Wednesday, February 18, 2026

DS 100 study task for Friday (asynchronous study) and Tuesday (face-to-face graded recitation and test)

Neoliberalism
Politics of naming
Market fundamentalism
There is no alternative (TINA)
There are thousands of alternative (TITA)
The end of history and the last man (F Fukuyama)
Stages of economic growth (WW Rostow)
Laissez faire economics
Dirigisme
Globalization
Glocalization
Deglobalization
Globalization of poverty (M Chossudovsky)
Medical tourism
Liberalization, deregulation, privatization (policies of globalization)
Power elite
Iron triangle
Military-industrial complex
"Race-to-the bottom"
Commodity fetishism
Cut-throat competition
Odious debt (illegitimate debt)
Ruthless growth
Rootless growth
Jobless growth
Voiceless growth
Futureless growth
Meaningless growth
Hyperreality
Hyperconsumerism
Mcdonalization of society
Throw-away society
Conspicuous consumption
Planned obsolescence
Greenwashing
Bluewashing
Climate debt
Emission debt
Adaptation debt
Ubuntu
Gross national happiness (GNH)
Small is beautiful
Countermapping

DS 100 infographics for Monday uploading (February) and Tuesday printed submission (February 24)

Form a pair and choose a topic. Avoid duplication. Use at least eight references for this task. Ensure that all elements will form a coheren...