The sign on the wall of the hostel in Brasov recommended spending a three hour day trip in Sighisoara to see all the sights. Several days before, I had managed to reserve two nights here. I have rationalized this post hoc by telling myself (since nobody else is around) that I needed a "quiet day." So I'm now I'm at an internet cafe in...a faux ( Read more... )

So apparently, something like this is going on, according to people like Castells, Beck, and Habermas: the spread of neoliberal economic policy has upset the balance of states, markets, and culture by tipping things way into the hands of the market. As a consequence, state's policies are increasingly controlled by systemic market powers ( ( Read more... )