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    On economic behavior of workers
    (Springer International Publishing, 2021-09-16)
    In capitalist societies, workers play several roles, as laborers, consumers, savers, and citizens. What are the main drives underlying workers behavior? Does the behavior reflect autonomy of drives? The unified theory of capitalism has been able to explain these roles, taken separately and taken jointly: Workers behavior are shaped by the context of power relations. This essay seeks to elaborate further on the behavior of workers, now taken jointly. A theoretical model is developed, which assumes that the major goal of workers is to attain the highest relative living standard, relative to the consumption frontier of society. This goal determines saving and tax payment behavior. Power elites, on the other hand, seek pro-growth policies and seek to control and change workers consumption behavior. Facts tend to be consistent with the predictions of the model. The model is able to explain workers consumerism and illegal behavior, and the consequent higher vulnerability of the living standards attained. Their attempt to attain higher relative living standards does not lead to social progress.
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    Romanticism and Landscape: An Eco-Critical Approach to the Natural Image
    (European Organization for Nuclear Research, 2023-03-09)
    The article traces the genealogy of the concept of Nature and landscape from the romanticism to the second industrial revolution. This archeology of ideas aims to dissect Nature as a subject of discourse in order to propose it as an “empty container” filled with fantasy and which has been instrumentalized by (sometimes) conservative power axes. The ongoing ecological crisis demands a set of new theoretical approaches towards what is that thing “out there” that we call Nature since the romantic paradigm only gives away a passive and contemplative image that serves to economic exploitation and aesthetical consumerism. Through the lens of eco-criticism, the aim is to dismantle and deconstruct the fantasy of Nature by proposing different entry points from interdisciplinarity and critical studies.