In “Money as 𝘙𝘦𝘴 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢,” @aaronjames.bsky.social proposes a conception of money as “common credit.” Private banks‘ powers of lending (and hence money creation/allocation) must be held in trust and subject to regulations in the service of public purposes to be legitimate. #poliphil #PolTheory

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Without philosophy Einstein said he would have "contributed nothing" Why Einstein credited philosophy for his scientific revolution | By Massimo Pigliucci iai.tv/articles/wit... #Einstein #physics #philosophy #philsky

Banks have been slow to increase green lending and continue to finance high-GHG-emitting activities. Why? Based on 88 interviews, in our new @trace working paper, we argue that there are three main reasons: bankability, business model, and regulations. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

I just posted a new substack on the plutocratic insurgency, with appreciative shout-outs to @quinnslobodian.com and @aaronjames.bsky.social. open.substack.com/pub/nilsgilm...

Reminder: Perry Mehrling will join us TOMORROW, Wed Jan 22, to talk about his "Financialization and its Discontents." 1:30 Eastern. As ever, contact joseph.tinguely//AT//usd.edu for the Zoom link. See you there! #philsky

Very very excited for our next discussion, when Perry Mehrling joins us to talk about his "Financialization and its Discontents." Wednesday, Jan 22, 1:30 Eastern. As ever, contact joseph.tinguely//AT//usd.edu for the Zoom link. See you there!

Also on the list: @nickriggle.bsky.social's *On Being Awesome* and *This Beauty*.

A few years ago, I gave my then 14 year old nephew @aaronjames.bsky.social's *Assholes: A Theory*. So that is already on my list.

@aaronjames.bsky.social @grahamhubbs.bsky.social and Joshua Preiss will be discussing republican conceptions of money this Thursday at the PPES annual meeting in New Orleans. Come by if you're there! app.swapcard.com/event/eighth...

I got fed up with crowd surfing. So of course I wrote an academic paper about it (: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00948705.2024.2332882

Me rambling about a bunch of fun topics https://youtu.be/0KmFB66NrMc

Whilst sitting in the Chair, here I give three good reasons to study philosophy (some better than others) https://www.humanities.uci.edu/news/desk-chair-money-power-virtue

Leif Wenar on EA: a way to maximize looking clever. https://www.wired.com/story/deaths-of-effective-altruism/

Back on asshole patrol … https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86loVb-HkCc

Trying this out: Why study Philosophy in college? Power and virtue. It makes you smarter, better at arguing, better at understanding, and richer if you want money. Or if you go for virtue, it can instill intellectual curiosity, humility, tenacity, and integrity.

I’m in this article sounding like I might well be calling decision theory bullshit. Just to be clear, I mean, not decision theory, but the performative use of it in EA reasonings, to look like a smart guy, and maybe convince yourself

as a satirist I do not approve of the current trend of terrible people being so comically overstated in their awfulness, it doesn't leave me a lot of room to work

Is “manspreading” an asshole move? I’d say: Yes when an inconsiderate use of scarce space. But not necessarily otherwise. A nice discussion…. https://unherd.com/2023/07/who-is-the-asshole/

Tomfoolery here