Tag: Political Economy

An Exploration of Capitalism’s Sexual Division of Debt

How do women’s debt, capitalism, sexuality, and kinship all connect?

A Look Inside Biomedical Growth in Asia

Martin Kenney interviews Beyond Technonationalism author Kathryn Ibata-Arens KATHRYN C. IBATA-ARENS and MARTIN KENNEY   Free for commercial use via Pixabay.   Martin Kenney: What made you write this book? Kathryn Ibata-Arens:  Before we get started, I would like to thank you for the opportunity 

Between Political Economy and Political Theology – Part 2

Martijn Konings and Adam Kotsko Discuss Neoliberalism by MARTIJN KONINGS and ADAM KOTSKO CC0 via Pixabay   Stanford University Press is proud to present the second part of a conversation between Martijn Konings, author of Capital and Time, and Adam Kotsko, author of Neoliberalism's Demons. Adam 

Between Political Economy and Political Theology – Part 1

Martijn Konings and Adam Kotsko Discuss Neoliberalism MARTIJN KONINGS and ADAM KOTSKO June 1, 2017 – President Trump delivers a speech to a crowd in the Rose Garden of the White House. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.   Stanford University Press is proud to present 

Ten Years after the Crisis: The Real Nature of Speculation

What we have and haven’t learned from the 2008 financial crisis. LISA ADKINS CC0 via Pixabay The year 2018 marked a decade since the global financial crisis, an anniversary that inevitably provoked reflections on the legacy of the crash. These ruminations fixated on the path-altering 

Christian Theology’s Economy of Conquest

Martin Luther King Jr.’s challenge to the American church’s capitalist God of war.

A Critique of the Critique of Finance

Critics of neoliberal capitalism rarely recognize the productive power of speculation.

Smuggling in the Borderlands

Smuggling is a form of livelihood on the Mexico-Guatemala border, where economic opportunities are scarce.

Four Fishes, One Whale

How China diverges from the other economically emergent BRICS nations.

The Economic Puzzle of Japan

Socio-political factors may explain Japan’s perplexing stagnation in the global economy.