Sociology of Inequality| Energy & Power| Ideas & financial stability| Trade wars are class wars| Feminist Economics| Big Tech’s consultants against EU| US’ “excess deaths” – Economic Sociology & Political Economy

2024-10-05 21:33:54

Dive and delve into these very interesting and enlightening readings and recorded talks on various topics in Economic Sociology and Political Economy:

> The best 5 books on the Sociology of Inequality with the focus on higher education, recommended and discussed by Michèle Lamont: Durable Inequality by Charles Tilly, Engines of Anxiety: Academic Rankings, Reputation, and Accountability by Sauder and Espeland, Paying for the Party: How College Maintains Inequality by Armstrong and Hamilton, Creating a Class: College Admissions and the Education of Elites by Mitchell Stevens, Pedigree: How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs by Lauren Rivera

> Energy, Power and Transition — the 2024 TNI State of Power report featuring dozens articles by leading scholars and activists unveiling the corporate and financial actors that underpin the fossil fuel based capitalism and geopolitical order, the dangers of an unjust energy transition, and lessons for movements of resistance

> How (the change in) economic ideas impacted the management of financial stability by central bankers after the financial crisis — Matthias Thiemann’s interview about his new book Taming the Cycles of Finance? Central Banks and the Macro-prudential Shift in Financial Regulation

> How unexpected results of domestic political choices serve the interests of the rich at the expense of workers and ordinary retirees — Matthew C. Klein discusses with Brad DeLong his book Trade Wars are Class Wars: How Rising Inequality Distorts the Global Economy and Threatens International Peace

> What is Feminist Economics? Diana Strassmann discusses the term, its crucial importance, and her own work shifting economics from a discipline of neglect to one of care and inclusion

> Big Tech firms rely on ‘economic consultancies’ to shape EU competition policy in their interests. These “neutral expertise” consultancies have been spamming the regulator with economic studies that legitimize Big Tech’s monopoly power

> A conversation with David Weil on his research on the “fissured” workplace & labor market, the influence of monopsony power, the rise of interfirm inequality, and his experience as a head the U.S. Labor Department’s Wage & Hour Division

> America, Land of the Dying? Even before the Covid-19 pandemic the U.S. was experiencing 650,000+ “excess deaths” annually because of its lousy healthcare system and fragile social policy, comparable to other rich nations

Feel free to recommend below in the comment section valuable reads on these topics.

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