Free labor history books from Temple University Press
Temple University Press has been known for publishing significant titles in labor studies. Given this long history, m
URPE@EEA Call for papers
URPE Panels at the 14th Annual URPE @ EEA (Eastern Economics Association) Annual Conference February 27 – March
URPE@WSSA Call for papers
URPE will once again be participating in the Western Social Science Association Conference. The conference will be h
New book: The Ballot, the Streets—or Both? From Marx and Engels to Lenin and the October Revolution
by August H. Nimtz. From Haymarket Books: August Nimtz uncovers attempts to chart a course between plain opportunism
New book: Rereading Marx in the Age of Digital Capitalism
by Christian Fuchs. From Pluto Press: The ‘end of history’ has not taken place. Ideological and economic
Impoverished economics? Unpacking the economics Nobel Prize
By Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven. Originally published at openDemocracy UK This week it was announced that Abhijit Baner
New book: Is Socialism Feasible? Towards an Alternative Future
by Geoffrey M. Hodgson. From Edward Elgar: After being proclaimed dead, there is now a major revival of socialist ideol
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
Matías Vernengo on MMT in the Periphery
Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is gaining traction among progressives as an option for paying for massive govern
Worker Co-Ops, Socialism’s Future
Prof. Wolff leads us on an exploration of why 21st century socialism aims to democratize capitalist workplaces, repla
Nobel economics of poverty, or the poverty of Nobel economics
By David Ruccio (originally posted here) Yesterday, the winners of the 2019 winners of the so-called Nobel Prize in Ec
Special Real World Economics Review Issue: MMT and its critics
From the Intro: According to its proponents, modern money / monetary theory (MMT) is a new distinctive theory and polic
Secular Stagnation: The Limits of Conventional Wisdom
By Stefano Di Bucchianico. (originally posted here) Stagnation and inequality have been, for a long time, topics res
New Book: Heterodox Macroeconomics – Models of Demand, Distribution and Growth
By Robert A. Blecker & Mark Setterfield. From Edward Elgar: The last few decades have witnessed an outpouring of li
The Criminalization of Homelessness
By Brian Hennigan; PhD candidate in Geography at Syracuse. The criminalization of homeless people in the United Stat
New book on Roy Harrod
By Esteban Pérez Caldentey. From Palgrave Macmillan This landmark book describes and analyzes the original contribu
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
What Marxist Tax Policies Actually Look Like
By David Ireland, ‘Marx on tax’ as an effective antidote to inequality is an overlooked theme within his own outp