Economic Sociology & Political Economy
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The global community of academics, practitioners, and activists interested in Economic #Sociology and Political Economy -- led by Dr. Oleg Komlik https://economicsociology.org/about/
EVENT: "Policy Styles for Sustainable #Finance", a talk by Natascha van der Zwan (Groningen University) on November 19, 14:00 CET. @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social .Sign to join online: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cityperc-s...
CITYPERC Seminar - Natascha van der Zwan (online only)
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November 15, 2025 at 5:52 AM
EVENT: "Policy Styles for Sustainable #Finance", a talk by Natascha van der Zwan (Groningen University) on November 19, 14:00 CET. @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social .Sign to join online: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cityperc-s...
The Political Economy of #Privacy: How Law, Markets, and Consumers Shaped the U.S. Information Order economicsociology.org/2025/10/01/t...
The Political Economy of Privacy: How Law, Markets, and Consumers Shaped the U.S. Information Order
by Martin Eiermann* In international comparison, the United States stand out for the wide range of political hopes that are attached to the right to privacy—which covers anything from abortion and …
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November 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The Political Economy of #Privacy: How Law, Markets, and Consumers Shaped the U.S. Information Order economicsociology.org/2025/10/01/t...
Economies and Economics of Italian Anti-Mafia #Activism and Resistance @uminnpress.bsky.social economicsociology.org/2025/11/10/e...
Economies and Economics of Italian Anti-Mafia Activism
by Christina Jerne* In April 2020, a truck transporting half a million euros in cash was stopped at Italy’s eastern border, testifying that the ’Ndrangheta, one of the world’s largest and richest m…
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November 12, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Economies and Economics of Italian Anti-Mafia #Activism and Resistance @uminnpress.bsky.social economicsociology.org/2025/11/10/e...
EVENT: "Networks of Privilege? #Wealth and Human Capital Effects of Communist Party Connections", a talk by Olga Popova (Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies @leibniz-ios.de), 11 November 2025, 14:00-15:00 (UK Time). Register to receive a zoom link: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
Networks of Privilege? Wealth and Human Capital Effects of Communist Party Connections
3rd Seminar Series on Governance, Institutions and Sustainability
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November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
EVENT: "Networks of Privilege? #Wealth and Human Capital Effects of Communist Party Connections", a talk by Olga Popova (Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies @leibniz-ios.de), 11 November 2025, 14:00-15:00 (UK Time). Register to receive a zoom link: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...
The Political Economy and Societal Roots of Youth Protests in #Nepal and South Asia economicsociology.org/2025/11/05/t...
The Political Economy and Societal Roots of Youth Protests in Nepal and South Asia
by Rudabeh Shahid, Nischal Dhungel, and Shakthi De Silva* In September, Nepal became the third South Asian country in three years to see its government collapse under the weight of mass protests. A…
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November 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
The Political Economy and Societal Roots of Youth Protests in #Nepal and South Asia economicsociology.org/2025/11/05/t...
EVENT: "Social Economics Meets Institutional #Economics: On Norms, Values and Ethics", an international workshop with about 10 papers and talks at the University of Sibiu, 8 November, 9:00-19:00. To attend via zoom, email to: IsraelTimotei.Gavril@ulbsibiu.ro
November 4, 2025 at 11:45 PM
EVENT: "Social Economics Meets Institutional #Economics: On Norms, Values and Ethics", an international workshop with about 10 papers and talks at the University of Sibiu, 8 November, 9:00-19:00. To attend via zoom, email to: IsraelTimotei.Gavril@ulbsibiu.ro
EVENT: "Finance and Global Hierarchies: International Financial Subordination in the Global South", a lecture by Bruno Bonizzi (City St George's) on October 29 at 16:30. @ingarade.bsky.social . Sign up to receive a zoom link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cityperc-s...
CITYPERC Seminar - Bruno Bonizzi - Finance and Global Hierarchies
Finance and global hierarchies: the persistence and evolution of international financial subordination in the Global South
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October 26, 2025 at 4:54 AM
EVENT: "Finance and Global Hierarchies: International Financial Subordination in the Global South", a lecture by Bruno Bonizzi (City St George's) on October 29 at 16:30. @ingarade.bsky.social . Sign up to receive a zoom link: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cityperc-s...
Why have historians ceded authority to economists as reliable and competent policy advisors? economicsociology.org/2014/10/09/h...
Why have historians ceded authority to economists as reliable and competent policy advisors?
Since the 18th century historians have advised policy-makers. Then, about fifty years ago, economists have taken their place. Why did it happen and what can be learned from this occurrence? During …
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October 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Why have historians ceded authority to economists as reliable and competent policy advisors? economicsociology.org/2014/10/09/h...
