Saint Bride. John Duncan. The modern scientific process saving lives. Not pictured: Profit and exploitation.

Deconstructing the Myths of Heroic Science: The Green Revolution and Big Tobacco

Daniel Tarade July 12, 2019

Myths are made out of courageous scientists fighting against pestilence and famine. These myths naturalize the problems of the world and hides the economic and political motivations behind many famous scientific “breakthroughs.” By deconstructing the myths of science, such as the Green Revolution, we begin to ask economics-based questions about contemporary science, such as the recent development of nicotine-free GMO tobacco.

Peupliers, temps gris, Éragny. Camille Pissarro.

How Capitalism Provides the Demand for Science — And Often Does not Meet It

Daniel Tarade February 22, 2019

Advocates for capitalism have tried to link scientific progress with a profit motive. Yet, run-away capitalism has undoubtedly ushered some of the largest medical problems facing the world - lung cancer, type II diabetes, antibiotic resistance. Capitalism, in its pursuit of profit, creates problems that can be tackled by a capitalist model, if profitable, or, if not, left by the wayside, a new fixture in our late-stage capitalist society.