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Economic Sociology & Political Economy @econsociology.bsky.social · 1d

Karl Marx on Free Time - Time for the Full Development of the Individual economicsociology.org/2016/10/13/k...

Karl Marx on Free Time – Time for the Full Development of the Individual

To justify the upcoming three-week blogcation, I turned to Karl Marx: “The saving of labour time [is] equal to an increase of free time, i.e. time for the full development of the individual, …

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Economic Sociology & Political Economy @econsociology.bsky.social · 4d

Benefit from these great academic opportunities: calls for papers, #PhD scholarships, jobs, postdocs, a visiting fellowship, a grant, a course, an award with deadlines till Oct 17 in economic #sociology, political economy & related fields. Share & Good luck! economicsociology.org/2025/08/29/g...

Great academic opportunities: 26 calls for papers, 8 PhD scholarships, 7 jobs, 5 postdocs, a grant, a course, an award, and an internship

Dear ES/PE community members, find below and benefit from an abundant and excellent list of great academic opportunities: 26 calls for papers for conferences (some are partly and fully funded) and …

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Economic Sociology & Political Economy @econsociology.bsky.social · 7d

The Political Economy of #Privacy. Martin Eiermann Explains how Law, Markets, and Consumers Shaped the U.S. Information Order >> @uwsoc.bsky.social economicsociology.org/2025/10/01/t...

The Political Economy of Privacy: How Law, Markets, and Consumers Shaped the U.S. Information Order

by Martin Eiermann* In international comparison, the United States stand out for the wide range of political hopes that are attached to the right to privacy—which covers anything from abortion and …

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Economic Sociology & Political Economy @econsociology.bsky.social · 9d

EVENT: "The Economic Policy of the Far Right", CITYPERC Workshop with series of lectures, October 6, 10:00-17:30 (UK time). See the list of speakers, their talks' topics, and register to receive a zoom link @ingarade.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cityperc-h...

CITYPERC hybrid Workshop - The Economic Project of the Far Right

Hybrid Workshop at City St. George’s, University of London on the Economic Project of far-right populist parties

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Economic Sociology & Political Economy @econsociology.bsky.social · 13d

🟥⭐ The New Great Divergence: China’s Global Green Manufacturing Surge. @basakkus.bsky.social delves into remarkable new data and offers sharp reflections on its meaning and implications >> economicsociology.org/2025/09/25/t...

The New Great Divergence: China’s Global Green Manufacturing Surge

by Basak Kus* “It is China, more than any other place that has served as the ‘other’ for the modern West’s stories about itself, from Smith and Malthus to Marx and Weber,” wrote historian Kenneth P…

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Economic Sociology & Political Economy @econsociology.bsky.social · 16d

A Marxist Critique of #Liberalism: On #Capitalism and Individual Freedom economicsociology.org/2024/10/25/a...

A Marxist Critique of Liberalism: On Capitalism and Individual Freedom

by Prabhat Patnaik* In his remarkable work The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money, John Maynard Keynes said that “the ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they a…

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Economic Sociology & Political Economy @econsociology.bsky.social · 18d

The economic transformation in much of the Global North during the period of industrialisation was historically specific & is unlikely to be reproduced in the Global South, given the fundamentally altered postcolonial structural conditions @yaducr.bsky.social economicsociology.org/2025/09/18/s...

Structural Transformation in the Global South: Is the Promise Still Alive?

by C.R.Yadu and Sahil Mehra* Within the discourse of Development Economics, the most widely accepted theory is that of ‘structural transformation’ (ST), which posits that, over time, non-agricultur…

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Economic Sociology & Political Economy @econsociology.bsky.social · 21d

Structural Transformation in the Global South: Is the Promise Still Alive? @yaducr.bsky.social economicsociology.org/2025/09/18/s...

