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Are Entrepreneurs Dangerous to the Market Economy more than Marxists?
Yes — asserts regarding the odd question in the title one of the founders of Ordoliberalism Professor Franz Böhm: “The entrepreneurs […] in contrast with their emphatic declarations in favour of the market economy, are more inclined, at least, to … Continue reading
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Tagged entrepreneurship, Germany, law, markets, Marxism, neoliberalism, socialism, state
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German New Economic Sociology and the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
The new much-anticipated discussion paper by John Wilkinson (Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro) provides a thoughtful and comprehensive survey of German new economic sociology with a special focus on the contributions of the Max Planck Institute for the Study … Continue reading
Posted in Papers
Tagged Economic Sociology, financialization, Germany, neoliberalism, Political economy
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Central Banks, Technocratic Power, and the Fear of Democracy
Jacqueline Best has an interesting new article that starts with catchy and provocative analogy and then presents thought-provoking discussion and arguments: “What do border guards and central bankers have in common? Both operate, on a day-to-day basis, in political spaces exempt … Continue reading
Did Neoliberalism and Austerity Cause Brexit? Yes.
While the Brexit process is underway and UK politicians are tearing themselves apart over this overwhelmingly and multidimensionally complicated issue, an economics professor from Warwick University Thiemo Fetzer provides ample and comprehensive evidence that the austerity-induced withdrawal of the welfare state brought about by the Conservative-led … Continue reading
Posted in Papers
Tagged austerity, Economic Sociology, neoliberalism, policy, Political economy, politics, United Kingdom, welfare
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Probably the best “Acknowledgments” ever (4)
“This work has been carried out despite the economical difficulties of the authors’ country. The authors want to overall remark the clear contribution of the Spanish Government in destroying the R&D horizon of Spain and the future of a … Continue reading
Free to Choose: Hayek’s Road to Fascism
Friedrich Hayek – one of the protagonists and scholastic machinists of Neoliberalism, quite clearly positioned himself in regard to the following subject matter: “No doubt an American or English “Fascist” system would greatly differ from the Italian or German models; no … Continue reading
Human Being in the ATM called New York
Newsstand, 7th Ave & 28th St intersection, Manhattan, New York City, USA (photo courtesy of Professor Darren Rosenblum) *** Join Economic Sociology and Political Economy community via Facebook / Twitter / LinkedIn / Google+ / Instagram / Tumblr / Reddit / Telegram
Income Inequality is Detrimental to Political and Civil Equality
“Money provides power and power provides freedom”, asserted C. Wright Mills in his masterpiece The Power Elite sixty years ago (1956: 162). In shadow of recent several decades of globalization and neoliberalism, University of Utah researcher Wade Cole took Mills’ argument a step further and … Continue reading
Posted in Papers
Tagged civil society, elites, inequality, neoliberalism, politics, rights
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Market Forecasting: A Sensitive Practice at the Heart of Neoliberal Capitalism
by Stefan Leins* Since the emergence of modern financial markets, financial analysts have played a critical role in producing visions of “the economy” and its future development. As experts, they analyze market developments and predict future scenarios that enable other financial … Continue reading
Thatcherism’s greatest achievement
In 2002, twelve years after Margaret Thatcher left office, she was asked at a dinner what was her greatest achievement. Thatcher replied: “Tony Blair and New Labour. We forced our opponents to change their minds.” (Conor Burns, April 11, 2008) *** … Continue reading
A Critique of the Critique of Finance: Critics of neoliberal capitalism rarely recognize the productive power of speculation
by Martijn Konings* If there is one theme that unites the various critiques of contemporary finance, it is the emphasis on its speculative character. Financial growth is said to be driven not by the logic of efficient markets, but rather … Continue reading
Social Media, Authoritarian Capitalism, and Donald Trump
by Christian Fuchs* In the years from 1986 until 1999, the leader of the Austrian Freedom Party Jörg Haider with the help of anti-immigration slogans, politics as entertainment, a juvenile and dynamic habitus, as well as ridicule of opponents led his … Continue reading
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Tagged capitalism, Frankfurt school, media, nationalism, neoliberalism, politics, populism, social media
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Calling for Resistance: the Electronic Panopticon of Call Centers and the Neoliberal Future of Work
by Jamie Woodcock* For Working the Phones: Control and Resistance in Call Centres, I spent six months working undercover in a call centre in the UK. Taking inspiration from workers’ inquiry – a Marxist method of co-research that combines knowledge production with organising … Continue reading
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Tagged control, ethnography, labor, managerialization, Marxism, neoliberalism, precarity, work
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Foucault: Neoliberalism is not laissez-faire, but permanent vigilance, activity, and intervention
The following Michel Foucault’s sharp insights on neoliberalism were presented during his lecture series “The Birth of Biopolitics” at the Collège de France in 1979 — a few months before Thatcher and Reagan took power, but several decades after Walter Lippmann, … Continue reading
World Inequality Report 2018: Great Data, Bright Analysis, Perturbing Reality
The World Inequality Lab led by Thomas Piketty, Emmanuel Saez, Gabriel Zucman, Facundo Alvaredo and Lucas Chancel released today the first of its kind World Inequality Report 2018. The Report aims to become the comprehensive reference report on income and wealth inequality around … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Oleg Komlik
Tagged economic history, inequality, neoliberalism, policy, Political economy, wealth
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