Category: Political Economy
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Holland: The Overreaching Empire
In which we examine the Golden Age founding myth of success: a toll booth built on moral ambiguity.
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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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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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Where the Money Goes
This is not a manifesto for every government department. It is what follows, specifically at the local level, from what the numbers have already shown.
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Where the Money Goes
The centralisation of British government finance, the regional divide it has entrenched, and the myths that keep the debate about it stuck.
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Where the Money Goes
Seven composite households from them: real income and wealth data, given a name, a place, and a life. None of these people exist. Every number attached to them does.
