historical economics – history of ideas&theory, institutional, interdisciplinary – phil of science , epistemology

see also > economic history daviskedrosky.substack.com 16-5-2022 The New Historical Economics is Self-Aware What does it do? Who is it for? – Davis Kedrosky amazon.co.uk 5-2021 The Handbook of Historical Economics Paperback – by Alberto Bisin, Giovanni Federico academia.edu/pdf 2022 Du Bois and Marx’s Influence: Black Reconstruction by Andrew Douglas sup.org History in Financial Times … Continue reading historical economics – history of ideas&theory, institutional, interdisciplinary – phil of science , epistemology

economic history

see also > historical economics – history of ideas, institutional, interdisciplinary Tomas Sedlacek hanser-literaturverlage.de Die Ökonomie von Gut und Böse Die meisten unterschätzen, wie tief die Ökonomie in der Kultur verwurzelt ist. Nicht so Tomas Sedlacek. Er behauptet: “In der Ökonomie geht es um Gut und Böse. Es geht um Menschen, die Menschen Geschichten über andere … Continue reading economic history

The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism – by Clara Mattei

austerity – past, present, future -articles, presentations, reviews – Clara E Mattei – The Capital Order – How Economists invented Austerity… political economy, monetary history

pagelist – re-edit

all pages – new coneptuality caw’s basic concepts used in the social science narrative: human spectrum/agency+ aggregation: individual ID of a single human being <<< >>> global population decentralised mobilisation by propositional vote >string facilitates random conventions imagine the string is operating and generating a global vote of 75%plus saying yes to proposition 1 etc … Continue reading pagelist – re-edit

DEGROWTH – ALT-, non GDP- post-growth – updates

updates here see also degrowth updates 2-2023 >Economic Sociology, Critical Management Studies, Alternative forms of management and organization, Organization Studies,Sociology of Organizations, Socio Economics, Post-Growth academia.edu/ gg/pdf 2018 Post-Growth Organizations – Problematizing Growth – by Matthias Rätzer, Ronald Hartz, Ingo Winkler academia.edu gg/pdf (2017): Organizing for the post-growth economy, ephemera – by Johnsen, C. G., … Continue reading DEGROWTH – ALT-, non GDP- post-growth – updates

Myth of Money – Story of Power – Stephen Zarlenga’s Lost Science of Money

“…marvelously helpful and has some stunning historical vistas…” Hugh Downs “…provides the needed background for seeing the basic structural issues at work” Michael Hudson “…a masterful work” Michael Kumhof Given Stephen Zarlenga turns out to be a prominent proponent of money reform in the US, it seems to have taken me a long time to … Continue reading Myth of Money – Story of Power – Stephen Zarlenga’s Lost Science of Money

Viviana A. Zelizer – sociology of money

Viviana A. Zelizer is the Lloyd Cotsen ’50 Professor of Sociology at Princeton University. She is the author of The Purchase of Intimacy, Pricing the Priceless Child, Economic Lives, Morals and Markets and more see google scholar – sociology.princeton.edu/ viviana-zelizer princeton.edu amazon goodreads 2017 Money Talks: Explaining How Money Really Works – Edited by Nina Bandelj, Frederick F. Wherry, and … Continue reading Viviana A. Zelizer – sociology of money

Simon Glendinning – Europe: A Philosophical History – review essay by Corina Stan

sources: https://thepointmag.com/criticism/europe-a-philosophical-history/ goodreads 2021 Europe: A Philosophical History, Part 1: The Promise of Modernity by Simon Glendinning Europe: A Philosophical History by Corina Stan 26-4-2022 Over the past few years, a number of crises—the “Greek crisis,” the “refugee crisis,” Brexit and most recently the war unfolding in Ukraine—have raised the question of Europe’s identity: What is … Continue reading Simon Glendinning – Europe: A Philosophical History – review essay by Corina Stan

The Silencing of Money Politics – Jakob Feinig’s Moral Economies of Money

Jakob Feinig – Moral Economies – book reviews, excerpts, presentations, articles – Absorbing, revelatory and exceedingly readable, “Moral Economies” is highly recommended to money connoisseurs and freshers alike. For much of American history, large numbers of people claimed that money was a public good and asserted the right to shape money creation practices. If popular knowledge about money creation was once widely shared, how and why did it disappear? An introduction to money creation practices since the colonial era, enabling readers to understand why most people are disconnected from knowledge about money creation today. >money production, money system, credit, debt, banking, finance, monetary, politics

Growth! What Growth? Growth, Degrowth or Post-Growth?

