New Book: Crises and Hegemonic Transitions – From Gramsci’s Quaderni to the Contemporary World Economy
By Lorenzo Fusaro. From Haymarket Books: Tracing the vicissitudes of US hegemony from the interwar period to the prese
New Book: Crises and Hegemonic Transitions – From Gramsci’s Quaderni to the Contemporary World Economy
Post-Crisis Capital Controls in the Periphery – Regaining Policy Space?
By Ilias Alami, I have made the case for thinking politically about capital controls. This is particularly impo
Global Commodity Chains and the New Imperialism
By Intan Suwandi, R. Jamil Jonna and John Bellamy Foster (originally posted at Monthly Review), Twenty-first-centur
The Real History of Imperialism: A Comment by James Parisot on Recent Debates
By James Parisot, The continuing debate over contemporary imperialism triggered by John Smith’s criticisms of David
CFP: Special Issue of Fast Capitalism on NAFTA and Brexit
Fast Capitalism is seeking critical essays for possible inclusion in a special issue onNAFTA and Brexit. The goal is to
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
New Book: Transition Economies – Transformation, Development, and Society in Eastern Europe & Former Soviet Union
By Aleksandr V. Gevorkyan. From Routledge: This interdisciplinary study offers a comprehensive analysis of the tran
Call for Proposals – Palgrave Insights into Apocalypse Economics
Series Editor: Richard Westra, Nagoya University, Japan This series is set to become the lodestone for critical Mar
John Smith’s Response to David Harvey on Imperialism
By John Smith, When David Harvey says “the historical draining of wealth from East to West for more than two centuries ha
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
David Harvey’s Response to John Smith on Imperialism
By David Harvey, John Smith is lost in the desert and dying for water. His trusty GPS system tells him there is fresh water
New Book: Extracting Profit – Imperialism, Neoliberalism and the New Scramble for Africa
by Lee Wengraf. From Haymarket Books: A piercing historical explanation of poverty and inequality in African societi
Call for papers: Development Studies Association Conference 2018
27-29th June 2018 Academics from the Global Development Institute are helping to convene a number of panels at the ann
2018 Conference on The Global Knowledge of Economic Inequality: The Measurement of Income and Wealth Distribution since 1945
German Historical Institute London Date: 15-17 November 2018 Closing date: 28 February 2018 Economic inequality has
A Critique of David Harvey on Imperialism
By John Smith, David Harvey, author of The New Imperialism and other acclaimed books on capitalism and Marxist politic
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