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The use of Knowledge in Society (Hayek, 1945)
The Use of Knowledge in Society recalls the idea of Fountainhead written by Ayn Rand (1943). It seems to me that, the two books are under the mainstream of anti socialism and communism derived in 1940-1950s in the West. By criticizing the planning economy operated in the Soviet Union, and calling for decentralization in economic…
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The Communist Manifesto
The Communist Manifesto is divided into four sections. The first section discussed the theory of the history of the Communist and the relationship between proletarians and bourgeoisie. In the second section, Marx and Engel explained the relationship between the Communists and the proletarians. The next section addresses the flaws in other, previous socialist literature. The…
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Táo ngoại nhiễm khuẩn và ‘ăng-ten sợ hãi’
Có lẽ do rào cản ngôn ngữ hoặc có lẽ do thói quen “rút tít” của báo chí, mà táo nhiễm khuẩn là sự cố của chỉ 4 công ty đã bị gán cho danh từ chung “Táo Mỹ” ở Việt Nam. Sợ hãi khắp nơi Từ chục ngàn năm trước, đời sống của con…
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Expulsion: Over the systemic edge, over the non-systemic thinking
“Who owns the cities? Who owns the territory?” is the title of the lecture that caught my eye on Facebook the first time I found out about Saskia Sassen. At first, it made me curious about the question “who actually owns the cities and territory of the countries, if not the people?” It seems to…
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City farmers: tragedy of plowmen without rice paddy fields
Last month, my mother happily told me that the drinking water pipelines have been installed in my home village. Before then, the people in the village had to dig groundwater wells or build reservoirs of rainwater. This is one of the greatest changes in my homeland recently. Offering freshwater to the suburban areas and countryside…
Nhung Nguyen
Assistant Professor of Multimedia Journalism
