Verfestigung existenzbedrohender, kriegsähnlicher Zustände ausgelöst durch unterschiedliche Vorstellungen kapitalistischer Finanzwirtschaft und durch politische Ohnmacht und Inkompetenz. (Elke Günther)

Die Finanzkrise hat in ihrer jüngsten Zuspitzung zu einer unverkennbaren Krise des Regierens geführt, zu einer Notstandspolitik in der Grauzone zwischen Wirtschaft und Politik: Die Regierungsgeschäfte haben Expertenkomitees, improvisierte Gremien und 'Troikas' übernommen, deren Legitimation...

"Aftershocks was written in the midst of the deepest economic crisis since the Great Depression. Although it would be premature to presume to identify the repercussions of the crisis, it is clear that it will have profound aftershock effects in the political, economic, and social spheres. The...

This strikingly original work challenges a familiar assumption within cultural studies: that cultural practices happen in an everyday realm that is potentially open-ended, involving everyone; whereas economics, by contrast, is alien, a force field determined by international financial interests...

A few centuries ago, capitalism set in motion an explosion of economic productivity. Markets and private property had existed for millennia, but what other key institutions fostered capitalism’s relatively recent emergence? Until now, the conceptual toolkit available to answer this question...