Sinterklaas: A white lie and how the soot vanished from Piet’s face The discussion about Zwarte Piet shows that some lies are more acceptable than others and that some symbols unite while others divide. The time has come for a new lie of national unity. Erik Bähre • October 25, 2013 • 15 comments
Walking and protesting in Brasília Protests in Brazil are heating up preparations for the football World Cup. These demonstrations and other ways of using the streets of Brasília emphasize that the future did not turn out to be as utopian and rich as imagined before. Erik Bähre • July 15, 2013 • 4 comments
Youngsters and the new credit counter In 2011, one in eight youngsters applied for debt counselling (schuldhulpverlening), with their debts running up to €30,000. Why do so many young people have such large consumer debts? Erik Bähre • May 13, 2013 • 2 comments
Economy as pseudo-nature: what’s the problem? Economists make a mistake when they make us belief that the economy is a natural force. Economy is not nature. There is no economy outside of human relations, except maybe for monkeys grooming each other. Economy is society and culture. Erik Bähre • April 22, 2013
