How and How Not to do Economics, with Robert Skidelsky
New INET lecture series. Expanding an understanding of economics beyond mathematical models, Robert Skidelsky cove
New Book: The Evolution of Economic Ideas and Systems – A Pluralist Introduction
By Geoffrey Schneider. From Routledge: In order to fully understand the evolution and future growth of economic syste
New Book: The Economic Thought of William Petty – Exploring the Colonialist Roots of Economics
By Hugh Goodcare. From Routledge: William Petty (1623-1687), long recognised as a founding father of English politic
Call for papers: Labor and History in the 21st Century
40th Annual North American Labor History Conference October 18-20, 2018 Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan Th
New Book: The Moral Economists – R. H. Tawney, Karl Polanyi, E. P. Thompson, and the Critique of Capitalism
By Tim Rogan. From Princeton University Press: What’s wrong with capitalism? Answers to that question today focus on m
New Book by James Young: Union Power – The United Electrical Workers in Erie, Pennsylvania
From Monthly Review Press: If you’re lucky enough to be employed today in the United States, there’s about a one-in-ten
New Book: Against Labor – How U.S. Employers Organized to Defeat Union Activism
From University of Illinois Press: Against Labor highlights the tenacious efforts by employers to organize themselv
Canada, Left-Nationalism, and Alternatives
Paul Kellogg interviewed by Robin Chang on Escape from the Staples Trap: A concrete understanding of contemporary Can
A Short Account of the Rise of Neoliberalism
By David M. Fields Between roughly the early 1940’s and early 1970’s, the financial architecture of the w