Word: goffman
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There is no single memory that comes to mind when I think of myself at Harvard 25 years ago—rather a stream of images, fitful, fleeting, snapshots that capture what historian Erving Goffman would call The Theatricality of Everyday Life...
...worldwide greenhouse-gas emission and let nations either sell emission credits if they emit below their allowance or buy credits if they exceed permitted levels. The theory is that the pursuit of greenbacks will fuel greener business. "Whenever you turn a pollution cut into a financial asset," says Joseph Goffman, an attorney at Environmental Defense, "people go out and make lots of pollution cuts...