This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This edited volume examines how economic processes have worked upon social lives and social realities in Latin America during the past decades. Through tracing the effects of the neoliberal epoch into the era of the so-called pink tide, the...

Over the last several decades, the United States has undergone one of the most radical social and economic transformations in its history: Finance has become America's dominant industry, while manufacturing has nearly disappeared. The financial sector has become increasingly criminalized, with...

Seit 45 Jahren nehmen Arbeitslosigkeit, prekäre Beschäftigung und Armut zu. Der Sozialstaat wurde geschwächt, Millionen Menschen in Europa leiden Not. Immer mehr erhoffen sich soziale Wärme in der nationalen Volksgemeinschaft. Was hat die herrschende Wirtschaftstheorie damit zu tun? Weshalb...