The Degrowth movement advocates a radical shift from our capitalist economic system to one based on human needs, planetary boundaries, and economic democracy. The literature, however, often neglects detailing the concrete coordination mechanisms of a Degrowth economy. This paper addresses this...

After decades of sustained growth and free market policies, Peru has not reached development and is in what appears to be a perpetual crisis of corruption, lack of rule of law and political instability. Some blame free market policies as the obstacle for development, promoting a turn for direct...

"This book attempts to answer significant questions such as: what is China's "developing" political economy, what are the major principles of socialist political economy with Chinese characteristics, and how to achieve economic development. From "new normal" and "new development concept" to...

The roaring (twenty-)twenties are a decade of anniversaries and milestones. 2020 was the 100th anniversary of Ludwig von Mises’s seminal article “Economic Calculation in the Socialist Commonwealth” and the 75th anniversary of F.A. Hayek’s seminal article “The Use of Knowledge in...

The political philosophy of pluralism enjoyed great currency in Britain during the early decades of the 20th century, as an alternative to the extreme poles of individualism and collectivism. Positing the existence of multiple types of political allegiances in any society, pluralism questioned...

This paper demonstrates that even established and verified facts of agreements among producers are not a sufficient condition for cartel identification and, as a consequence, prosecution of agreement participants. Such requires looking at institutional details and the wider context of these and...

Providing context -- Reconceptualizing "business" and "state" in business-state relations -- Developing Egypt's "SMEs:" the social fund for development -- USAID's "private sector" projects : planting the seeds of exclusion -- The businessmen cabinet's "public private partnerships" for exclusive...

We study the consequences of month-end lending incentives for Chinese bank managers. Using data from two banks, one state-owned and the other partially privatized, we show a clear increase in lending in the final days of each month, a result of both more loan issuance and higher value per loan....

We study the consequences of month-end lending incentives for Chinese bank managers. Using data from two banks, one state-owned and the other partially privatized, we show a clear increase in lending in the final days of each month, a result of both more loan issuance and higher value per loan....

"The Russian Workers' Opposition in 1919-21 advocated trade union management of the Soviet economy and worker dominance of the Russian Communist Party's leading bodies. The Workers' Opposition in the Russian Communist Party: Documents, 1919-30 comprises articles, speeches, theses, memoranda,...