George Alex·Aug 2Disaster Capitalism: Is Data Centre Business Good for Kerala or NotWe keep losing every industry that lands next door. Now we’re arguing about losing this one too.
Tadashi Nakasu, Ph.D.·Jul 5Messina, 1908: How Disaster Capitalism Was Born in the Ruins of Europe’s Deadliest EarthquakeA forensic look at the 1908 Messina earthquake shows why the reconstruction, not the earthquake itself, produced a century of inequality…
Connecting Dots: Dani’s Economics·Oct 18, 2025Crisis Is Opportunity: Naomi Klein and Disaster CapitalismThe history of economics is, in essence, the story of people and society.As I read “50 Economics Classics”, I set out to summarize the core…
Majority Action Executive Directors·Sep 5, 2025When Private Interests Have Captured the Systems that Govern UsBack in 2012, the late Robert Monks wrote in the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance & Financial Regulation that:
Health Analytics & Visualizations·Jul 1, 2025Competition for Resources in the Age of Social EvolutionDiverse Perspectives on Wellness, Volume 3, Issue 2 (ISSN 3066 – 0203)
Doug G (He/They)·Jul 13, 2024Swords to PlowsharesA significant number of Americans consider the current devastation of Gaza to be a horrific crime. I agree with this.A response icon1A response icon1
Charles Hugh Smith·Jul 3, 2024Move Over, Disaster Capitalism — Make Room for Addiction CapitalismWe’ve all heard of Disaster Capitalism: the Powers That Be either initiate or amplify a crisis as a means of granting themselves…
InLocal Futures — Economics of HappinessbyLocal Futures·Nov 20, 2023A localized alternative to ‘disaster capitalism’ — Local Futures by Kristen StelLike many disasters, Covid-19 shocked the world; like some disasters it changed the world economy in ways most of us did not predict. But…A response icon1A response icon1
Water Watchers·Sep 28, 2023Greenwashing, Bluewashing, Disaster Capitalism, and Truth & Reconciliationby Arlene Slocombe, Executive Director @ Water WatchersA response icon1A response icon1
InJECNYCbyHenry Hoeffner·Sep 27, 2023The Economic Issues Behind Disaster CapitalismThe devastating wildfires that destroyed 80 percent of Lahaina, Maui, in August also ignited a debate over local water rights. When the…A response icon1A response icon1
