Ian Maclay
@ian-maclay.bsky.social
Political Science major at Georgia State University | interested in China-Global South IPE, Development, Green Industrial Policy, State Capitalism, Regional Integration & BRI
Yue Pu, Xinyi Zeng & Tao Chen use the Difference-in-Differences method to evaluate the higher educational impact of the Belt and Road Initiatives Education Action Plan in 66 BRI participant countries between 2010-2023.
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Improving education levels of BRI participating economies: Evidence from the Education Action Plan for the Belt and Road Initiative
As a pivotal measure for educational internationalization, the Education Action Plan for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is of great significance f…
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December 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Yue Pu, Xinyi Zeng & Tao Chen use the Difference-in-Differences method to evaluate the higher educational impact of the Belt and Road Initiatives Education Action Plan in 66 BRI participant countries between 2010-2023.
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Abiodun Adiat & Kayode Olawoyin offer a top line comparison of Western & Chinese models of modernization & their viability as models for African countries. They conclude policymakers should apply lessons from the 🇨🇳 model with their own characteristics.
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(PDF) China's Modernization Approach: A Genuine Break from the Past or a Repackaging of familiar Developmental Discourse for African States?
PDF | Many new states in the developing world after their independence adopted the western modernization approach which focuses on liberal democracy and... | Find, read and cite all the research you n...
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December 9, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Abiodun Adiat & Kayode Olawoyin offer a top line comparison of Western & Chinese models of modernization & their viability as models for African countries. They conclude policymakers should apply lessons from the 🇨🇳 model with their own characteristics.
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𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 285𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙒𝙖𝙧.
𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀.
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𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀.
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Trade War
China orders real estate information providers to stop publishing property sales. numbers. Shanghai tells internet companies to scrub bad news from their platforms. And UBS predicts 2.4 million apartm...
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December 8, 2025 at 2:21 AM
𝙒𝙚𝙡𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 285𝙩𝙝 𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙒𝙖𝙧.
𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀.
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𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀.
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China gives conflicting signals because it has three different “personas”: Moral China, Defensive-Assertive China, and Striving China.
What Does China Want? Depends Which China You’re Talking About.
China gives conflicting signals because it has three different “personas”: Moral China, Defensive-Assertive China, and Striving China.
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December 8, 2025 at 1:32 AM
China gives conflicting signals because it has three different “personas”: Moral China, Defensive-Assertive China, and Striving China.
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New piece for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social on Chile's green industrial policy efforts and its role in the global energy transition.
Can resource-rich countries become relevant players in the upcoming global green economy? Full analysis: www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/lit...
Can resource-rich countries become relevant players in the upcoming global green economy? Full analysis: www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/lit...
Lithium Experiments | Maximiliano Véjares
Chile’s mineral strategy and geopolitical realignment in the global energy transition
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December 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
New piece for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social on Chile's green industrial policy efforts and its role in the global energy transition.
Can resource-rich countries become relevant players in the upcoming global green economy? Full analysis: www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/lit...
Can resource-rich countries become relevant players in the upcoming global green economy? Full analysis: www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/lit...
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Giles Mohan, Ran Hu, Philipp Katsinas & Samuel Rogers assess China-European investment deals in the Piraeus & Hamburg ports through a modalities of power framework.
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December 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Giles Mohan, Ran Hu, Philipp Katsinas & Samuel Rogers assess China-European investment deals in the Piraeus & Hamburg ports through a modalities of power framework.
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Giles Mohan, Ran Hu, Philipp Katsinas & Samuel Rogers assess China-European investment deals in the Piraeus & Hamburg ports through a modalities of power framework.
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December 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Giles Mohan, Ran Hu, Philipp Katsinas & Samuel Rogers assess China-European investment deals in the Piraeus & Hamburg ports through a modalities of power framework.
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It’s been bothering me how terrible the “Your Party” name is since first hearing it so this was a definitely welcome read.
I dug up my old masters thesis on the names of far-left parties in the UK for @theconversation.com to explain why 'Your Party' had such an issue picking a name, and why they eventually chose the one they did. @uniofexeternews.bsky.social theconversation.com/your-party-i...
Your Party: if the name sounds terrible, there’s a good reason for it
Parties of the British left have been notorious for the arguments about what names mean. No wonder this new endeavour chose a name that effectively says nothing.
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December 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
It’s been bothering me how terrible the “Your Party” name is since first hearing it so this was a definitely welcome read.
In their recent paper, Tieshan Wang, Yuxuan Zhang, Tieyan Wang, Haoxin Yuan, Yibo Hu & Xuepeng Zhang assess degrees and conditions of coordination between green finance and the renewable energy sector at the provincial level in China.
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Exploring the Role of Green Finance in Advancing the Shift to Green Energy: Insights from Industrial Enterprises in China
China's green energy transition is a central component of its sustainable development strategy. This transition relies heavily on the Green Credit Sys…
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December 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
In their recent paper, Tieshan Wang, Yuxuan Zhang, Tieyan Wang, Haoxin Yuan, Yibo Hu & Xuepeng Zhang assess degrees and conditions of coordination between green finance and the renewable energy sector at the provincial level in China.
