Uploaded April 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Over millennia, and certainly since Field of Dreams, the idea that build it and they will come has prevailed. After Kevin Costner’s massive success, it seems that politicians have taken his gung ho approach to construction literally.
Olympic stadiums, often bankrupt host nations and the skyscraper index, tells us that the world’s tallest buildings are completed on the eve of a significant economic downturn. So why haven’t we ever made the link between senseless construction and politics?
Host Ross Ashcroft went to Kakanomics, the leading economics festival in Norway, to talk with the anthropologist David Graeber about Batsh*t Construction, a trend that has gripped the world.
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Read and download transcript here: renegadeinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Batsh-t-Construction.pdf
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Over millennia, and certainly since Field of Dreams, the idea that build it and they will come has prevailed. After Kevin Costner’s massive success, it seems that politicians have taken his gung ho approach to construction literally.
Olympic stadiums, often bankrupt host nations and the skyscraper index, tells us that the world’s tallest buildings are completed on the eve of a significant economic downturn. So why haven’t we ever made the link between senseless construction and politics?
Host Ross Ashcroft went to Kakanomics, the leading economics festival in Norway, to talk with the anthropologist David Graeber about Batsh*t Construction, a trend that has gripped the world.
Read all about it here: renegadeinc.com/batsht-construction
Read and download transcript here: renegadeinc.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Batsh-t-Construction.pdf
All full episodes also on renegadeinc.com/shows/renegade-inc
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Renegade Inc. provides its members with the content and connections that help navigate the ‘new normal’. Finding the people who are thinking differently about the world means we offer an alternative perspective on business, leadership, economics, education and the arts.
Support us by subscribing here bit.ly/1db4xVQ
- Become a Renegade Inc. member at our website here: RenegadeInc.com
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