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Monthly Archives: June 2015
Debt is a Product of Power Relations
Debt is a product of power relations which inherently exhibits capturing and dominating mechanisms of subordination, appropriation and exploitation in various societal, political and economic fields. Debt is degrading institutional tool which not merely controls and masters labor in advance, it also self- and socially … Continue reading
Posted in Books
Tagged accounting, credit, debt, Economic Sociology, finance, gender, neoliberalism, valuation
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Economic Consequences of Neoliberalism: Coping with Financial Crises
John Maynard Keynes: “The power to become habituated to his surroundings is a marked characteristic of mankind. Very few of us realize with conviction the intensely unusual, unstable, complicated, unreliable, temporary nature of the economic organization by which Western Europe … Continue reading
Posted in Papers
Tagged crisis, Europe, ideas, institutions, neoliberalism, policy, Political economy
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Goldman Sachs banker: “We have to accept that inequality is a way of achieving greater opportunity and prosperity for all”
Defending huge bonuses in banking industry on a panel on ethics, Lord Brian Griffiths (Vice-chairman of Goldman Sachs bank and a adviser to Margaret Thatcher) proudly said: “We have to accept that inequality is a way of achieving greater opportunity and … Continue reading
Political Economy of Grandmothers’ deaths rate – Why the week prior to an exam is dangerous for the relatives of students?
In this remarkable paper, Mike Adams (Eastern Connecticut State University) thoroughly (to say 🙂 wittily and jestingly) scrutinizes a fundamental problem: a student’s grandmother is far more likely to die suddenly just before the student takes an exam, than at … Continue reading
Thomas Piketty: “Take a serious interest in money… Those who have a lot of it never fail to defend their interests.”
These are Thomas Piketty’s last words in his groundshaking Capital in the Twenty-First Century. Our community – the Economic Sociology and Political Economy global academic community – proudly fulfills their meaning: “All social scientists, all journalists and commentators, all activists in … Continue reading
Posted in Oleg Komlik
Tagged academia, democracy, media, money, public sociology, Thomas Piketty, wealth
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How to defeat Neoliberalism? Name and shame its carriers. Together we did it– and we succeeded!
Neoliberalism is a political project, sophisticatedly exploiting the fictitious “free markets” ideas professed by mainstream economists, aimed at reshaping the functions of the state and its institutions, in order to change the distribution of capital and wealth in a society. In the years … Continue reading
Posted in Name and Shame, Oleg Komlik
Tagged academia, higher education, neoliberalism, public sociology
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The Art of Writing
In Peter De Vries’ epic Reuben, Reuben, the main character – a creatively blocked Scottish poet Gowan McGland (based on a famous Welsh poet Dylan Thomas), reveals his working habits, which perhaps might be useful for you in any aspect: “Sometimes I write drunk and … Continue reading
