Category: Commodity
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Africa Architecture Brazil Cathedrals Colonialism Commodity Credit Culture Democracy Early Modern Economics Empire Exploration History Immigration India Institution Literature Migration Monasteries Nation State Painting Political Economy Portugal Post-Colonialism Resistance Revolution Spain State Trade
Portugal: The Empire Without a Bank
In which we examine why Portugal has always been under-capitalised.
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Authority Bureaucracy Capitalism Church Class Colonialism Commodity Culture Debt Drama Early Modern Economics Empire Exploration Fascism History Immigration Literature Mexico Monarchy Money Naples Nation State Nationhood Novel Painting Peru Plays Political Economy Post-Colonialism Power Renaissance Republic Resistance Spain State
Spain: The Self Examined Empire
In which we explore the relationship between centres and peripheries in Spain through Empire and beyond.
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Argentina: Informal Empire
In which we examine the legacy of Spanish and British empire in Argentina.
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Empire: The Company That Became a Country
The political economy of the British Empire. Finance capital, informal empire, administrative afterlife.
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Empire: Pressure, Not Providence
The political economy of European Empire. Pressure and invention rather than character and event. Portugal, Spain, Holland and England.
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Where the Money Goes
National tax composition in the UK and the local government finance layer underneath it.
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PIG IRON: The Great Transformation
In which we explain how Polanyi shows that the regulating mechanisms of capitalism are constructed not inevitable.
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PIG IRON 10: The Antithesis
Essays in Dignity and Political Economy. In which we set out the objections to our views.
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Why Do You Put Up With This?
In which we explore the contradictions which pervert the spectacle of football
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PIG IRON: Dollar Hegemony: The Habit Nobody Can Quit
Essays in Political Economy: In Which we Explore Dollar Hegemony and Why it Might Change
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Sexy Greedy: Caryl Churchill, the City Comedy, and the World Big Bang Made
Serious Money: A deep dive into an essential English drama
At Home He Feels Like A Tourist 