Saskia Sassen is professor of sociology at Columbia University, New York. Her latest book is, Expulsions: Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy, Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press/Belknap, June 2014.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThe transformation of housing into financial assets normalizes misery in the cities of the AmericasIt is crucial to become aware of the advance of financial speculation on poor housing in the Americas, says Saskia...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaLa transformación de viviendas en activos financieros normaliza la miseria en las ciudades de las Américas
Es urgente tomar consciencia del avance de la especulación financiera sobre las viviendas humildes en las Américas,...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Saskia Sassen at DiEM25's "Next stop 2019?""You don’t need to change everything to bring foundational change." (Video, 5 mins)
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Published in: HomeTrust - in a system built in stoneWe need to gain distance from the state, even as we make claims. And the claims we make should serve a dual purpose....
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Shrinking economies, growing expulsions. We need Greece's Syriza. (Part Two)What takes extreme forms in some countries, including Greece, is actually taking place in milder ways in many...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Shrinking economies, growing expulsions. We need Greece's Syriza. (Part One)What takes extreme forms in some countries, including Greece, is actually taking place in milder ways in many...