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The Rise of the Capital-state and Neo-nationalism: a Neo-Polanyian Perspective — Economic Sociology & Political Economy
We are living in the times of the populist nationalist challenge to the liberal order. This challenge comes in many forms, including reactionary and progressive ones – from Marine Le Pen’s Front National in France to Jobbik in Hungary, to Manuel López Obrador’s MORENA in Mexico… Read More ›
The Gig Economy Continues to Expand, Reaching Beyond Traditional “Gigs” — HTT Network
The gig economy has been a topic of discussion for several years now, but it seems that it is expanding at an exponential rate. The New York Times recently tweeted about how the gig economy is no longer limited to… Read More ›
The Death of Job Security in the Modern Workplace — HTT Network
Gone are the days when employees could expect to work for a single company for their entire career, retire with a pension plan and enjoy lifelong job security. The modern workplace is a different beast altogether. Job security has become… Read More ›
Insurance: Public insurers under pressure – but working together is proving difficult — NewsyList
Frankfurt, Munich The sharply rising costs could lead to mergers among public insurers. According to the rating agency Fitch, many providers are under increasing pressure to generate earnings. Against this background, small public insurers in particular could be forced to merge and… Read More ›
Electricity: Energy ministers of the federal states want to reduce the electricity tax — Breaking Latest News
In view of the increased energy prices, the federal states have agreed that the federal government should examine reducing the electricity tax to the European minimum. This is a sensible model, said Saxony-Anhalt’s head of department, Armin Willingmann, after the… Read More ›
Financial markets calm but warning of problems to come from IMF | Business News — Zaheer Pakistani
fter a turbulent Friday and the rumbling of the worst financial crisis since 2008, the UK and European stock markets have largely calmed. Germany’s largest bank, Deutsche Bank, became the focus in the latest wave of selling across banking and wider financial… Read More ›
Why regulators didn’t anticipate the crash and what alarms went off — Memesita
US regulators failed to spot the warning signs that allowed them to act before bankruptcy from Silicon Valley Bank (SVB)in one around laws that are too laxassure several analysts. Was this a new black swan or was it simply an expected fallout from the… Read More ›
Economic History Case Studies: Smithian-Burkean Definitions of Kapital (1790s-Present)
What caused the accounting standard of the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc countries to pursue Adam Smith’s conception of the Labor Theory of Value (LTV) instead of the one espoused by Karl Marx? It is true that Marx’s LTV is… Read More ›
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