The first full program of courses in political economy at an Australian university began in 1975. It was in the product of a long struggle by a dissident student-staff movement at the University of Sydney, campaigning for a PE course that students could take as an alternative to mainstream [...]
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In the last generation there has been heavy criticism of what universities have become, in an era of commercialism and managerial control. This lecture will discuss the main points of criticism, whether they amount to a case for abolition, and what practical processes of abolition are under way.
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Economic historians may thus remember Trump 2.0 as the great accelerator of 21st-century state capitalism, a historically specific form of capitalism whereby the fusion of private and state capital reaches new heights.
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Like all workplaces, universities are sites of power and contestation, where managers have an imperative to exercise control over the labour process. How can we understand the new modalities of fear shaping today's war on education?
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How is neoliberalism safeguarding capital accumulation through the continuous privatisation of economic control? Reflecting on this question during my PhD research leads me to consider the role of the Corporate Prince in twenty-first century capitalism.
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Andrea Dworkin’s book, Pornography: Men Possessing Women, has recently been republished. It addresses the material conditions of women’s subjugation, with specific reference to the political economy of pornography. What ought to be the Left’s position on pornography?
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Our new article in Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space seeks to refocus attention on development banks in Mexico and Chile as a way of "sorting out" contemporary debates on the mixed economy and state capitalism. What's at stake in the mixed economy debate?
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Full time (Part Time negotiable), Fixed term for 3 years Work with a team of interdisciplinary researchers and doctoral students building a conceptual and empirical map of the emerging Climate Economy in Australia Academic Level A, Base Salary from $109,301 + 17% superannuation
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