Political economists often place the state at the centre of explanations of change in capitalism. The emergence of a ‘welfare’ or ‘nation building’ state during the twentieth century reflects the advance of democratic movements and Keynesian inspired macroeconomic management. More recently [...]
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The term “late capitalism” seems to be everywhere as a trending meme – often used as a kind of shorthand to illustrate the absurdities of certain free market economies. On Twitter, you will find the hashtags #latecapitalism (English), #tardocapitalismo (Italian), #capitalismotardio (Spanish), [...]
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We recently published a book about capitalism in which we approve of the free market. This evidently makes us “neoliberals”. Yet, in the same book we advocate strong measures to reduce inequality including a wealth tax and universal basic income (UBI) – a government payment to all citizens [...]
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In his 1973 essay ‘Marxist History, a History in the Making: Towards a Dialogue with Althusser’, the French historian Pierre Vilar wrote ‘Anybody can call himself a historian. Anybody can add ‘Marxist’ to the title if he sees fit. Anybody can call anything he likes ‘Marxist’. Nevertheless, if [...]
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What has the ‘market’ in capitalist society ever done for us? Is the ‘market’ an enabling force in our everyday lives, that unleashes prosperity, entrepreneurialism, unlimited economic growth, and asset inflation by way of offering choice and opportunity? Or, is there a concealed role to the [...]
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Peter Thiel is many things. A staunch libertarian, he is the billionaire Founder of PayPal and Palintir, an early investor in Facebook, and confidant to the likes of Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg. The small group of colleagues he had at PayPal’s inception left to form companies like YouTube, [...]
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Run the Jewels dropped a video for their new single “Ooh La La” on April 27th, 2020, and in the days since I’ve watched and rewatched the video more than 16 times, not counting several stretches of listening to the single on repeat. It would be lying to say it hasn’t driven me to [...]
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The Spectre of Capitalism in International Studies (Section 43)
Call for papers for the 13th Pan-European Conference on International Relations, 11–14 September 2019, Sofia, Bulgaria.
The global economic crisis of 2007–8 and its [...]
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