Monthly Archives: July 2018

The Sociology of Quantification: Seeing like Numbers

Posted on July 29, 2018 by

Elizabeth Popp Berman and Dan Hirschman have recently published in Contemporary Sociology a worth reading review essay called “The Sociology of Quantification: Where Are We Now?” In this article, which is definitely more than a ‘regular’ review, they do not … Continue reading →

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B&B: Populism // Rostow’s economics and Vietnam War // Informal economy grows // Universities’ privatization failures // Deficit hawks deceive you // Inequality // One-sided economists

Posted on July 21, 2018 by

> What is Populism? Its defining feature is not anti-elitism but anti-pluralism; it’s based on a fiction but it is not fictional politics — by Jan-Werner Müller > A standard format of budget reporting is deceptive, but it works for the deficit … Continue reading →

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Probably the best “Acknowledgments” ever (4)

Posted on July 17, 2018 by

  “This work has been carried out despite the economical difficulties of the authors’ country. The authors want to overall remark the clear contribution of the Spanish Government in destroying the R&D horizon of Spain and the future of a … Continue reading →

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Robert Solow’s sarcastic economics

Posted on July 14, 2018 by

Robert Solow, one of the most honored and influential economist of the second half of the 20th century, has been involved throughout his career in a series of polemics with several neoliberal (and other) economists in academia and government. Along with substantial assertions and explanations, … Continue reading →

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Galore

Posted on July 12, 2018 by

Galore Money fills our body to the brim, creates our shape, our taste, the so-called self-esteem. The shiny teeth earmark our polished fame, the slickness crystallized since money rinsed our shame into a sewer of repressed self-blame.         … Continue reading →

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Economic Sociology, Homo Economicus, and Performativity of Economics

Posted on July 7, 2018 by

It is never too late, nor too early, to reread and contemplate a good theory. For example, to mull over Michel Callon’s programmatic statement about the performativity of economics, presented two decades ago in the introduction to The Laws of the Markets: … Continue reading →

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B&B: Economics Nobel fools you // Moral limits, market, and science // Standardization of consumption // Capitalism cannot reform itself // Racial wealth gap // On the origin of cooperation

Posted on July 5, 2018 by

> Glorifying economists, Nobel Prize aims to create the impression that economics is about discovering timeless truths. Don’t let them fool you — urges Joris Luyendijk > Religious traditions toward capitalism impact scientists’ attitudes toward the commercialization of science — by Jared L. Peifer … Continue reading →

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