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02677aam a2200373 i 4500 001 830EF2426CA011E9A39CB90697128E48 003 SILO 005 20190502010142 008 180426s2019 enk b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2018019538 020 $a 1509528202 020 $a 9781509528202 020 $a 1509528199 020 $a 9781509528196 035 $a (OCoLC)1033557997 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d YDX $d BDX $d OCLCF $d ERASA $d OCLCQ $d UKMGB $d YDX $d OCLCO $d PUL $d YUS $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a HB501 F5584 2019 100 1 $a Fleming, P. $q (Peter), $d 1972- $e author. 245 10 $a Sugar daddy capitalism : $b the dark side of the new economy / $c Peter Fleming. 264 1 $a Cambridge, UK ; $b Polity Press, $c 2019. 300 $a v, 207 pages ; $c 23 cm 520 8 $a What is the connection between the sleaziness of Harvey Weinstein's 'business meetings' and the passionless doctrine of neoclassical economics? In this witty and incisive examination of the new economy, Peter Fleming argues that they are closer than you might think. The quest to rid society of bureaucracy, shrink government and burn red tape has certainly made capitalism 'more human', but not in the family-friendly way envisaged by free-market gurus. Increasing informality has led to a capitalism fuelled by limitless exploitation and increasingly seedy methods of management, from semi-feudal workplace hazing rituals and predatory middle-managers with an axe to grind to arbitrary zero-hours contracts, Uber, and perhaps worst of all, jogging. Fleming dubs this Sugar Daddy Capitalism after the controversial dating-app wealthy businessmen use to meet young girls, most of whom are struggling with university fees. What seems like a creepy outlier is actually a prescient metaphor for our whole economy: an anonymous and impersonal cash system that is also intent on getting under your skin, extra close and capable of ruining everything if you say ... 'no'. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: the economics of sleaze -- Uberfamiliar -- Sugar daddy capitalism -- Wiki-feudalism -- The human : all too human workplace -- No more buddy buddy -- Conclusion: less human. 650 0 $a Capitalism $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Labor. 650 0 $a Work $x Political aspects. 650 0 $a Human capital. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Fleming, P. (Peter), 1972- $t Sugar daddy capitalism. $d Medford, MA : Polity Press, [2018] $z 9781509528233 $w (DLC) 2018020903 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190905043903.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=830EF2426CA011E9A39CB90697128E48 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search