Transition from central planning to a market economy, involving large-scale institutional change and reforms at all levels, is often described as the greatest social science experiment in modern times.

This introductory text explores the political economy of water by defining the subject and examining its key issues. The text begins by outlining and contrasting mainstream economic approaches—which primarily focus on price mechanisms—with political economy perspectives that incorporate historical, political, and sociological dimensions. The discussion then turns to concrete issues within the field: first, the debate on water privatization and its possible alternatives, followed by an analysis of water scarcity in the context of climate change and how political economy frameworks address it. The conclusion highlights ongoing debates within the field, offering inspiration for further exploration.

Umfassende Analysen des globalen Kapitalismus haben wieder Konjunktur, und mit ihnen kommt auch der zwischenzeitlich totgesagte Karl Marx wieder zu unverhofften Ehren (Negri/Hardt, Robert Kurz u.A.). FReilich scheint diese Auseinandersetzung durchweg recht oberflachlich, findet zumindest Michael Heinrich und pladiert somit fur eine Neuaneignung der Marxschen Theorie selbst.

Dieses Buch entwickelt eine kritische Theorie der Wirtschaft, die zum Ausgangspunkt nimmt, dass Wirtschaftswissenschaft nicht nur ihren Gegenstand beschreibt und analysiert, sondern sozialontologisch konstituiert. Im Mittelpunkt steht das Konzept der Performativität.

It has become a contentious term in- and outside of economic policy: austerity. Allegedly the culprit behind the shortfalls of governments' reaction to the Great Financial Crisis, the policy makes for a spirited debate.

This course is part of the SDG initiative addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals, specifically for the following SDGs [1, 8, 10 and 16].

Feministische Ökonomie gibt einen grundlegenden Einblick in feministische Kritiken an ökonomischen Theorien sowie in die wichtigsten Ansätze feministischer Theoriebildung. Es stellt ihre Entstehung und ihre Kern­themen dar.

In the first intellectual history of neoliberal globalism, Quinn Slobodian follows neoliberal thinkers from the Habsburg Empire’s fall to the creation of the World Trade Organization to show that neoliberalism emerged less to shrink government and abolish regulations than to deploy them globally to protect capitalism.

A History of Capitalist Transformation: A Critique of Liberal-Capitalist Reforms highlights how, since the recent financial crises, the expression 'liberal reform' has entered common parlance as an evocative image of austerity and economic malaise, especially for the working classes and a segment of the middle class.

Mainstream economics almost completely ignores the role power plays in determining economic outcomes, which means it can only provide partial explanations of the distribution of wealth and income, and of the problems associated with inequality and poverty.