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Connectivity of ECOWAS member states to the global economy has been improved through the Belt and Road Initiative, however, it has not further advanced regional ECOWAS integration. This risks debt imbalances, duplication and political fragmentation. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Which way ECOWAS? China’s Belt and Road Initiatives and regional economic integration in West Africa
This study critically examined the implications of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) for economic regionalism in West Africa. Despite increasing BRI engagements in West Africa, the alignment o...
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December 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Connectivity of ECOWAS member states to the global economy has been improved through the Belt and Road Initiative, however, it has not further advanced regional ECOWAS integration. This risks debt imbalances, duplication and political fragmentation. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Check out Ellen Li's great profile of the Saysetta SEZ near Vientiane, Laos! It built on my visit (@profjulietlu.bsky.social) w Tyler Harlan & Nicholas Bosoni. Thanks to @jessicadicarlo.bsky.social and @globalchinamap.bsky.social for support! @ellenlhl.bsky.social
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Vientiane Saysettha Development Zone - The People's Map of Global China
The Vientiane Saysettha Development Zone (SDZ) is China’s only national-level overseas economic and trade cooperation zone in Laos. Established through a ‘land-for-funding’ arrangement, it was develop...
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December 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Check out Ellen Li's great profile of the Saysetta SEZ near Vientiane, Laos! It built on my visit (@profjulietlu.bsky.social) w Tyler Harlan & Nicholas Bosoni. Thanks to @jessicadicarlo.bsky.social and @globalchinamap.bsky.social for support! @ellenlhl.bsky.social
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Connectivity of ECOWAS member states to the global economy has been improved through the Belt and Road Initiative, however, it has not further advanced regional ECOWAS integration. This risks debt imbalances, duplication and political fragmentation. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Which way ECOWAS? China’s Belt and Road Initiatives and regional economic integration in West Africa
This study critically examined the implications of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) for economic regionalism in West Africa. Despite increasing BRI engagements in West Africa, the alignment o...
www.tandfonline.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Connectivity of ECOWAS member states to the global economy has been improved through the Belt and Road Initiative, however, it has not further advanced regional ECOWAS integration. This risks debt imbalances, duplication and political fragmentation. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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@mazzucatom.bsky.social & her co-author Lorenza Monaco build on Mazzucato’s past work on the entrepreneurial state by addressing the challenges and opportunities countries in the Global South face when designing and implementing industrial strategy.
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Project MUSE - Rethinking Industrial Strategies and the State: A Global South Perspective
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December 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
@mazzucatom.bsky.social & her co-author Lorenza Monaco build on Mazzucato’s past work on the entrepreneurial state by addressing the challenges and opportunities countries in the Global South face when designing and implementing industrial strategy.
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@mazzucatom.bsky.social & her co-author Lorenza Monaco build on Mazzucato’s past work on the entrepreneurial state by addressing the challenges and opportunities countries in the Global South face when designing and implementing industrial strategy.
muse.jhu.edu/article/938579
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Project MUSE - Rethinking Industrial Strategies and the State: A Global South Perspective
muse.jhu.edu
December 3, 2025 at 12:40 PM
@mazzucatom.bsky.social & her co-author Lorenza Monaco build on Mazzucato’s past work on the entrepreneurial state by addressing the challenges and opportunities countries in the Global South face when designing and implementing industrial strategy.
muse.jhu.edu/article/938579
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William Vogt, Guilan Moghaddam & Robert Chong briefly overview China’s BRI investments in Brazil through their Digital Silk Road (DSR), how Sino-Brazilian relations are an understandable developmental fit and where this partnership may be heading.
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Brazil in the Belt and Road Initiative and Digital Silk Road | Observa China 观中国
Fourth article in the series Chinese Technological Investment in Portuguese-speaking Countries
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December 2, 2025 at 2:40 PM
William Vogt, Guilan Moghaddam & Robert Chong briefly overview China’s BRI investments in Brazil through their Digital Silk Road (DSR), how Sino-Brazilian relations are an understandable developmental fit and where this partnership may be heading.
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Brice Tseen Fu Lee, Ignacio Vicuña Betancourt, Juan Pablo Sims, Linh DieuDinh & Yun-Tso Lee ask: Between China’s BRI & the EUs Global Gateway initiative, which strategic approach is more effective for gaining legitimacy and influence in Southeast Asia?
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December 1, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Brice Tseen Fu Lee, Ignacio Vicuña Betancourt, Juan Pablo Sims, Linh DieuDinh & Yun-Tso Lee ask: Between China’s BRI & the EUs Global Gateway initiative, which strategic approach is more effective for gaining legitimacy and influence in Southeast Asia?
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Logistics: containers, cargoes, ports and military bases: the sinews of war and trade, binding our world under capital; and the consequences.
@lalehkhalili.bsky.social discusses her research and writing.
Highly recommend both book and podcast.
