Author: Oleg Komlik
Nobel winner Paul Romer on the backwardness of economics and economists’ misleading use of math
R.I.P. James March — “Success”
Central Banks, Technocratic Power, and the Fear of Democracy
B&B: Herbert Marcuse // The Adjunct Crisis // Against Capitalist Orthodoxy // Gender and finance // History of taxing the rich // (Im)mobility in the rural America // Inventing Thanksgiving
Economics as Religion
The Melodramatic Side of Political Economy
Sociology Journals and Network Proprieties of the Matthew Effect
B&B: Gendered economics // Social drinking // Competition amok // Neoliberal beliefs vs. neoliberal reality // Do protests work? // Business’ counter-mobilization // Pro-poor market
Did Neoliberalism and Austerity Cause Brexit? Yes.
C. Wright Mills on Knowledge, Power, and the Moral Duty of the Intellectual
Great academic opportunities: 15 calls for papers, 4 postdocs, 3 jobs, 2 visiting positions, 2 PhD stipends, winter school, and PhD course
The Sociology of Quantification: Seeing like Numbers
B&B: Populism // Rostow’s economics and Vietnam War // Informal economy grows // Universities’ privatization failures // Deficit hawks deceive you // Inequality // One-sided economists
Probably the best “Acknowledgments” ever (4)
Robert Solow’s sarcastic economics
Galore
Economic Sociology, Homo Economicus, and Performativity of Economics
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
