Economic measurements and indicators have their role to play in policy. However, as time passes, some of these indicators, like Gross Domestic Product (GDP), have come to shape our lives more than we can imagine. Here ANTHROPOLOGY TODAY invites Lorenzo Fioramonti, the author of two books on...

Since the fall of the investment bank Lehman Brothers, the economic downturn has taken a heavy toll on many countries. In the public and academic discourse on necessary remedies and reforms, the spotlight is on the role of political elites and business. The actual and potential role of civil...