Monthly Archives: April 2018

Human Being in the ATM called New York

Posted on April 28, 2018 by Oleg Komlik

Newsstand, 7th Ave & 28th St intersection, Manhattan, New York City, USA (photo courtesy of Professor Darren Rosenblum)  *** Join Economic Sociology and Political Economy community via Facebook / Twitter / LinkedIn / Google+ / Instagram / Tumblr / Reddit / Telegram  

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Income Inequality is Detrimental to Political and Civil Equality

Posted on April 22, 2018 by Oleg Komlik

“Money provides power and power provides freedom”, asserted C. Wright Mills in his masterpiece The Power Elite sixty years ago (1956: 162). In shadow of recent several decades of globalization and neoliberalism, University of Utah researcher Wade Cole took Mills’ argument a step further and … Continue reading →

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B&B: Thomas Piketty on Tony Atkinson // Cultural birth of Austrian Economics // Slavery made capitalism // Cold War fueled Free Market // Gendering of money // Topology of finance

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Oleg Komlik

This time, especially worth reading  and sharing articles: > Thomas Piketty reflects on Tony Atkinson’s remarkable intellectual journey, his path-breaking works, and his last book Inequality: What Can Be Done? > How 1920-30s Viennese politics and culture shaped Austrian Economics and … Continue reading →

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Commercialization and the Far Right: Consuming and Constituting Extremism

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Oleg Komlik

by Cynthia Miller-Idriss* Advertisers and marketers have long known that brands and commercial products are deeply intertwined with individuals’ identities. But with few exceptions, mainstream social scientists have been slow to acknowledge that economic objects can have constitutive power for … Continue reading →

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Great academic opportunities: 19 calls for papers, 5 jobs, 5 PhD fellowships, 5 postdoc positions, 3 summer schools, and a visiting post

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Oleg Komlik

Dear ES/PE community member, see below an abundant list of great academic opportunities: 19 calls for papers for conferences and workshops (some are fully or partially funded), 5 job openings, 5 doctoral fellowships, 5 postdoctoral positions, 3 summer schools (fully or partly funded), … Continue reading →

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What is Economics? Read Keynes’ definition

Posted on April 3, 2018 by Oleg Komlik

In July 1938, an English economist Roy Harrod sent John Maynard Keynes his lecture “Scope and Method of Economics” which he intended to deliver as a Presidential Address at one of the sections of the British Association. In his reply, after … Continue reading →

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