Structural Transformation in the Global South: Is the Promise Still Alive?

by C.R.Yadu and Sahil Mehra* Within the discourse of Development Economics, the most widely accepted theory is that of ‘structural transformation’ (ST), which posits that, over time, non-agricultur…

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Economic Sociology & Political Economy @econsociology.bsky.social · 22d

EVENT: "The Developing Story of UK Trade Unions: Identity and Conflict", two talks by Bob Smale and Mark Abel (University of Brighton), Tuesday, 23 September, 17:00. @buiraonline.bsky.social To obtain the Zoom link, register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-develo...

The Developing Story of UK Trade Unions: Identity and Conflict

London BUIRA and ProBE seminar

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Economic Sociology & Political Economy @econsociology.bsky.social · Sep 6

Beyond Irrationality. @yuvalmillo.bsky.social @profcrawfordspence.bsky.social & James J. Valentine astutely show in their new excellent book how exactly social networks and structures shape financial markets and asset management. economicsociology.org/2025/09/06/b...

Beyond Irrationality: How Social Networks and Structures Shape Financial Markets

by Crawford Spence* There is plenty of work out there on financial intermediaries. Most of this can be found in finance or economics journals and displays little evidence of its authors having spen…

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Economic Sociology & Political Economy @econsociology.bsky.social · Aug 28

Benefit from these great academic opportunities: 20 calls for papers, 6 PhD scholarships, 5 jobs, 3 postdocs, a grant, a course, an award, and an internship. Share and good luck! economicsociology.org/2025/08/29/g...

Great academic opportunities: 20 calls for papers, 6 PhD scholarships, 5 jobs, 3 postdocs, a grant, a course, an award, and an internship

Dear ES/PE community members, find below and benefit from an abundant and excellent list of great academic opportunities: 20 calls for papers for conferences (some are partly and fully funded) and …

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Economic Sociology & Political Economy @econsociology.bsky.social · Aug 16

No, Bitcoin is Not What You Think It Is: The Myths and Realities of #Bitcoin
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No, Bitcoin is Not What You Think It Is: The Myths and Realities of Bitcoin

by Vijay Selvam* Bitcoin has failed. Seventeen years since inception, Bitcoin remains a solution in search of a problem. With its eyewatering volatility, it has flopped as an inflation hedge.…

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Economic Sociology & Political Economy @econsociology.bsky.social · Aug 11

The Virtue of Having Nothing to Say economicsociology.org/2017/08/13/t...

The Virtue of Having Nothing to Say

Gilles Deleuze: “The problem is no longer getting people to express themselves, but providing little gaps of solitude and silence in which they might eventually find something to say. Repressive fo…

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Economic Sociology & Political Economy @econsociology.bsky.social · Aug 5

Milton Friedman on the import of crises economicsociology.org/2023/05/20/m...

Milton Friedman on the import of crises

Milton Friedman – one of the scholastic protagonists and machinists of Neoliberalism – wrote in the preface to the 1982 edition of Capitalism and Freedom, tutoring his disciples: &#8220…

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Economic Sociology & Political Economy @econsociology.bsky.social · Jul 21

EVENT: "Legal and Political Foundations of #Capitalism: The End of Laissez Faire?", a book talk by the author Jamee Moudud (Sarah Lawrence College), Anna Chadwick &
@johnhaskell.bsky.social will provide commentary, 30 July, 10 AM (EST). @lpec.bsky.social Register: lpecollective.org/event/legal-...

Legal and Political Foundations of Capitalism: The End of Laissez Faire? - Law and Political Economy Collective

Join the LPE Collective for a talk from Jamee Moudud on his new book, "Legal and Political Foundations of Capitalism: The End of Laissez Faire?"

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Economic Sociology & Political Economy @econsociology.bsky.social · Jul 10

Foucault: Neoliberalism Redefined Homo Economicus economicsociology.org/2020/11/18/f...

Foucault: Neoliberalism Redefined Homo Economicus

Michel Foucault at a lecture at the Collège de France, March 1979: “The characteristic feature of the classical conception of homo economicus is the partner of exchange and the theory of util…

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Economic Sociology & Political Economy @econsociology.bsky.social · Jul 3

We wish all the @sasemeeting.bsky.social and @egosnet.bsky.social to have fruitful, engaging & pleasant #SASE2025 and #EGOS2025 conferences in beautiful Montréal and Athens economicsociology.org/2015/07/10/t...

