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Global Political Economy and Its Discontents: Power, Politics and Investment Treaties in Developing Countries
There is a widely accepted opinion among a general public, policy makers and economists that investment treaties between the West and developing countries greatly benefit the latter. But is this view correct? Well, for sure the story is far more complex than it seems. An interesting … Continue reading
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Tagged global governance, global political economy, Global south, globalization, investment treaties, law, power
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Ethnographies of austerity
Austerity is not about numbers, economic data or amorphous macro-scale policies; Austerity is about people. Middle and working-class people, they are the ones who bear the brunt of oppressive neoliberalism and carry the depressing burdens of austerity in their everyday life: increasing unemployment, … Continue reading
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Tagged austerity, culture, class, debt, ethnography, globalization, neoliberalism, policy, state
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Free trade politics, the power of ideas and political economy of European integration
“The bourgeoisie… has resolved personal worth into exchange value, and in place of the numberless indefeasible chartered freedoms, has set up that single, unconscionable freedom—Free Trade. In one word, for exploitation, veiled by religious and political illusions, it has substituted … Continue reading
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Tagged European Union, global political economy, globalization, ideas, institutions, neoliberalism, policy, politics, trade
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Globalised Minds, Roots in the City: Urban Upper-middle Classes in Europe
Globalised Minds, Roots in the City: Urban Upper-middle Classes in Europe explores the role of urban upper middle classes in the transformations experienced by contemporary European post-national societies. Its findings may surprise and intrigue. Basing on approaches from classic urban sociology, … Continue reading
You, George Soros and Zizek’s “Cultural Capitalism”: We all BUY our redemption from being only consumerists
In this 10 minute discerning and animated talk, the audio in which is complemented by a visually stunning cartoon, a philosopher Slavoj Zizek discusses how ethics and charity have been co-opted by capitalism, and why this is problematic and amoral. … Continue reading
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Tagged capitalism, consumerism, consumption, ethics, globalization, neoliberalism, Oscar Wilde, philanthropy
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International Political Economy scholars miss THE question of the 21st century: the rise of a global labor class living in poverty
In the recent years, more and more International Political Economy (IPE) scholars are dissatisfied with the current state of this field of research and desire to identify the ‘Big Questions’ of the 21st century. In this (open access) article, Benjamin … Continue reading
Posted in Papers
Tagged academia, capital, capitalism, class, development, global political economy, globalization, labor, Marxism, social sciences
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Ulrich Beck has died. His powerful concept of ‘Risk Society’ is relevant as never before
Renowned sociologist and social thinker Ulrich Beck has died. Ulrich Beck (Munich University and LSE) became one of the world’s most famous intellectuals and most quoted social scientists in recent decades. Ulrich Beck’s book Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity (1986/1992) is … Continue reading
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Tagged class, environment, globalization, modernity, risk society, social sciences, sociology of risk, Ulrich Beck
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Tax avoidance as “tax planning”: global accounting firms on the make
About 21 trillion dollars hoarded by wealthy elites in secretive offshore jurisdictions to avoid taxes in their home countries. The offshore hoard is protected by a highly-paid, industrious bevy of professional enablers in the private banking, legal, accounting, and investment … Continue reading
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Tagged accounting, corruption, fiscal sociology, globalization, institutional logics, institutions, money laundering, offshore, tax avoidance, taxation
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In economic policymaking ideas matter. But how and whose? Campbell and Pedersen have insightful answers
John Maynard Keynes has famously said: “The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong are more powerful than is commonly understood.” In politics, policymaking and in the economy, ideas matter indeed. … Continue reading