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@lalehkhalili.bsky.social discusses her research and writing.
Highly recommend both book and podcast.
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The Political Economy of Global Shipping with Laleh Khalili
Podcast Episode · Return to Bandung · 26/11/2025 · 1h 14m
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November 27, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Logistics: containers, cargoes, ports and military bases: the sinews of war and trade, binding our world under capital; and the consequences.
@lalehkhalili.bsky.social discusses her research and writing.
Highly recommend both book and podcast.
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@lalehkhalili.bsky.social discusses her research and writing.
Highly recommend both book and podcast.
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“Boundary maintenance between the haves and the have nots is why the conceptualization of the Global North as the walled world has resonance in an era in which migration is a major, politicized issue.
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November 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
“Boundary maintenance between the haves and the have nots is why the conceptualization of the Global North as the walled world has resonance in an era in which migration is a major, politicized issue.
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New free open source book by Nicholas Lees examining the terminology used to address the most consequential global divide since the end of the Cold War.
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November 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
New free open source book by Nicholas Lees examining the terminology used to address the most consequential global divide since the end of the Cold War.
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Shenzhen continuing its streak as a leader in regional integration.
“Against a backdrop of slowing global growth and rising protectionism, China and ASEAN countries are strengthening economic integration and have been each other's largest trading partners for five consecutive years”
“Against a backdrop of slowing global growth and rising protectionism, China and ASEAN countries are strengthening economic integration and have been each other's largest trading partners for five consecutive years”
China-Asean innovation base launched to boost collaboration in emerging industries – Xinhua: ‘The first four demonstration bases will be established in Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur’
China-ASEAN innovation base launched to boost collaboration in emerging industries
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November 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Shenzhen continuing its streak as a leader in regional integration.
“Against a backdrop of slowing global growth and rising protectionism, China and ASEAN countries are strengthening economic integration and have been each other's largest trading partners for five consecutive years”
“Against a backdrop of slowing global growth and rising protectionism, China and ASEAN countries are strengthening economic integration and have been each other's largest trading partners for five consecutive years”
In their recent, important paper, Hui Li, Wenzhuo Lu, Aoxin Wang & Xiaochen Xie assess the global welfare impact of China’s rise from 1979-2019, using trade data they project possible future impact China could have on welfare globally.
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China’s technological rise and its global welfare effects
This paper examines how China’s technological progress has evolved since 1979 and its impact on global welfare. Using a multi-country Ricardian trade …
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November 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
In their recent, important paper, Hui Li, Wenzhuo Lu, Aoxin Wang & Xiaochen Xie assess the global welfare impact of China’s rise from 1979-2019, using trade data they project possible future impact China could have on welfare globally.
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Assessing Malaysia & the Philippines through a neoclassical IR lens, Mohid Iftikhar considers the conditions for SE Asian states to accept & successfully implement BRI investment in infrastructure projects.
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Regional security structure and domestic political economy interests: Comparative analysis of belt and road initiative investments in the Philippines and Malaysia
Why do regional states respond to BRI, especially when established financing mechanisms are in place? Second, what pathways shape the success and fail…
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November 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Assessing Malaysia & the Philippines through a neoclassical IR lens, Mohid Iftikhar considers the conditions for SE Asian states to accept & successfully implement BRI investment in infrastructure projects.
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Assessing Malaysia & the Philippines through a neoclassical IR lens, Mohid Iftikhar considers the conditions for SE Asian states to accept & successfully implement BRI investment in infrastructure projects.
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Regional security structure and domestic political economy interests: Comparative analysis of belt and road initiative investments in the Philippines and Malaysia
Why do regional states respond to BRI, especially when established financing mechanisms are in place? Second, what pathways shape the success and fail…
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November 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Assessing Malaysia & the Philippines through a neoclassical IR lens, Mohid Iftikhar considers the conditions for SE Asian states to accept & successfully implement BRI investment in infrastructure projects.
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Maria Ghayas and Waqas Kamal assess the opportunities and challenges of the BRI initiated CPEC in Pakistan’s Sindh region and what that might mean for Karachi.
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CHINA-PAKISTAN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR (CPEC): A REVIEW ON OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR SINDH’S LOGISTICS AND TRANSPORT ECONOMY
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November 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Maria Ghayas and Waqas Kamal assess the opportunities and challenges of the BRI initiated CPEC in Pakistan’s Sindh region and what that might mean for Karachi.
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Tim Page examines the capacity for trade unions to inform and shape industrial policy. Using a varieties of capitalism approach, he concludes that, like the state, unions are capable of distorting & shaping markets toward more socially desirable ends.
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The role of trade unions as experts in the industrial policy process: maximising the opportunity
A lively debate about the role of the state in economic affairs has existed since pre-capitalist times. This paper considers: the role of market and state under three different varieties of capital...
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November 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Tim Page examines the capacity for trade unions to inform and shape industrial policy. Using a varieties of capitalism approach, he concludes that, like the state, unions are capable of distorting & shaping markets toward more socially desirable ends.
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