We run blog series on topics of contemporary relevance that invite analyses from different angles. Check out our series on Decolonising Economics, State Capitalism, Pressure in the City, and Financial Inclusion below.
Decolonising Economics
In this blog series, we wish to open a forum for a discussion about what Eurocentrism and decolonization means for Economics as a discipline as well as the contemporary policy challenges that the economics discipline attempts to tackle. We invite posts that not only critically examine the problems within the discipline but also explore alternatives to the Eurocentric foundations of mainstream economics.聽This critical examination is not just an academic exercise, but…
From Quantitative Easing to neo-mercantilist policies, the renewal of industrial policy, the multiplication of sovereign wealth funds and marketized state-owned enterprises, increased state participation in global value chains and global networks of corporate ownership, the state seems to be 鈥榖ack in business鈥� everywhere. This raises a series of questions: Are we witnessing a shift to鈥�
Pressure in the City
The Covid-19 pandemic and the restructuring of the global economy it has triggered have exacerbated the need to study a topic that has flown under the radar of social scientists for too long: individuals and social groups experiencing economic pressure which manifests in myriad of somatic and psychological ways. The fallout from pressure 鈥� sleeplessness,鈥�
Inclusive or Exclusive Global Development? Scrutinizing Financial Inclusion
鈥淔inancial inclusion is a key enabler to reducing poverty and boosting prosperity.鈥� 鈥� The World Bank (2018) 鈥淸Policies of financial inclusion] serve to legitimize, normalize, and consolidate the claims of powerful, transnational capital interests that benefit from finance-led capitalism.鈥� 鈥� 聽Susanne Soederberg (2013).
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