A very interesting collection of items on the #NobelPrize in #economics / Economic Sciences posted on the ES/PE blog during the years >>
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The global community of academics, practitioners, and activists – led by Dr. Oleg Komlik
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October 12, 2025 at 2:46 AM
A very interesting collection of items on the #NobelPrize in #economics / Economic Sciences posted on the ES/PE blog during the years >>
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Karl Marx on Free Time - Time for the Full Development of the Individual economicsociology.org/2016/10/13/k...
Karl Marx on Free Time – Time for the Full Development of the Individual
To justify the upcoming three-week blogcation, I turned to Karl Marx: “The saving of labour time [is] equal to an increase of free time, i.e. time for the full development of the individual, …
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October 7, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Karl Marx on Free Time - Time for the Full Development of the Individual economicsociology.org/2016/10/13/k...
Benefit from these great academic opportunities: calls for papers, #PhD scholarships, jobs, postdocs, a visiting fellowship, a grant, a course, an award with deadlines till Oct 17 in economic #sociology, political economy & related fields. Share & Good luck! economicsociology.org/2025/08/29/g...
Great academic opportunities: 26 calls for papers, 8 PhD scholarships, 7 jobs, 5 postdocs, a grant, a course, an award, and an internship
Dear ES/PE community members, find below and benefit from an abundant and excellent list of great academic opportunities: 26 calls for papers for conferences (some are partly and fully funded) and …
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October 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Benefit from these great academic opportunities: calls for papers, #PhD scholarships, jobs, postdocs, a visiting fellowship, a grant, a course, an award with deadlines till Oct 17 in economic #sociology, political economy & related fields. Share & Good luck! economicsociology.org/2025/08/29/g...
The Political Economy of #Privacy. Martin Eiermann Explains how Law, Markets, and Consumers Shaped the U.S. Information Order >> @uwsoc.bsky.social economicsociology.org/2025/10/01/t...
The Political Economy of Privacy: How Law, Markets, and Consumers Shaped the U.S. Information Order
by Martin Eiermann* In international comparison, the United States stand out for the wide range of political hopes that are attached to the right to privacy—which covers anything from abortion and …
economicsociology.org
October 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The Political Economy of #Privacy. Martin Eiermann Explains how Law, Markets, and Consumers Shaped the U.S. Information Order >> @uwsoc.bsky.social economicsociology.org/2025/10/01/t...
EVENT: "The Economic Policy of the Far Right", CITYPERC Workshop with series of lectures, October 6, 10:00-17:30 (UK time). See the list of speakers, their talks' topics, and register to receive a zoom link @ingarade.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cityperc-h...
CITYPERC hybrid Workshop - The Economic Project of the Far Right
Hybrid Workshop at City St. George’s, University of London on the Economic Project of far-right populist parties
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September 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
EVENT: "The Economic Policy of the Far Right", CITYPERC Workshop with series of lectures, October 6, 10:00-17:30 (UK time). See the list of speakers, their talks' topics, and register to receive a zoom link @ingarade.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cityperc-h...
🟥⭐ The New Great Divergence: China’s Global Green Manufacturing Surge. @basakkus.bsky.social delves into remarkable new data and offers sharp reflections on its meaning and implications >> economicsociology.org/2025/09/25/t...
The New Great Divergence: China’s Global Green Manufacturing Surge
by Basak Kus* “It is China, more than any other place that has served as the ‘other’ for the modern West’s stories about itself, from Smith and Malthus to Marx and Weber,” wrote historian Kenneth P…
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September 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
🟥⭐ The New Great Divergence: China’s Global Green Manufacturing Surge. @basakkus.bsky.social delves into remarkable new data and offers sharp reflections on its meaning and implications >> economicsociology.org/2025/09/25/t...
A Marxist Critique of #Liberalism: On #Capitalism and Individual Freedom economicsociology.org/2024/10/25/a...
A Marxist Critique of Liberalism: On Capitalism and Individual Freedom
by Prabhat Patnaik* In his remarkable work The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money, John Maynard Keynes said that “the ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they a…
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September 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
A Marxist Critique of #Liberalism: On #Capitalism and Individual Freedom economicsociology.org/2024/10/25/a...
The economic transformation in much of the Global North during the period of industrialisation was historically specific & is unlikely to be reproduced in the Global South, given the fundamentally altered postcolonial structural conditions @yaducr.bsky.social economicsociology.org/2025/09/18/s...
Structural Transformation in the Global South: Is the Promise Still Alive?
by C.R.Yadu and Sahil Mehra* Within the discourse of Development Economics, the most widely accepted theory is that of ‘structural transformation’ (ST), which posits that, over time, non-agricultur…
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September 21, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The economic transformation in much of the Global North during the period of industrialisation was historically specific & is unlikely to be reproduced in the Global South, given the fundamentally altered postcolonial structural conditions @yaducr.bsky.social economicsociology.org/2025/09/18/s...
Structural Transformation in the Global South: Is the Promise Still Alive? @yaducr.bsky.social economicsociology.org/2025/09/18/s...
