Understanding the Home, Week 4: Political Economy of the Home
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Transcript of Understanding the Home, Week 4: Political Economy of the Home
Understanding Your Home History, Psychology, Poli7cal Economy, Future
Part 4 The Poli-cal Economy of Home
©2015 David Week [email protected]
…poli%cal economy expanded the emphasis of economics, which comes from the Greek
oikos (meaning "home") and nomos (meaning "law" or "order"); thus poli-cal economy was meant to express the laws of produc-on of wealth at the state level, just as economics was the ordering of the home.
—Wikipedia
• Reproduc-on – future of the human race, ECD
• Rela-onships – primary safety net, model for future
• Restora-on – rest, reflection
• Stuff – macmansions, storage units, the 10 000 things
• inSourcing – television, ikea, big box retail, homework
• Stress – toxic waste, early death, disease, aggression