Dive and delve into these very interesting and enlightening readings and recorded talks on various topics in Economic Sociology and Political Economy: > How the “Chicago School” of antitrust, with its narrow focus on consumer welfare, came to dominate antitrust law and ushered in a new era of monopoly capitalism — Ganesh Sitaraman reflects on […]
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Very interesting readings and recorded talks on various topics in Economic Sociology and Political Economy: — The best 5 books on The Administrative State recommended and discussed by Paul Tucker, a former deputy governor of the Bank of England and fellow at Harvard’s School of Government: The Administrative Process by Jason Landis (1938), The End […]
Very interesting readings and recorded talks on various topics in Economic Sociology and Political Economy
— Blessed Be the Name of the Market? On the intellectual origins of market society and how the Scottish philosopher Adam Smith became an icon of American capitalism. A recorded conversation between Glory M. Liu, Jacob Soll, and Brad DeLong. The discussion builds on Liu’s new book Adam Smith’s America: How a Scottish Philosopher Became […]
— Turning hippies into Reagan voters: The values of the 1960’s countercultural movement (liberation, freedom, etc) were co-opted by corporations and used to perpetuate a culture of consumption and production. An interview with Carl Cederström, an author of The Happiness Fantasy — Mariana Mazzucato recommends 5 books explaining how political forces shape the markets: Franzen’s […]
This time especially worth reading and sharing pieces: — Samir Amin, a towering intellectual and eminent political economist, who greatly contributed to the study on imperialism an monopoly capital, and coined the term ‘Eurocentrism’ passed away four year ago. Read here his last essay “Revolution or Decadence? Thoughts on the Transition between Modes of Production […]