Tag Archives: Mexico

Credit makes you free! Neoliberalism, politics of debt and the subjugation of the working poor

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Oleg Komlik

Under the rubric of ‘financial inclusion’, lending to the poor – in both the global North and global South – has become a highly lucrative and rapidly expanding industry since the 1990s. A key inquiry of Susanne Soederberg’s penetrating and … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged class, credit, debt, Economic Sociology, financialization, governance, institutions, Mexico, neoliberalism, poverty, power, state, United States | 4 Comments

Continental Crucible: Big ‪‎Business‬, ‪Workers‬ and ‪Unions‬ in the Transformation of ‪North America‬

Posted on March 28, 2014 by Oleg Komlik

This revealing book by Edur Velasco Arregui and Richard Roman illustrates the ways in which the capitalist classes in Canada, Mexico and the United States used free trade agreements to consolidate their agendas and organize themselves continentally. This study has … Continue reading →

Image | Posted on March 28, 2014 by Oleg Komlik | Tagged Canada, class, labor, Mexico, neoliberalism, policy, state, trade, Unions, United States | Leave a comment

Why are banking systems unstable in some countries–but not in others? Since 1840, the US had 12 crises; Canada had none.

Posted on March 20, 2014 by Oleg Komlik

Analyzing the political and banking history of the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Brazil through several centuries, “Fragile by Design” (Free access to the First chapter) demonstrates that chronic banking crises and scarce credit are not accidents … Continue reading →