Growth by Trussonomics may be history repeating a farce as a tragedy. But aggregate GDP-growth continues to be widely regarded as an absolute necessity. The recent article “Growth, Degrowth or Post-growth?” makes for a uniquely clear historical exposition of the positions around the critique of economic GdP-growth and its potential alternatives.

direct finance, guaranteed income, UBI

direct finance, postive money, UBI
Frances Coppola ,Annie Lowrey, Guy Standing,

Origins and History of the Passions of War

In BLOOD RITES, Barbara Ehrenreich confronts the mystery of the human attraction to violence: What draws our species to war and even makes us see it as a kind of sacred undertaking? BLOOD RITES takes us on an original journey from the elaborate human sacrifices of the ancient world to the carnage and holocaust of twentieth-century “total war.”

The Myth of the Barter Economy – Adam Smith said that quid-pro-quo exchange systems preceded economies based on currency, but there’s no evidence that he was right.

By Ilana E. Strauss FEBRUARY 26, 2016SHARE Imagine life before money. Say, you made bread but you needed meat. But what if the town butcher didn’t want your bread? You’d have to find someone who did, trading until you eventually got some meat. You can see how this gets incredibly complicated and inefficient, which is … Continue reading The Myth of the Barter Economy – Adam Smith said that quid-pro-quo exchange systems preceded economies based on currency, but there’s no evidence that he was right.

David Orrell’s Quantum Money Magic – a must-read for would-be economists

book review- David Orrell’s impressive, intelligent and imaginative bomb of a book is a highly recommended read for all connoisseurs of curiosity and hope and an absolute must-read for would-be economists. –
Before you invest years of your time and 1000s of your dollars to practice 101 Mankiw, take time to read this book. Don’t pay big bucks before you’ve read this quantum leap of a mind-bender destroying incumbent thought like there is a tomorrow. It’ll reach parts of your quantum brain you could never code into clockwork DSGE. Read this book to reconsider the relevant marginal utilites. Especially if you are a bit of a quant, a bit nerdy or a bit curious.

Neo-Liberal Market Failure?

THE RISE AND FALL OF THE NEOLIBERAL ORDER – AMERICA AND THE WORLD IN THE FREE MARKET ERA – by GARY GERSTLE – reviews -articles

Real World Economics Review Out Now: positional vs MMT money, power narratives, viral neoliberalism, blundering equilibrium, teaching hetero 101 productivity, zero evidence free trade, de-externalising stress, Scottish currencies, GDP and Jayati Ghosh’s political economy of development

paecon.net/pdf – gg/pdf 9-2022 Real World Economics Review Two conceptions of the nature of money: clarifying differences between MMT and money theories sponsored by social positioning theory – by Tony Lawson …”…unlike conceptions of the nature of money and money histories etc., the policy proposals associated with MMT, in their basics, do not rely essentially … Continue reading Real World Economics Review Out Now: positional vs MMT money, power narratives, viral neoliberalism, blundering equilibrium, teaching hetero 101 productivity, zero evidence free trade, de-externalising stress, Scottish currencies, GDP and Jayati Ghosh’s political economy of development

TRADE history, theory, myths + realities

see also upated 1-2023 DW/youtube 6-1-2023 Globalization: Where do we stand? – Winners and losers in world trade (pt1) Globalization used to be a guarantor of economic growth. No longer, and the losers are poorer nations. They have restricted access to global markets and are largely excluded from beneficial labor migration. Unfettered access to the … Continue reading TRADE history, theory, myths + realities

What Growth? Eco-Capitalism, Green GdP Growth, Decoupling

What Growth? Eco-Capitalism, Green GdP Growth, Decoupling – Alessio Terzi’s Growth for Good and Adrienne Buller’s The Value of a Whale

Historical effects of shocks on inequality: the great leveler revisited

Fresh of the research press : Looks Milanovic didn’t disaggregate enough ? nature.com 17/4/2021 Historical effects of shocks on inequality: the great leveler revisited – Bas van Bavel , Marten Scheffer Abstract – Inequality of wealth and its associated power has varied greatly over human history. It is often thought that the main levelers … Continue reading Historical effects of shocks on inequality: the great leveler revisited

