Fordism and post, or post post (1) I associate with John Mathews Australian intellectual and scholar . Very prolific after he left ACTU as the trail blazing OH&S contributor. Perhaps David Runciman's recent review in LRB maybe of interest too - I could email you a pdf of it. Chloe Mason
It’s funny the places from which inspiration will come. I haven’t read Brave New World since I was in high school myself. It’s a good book, but I have always returned to 1984. I still think they’re both great books.
Post-post Fordism seems to have ideas in common with Ben Thompson's "aggregation theory", though I don't think he explicitly mentions Murray. Just wondering how you rate Thompson's work, aggregation theory in particular?
Greetings JQ,
Fordism and post, or post post (1) I associate with John Mathews Australian intellectual and scholar . Very prolific after he left ACTU as the trail blazing OH&S contributor. Perhaps David Runciman's recent review in LRB maybe of interest too - I could email you a pdf of it. Chloe Mason
A PDF would be great, thanks j.quiggin@uq.edu.au
It’s funny the places from which inspiration will come. I haven’t read Brave New World since I was in high school myself. It’s a good book, but I have always returned to 1984. I still think they’re both great books.
Post-post Fordism seems to have ideas in common with Ben Thompson's "aggregation theory", though I don't think he explicitly mentions Murray. Just wondering how you rate Thompson's work, aggregation theory in particular?
I'm totally ignorant of it, as of much else in the literature arising from Fordism and post-Fordism. What's a good starting point?
Probably start here: https://stratechery.com/2015/aggregation-theory/
This is a criticism of his ideas: https://lt3000.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-problem-with-ben-thompsons.html
My feeling is, as a theory, it is a bit underdone, and like you, wish Murray had written more.
Yes, a bit underdone, and very much focused on a subset of the information economy. Still, some interesting points.