Oct
WINGS´s Book Club
Join us for our 2nd Book Club, where we are reading the book
by Katrine Marçal.
On Monday, October 17th, 15:00-16:30 we will come together for a lively discussion surrounding the book with Fika provided for registered participants.
Sign up and receive a copy of the book (first come first serve-basis):
https://forms.gle/vy4EBPP4R36Ab6Lj8
We look forward to seeing you there!
More about the book:
Adam Smith, the founder of modern economics, believed that our actions stem from self-interest and the world turns because of financial gain. But every night Adam Smith's mother served him his dinner, not out of self-interest but out of love.Today, economics focuses on self-interest and excludes our other motivations. It disregards the unpaid work of mothering, caring, cleaning and cooking and its influence has spread from the market to how we shop, think and date. In this engaging takedown of the economics that has failed us, Katrine Marçal journeys from Adam Smith's dinner table to the recent financial crisis and shows us how different, how much better, things could be…
About the event
Location:
Geocentrum II (room Baltica), Sölvegatan 12.
Contact:
wings [at] wings [dot] lu [dot] se