Income Inequality: Economic Disparities and the Middle Class in Affluent Countries
“National Policy-Making: Domestication of Global Trends” shows how local policies appear to be synchronized globally yet are developed with distinct “national” flavors
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité — OUT; Austérité, Précarité, Compétitivité — IN
Economists and the Powerful: Convenient Theories, Distorted Facts, Ample Rewards
If you think the economy is more important than the environment, try holding your breath while counting your money
Union Strength, Neoliberalism, and Income Inequality in the US since 1950
Sociologists are here to stay! We won’t be defeated by computers! :-)
“Sustainable Lifestyles and the Quest for Plenitude” pulls together case studies on emerging lifestyles that balance consumption with the environment
Theory in Pictures: Cultural Capital (Pierre Bourdieu.. and others)
Minilateralism: How Trade, Soft Law and Finance Redefined Economic Statecraft
Paul Krugman: “Inequality is a Drag… Goodbye, trickle-down; hello, trickle-up.”
South Africa’s political economy: labor, politics and unfinished liberation
Hyman Minsky: “Today’s narrowly focused financiers do not conform to Schumpeter’s vision of bankers as the ephors of capitalism…”
Should We Trust Economists? Are they charlatans, to be scorned as medieval cranks?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau: “The rich holds the law in his purse..” // “Le riche tient la loi dans sa bourse..”
An interesting talk between David Graeber & Thomas Piketty on debt, capitalism, neoliberalism & inequality
Does Capitalism Have a Future? Wallerstein, Collins, Calhoun and Mann discuss whether the capitalist system can survive
Pope Francis, Thomas Piketty and Karl Polanyi featured the fascinating presidential address by Michael Burawoy at the International Sociological Association congress
