Author Archives: Oleg Komlik

The Social Structure of Prices

Posted on January 22, 2020

“It is not prices that determine everything, but everything that determines prices.” (Bourdieu 2005: 197) Bourdieu, Pierre. 2005. The Social Structures of the Economy. Polity Press *** Join Economic Sociology and Political Economy community via Facebook / Twitter / LinkedIn / Instagram / Tumblr / Reddit / Telegram

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Great academic opportunities: 25 calls for papers, 6 PhD fellowships, a post-doc position, a job opening, a grant

Posted on January 15, 2020

Dear ES/PE community member, see below an abundant list of great academic opportunities: 25 calls for papers for conferences and workshops (some are partially or fully funded), 6 PhD fellowships, a post-doc position, a job opening, a research grant — … Continue reading →

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B&B: Amartya Sen // Tulipmania // Sadie Alexander // Surveillance and Authoritarianism // The Mafia and weak state // New Working Class // ‘Smart’ city serves business

Posted on January 10, 2020

This time, especially worth reading and sharing articles: > There are two types of critiques of capitalism – moral and material. Amartya Sen combines the two effectively, demonstrating that the separation of our moral lives from our material concerns are … Continue reading →

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Capitalism: A Journal of History and Economics

Posted on January 3, 2020

As we are living in the present when tragedy and farce mix and make the past look oracular, a new history of Capitalism must be introduced for the sake of the future. The new year brought with it a much-needed … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Most-read Economic Sociology and Political Economy Posts of 2019

Posted on December 31, 2019

As 2019 (already) comes to an end, I rounded up the top 10 most-read posts of the year on the Economic Sociology and Political Economy community blog. You are welcome to (re)read and share them. And, let’s try something new, … Continue reading →

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The 2019 SASE’s Alice Amsden Book Award goes to ‘The Specter of Global China’ by Ching Kwan Lee

Posted on December 25, 2019

The winner of the inaugural Alice Amsden Book Award of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics is The Specter of Global China: Politics, Labor, and Foreign Investment in Africa, by Ching Kwan Lee, Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Awards, Books | Tagged Africa, China, development, ethnography, globalization, investment, labor, politics, varieties of capitalism | Leave a comment

Franz Oppenheimer — The Law of Transformation and Social Market Economy

Posted on December 11, 2019

by Stephen I. Ternyik* Franz Oppenheimer (1864-1943) was a German-Jewish physician, economist and sociologist, mainly known for his noted book The State: Its History and Development Viewed Sociologically (1908/1920) and for laying the foundations for Zionist cooperative settlements. Franz Oppenheimer would become … Continue reading →

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Great academic opportunities: 19 calls for papers, 6 postdocs, 6 jobs, 4 visiting positions, PhD fellowship

Posted on December 5, 2019

Dear ES/PE community member, see below a list of great academic opportunities: 19 calls for papers for conferences and workshops (some are partially or fully funded), 6 post-doc positions, 6 job openings, 4 visiting positions, a PhD fellowship — in … Continue reading →

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Is the United States the Champion of Global Finance or its Victim? A New Look at the Fed’s Low-inflation Policy

Posted on November 22, 2019

By Arie Krampf* My article “Monetary Power Reconsidered: The Struggle between the Bundesbank and the Fed over Monetary Leadership”, recently published in International Studies Quarterly, contributes to the burgeoning literature that challenges the US-hegemony hypothesis in the global financial sub-order. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Community members posts, Papers | Tagged Bundesbank, central banking, Fed, Germany, globalization, inflation, monetary policy, neoliberalism, power, United States | 6 Comments

Democratizing Finance: Reducing Inequalities of Income, Wealth and Power

Posted on November 13, 2019

Politics & Society has just published a thought-provoking special issue titled “Democratizing Finance”. This interesting collection of papers resulted from a workshop organized in July 2018 by the late Erik Olin Wright as part of his inspiring Real Utopias Project. This … Continue reading →

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B&B: Not The Nobel Prize winner // Malls and escapism // Capital and corporation // Keynesianism // Slavery and US universities // Middle class // Sex, lies and financial crises

Posted on November 9, 2019

> Congratulations to Mariana Mazzucato for winning the Promoting Economic Pluralism’s Not The Nobel Prize “for reimagining the role of the state and value in economics”. Influenced by Joseph Schumpeter and Karl Polanyi, Professor Mazzucato (University College London) is an author of widely discussed – publicly and … Continue reading →

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Manufacturing Personal Happiness

Posted on October 29, 2019

by Edgar Cabanas‏* Happiness is one of the most pervasive, fast-spreading, and controvertible phenomena of the twentieth century. Grown into an obsessive pursuit, a lucrative industry, and a flawed albeit very popular science, the pursuit of happiness has woven itself … Continue reading →

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Great academic opportunities: 18 calls for papers, 7 postdocs, 4 jobs, 2 visiting positions, 2 PhD fellowships, 2 winter schools

Posted on October 25, 2019

Dear ES/PE community member, see below an abundant list of great academic opportunities: 18 calls for papers for conferences and workshops (some are partially or fully funded), 7 post-doc positions, 4 job openings, 2 visiting positions, 2 PhD fellowships, 2 winter schools — … Continue reading →

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Neoliberalism. A critical reader.

Posted on September 20, 2019

got banned from the library for moving all the books on trickle down economics to the mythology section (@Nasharchy, May 11, 2017) *** Join Economic Sociology and Political Economy community via Facebook / Twitter / LinkedIn / Instagram / Tumblr / Reddit / Telegram

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