Author: Chris Kortright

is an anthropologist of science at UC Davis that focuses on the political and economic effects of scientific discourse and practice. He is presently researching scientific rice researchers.

Chris Kortright is an anthropologist of science at UC Davis that focuses on the political and economic effects of scientific discourse and practice. He is presently researching scientific rice researchers.

27 Mar

The Biology of Capitalism: Scarcity, Poverty and Population (Part 3)

The implications Malthusian theories have on public health policies, environmentalism and international development

26 Mar

The Biology of Capitalism: Scarcity, Poverty and Population (Part 2)

Malthus and the creation of Private Property

21 Mar

The Biology of Capitalism: Scarcity, Poverty and Population (Part 1)

We have been taught that capitalism is rooted in natural selection, but that’s only one way of reading Darwin’s theories

20 Feb

Progressive Imperatives

As biology comes to dominate the political debate, progressives must reconsider our understanding of natural selection.