New Book: The Power of Finance – Financialization and the Real Economy
By Malcolm Sawyer. From Agenda Publishing: Finance has long been an integral part of the capitalist economy, yet since
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New book: The Political Economy of Central Banking – Contested Control and the Power of Finance
by Gerald Epstein. From Edward Elgar: Central banks are among the most powerful government economic institutions in t
New Book: All Fall Down – Debt, Deregulation and Financial Crises
By Jane D’Arista. From Edward Elgar: All Fall Down traces the ways in which changes in financial structure and regulati
Call for papers on finance & power for Transnational Institute (TNI) State of Power 2019
TNI’s annual State of Power reports have, since their launch in 2012, become a must-see reference point for citizens, a
Yanis Varoufakis: Is Capitalism Devouring Democracy?
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGeevtdp1WQ&w=640&h=360] Economist and fierce EU critic Ya
New Book: Realizing Capital – Financial and Psychic Economies in Victorian Form
By Anna Kornbluh. From Fordham University Press: During a tumultuous period when financial speculation began rap
New book: When Things Don’t Fall Apart – Global Financial Governance and Developmental Finance in an Age of Productive Incoherence
By Ilene Grabel. From MIT Press: In When Things Don’t Fall Apart, Ilene Grabel challenges the dominant view that the gl
New Book: Modern Imperialism, Monopoly Finance Capital, and Marx’s Law of Value
By Samir Amin. From Monthly Review Press: Unlike such obvious forms of oppression as feudalism or slavery, capitalism
Frank Ackerman on Worst Case Economics
Frank Ackerman is principal economist at Synapse Energy Economics in Cambridge, Mass., and the author of Worst Case Ec
Call for Chapters – Geobanking in the world-system: links between States’ geopolitical strategies, finance & globalization
Analyses of the financial system from various disciplines has yet to fully explore the connections between the geopol
Call For Papers: Fifth FinGeo Global Seminar – “European Spaces of Financialization”
Fifth FINGEO Global Seminar “European Spaces of Financialization” 28-29 May 2018 Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Bruss
New Book: Finance Capital Today – Corporations and Banks in the Lasting Global Slump
by François Chesnais. From Haymarket Books: Across the world, economic recovery, growth and investment are – at best –
New Book: Worst-Case Economics – Extreme Events in Climate and Finance
By Frank Ackerman. From Anthem Press: Worst-case scenarios are all too real, and all too common. The financial crisis o
New Book: Global Perspectives on the Bretton Woods Conference & the Post-War World Order
From Palgrave. Edited by Giles Scott-Smith & J. Simon Rofe This book repositions the groundbreaking Bretton Woo
The Significance of Marx’s Theory of Money
By Ramaa Vasudevan, Marx’s theory of money was integral to his analysis of capitalist dynamics. The rich potential of M
Leila Davis: Are Corporations’ Financial Investments Slowing Growth?
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJuFrc6NBAI&w=640&h=360] Are corporations’ financial inv
How “Shareholder Value” is Killing Innovation
By William Lazonick, The prevailing stock market ideology enriches value extractors, not value creators. Conventi
Call for Papers: The Real Estate/Financial Complex International Conference
September (19-)20-22, 2017 (exact start and end time: t.b.d.) Leuven, Belgium We have a few openings for speakers at th
New Book: Money as a Social Institution – The Institutional Development of Capitalism
By Ann E. Davis. From Routledge: Money is usually understood as a valuable object, the value of which is attributed to it