This paper, a supplement to the author's prior "Keynesian Fordism and Neoliberal Financialization: A Comparison of Economic Models," holds that the essentials of "Neoliberal Financialization" were in place by the early 1980s, and the structure increasingly completed over the remainder of the...

The term neoliberal has been a source of some controversy in recent years, with critics denying its usefulness. In response to those criticisms this paper analyzes neoliberalism--what is here referred to as Neoliberal Financialization--as an economic model, elaborating it and substantially...

This paper surveys some of the important literatures on financial, economic and social systems with an eye towards explaining the tendencies towards 'financialisation'. We focus on important strands of this literature: the French Regulation School, the US-based Social Structures of Accumulation...

This note discusses the concept of "quasi-middle classness"--a situation differing from middle classness in that the individual or household in question enjoys a level and "style" of consumption associated with middle class persons (e.g. they own a house and car), but does not enjoy other...

This working paper, a follow-up to "Keynesian Fordism and Neoliberal Financialization: A Comparison of Economic Models," moves from that paper's prior emphasis on describing the economic model associated with "financialization" to considering the matter quantitatively, examining the patterns of...

This note extends the author's prior statistical examination of the reorientation of the U.S. economy toward the financial sector (in its share of investment, activity, assets over the neoliberal period) with an examination of its share of profit-making as a share of GDP in itself, relative to...

In this paper we aim to trace the roots of the ongoing economic mayhem and to unmask the chorus of the tragedy which plays on the world stage. The main thesis of our work is that, despite the triumphant rhetoric praising the merits of perfect competition, the global fields of the dysfunctional...