New Book: The Knowledge We Have Lost in Information – The History of Information in Modern Economics
By Philip Mirowski & Edward Nik-Khah. From Oxford University Press: Information is a central concept in economi
David Fields
Call For Papers: Rent, rent-seeking and rentiership in geographical perspective
10-14 April, 2018 | New Orleans, US Outline: Unicorns stalk Silicon Valley (promising huge returns to investors), big
Unemployment: The Silent Epidemic
By Pavlina R. Tcherneva, This paper examines two key aspects of unemployment—its propagation mechanism and socioeco
Marx’s “Capital” at 150: History in Capital, Capital in History
By Radhika Desai, ‘Marx was the best hated and most calumniated man of his time’, Engels remarked in his graveside orat
Call for papers: Violence and Contemporary Capital Accumulation in Latin America
In Drug War Capitalism, author Dawn Paley provides the compelling thesis, harkening back to Marx’s writings on primit
New Book: The Age of Monopoly Capital – Selected Correspondence of Paul A. Baran and Paul M. Sweezy, 1949-1964
by Paul A. Baran and Paul M. Sweezy. Edited and annotated by Nicholas Baran and John Bellamy Foster. From Monthly Review
Richard D. Wolff & Michael Hudson on “Junk Economics”
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hqd6cAdW68w&w=640&h=360] Richard D. Wolff & Michael Hu
New Book: Feminism, Capitalism, and Critique – Essays in Honor of Nancy Fraser
Edited by Banu Bargu & Chiara Bottic. From Palgrave: This edited collection examines the relationship between th
New Book: Austerity vs Stimulus – The Political Future of Economic Recovery
Edited by Robert Skidelsky & Nicolò Fraccarol. From Palgrave: This timely book debates the economic and politica
New Book: Understanding Global Poverty – Causes, Capabilities and Human Development
By Serena Cosgrove, Benjamin Curtis. From Routledge: Understanding Global Poverty introduces students to the study
New Book: Keynes and The General Theory Revisited
By Axel Kicillof. Translated by Elena Odriozola. From Routledge: Every time the economy goes through a period of crisi
New Book: The Routledge Handbook of Heterodox Economics
Edited by Tae-Hee Jo, Lynne Chester, Carlo D’Ippoliti The Routledge Handbook of Heterodox Economics presents
Prof. Richard Wolff on Fox News
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB2-4F758Yo&w=588&h=338] Richard D. Wolff joined Fox Busin
How “Shareholder Value” is Killing Innovation
By William Lazonick, The prevailing stock market ideology enriches value extractors, not value creators. Conventi
Why current definitions of family income are misleading, and why this matters for measures of inequality
By Nancy Folbre, Researchers studying income distribution in the United States seem reluctant to acknowledge the fam
Call For Abstracts: “States place in a globalized economy and the reemergence of nationalism,” INET
Since the last big events concerning this topic (Brexit and Trump’s victory), there has been a myriad of editorials and
July-August 2017 Issue of Monthly Review: On Revolution & Counterrevolution
In this special issue, the variety of views to which the magazine is open should be evident. On a topic as ambitious as “Re
Innovation, Intellectual Property, and Development: A Better Set of Approaches for the 21st Century
By Dean Baker, Arjun Jayadev and Joseph Stiglitz. From the abstract: This paper aims to provide an intellectual basis t
Historical Materialism Sydney 2017 – Capital and the Revolt Against Capitalism
The sixth annual Historical Materialism Sydney conference on new Marxist research will be held at The University of Sy
New Book: Why Don’t the Poor Rise Up? – Organizing the Twenty-First Century Resistance
Edited by Ajamu Nangwaya & Michael Truscello. From AK Press: Even mainstream media like the New York Times and T