This edited volume critically examines global value chains under neoliberal capitalism, highlighting power imbalances, economic inequality, and environmental damage. Through contributions from acad…
Jonathan Barth reveals how control over money shaped the English empire’s early colonial politics in seventeenth-century America. He examines mercantilist regulations, silver exports, colonial re…
Alternative Economic Indicators explores novel measures of economic health beyond traditional GDP, unemployment, and inflation metrics. Edited by Hueng, it brings together economists who examine hi…
This edited volume analyzes how Ireland’s austerity from 2008 was shaped, contested, and endured. Contributors examine banking collapse, government policy, social welfare cuts, public protest, an…
Kim draws on ethnography with amateur investors, real estate enthusiasts, and money coaches in South Korea to explore how financialized asset capitalism is sustained through popular discontent. The…
Fre investigates the Beni-Amer cattle herders of the western Horn of Africa, arguing their indigenous knowledge about cattle breeding, genetics, and environment is sovereign and scientifically valu…
“Leading Cities” examines city leadership in 202 cities across 100 countries, investigating how leadership works through individuals, institutions, and tools. Rapoport, Acuto, and Grcheva explo…
Empson uses long-term ethnographic research among five Mongolian women to explore life in the aftermath of Mongolia’s mining-fuelled boom. Facing rising debt, precarious futures, and conflicting …
Robert Biel critiques the dominant industrial food and farming system, arguing it undermines ecological diversity and intensifies dependency on fossil fuels. He advocates for sustainable paradigms …
This edited volume explores how prehistoric, historical, and ethnographic evidence from Southeast Asia illuminates economic exchange as both material trade and social interaction. Contributors exam…