Month: December 2014
The joke goes like this: A physicist, an engineer and an economist are stranded in the desert…
The original email that started Occupy Wall Street
Pope Francis against neoliberalism, finance capitalism, consumerism and inequality
History of Profit in the US: Corporations, Accounting and Capital
Tax breaks for corporations, low-paying jobs and higher taxes for you: a sketch from “Roseanne”
The Best Book in Economic Sociology and Political Economy for 2014: ‘The Power of Market Fundamentalism’ by Block and Somers
Putting a human face on statistics: unemployed women in the public workforce system
What is the difference between microeconomics and macroeconomics?
Theodor Adorno on philosophy, academia, and market
How slavery shaped the market economy and abolitionism gave rise to ideals of human rights?
Inspiring Victory of Grassroots Activism: Chile to Have Free Higher Education
Those carefree holidays…
In economic policymaking ideas matter. But how and whose? Campbell and Pedersen have insightful answers
The potential and the limitations of venture capital as a source of funding for clean energy.
“… Until Debt Tear us Apart”: Debt is a Product of Power Relations
Neoliberalism in the Global South: the shift in development strategies
James Tobin on ‘paper economy’ and short-sighted speculation-generating financial instruments
“The New European Left: A Socialism for the Twenty-First Century?” analyzes the development and current state of the left parties and movements in Europe
Economic Sociology & Political Economy 