Growing political turmoil in Greece, Spain and Turkey could be a precursor to a Polanyian ‘great transformation’ away from neoliberalism Many commentators on the global financial crisis and its aftermath in the European context have sought to make sense of the widespread political resistance and protest that has emerged in its wake. Karl Polanyi, a well-known figure among political economists, … Continue reading →
24 September 2015 by Owen Parker
Categories: Europe and the EU, Global crisis, Political theory, Politics and policy, Social science, SPERI Comment
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Tags: Greece, Karl Polanyi, laissez-faire liberalism, neoliberalism, Owen Parker, Podemos, SEERC, Spain, Syriza, Turkey
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To get out of the crisis we need to think about radical reforms that produce a greener and more equitable form of capitalism ‘If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don’t have to worry about answers’ (Thomas Pynchon) Since 2008 people have been asking whether capitalism can be reformed to eliminate dangerous financial speculation and the extreme … Continue reading →
17 April 2014 by Fred Block
Categories: Civic Capitalism, Environment, Inequality, SPERI Comment
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Tags: austerity, capitalism, Fred Block, free market, inequality, Karl Polanyi, Marx
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The self-protection of European society (inside and outside the EU)
Growing political turmoil in Greece, Spain and Turkey could be a precursor to a Polanyian ‘great transformation’ away from neoliberalism Many commentators on the global financial crisis and its aftermath in the European context have sought to make sense of the widespread political resistance and protest that has emerged in its wake. Karl Polanyi, a well-known figure among political economists, … Continue reading →
24 September 2015 by Owen Parker
Categories: Europe and the EU, Global crisis, Political theory, Politics and policy, Social science, SPERI Comment | Tags: Greece, Karl Polanyi, laissez-faire liberalism, neoliberalism, Owen Parker, Podemos, SEERC, Spain, Syriza, Turkey | Leave a comment