PHILOSOPHY – history of thought

see also philosophy of science this page updates 3-2023 >humanism, history of ideas theguardian.com 24-3-2023 Humanly Possible by Sarah Bakewell review – the meaning of humanism – A skilful examination of seven centuries of thought that deftly combines philosophy, history and biography -by Jane O’Grady …”…To date the rise of “humanism” to the early Renaissance … Continue reading PHILOSOPHY – history of thought

MACRO 33 theses for an economic reformation

33 theses for an economic reformation 2017 theguardian 2017 heretics-welcome-economics-needs-a-new-reformation by Larry Elliot theguardian 2017 delving-deeper-into-an-economics-reformation – letters ————————————————————————————– coppolacomment.com 2017 Thirty-three flawed Theses Frances Coppola ” … this is my critique of the whole 33 Theses. Instead of homing in on areas where the economics profession appears have to lost its way, … Continue reading MACRO 33 theses for an economic reformation

The Queen – Your Queen – My Queen

The Queen, alas, I have never met in person. But I had four encounters of a kind. E.R.II entered my life on a stamp. A stamp noticeable not least for having not a word on it? “…I guess the English were the first to have stamps? Like everything else, having invented the Industrial Revolution…” is … Continue reading The Queen – Your Queen – My Queen

THE DAWN OF A NEW HISTORY?

book reviews -The Dawn of Everything – A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow – ‘This is not a book. This is an intellectual feast’ Nassim Nicholas Taleb – click image to read

SUSTAINABILITY – eco- green- de-GROWTH -alt ESG -transition

85% are thinking about it see also >DeGrowth >Growth! What Growth? >Ecological Economics – Greenwashing >Green Finance/Investment/ESG – development economics – transition updates 1-2023 johncarlosbaez.wp.com 26-1-2023 “Mathematics for Humanity” by John Carlos Baez We discussed this here earlier, but now it’s actually happening! The International Centre for Mathematical Sciences, or ICMS, in Edinburgh, will host a new … Continue reading SUSTAINABILITY – eco- green- de-GROWTH -alt ESG -transition

Inequality – The Long View

This post points to several recent books on historic global inequality. “A Genetic History” by Carles Lalueza-Fox , “The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality” by Oded Galor and “The Asset Economy and the End of Social Mobility” by Lisa Adkins, Melinda Cooper and Martijn Konings. But first a nod to the Dawn of Everything – A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow…

The Currency of Politics: The Political Theory of Money from Aristotle to Keynes – by Stefan Eich

Stefan Eich examines six crucial episodes of monetary crisis, recovering the neglected political theories of money in the thought of such figures as Aristotle, John Locke, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes. He shows how these layers of crisis have come to define the way we look at money, and argues that informed public debate about money requires a better appreciation of the diverse political struggles over its meaning.

The Economy of Promises – by Bruce Carruthers

>sociology of money, banking, credit, creditworthyness, credit rating, debt, finance, financial institutions, inequality, monetary history, power, US princeton.edu 11-2022 The Economy of Promises: Trust, Power, and Credit in America – by Bruce G. Carruthers – sociology.northwestern – kellogg.northwestern– A comprehensive and illuminating account of the history of credit in America—and how it continues to divide … Continue reading The Economy of Promises – by Bruce Carruthers

Graeber, David “Dawn of…” review D Immerwahr 2021

Beyond the State David Graeber and David Wengrow’s anarchist history of humanity. By Daniel Immerwahr SEPTEMBER 20, 2021 Protest speaks a language of forceful insistence. “Defund the police,” “Build the wall”—the unyielding demands go back to Moses’ “Let my people go.” So it was curious when the July 2011 issue of the Vancouver-based magazine Adbusters ran a cryptic … Continue reading Graeber, David “Dawn of…” review D Immerwahr 2021

J M Keynes

also see > POST KEYNESIANS JM Keynesupdates wanderingdanny.com/oxford/2011/10/keynes-on-marx-and-das-kapital/ cf Keynes to Shaw about Marx, J Robinson : Keynes ignorant about Marx nb Victoria Chick : Keynes was about overcoming “neutrality” of money. In letter to B Shaw Keynes refers to economics as production of money… nb Victoria Chick : Keynes was about overcoming “neutrality” of … Continue reading J M Keynes