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New Book by Ron Baiman: The Morality of Radical Economics

June 13, 2016

Category: Capitalism, Critical Social Science, David Fields, Heterodox Economics, ideology, mainstream, Marxian Economics, Methodology, Neoclassical Economics, Neoliberalism, Political economy, Power, Praxis, Radical Economics, Ron Baiman, Social Action, Social Justice, Socialism

From Palgrave: This book is in equal parts a treatise on morality and economics, a critique of neoclassical orthodoxy,

Building alternatives to neoliberalism in Latin America today: An interview with Michael Lebowitz

June 5, 2016

Category: David Fields, Freedom, Imperialism, Latin America, Left, Marx, Marxian Economics, Marxism, Michael Lebowitz, Neoliberalism, Political economy, Praxis, Social Action, Social Change, Social Justice, Social Movements, Socialism, Socialist Project, Strategy

May 24, 2016 — Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal — Leading Marxist author Michael A. Lebowitz has dedic

New book By Robert Chernomas and Ian Hudson: Economics in the 21st Century-A Critical Perspective

June 4, 2016

Category: Critical Social Science, David Fields, Heterodox Economics, Ian Hudson, mainstream, Neoclassical Economics, Political economy, Power, Radical Economics, Robert Chernomas, Scholarship, Social Action, Social Change, Social Justice

From University of Toronto Press: Economics has always been nicknamed the “dismal science,” but today the field seems

New Book by Jerry Harris: Global Capitalism and the Crisis of Democracy

June 4, 2016

Category: Capitalism, Class Conflict, crisis, Critical Social Science, David Fields, Democracy, Globalization, Jerry Harris, Neoliberalism, Political economy, Scholarship, Social Action, Social Change, Social Justice, Social Movements

From Clarity Press: Democracy is in crisis, from the streets of Ferguson to the struggle in Greece. Throughout the worl

New Book: Socialist Optimism, by Paul Auerbach

June 4, 2016

Category: Capitalism, Critical Social Science, David Fields, Heterodox Economics, Paul Auerbach, Political economy, Radical Economics, Scholarship, Social Action, Social Theory, Socialism

From Palgrave: Paul Auerbach’s Socialist Optimism offers an alternative political economy for the twenty-first cen

Capital, Accumulation, Production and Employment: A WEA Online Conference

May 16, 2016

Category: Capitalism, Class Conflict, conferences, crisis, Critical Social Science, David Fields, Democracy, Development, Distribution, Economic Policy, Effective Demand, employment, Finance, Freedom, Globalization, Growth, Heterodox Economics, Human Potential, Inequality, Instability, Institutions, International Political Economy, jobs, Labour, Living Standards, Methodology, Neoliberalism, Political economy, Poverty, Power, Praxis, Production, Research, Scholarship, Social Action, Social Change, Social Justice, Social Movements, Sustainability, Well-being, Work, Workers, World Economics Association (WEA), world economy

Can We Bend the Arc of Global Capital Toward Justice? is an online conference sponsored by the World Economics Associat

URPE @ The 2016 Left Forum

May 13, 2016

Category: Capitalism, Class Conflict, Communism, conferences, Critical Social Science, CUNY, David Fields, Democracy, Environment, Feminism, Freedom, Heterodox Economics, Human Potential, Human Rights, Humanism, Institutions, Left, Left Forum, Living Standards, Marx, Marxian Economics, Marxism, Neoliberalism, Political economy, Power, Praxis, Protest, Race, Radical Economics, Research, Revolution, Scholarship, Social Action, Social Change, Social Justice, Social Movements, Strategy, URPE

URPE encourage everyone who lives in or near New York City, or can make it to the conference, to attend URPE’s 7 spo

Striking Verizon workers introduce virtual picket line

May 13, 2016

Category: Inequality, Protest, Social Action, Social Justice, Social Movements, Strikes, Unions, Verizon, Wages, Well-being, Work, Workers

The 39,000 striking Verizon workers, members of the Communications Workers and the Electrical Workers from Maine thr

Graduate assistants sue University of Missouri for recognition of union

May 13, 2016

Category: Academia, Academic Freedom, Class Conflict, Higher Ed Crisis, Labour, Social Action, Social Change, Social Justice, Social Movements, Strikes, Students, Unions, Wages, Work, Workers

A long-threatened lawsuit to determine whether graduate assistants at the University of Missouri qualify as employe

CUNY Faculty Union Authorizes Strike

May 13, 2016

Category: Academia, Class Conflict, CUNY, David Fields, Social Action, Social Justice, Social Movements, Strategy, Strikes, Unions, Wages, Well-being, Workers

After more than six years without a raise and five years without a contract for its members, the union of faculty and prof