Structural Transformation in the Global South: Is the Promise Still Alive?
by C.R.Yadu and Sahil Mehra* Within the discourse of Development Economics, the most widely accepted theory is that of ‘structural transformation’ (ST), which posits that, over time, non-agricultur…
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September 18, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Structural Transformation in the Global South: Is the Promise Still Alive? @yaducr.bsky.social economicsociology.org/2025/09/18/s...
EVENT: "The Developing Story of UK Trade Unions: Identity and Conflict", two talks by Bob Smale and Mark Abel (University of Brighton), Tuesday, 23 September, 17:00. @buiraonline.bsky.social To obtain the Zoom link, register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-develo...
The Developing Story of UK Trade Unions: Identity and Conflict
London BUIRA and ProBE seminar
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September 17, 2025 at 1:31 AM
EVENT: "The Developing Story of UK Trade Unions: Identity and Conflict", two talks by Bob Smale and Mark Abel (University of Brighton), Tuesday, 23 September, 17:00. @buiraonline.bsky.social To obtain the Zoom link, register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-develo...
Beyond Irrationality. @yuvalmillo.bsky.social @profcrawfordspence.bsky.social & James J. Valentine astutely show in their new excellent book how exactly social networks and structures shape financial markets and asset management. economicsociology.org/2025/09/06/b...
Beyond Irrationality: How Social Networks and Structures Shape Financial Markets
by Crawford Spence* There is plenty of work out there on financial intermediaries. Most of this can be found in finance or economics journals and displays little evidence of its authors having spen…
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September 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Beyond Irrationality. @yuvalmillo.bsky.social @profcrawfordspence.bsky.social & James J. Valentine astutely show in their new excellent book how exactly social networks and structures shape financial markets and asset management. economicsociology.org/2025/09/06/b...
Benefit from these great academic opportunities: 20 calls for papers, 6 PhD scholarships, 5 jobs, 3 postdocs, a grant, a course, an award, and an internship. Share and good luck! economicsociology.org/2025/08/29/g...
Great academic opportunities: 20 calls for papers, 6 PhD scholarships, 5 jobs, 3 postdocs, a grant, a course, an award, and an internship
Dear ES/PE community members, find below and benefit from an abundant and excellent list of great academic opportunities: 20 calls for papers for conferences (some are partly and fully funded) and …
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August 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Benefit from these great academic opportunities: 20 calls for papers, 6 PhD scholarships, 5 jobs, 3 postdocs, a grant, a course, an award, and an internship. Share and good luck! economicsociology.org/2025/08/29/g...
No, Bitcoin is Not What You Think It Is: The Myths and Realities of #Bitcoin
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No, Bitcoin is Not What You Think It Is: The Myths and Realities of Bitcoin
by Vijay Selvam* Bitcoin has failed. Seventeen years since inception, Bitcoin remains a solution in search of a problem. With its eyewatering volatility, it has flopped as an inflation hedge.…
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August 16, 2025 at 12:39 AM
No, Bitcoin is Not What You Think It Is: The Myths and Realities of #Bitcoin
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The Virtue of Having Nothing to Say economicsociology.org/2017/08/13/t...
The Virtue of Having Nothing to Say
Gilles Deleuze: “The problem is no longer getting people to express themselves, but providing little gaps of solitude and silence in which they might eventually find something to say. Repressive fo…
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August 11, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The Virtue of Having Nothing to Say economicsociology.org/2017/08/13/t...
Milton Friedman on the import of crises economicsociology.org/2023/05/20/m...
Milton Friedman on the import of crises
Milton Friedman – one of the scholastic protagonists and machinists of Neoliberalism – wrote in the preface to the 1982 edition of Capitalism and Freedom, tutoring his disciples: “…
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August 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Milton Friedman on the import of crises economicsociology.org/2023/05/20/m...
EVENT: "Legal and Political Foundations of #Capitalism: The End of Laissez Faire?", a book talk by the author Jamee Moudud (Sarah Lawrence College), Anna Chadwick &
@johnhaskell.bsky.social will provide commentary, 30 July, 10 AM (EST). @lpec.bsky.social Register: lpecollective.org/event/legal-...
@johnhaskell.bsky.social will provide commentary, 30 July, 10 AM (EST). @lpec.bsky.social Register: lpecollective.org/event/legal-...
Legal and Political Foundations of Capitalism: The End of Laissez Faire? - Law and Political Economy Collective
Join the LPE Collective for a talk from Jamee Moudud on his new book, "Legal and Political Foundations of Capitalism: The End of Laissez Faire?"
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July 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
EVENT: "Legal and Political Foundations of #Capitalism: The End of Laissez Faire?", a book talk by the author Jamee Moudud (Sarah Lawrence College), Anna Chadwick &
@johnhaskell.bsky.social will provide commentary, 30 July, 10 AM (EST). @lpec.bsky.social Register: lpecollective.org/event/legal-...
@johnhaskell.bsky.social will provide commentary, 30 July, 10 AM (EST). @lpec.bsky.social Register: lpecollective.org/event/legal-...