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Tag Archives: Political economy
Finance under state capitalism: Re-conceptualising capital markets through China’s financial transformation
by Johannes Petry* When one thinks of China, burgeoning capital markets – the epitomisation of free market capitalism – are certainly not the first thing that spring to mind. By 1989, capital markets did not even exist in China. But … Continue reading
Rethinking Central Bank Independence
by Vadym Syrota* Nowadays global economy faces a slightly controversial type of crisis: despite looming economic recession, states, business and households find themselves in the environment of, what The Economist called, “free money”. Central banks are to be credited for … Continue reading
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Tagged central banking, crisis, globalization, Political economy
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American Sociology’s Emergence and Separation from Political Economy
Rereading Philippe Steiner’s excellent, thorough and highly recommended Durkheim and the Birth of Economic Sociology (2011) — in which Steiner argues that there were two stages in Durkheim’s approach to the economy: a sociological critique of political economy and a sociology … Continue reading
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Tagged Economic Sociology, economics, Political economy, sociology, Sociology of economics, sociology of knowledge
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Markets for Collective Concerns, Market Failures, and Policy-making
by Christian Frankel, José Ossandón and Trine Pallesen* As Foucault (2008) pointed out 40 years ago, the economic thinking of the Ordoliberals in Germany, the Chicago School in the United States, and Austrian economists such as Hayek, represented an important … Continue reading
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Tagged Economic Sociology, markets, policy, Political economy
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Political Economy: Origins, Meanings, Changes
“Political economy should be a human science.” … Continue reading
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Tagged academia, economic history, Economic Sociology, economics, history of economic thought, Political economy
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The 2019 Zelizer Award for Best Book in Economic Sociology goes to ‘Starving the Beast’ by Monica Prasad
Northwestern University scholar Monica Prasad is the winner of the 2019 Zelizer Book Award given by the American Sociological Association’s Economic Sociology section for an outstanding book in the field. Prasad will receive the Award for her superb book Starving … Continue reading
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Tagged economic history, fiscal sociology, institutions, neoliberalism, policy, Political economy, state, taxation, varieties of capitalism
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Neither Market Nor State?
“And what if the choice had never been between Market and State organizations, between liberals and socialists, but instead between those who believe in the miracles of a pre-established harmony and those who refuse to ‘believe in miracles’? Could we … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Oleg Komlik
Tagged capitalism, economics, Gabriel Tarde, Political economy
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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
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Tagged Economic Sociology, financialization, Germany, neoliberalism, Political economy
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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
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Tagged austerity, Economic Sociology, neoliberalism, policy, Political economy, politics, United Kingdom, welfare
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The IMF’s Reconstruction of Economic Orthodoxy since the Crash
by Ben Clift* Analysing how the International Monetary Fund (IMF) contributes to prevailing understandings of sound economic policy reveals how economic orthodoxy is historically contingent, and throws into relief the malleability of economic policy credibility. These indirect IMF attempts to … Continue reading
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Tagged economics, Eurozone crisis, financial crisis, fiscal policy, ideas, IMF, institutions, policy, Political economy
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Was Karl Polanyi wrong? Land, labor, and private authority in the global economy
by Tim Bartley* Karl Polanyi famously argued that land, labor, and money are “fictitious commodities.” They cannot be fully subjected to the dictates of the market without spurring backlashes that seek to re-embed them in society. It is easy to … Continue reading
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Tagged China, Economic Sociology, glocalization, Indonesia, institutions, Karl Polanyi, labor, land, norms, Political economy, regulation
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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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