It's hard to talk about the Epstein class without thinking about "The Economy" - "The Economy" in the sense of a kind of mystical, free-floating entity whose health or sickness determines the outcomes for all the rest of us, whom we must make sacrifices to if we are to prosper.

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It's hard to talk about the Epstein class without thinking about "The Economy" - "The Economy" in the sense of a kind of mystical, free-floating entity whose health or sickness determines the outcomes for all the rest of us, whom we must make sacrifices to if we are to prosper.

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1/2 Gode råd til klimakampen

En af de bøger jeg har læst i min sommerferie, har været ‘For alt i verden’ af Lukas Kluge. Det har jeg ikke fortrudt. Tværtimod.

@lukas har været aktiv i Extinction Rebellion og Nødbremsen siden 2019, og deler i den velskrevne bog sine refleksioner herom.

Selvom jeg ikke selv deltager i denne, mere radikale (*ikke-voldelige*) del af klimakampen, har jeg respekt for de som gør. #dkgreen #dkpol

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