Against Managerialism: How #management education promised a better workplace—and why it delivered nothing but more creative ways of exploiting people. An excellent piece by Ronald Purser Current Affairs currentaffairs.org/news/2024/02/a…

Twelve years after Margaret Thatcher left office, she was asked what was her greatest achievement. Thatcher replied: “Tony Blair and New Labour. We forced our opponents to change their minds.” See more on this Thatcher's legacy: economicsociology.org/2018/03/19/tha…

Benefit from this abundant list of great academic opportunities: 11 calls for papers, 8 #PhD scholarships, 4 postdocs, 4 jobs, 2 summer schools on economic #sociology, political economy, work & labor, economic history, more. #soctwitter Share! Good luck! economicsociology.org/2024/07/10/gre…

Benefit from this list of great academic opportunities: 11 calls for papers (some are funded), 9 #PhD scholarships, 7 postdocs, 4 jobs, 2 summer schools on economic #sociology, political economy, work & labor, economic history, more. Share! #econtwitter economicsociology.org/2024/07/10/gre…

13 calls for papers for conferences (some are partly funded) and special issues, 10 postdoc positions, 9 PhD scholarships, 4 jobs, and 3 summer schools in economic sociology, political economy, work & labor, economic history. Share. Good luck! #econhistory economicsociology.org/2024/07/10/gre…

China’s astounding development has been driven by bureaucrats. A new superb book by @Yingyao_Wang822 reveals the operation of bureaucratic power in economic policy in China, providing insights into technocracy, networks, developmental state & globalization economicsociology.org/2024/07/16/con…

10 Economic Sociology books for students and the general public ✨ Glance, read, share! economicsociology.org/2024/07/24/10-…

10 Economic Sociology books for students and the general public.✨Take a look, dive into, share! #soctwitter #econtwitter #sociology economicsociology.org/2024/07/24/10-…

10 excellent Economic #Sociology books for students and the curious general public economicsociology.org/2024/07/24/10-…

The big consultants haven't just benefited from a weakened state - they've championed an ideology of short-termism and risk aversion in the public sector. Ending this 'consultancy cult' is crucial for transforming our economy Mariana Mazzucato Rosie Collington newstatesman.com/comment/2024/0…

Market-based climate policy — which strives to replace politics with “precision" — has failed. We need transformative, democratic solutions to address the climate crisis. @GarethjBryant & Sophie Webber discuss their book "Climate Finance". The Break Down break-down.org/post/market-fa…

Polanyi on Wall Street: Disembeddedness in Financial Times. Basak Kus brilliantly provides an eye-opening, thorough analysis of the US financial crisis & explores the regulatory environment in which the American economy financialized. #ASA2024 #soctwitter economicsociology.org/2024/08/11/pol…

The joke goes like this: Two hot air balloonists were blown off course... 😄👇😉 economicsociology.org/2024/08/14/the…

Already in 70 years ago Jacques Ellul understood and wrote how would function the #Surveillance Society and #SocialMedia in the current Age of Algorithms economicsociology.org/2024/08/18/sur…

"The supreme luxury of the society of technical necessity will be to grant the bonus of useless revolt and of an acquiescent smile"

Polanyi on Wall Street: Disembeddedness in Financial Times. Basak Kus brilliantly provides an eye-opening, thorough analysis of the US financial crisis, the regulatory environment in which the economy financialized, & their impact on #democracy. #soctwitter economicsociology.org/2024/08/11/pol…

Economic Sociology: A Voice in European Sociology -- On the development of economic #sociology as a research field and the vibrant activities and achievements within the Economic Sociology Network at the European Sociological Association. #esa2024 #soctwitter economicsociology.org/2024/08/27/eco…

EVENT: "Racial, Gender, and Regional Inequalities in Brazil's Care Provision and the Evolving Role of the State", a lecture by Luiza Nassif Pires Luiza Nassif Pires (Made) at Levy Institute, September 9, 17:00 (ET/NYC time). Register: levyinstitute.org/news/racial-ge…

Tax, Multinationals' Taxation, Tax Havens: an International Political Economy reading list martinhearson.net/2017/03/02/tax…

Eugene Fama: “Efficient markets is a hypothesis. It’s not reality. I can live with things like that, for sure.” Robin Wigglesworth. #econtwitter #economics ft.com/content/ec06fe…