Trump, Racism, and the Future of the Left

May 10, 2016

Category: Left, P Quick, Racism, Social Action, Social Change, Social Justice, Social Movements, Trump, United States

By Paddy Quick Trump’s success in becoming the presumptive Republican nominee for president is indeed a shocking indi

Alex Prichard & Owen Worth on a convergence between Marxism and Anarchism

April 23, 2016

Category: Alex Prichard, Antonio Gramsci, Capital & Class, Capitalism, Class Conflict, Communism, Critical Social Science, David Fields, Democracy, Freedom, Human Potential, Humanism, ideology, Institutions, Marx, Marxism, Owen Worth, Political economy, Power, Praxis, Revolution, Social Action, Social Movements, Socialism, Strategy

New paper published by Capital & Class. From the abstract: In this article, we argue that despite there being littl

SCEPA Presents Yanis Varoufakis, Live Online April 25th

April 20, 2016

Category: austerity, Capitalism, Class Conflict, crisis, Critical Social Science, Currency, David Fields, Debt, Distribution, Economic Policy, EMU, Euro, Euro Crisis, Europe, Finance, Financial Crisis, Great recession, Greek Crisis, Growth, Heterodox Economics, Inequality, Mark Setterfield, Neoliberalism, Political economy, Power, Praxis, Radical Economics, Research, SCEPA, Social Action, Social Change, Social Justice, Social Movements, Syriza, Troika, Tsipras, unemployment, Well-being, world economy, Yanis Varoufakis

Yanis Varoufakis will deliver the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA) annual Robert Heilbroner Mem

Democracy Spring protests at the U.S Capitol

April 14, 2016

Category: Class Conflict, Corpocracy, Democracy, Democracy Now, Freedom, Human Rights, Money, Plutocracy, Power, Social Action, Social Change, Social Justice, Social Movements, The Real News Network, United States

Thousands of demonstrators, as part of the social justice organization Democracy Spring, have been staging a mass sit

40,000 Verizon Workers Strike Against Corporate 'Race to the Bottom'

April 14, 2016

Category: Class Conflict, David Fields, Human Rights, Inequality, jobs, Labour, Living Standards, Neoliberalism, Poverty, Power, Praxis, Social Action, Social Change, Social Justice, Social Movements, Unions, Wages, Well-being, Work

Verizon workers across the East Coast marched in picket lines on Wednesday in the largest U.S. strike in recent memory t

'Up All Night' Protests Sweep France as 100,000 Join Pro-Democracy Movement

April 12, 2016

Category: austerity, Class Conflict, David Fields, Democracy, Europe, France, Human Rights, Inequality, Labour, Living Standards, Power, Praxis, Protest, Social Action, Social Change, Social Justice, Social Movements, Well-being

Demonstrations this weekend were held in as many as 60 cities and towns across France as well as in Belgium, Germany, and

New Book: Rethinking Economic Policy for Social Justice – The radical potential of human rights

April 7, 2016

Category: Climate Change, crisis, Critical Social Science, David Fields, Democracy, Development, Diane Elson, Economic Policy, Finance, Fiscal Policy, Freedom, GDP, Globalization, Great recession, Growth, Heterodox Economics, Human Potential, Human Rights, Inequality, Instability, James Heintz, Living Standards, Macroeconomics, Methodology, Monetary Policy, Neoliberalism, PERI, Political economy, Poverty, Power, Praxis, Radhika Balakrishnan, Radical Economics, Social Action, Social Change, Social Justice, Social Movements, Sustainability, Well-being

From Routledge. By Radhika Balakrishnan, James Heintz, & Diane Elson The dominant approach to economic policy ha

Call for Papers ASHE/NEA Summer Conference 2016

April 4, 2016

Category: ASHE, Call For Papers, Class Conflict, conferences, David Fields, Inequality, NEA, Nina Banks, Race, Scholarship, Social Action, Social Change, Social Justice, Social Movements

The National Economic Association (NEA) and the American Society of Hispanic Economists (ASHE) announce and invite p

Yanis Varoufakis on A United, Democratised Europe Is The Only Weapon Against A Dark Continent

March 6, 2016

Category: Capitalism, David Fields, Democracy, Euro, Euro Crisis, Europe, Financial Crisis, Greek Crisis, Living Standards, Neoliberalism, Power, Praxis, Social Action, Social Change, Social Justice, Social Movements, Troika, unemployment, Well-being, Yanis Varoufakis

Following the Berlin Launch of DiEM25, eleven representatives of the GREENS (including two Members of the European Pa

Yanis Varoufakis on A United, Democratised Europe Is The Only Weapon Against A Dark Continent

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