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After a previous digital appearance on Nintendo Switch, The Big Con has been announced for physical release on Nintendo Switch. #TheBigCon https://gamesense.co/game/the-big-con/news/discuss/the-big-con-secures-nintendo-switch-physical-release/

The Big Con Secures Nintendo Switch Physical Relea: The Big Con : Gamesense.co

The Big Con originally came....

Sustentabilidade é Acção Mar 18, 2025

Ontem fui a uma livraria local e encontrei este novo livro de Mariana Mazzucato e Rosie Collington com o título "O Grande Engano", e fiquei muito curiosa com o seu conteúdo, sobre o impacto da indústria de consultadoria; alguém já o leu?

Mariana Mazzucato é economista e escreveu livros importantíssimos para uma nova abordagem da economia, uma visão bem diferente do capitalismo selvagem a que temos estados todos sujeitos.

#MarianaMazzucato #TheBigCon #livros #ograndeengano

Strypey Mar 8, 2025

"A new book by Mariana Mazzucato, The Big Con, makes some pretty provocative statements. It says that actually [management] consultants don't just undermine democracy, they lead to less effective government."

https://novaramedia.com/2023/02/28/economist-explains-how-government-wastes-billions-aaron-meets-mariana-mazzucato-downstream/

#MarianaMazzucato #TheBigCon

Economist Explains How Government Wastes Billions. Aaron Meets Mariana Mazzucato | Novara Media

Aaron is joined by Mariana Mazzucato to discuss how we've ended up with a management consultant industry is worth around a trillion dollars, yet with few people on the street could discern exactly how that money is spent.

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CoolMcCool Jan 27, 2025

@Lazarou @scalzi "stupid Monkey pictures" - how did they ever catch on? Because #suckers fall for the #grifters line about free money *every time*.

Ever read https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/403452.The_Big_Con ? Certainly worth a look. Otherwise see @molly0xfff

#crypto #ponzi #thebigcon #TheCryptoKid

The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man

The classic 1940 study of con men and con games that Lu…

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Larry Neufeld Aug 4, 2024

Nuclear Adopts ‘Emergency Framing’ Around Climate, But Still Can’t Deliver: M.V. Ramana #nuclear #nuclearpower #ClimateCrisis #NotAClimateSolution #environment #TheBigCon https://open.substack.com/pub/energymixweekender/p/nuclear-adopts-emergency-framing?r=ik120&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Nuclear Adopts ‘Emergency Framing’ Around Climate, But Still Can’t Deliver: M.V. Ramana

20 years ago, you would have been laughed out of the room for claiming that nuclear energy is clean technology. The urgency of the climate crisis has drawn some people to some strange conclusions.

The Energy Mix Weekender

A.Stringer Jul 29, 2024

It's as if #RachelReeves had read my toot yesterday.

"action will be taken straight away to stop “non-essential” spending on consultants"

https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jul/28/rachel-reeves-to-set-out-plans-to-fill-the-shortfall-in-public-finances-left-by-tories

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Annekin - Currently listening to this book on audio. If I were in government, I would never outsource work to a consultancy firm ever again.

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