships and resisting the marketization of academic knowledge production. scholarled.org @scholarled.bsky.social
Yes. The consumer/"marketization" of politics is a problem that is not Russian og American, but a general problem in all democracies. It creates apathy and disconnection between politics and the voters. This is a very dangerous developement for all democrcies.
September 24, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Yes. The consumer/"marketization" of politics is a problem that is not Russian og American, but a general problem in all democracies. It creates apathy and disconnection between politics and the voters. This is a very dangerous developement for all democrcies.
Now being read at PDP:
Marketization without mitigation? Designing mixed-ownership reform under decarbonization constraints by Yuan Qiu and Yuhao Ba
Browse here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Marketization without mitigation? Designing mixed-ownership reform under decarbonization constraints by Yuan Qiu and Yuhao Ba
Browse here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
September 21, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Now being read at PDP:
Marketization without mitigation? Designing mixed-ownership reform under decarbonization constraints by Yuan Qiu and Yuhao Ba
Browse here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Marketization without mitigation? Designing mixed-ownership reform under decarbonization constraints by Yuan Qiu and Yuhao Ba
Browse here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Alethekanon:
The marketization of speech ensures that the wealthiest actors always hold the loudest megaphone. When democracy is reduced to ad buy volume, representation becomes a transaction.
The marketization of speech ensures that the wealthiest actors always hold the loudest megaphone. When democracy is reduced to ad buy volume, representation becomes a transaction.
September 19, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Alethekanon:
The marketization of speech ensures that the wealthiest actors always hold the loudest megaphone. When democracy is reduced to ad buy volume, representation becomes a transaction.
The marketization of speech ensures that the wealthiest actors always hold the loudest megaphone. When democracy is reduced to ad buy volume, representation becomes a transaction.
BTW, michael Weiss is excellent, and here he gives some fascinating background to the frequently bizarre methods that the Russians are currently employing (!)
youtu.be/BbZ7H_YaULM?...
youtu.be/BbZ7H_YaULM?...
Michael Weiss: "The Marketization of Russian Intelligence" | Crested Butte Public Policy Forum
YouTube video by The Crested Butte Public Policy Forum
youtu.be
September 18, 2026 at 5:40 PM
BTW, michael Weiss is excellent, and here he gives some fascinating background to the frequently bizarre methods that the Russians are currently employing (!)
youtu.be/BbZ7H_YaULM?...
youtu.be/BbZ7H_YaULM?...
Prof Susi Geiger's newly published handbook "The Handbook for Pharmaceutical Science and Technology Studies" was recently launched at the EASST conference. The Handbook comprehensively explores the political economy of pharmaceutical innovation, production, marketization, regulation and use.
September 18, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Prof Susi Geiger's newly published handbook "The Handbook for Pharmaceutical Science and Technology Studies" was recently launched at the EASST conference. The Handbook comprehensively explores the political economy of pharmaceutical innovation, production, marketization, regulation and use.
Today at noon! Lunch and learn about the BC’s public post-secondary education funding crisis and how we can get out of it.
Spread the word! 🙂 Hope to see you there at noon.
RSVP: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#BCpoli #BCedu #BClab
Spread the word! 🙂 Hope to see you there at noon.
RSVP: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#BCpoli #BCedu #BClab
September 17, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Today at noon! Lunch and learn about the BC’s public post-secondary education funding crisis and how we can get out of it.
Spread the word! 🙂 Hope to see you there at noon.
RSVP: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#BCpoli #BCedu #BClab
Spread the word! 🙂 Hope to see you there at noon.
RSVP: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#BCpoli #BCedu #BClab