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New Issue of JAPE: Teaching Political Economy

Gareth Bryant | Luciano Carment | Frank Stilwell | June 16, 2026

The usual focus of the Journal of Australian Political Economy (JAPE) is research – its framings, its findings, and the implications of the knowledge that the research generates. This issue of the journal is different because its focus is on teaching.

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The recollections of a Cold War Kid

Brett Heino | June 1, 2026

I have written many book reviews before, but this is the first time I have ever reviewed a memoir, Rowan Cahill's Cold War Kid: Resisting the Vietnam War (Kembla Books, 2026).

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Next Past & Present Reading Group Text

Adam David Morton | May 11, 2026

Details on the "when" and the "where" for the commencement of our collective reading of Karl Marx's Theories of Surplus Value (Part I), the so-called fourth volume of Capital.

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Evgeny Pashukanis, Law and Marxism: A General Theory

Neil Maclean | May 5, 2026

What is the inner connection between the form of law and the commodity form to produce a commodity-form theory of law?

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Rowan Cahill | April 28, 2026

Rowan Cahill offers details and a short overview of his latest book Cold War Kid: Resisting the Vietnam War to be launched 29 May 2026 at Gleebooks in Sydney, register for free in the blog post's link.

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When the world changes, economic policy must too

Gareth Bryant | Ben Spies-Butcher | April 21, 2026

On 12 October 1929, James Scullin led the Labor Party to what was then its largest ever majority. It was unfortunate timing. Over the 1920s Australian governments had become the largest borrowers on the London money markets. In 1925, the United Kingdom returned to the gold standard. And then [...]

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Studying Political Economy at the University of Sydney

Yingnan Chen | April 14, 2026

How has Adam Tooze's scholarship assisted one student's journey through to political economy?

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Invernadero para el Desarrollo: Reordenando la Economía Mixta y el Capitalismo de Estado

David Avilés Espinoza | Adam David Morton | April 7, 2026

¿Qué tienen de malo los enfoques de "economía mixta" y "capitalismo de Estado" para comprender la era del desarrollo estabilizador en América Latina?

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