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Economic Sociology & Political Economy @econsociology.bsky.social · Jun 27

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Economic Sociology & Political Economy @econsociology.bsky.social · Jun 25

EVENT: “Should Social Insurance Programs Count as Wealth? Augmented Wealth in Research and Policy”, Robert Manduca will present comparative-historical reflections on the measurement and common practices in wealth studies, June 27, 11AM EDT/17:00 CET. Register: umich.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Socio-Economic Review Cafe: Reflection on Wealth Studies (June. 27). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Featuring a conversation with SER authors Robert Manduca (University of Michigan). Join us for a discussion of comparative-historical reflections on the measurement and common practices in wealth stu...

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Economic Sociology & Political Economy @econsociology.bsky.social · Jun 25

EVENT: “Should Social Insurance Programs Count as Wealth? Augmented Wealth in Research and Policy”, Robert Manduca will present comparative-historical reflections on the measurement and common practices in wealth studies, June 27, 11AM EDT/17:00 CET. Register: umich.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Socio-Economic Review Cafe: Reflection on Wealth Studies (June. 27). After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Featuring a conversation with SER authors Robert Manduca (University of Michigan). Join us for a discussion of comparative-historical reflections on the measurement and common practices in wealth stu...

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Economic Sociology & Political Economy @econsociology.bsky.social · Jun 21

Ploughing the State: Agrarian Power Dynamics, the Origins of Strong Institutions, and the Political Economy of Development economicsociology.org/2025/06/21/p...

Ploughing the State: Agrarian Power Dynamics, the Origins of Strong Institutions, and the Political Economy of Development

by Jawied Nawabi* At least, since the end of WWII the world has advanced significantly in scientific knowledge, technology, and the institutionalization of universal human rights conventions, yet t…

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Economic Sociology & Political Economy @econsociology.bsky.social · Jun 13

EVENT: "How Financial Interests Shape Democracy – Lessons from Central Eastern Europe’s Democratic Transition" workshop with Ewa Karwowski, Ia Eradze, Ani Bihvava, Ceyhun Elgin, Edgars Eihmanis, Jan Bogusławski, 17 June, 9:30-13:30 (UK). To receive a Zoom link, email: [email protected]

Economic Sociology & Political Economy @econsociology.bsky.social · Jun 9

EVENT: "The Possibilities and Limitations of Rights Discourse Under #Neoliberalism", ‪@marxdisability.bsky.social‬ conference, 13th June 12:30-17:30 and 14th June 09:30-14:30 (UK Time). See the full programme and register here receive a Zoom link:
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Registration - Disability and Rights: The Possibilities and Limits of Rights Discourse under Neoliberalism

This is a two half-day conference organised by Disability Law and Social Justice Stream of the Socio-Legal Studies Association and Marxism and Disability Network scholars, and kindly funded by the Soc...

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Economic Sociology & Political Economy @econsociology.bsky.social · Jun 7

Hitler's Oligarchs: First they reviled him. Then they supported and enabled him. Then they regretted it, ending up in concentration camps. @theatlantic.com
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The Oligarchs Who Came to Regret Supporting Hitler

They helped him in pursuit of profit. Many ended up in concentration camps.

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Economic Sociology & Political Economy @econsociology.bsky.social · Jun 2

EVENT: "Rethinking Financial Behaviour", @ingarade.bsky.social redefines in her book deviations from “rational behaviour” as logical responses to a dysfunctional system, in the context of pensions. Friday 6th June, 16:00. To get a Teams link register here:
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Economic Sociology & Political Economy @econsociology.bsky.social · May 20

EVENT: "Building a Healthy Working Life: Life Course Inequalities and the Role of Working Conditions", a talk by Daniel Falkstedt (Karolinska Institutet), May 22, 14:15-15:15 (CEST). Register to get a zoom link:
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