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Credit makes you free! Neoliberalism, politics of debt and the subjugation of the working poor
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
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Tagged class, credit, debt, Economic Sociology, financialization, governance, institutions, Mexico, neoliberalism, poverty, power, state, United States
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Continental Crucible: Big Business, Workers and Unions in the Transformation of North America
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
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March 28, 2014
Tagged Canada, class, labor, Mexico, neoliberalism, policy, state, trade, Unions, United States
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Why are banking systems unstable in some countries–but not in others? Since 1840, the US had 12 crises; Canada had none.
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
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Tagged bailouts, banking, banking system, Brazil, credit, economic history, financial system, interest groups, Mexico, policy, Political economy, politics, regulation, United Kingdom, United States
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