Category: History
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Argentina: Informal Empire
In which we examine the legacy of Spanish and British empire in Argentina.
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You Can Buck the Market
In which we discuss how “the market” became something you can’t argue with. P.S. You actually can.
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Ancient History Anthropology Authority Borders Bureaucracy Colonialism Community Democracy Egypt Elections Executive Florence Geo-Politics History Hungary Institution Judiciary Law Legislature Legitimation Medieval Migration Nation State Nationhood Opposition Political Economy Political Philosophy Power Press Renaissance Resistance Roman Empire State Surveillance Violence
The Machinery of Legitimation II
How States lose legitimacy.
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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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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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James Graham: Right Up Our Street
The playwright James Graham. Serious political economy content delivered as popular entertainment.
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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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The Stuff of Dreams and Exploitation: The Case Study – Venice
Empire, trade, beauty, corruption, the sublime, the long death, and the circle closing
