Books & ideas

Capitalist Pandemonium

Éric Monnet — 2023-02-09T06:00:00Z

In a new book, Robert Boyer offers an analysis of the economic and political consequences of the pandemic that counter to irenic claims about the advent of a new world. His geopolitics of capitalisms takes a worried view of the conflicts between states and multinational corporations.

Classes without wealth

Nicolas Duvoux & Senmiao Yang — 2022-09-14T07:43:39Z

As inflation takes its toll on household budgets, asset reserves will make all the difference. How will those who do not possess them manage? There is an urgent need to address the measure of this structural inequality across social classes and age groups.

Why Central Bankers Should Read Economic History

Éric Monnet — 2021-02-08T08:00:00Z

How can economic policy-makers use economic history as a guide for their deliberations and decisions? Focusing on the case of central banking, this essay argues that the virtue of history is not only to improve economic models and quantitative studies, but to provide a perspective distinct from standard economic reasoning.

Reinventing Capitalism

Torben Iversen — 2020-06-15T07:00:00Z

Should we blame capitalism for the challenges rich democracies have been facing over the past thirty years—from growing inequality to the rise of populism? According to Torben Iversen, the opposite is true: it was democracy that transformed capitalism to take full advantage of new technologies.

Neoliberalism à la française

Matthew Soener — 2020-02-03T08:00:00Z

From Mitterrand's “rigueur” to Hollande's “mandate,” Bruno Amable charts the transformation of French capitalism and reveals the making of a political crisis.

Who Is Watching the Shadow Banks?

Andreas Eisl — 2019-06-06T07:00:00Z

Shadow banking refers to bank-like financial activities that do not fall under traditional regulations; they have been one of the root causes of the recent financial crisis. M. Thiemann identifies the structural causes for their rapid growth, and shows which institutional reforms could prevent the circumvention of regulations.

A Turbulent Decade

Matthew Soener — 2019-02-18T06:00:00Z

The 2008 financial crisis revealed significant frailties within global capitalism. How did the political response shape the ensuing decade? In his book, economic historian Adam Tooze narrates the key events over this period, from financial sector bailouts to geopolitical shifts worldwide.

Ending the Anthropocene

Claire Sagan — 2019-01-22T07:00:00Z

Predictive models in ecology generally assume that capitalism will be maintained. However, as Claire Sagan argues, adapting to the climate crisis requires that we go beyond the capitalist hegemony and renounce the notion of “Anthropocene”.

Politicizing Europe, Europeanizing Politics

Stéphanie Hennette & Thomas Piketty & Guillaume Sacriste & Antoine Vauchez — 2017-10-05T07:00:00Z

Though they share the diagnosis of an unprecedented democratic crisis of the European project, our critics remain firmly rooted in a “communitarian” tradition that is no longer able to meet the challenges faced by the government of the euro area.

Is There an Icelandic Democratic Exception?

Lionel Cordier — 2016-06-27T07:00:00Z

Seven years have passed since the start of the economic and political crisis in Iceland in 2008. Attempts at reforming the country's constitution, the heterodox positions it has taken in matters of finance, and the political dynamism of its civil society have certainly aroused curiosity; however, these astonishing facts have yet to draw the interest of political science.