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Summary: Rundown<br> In this episode we break down the loaded and pernicious trope of “competition”. We start by discussing our own experiences growing up and being encouraged at an early age to compete, compete, compete! We then discuss how competition relates to other discourses like “liberty,” “freedom,” and equality of opportunity under neoliberalism. We move on to a discussion around how competition can be harmful for industries such as non-profits, health care, and education, and tends to promote a race to the bottom in a global liberalized economy. We finish with a discussion of how co-operation may, in fact, be the rule and not the exception among non-human and human animals alike.<br> Sources and Links<br> <br> * Anwar Shaikh’s “Capitalism”: <a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/capitalism-9780199390632?cc=us&lang=en&">https://global.oup.com/academic/product/capitalism-9780199390632?cc=us&lang=en&</a><br> * Anwar Shaikh’s Lectures on Competition: 5) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KKg500WPEA&t=0s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KKg500WPEA&t=0s</a><br><br> 6) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js5jeXQSx-0">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Js5jeXQSx-0</a><br><br> 7)<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HJUpSlLYxw&t=0s"> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HJUpSlLYxw&t=0s</a><br><br> *8) (Perfect Competition) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mULRcWrCe6A&t=0s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mULRcWrCe6A&t=0s</a><br> * A. Cooley and J. Ron “The NGO Scramble: Organizational Insecurity and the Political Economy of Transnational Action”: <a href="http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/016228802320231217?journalCode=isec">http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/016228802320231217?journalCode=isec</a><br> * David Harvey’s “A Brief History of Neoliberalism”: <a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/a-brief-history-of-neoliberalism-9780199283279?cc=us&lang=en&">https://global.oup.com/academic/product/a-brief-history-of-neoliberalism-9780199283279?cc=us&lang=en&</a><br> * Peter Kropotkin’s “Mutual Aid”: <a href="https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/petr-kropotkin-mutual-aid-a-factor-of-evolution.lt.pdf">https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/petr-kropotkin-mutual-aid-a-factor-of-evolution.lt.pdf</a><br> * Karl Polanyi’s “The Great Transformation”: <a href="https://books.google.ca/books/about/The_Great_Transformation.html?id=YfpIs1Z6B2sC&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false">https://books.google.ca/books/about/The_Great_Transformation.html?id=YfpIs1Z6B2sC&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false</a><br> * Marine’s video on the Non-Profit Industrial Complex: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyCJ8IsEs18">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyCJ8IsEs18</a><br> * Mexie’s video on the Tragedy of the Commons: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcwXME-PNuE&t=0s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcwXME-PNuE&t=0s</a><br> * Mexie’s video on Monopoly vs. Competition: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWrHrgih0pg">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWrHrgih0pg</a><br> * Mexie’s video on Equality of Opportunity: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEFLlEZW6Lc">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEFLlEZW6Lc</a><br> <br> Support the Show<br> <a href="https://www.patreon.com/veganvanguard"></a><br> <br> <br><br> <br><br> <br><br> <br>
