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India, Modernity and the Great Divergence – Why the Industrial Revolution and Modern Economic Growth first occurred in England
by Kaveh Yazdani* How come the world’s eight wealthiest men are as rich as half the planet’s population? Why do the vast bulk of the super-rich come from the West despite the rise of Chinese and Indian capital? And why are … Continue reading
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Tagged development, economic history, India, Industrialization, modernity
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Fictionalizing the Economy and Reviewing Imagined Futures of Capitalism
by Lars Crusefalk* In the book Imagined Futures – Fictional Expectations and Capitalist Dynamics, a leading economic sociologist Jens Beckert argues that social scientists need to put more emphasis on how actors in modern capitalistic societies handle uncertainty in relation to … Continue reading
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Tagged capitalism, consumption, credit, expectations, forecasting, imagination, innovations, money, uncertainty
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Career opportunities: the ones that never knock
by André Vereta Nahoum A couple of weeks have passed since many countries celebrated on May 1st, Labour Day, alternatively named May Day, but the entire month is devoted to the celebration of the struggles and toils of … Continue reading
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Tagged inflation, neoliberalism, policy, unemployment, United Kingdom
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Value and its enigmas: from stained cloths to matrimonial alliances
(A post by André Vereta Nahoum) Since the days economics was basically a British endeavour, the production of value (and price formation) has been one of the most fiercely debated topics of the discipline. Such is the centrality of the issue … Continue reading
Songs of Society and Market
We are very glad to roll out a new section on the Economic Sociology and Political Economy community blog: Songs of Society and Market. Given the centrality of economic transactions to our lives, it is no surprise that they constitute a common motive … Continue reading
The Social and Political Evolution of the Chilean Clientelism
Written by Professor Juan Rolando Monroy (LACCS-UK) The Chilean clientelism is rooted in the evolution of the country political system from 1831-1861. Clientelism was managed by a group of landowners, a conservative ruling class, which created an authoritarian system, without interferences of military … Continue reading
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Tagged Chile, clientelism, education, labor, Latin America, monetarism, neoliberalism, Political economy, politics, Unions
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