#socialcosts — Public Fediverse posts

Forgetting what #democracy is for & all about
"Poland's post-communist economic record was remarkable.. But te full #socialcosts of tis #economic #transformation hv been underappreciated.. (w) radical #freemarket reforms, #inequality soared.. While #privatisation & #deregulation lifted GDP, te same processes also fractured te body politic.. #Wałęsa helped usher in #Poland's democratic era, but recently conceded: "We did one thing wrong. We forgot abt te #people"" #lessons
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/3066520/forgetting-what-democracy-is-for-and-all-about

While this is a UK investigation, I regularly see farmed fish, esp branzino (a Mediterranean sea bass) from overseas in US markets - Even in coastal areas, where I can get excellent local fish. Why? Yes, it's cheaper. And why shouldn't we have cheap good food? Maybe because the low price doesn't reflect the actual costs. Pity a sustainability labeling folks don't look at a total impacts. Another area of market failure.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/22/the-hidden-cost-of-your-supermarket-sea-bass?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

#Agribusiness is a problem in seafood #fishfarming #SocialCosts

The #Environmental Lecture Series is back on Wednesdays this semester with the theme "Beyond the Shelf: The #EnvironmentalDebt of Our #Consumption." It explores the hidden environmental and #socialcosts of everyday consumption. Register now: http://go.tum.de/877130

📷TUM

Titans of Industrial Agriculture: How a Few Giant Corporations Came to Dominate the Farm Sector and Why It Matters

Featured in 2025 CAFS Social, Book Launch and Awards Ceremony

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#CongreSSH #FoodStudies #Toronto #Food #TorontoFoodie #FoodWays #FoodArt #CAFS2025 #ACEA2025

#OpenAccess #BooksAboutFood #Agriculture #FreeBook #IndustrialAg #Fertilizer #BigAg #Agribusiness #IndustrialFarming #Pesticides #SocialCosts #EcologicalCosts

Zoom bias: The social costs of having a 'tinny' sound during video conferences

https://phys.org/news/2025-03-bias-social-tinny-video-conferences.html

#HackerNews #ZoomBias #SocialCosts #TinnySound #VideoConferences #TechNews

Titans of Industrial Agriculture: How a Few Giant Corporations Came to Dominate the Farm Sector and Why It Matters

Featured in 2025 CAFS Social, Book Launch and Awards Ceremony

Details and Tickets: https://foodstudies.info/news-conferences/upcoming-conference/

#CongreSSH #FoodStudies #Toronto #Food #TorontoFoodie #FoodWays #FoodSovereignty #FoodPolitics #FoodArt #CAFS2025 #ACEA2025

#OpenAccess #BooksAboutFood #Agriculture #FreeBook #IndustrialAg #Fertilizer #BigAg #Agribusiness #IndustrialFarming #Pesticides #SocialCosts

So we've always been warned #gaming has lots of negatives.
In the final analysis it appears to really only benefit the corporations selling them.
#elephantintheroom #videogames #virtualautism #socialcosts
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-03-22/research-finds-screen-time-video-games-linked-social-problems/103606100?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web

Climate change may wreck economy unless we act soon, federal report warns - Enlarge / A boat motors by as the Bidwell Bar Bridge is surrounded by fire in Lake Oroville during ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1704657 #sustainability #climatechange #climatecrisis #socialcosts #wallstreet #finance #policy #energy