Adult | Books | Education | Humanities
On homo economicus and the commons (J. Rowe)
“What is called ‘economics’ is really psychology on steroids…”
Graduating TAB: Gloria Simmons
In July 2019, Gloria Simmons joined the Homewood Public Library’ Teen Advisory Board. As she graduates from Vestavia Hills High School and from our TAB, we want to highlight her time on our volunteer teen board. Thank you Gloria for all your help and time on the Teen Advisory Board! We know you are off…
Adult | Books | Education | Humanities | Teens
DPLA and eBooks
“Discover 37,055,474 images, texts, videos, and sounds from across the United States”
Adult | Education | Humanities
Launch Complex 39B/ El Complejo de Lanzamiento 39B (NASA)
“A legacy of the Apollo Program and shuttle era, Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida is the site of NASA’s return to the Moon and is now ready for Artemis I…”
Adult | Education | Humanities
Are Celebrities Real People? (MIL/Sociology on youtube)
“PlasticPills is a channel featuring critical theory and philosophical analyses of pop culture…” (From YouTube)
Adult | Books | Education | Humanities
Remarks on the ideas of Amartya Sen (T. Rogan)
“Moral economies are not neutral, given, unvarying or universal. They are contested and evolving. Each person is more than a cold calculator of rational utility. Societies aren’t just engines of prosperity. The challenge is to make non-economic norms affecting market conduct legible, to bring the moral economies amid which market economies and administrative states function into focus…” (T. Rogan)