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Beyond the Left Turn: The Second Wave of Incorporation of the Popular Sectors in Latin America

Posted on November 7, 2017 by

by Federico M. Rossi*  Neoliberalism has been defined as crucial to the reformulation of state-society relations in the postcorporatist period because it has undermined the national-populist or – as Cavarozzi and Garretón (1989) called it – “state-centered matrix”, through the weakening, … Continue reading →

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Ten years after the 2007-2008 global financial crisis – the human toll in the financial services sector

Posted on August 18, 2017 by

by Gregor Gall* Ten years ago this summer, the first rumblings of the thunderclap of what would become the global storm of the great financial crisis of 2007-2008 were heard. The first rumble to be heard was of the panic … Continue reading →

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Why is there no labor party in the United States? Look at Canada to find out

Posted on June 2, 2016 by

In 1906, a German distinguished (somewhat neglected) economist and sociologist Werner Sombart published Why is there no Socialism in the United States? – a book which will become a famous work on American exceptionalism to this day (along with a pioneering and penetrative  Democracy in America, by Alexis de … Continue reading →

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Law and labor in the American political economy

Posted on July 16, 2015 by

In 1906, a German distinguished (somewhat neglected) economist and sociologist Werner Sombart published Why is there no Socialism in the United States? – a book which will become a famous work on American exceptionalism in this respect to this day.  There are a number of … Continue reading →

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Why after three decades of economic reforms in Latin America labor laws remained rigidly protective and remarkably diverse?

Posted on October 29, 2014 by

Continuity Despite Change: The Politics of Labor Regulation in Latin America shows that after three decades of economic reforms labor laws have changed far less than many expected and remained both rigidly protective and remarkably diverse. Why? In this very … Continue reading →

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Noam Chomsky on neoliberal semantics: “working class” vs. “middle class”

Posted on October 24, 2014 by

“The business classes are very class-conscious—they’re constantly fighting a bitter class war to improve their power and diminish opposition. Occasionally this is recognized. We don’t use the term “working class” here [ in the U.S] because it’s a taboo term. … Continue reading →

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Fascinating labor history: during September 1911 dozens children’s strikes were held across the UK and Ireland

Posted on September 14, 2014 by

Children’s strikes were part of the huge upheaval of labour in the long summer of 1911. The widespread industrial unrest then has often been written about, but children’s strikes are little-known. Mass walkouts of schoolchildren took place at least in … Continue reading →

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Industry agreements increase wages for low-skilled workers, while company agreements increase medium- and high-skilled wages

Posted on September 7, 2014 by

The impact of the development of modern systems of collective bargaining on the structure of wages in the post-socialist economies of Central Europe remains largely unexplored. This (open access) article seeks to fill this gap. Using a large, matched employer-employee … Continue reading →

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Union Strength, Neoliberalism, and Income Inequality in the US since 1950

Posted on August 19, 2014 by

Do historically contingent political accounts help explain the growth in family income inequality in the United States? In an interesting paper “Union Strength, Neoliberalism, and Inequality: Contingent Political Analyses of U.S. Income Differences since 1950” published in American Sociological Review, David … Continue reading →

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The Future of Good Jobs and Labor Unions in the Service Economy

Posted on June 16, 2014 by

The shift to service-based economy has often been accompanied by the expansion of low wage and insecure employment. Many consider the effects of this shift inevitable. But is there another way? Virginia Doellgast (LSE) has conducted an impressive study of … Continue reading →

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Name and Shame: Major Attack on Academic Freedom and Labor Studies in Michigan

Posted on April 2, 2014 by

The Michigan Senate included in its budget proposal a penalty of $500,000 against any public college or university that teaches a labor-related course or offers a labor-studies program. Michigan State University has been considering an agreement to adopt a portion … Continue reading →

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

Posted on March 28, 2014 by

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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“Well-behaved Women seldom make History” (Laurel T. Ulrich)

Posted on March 8, 2014 by

Two girls wearing banners “Abolish child slavery!” in English and Yiddish at the 1909 International Workers’ Day parade in New York.

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Financialization and Income Inequality in the United States, 1967–2010

Posted on February 26, 2014 by

This paper “Financialization and Income Inequality in the United States, 1967–2010” (free access), by Bradford M. Van Arnum and Michele I. Naples, presents a historical overview of the unprecedented growth of the financial sector and its implications on income inequality. The paper shows that … Continue reading →

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The End of Protest: How Free-Market Capitalism Learned to Control Dissent

Posted on February 25, 2014 by

The End of Protest: How Free-Market Capitalism Learned to Control Dissent by Alasdair Roberts explains how governments learned to unleash market forces while also avoiding protest about the market’s failures.  The US has just gone through the worst economic crisis in a generation. Why … Continue reading →

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