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Dr. Pop
Personal blog · drpop.orgeconomicspolitics
Dr. Pop's personal blog at drpop.org covers economics and politics. Since 2012, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times. The last post was in 2018, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Dr. Pop's posts on Mondragon cooperative membership, researching slumlords, and living wages and inequality. Comments cite them as sources or extra background.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Complicated Things. Simply Explained.
What Hacker News says?
https://drpop.org/mondragon-how-do-you-become-a-member/ > The path to becoming a member of one of the cooperatives begins much like any other employment relationship – a position must be available, and the individual needs to be the right person for the job, as well as pre-disposed to cooperation. Once that is established, the worker is hired into a six-month contract as a temporary employee, much like the provision…
Comment linking /mondragon-how-do-you-become-a-member/
on “Mondragon Corporation”"How to research a slumlord", from last year, has a lot more information about the process: http://drpop.org/2010/04/how-to-research-a-slumlord/
Comment linking /2010/04/how-to-research-a-slumlord/
on “Uncloaking a Slumlord Conspiracy with Social Network Analysis”Inequality has grown since the 70's also. http://drpop.org/2010/02/battle-for-a-living-wage-uk-us/
Comment linking /2010/02/battle-for-a-living-wage-uk-us/
on “Burn the Fucking System to the Ground”