Category: Commodity
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The Concentrator’s Dilemma: Part 4
In which we examine the contradictions within the political economy of the surveillance economy and AI. And where this might end. Or indeed begin.
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The Concentrator’s Dilemma: Part 3
In which we examine the contradictions within the political economy of the surveillance economy and AI. And where this might end. Or indeed begin.
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The Concentrator’s Dilemma: Part 2
In which we examine the contradictions within the political economy of the surveillance economy and AI. And where this might end. Or indeed begin.
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Lynn Nottage: Political Economy Hidden in Plain Sight
The playwright Lynn Nottage. Political economy as drama crafted from reality.
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The Collapse: The Influencer Economy Automates Itself
A story about what happens when a business figures out that the thing it was paying for — attention, trust, a face people feel they know — never actually required a person attached to it.
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Africa: Meet the New Gatekeepers, Same as the Old Gatekeeper
Examining the historical and contemporary political economy of extraction in sub-Saharan Africa through the lens of “gatekeeper states”.
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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.
