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Buying time: The delayed crisis of democratic capitalism
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This article is published in Acta Politica.The article was published on 2015-06-19. It has received 459 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Democratic capitalism & Comparative politics.read more
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Studying Populism in Comparative Perspective: Reflections on the Contemporary and Future Research Agenda:
TL;DR: The authors used the concept of populism to make sense of current events such as the Brexit referendum and the Trump presidency, which is a welcome development, but two issues with this approach are highlighted.
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Legitimation Crisis? On the Political Contradictions of Financialized Capitalism
TL;DR: This article argued that the current travails of American democracy are best understood as expressions of a general tendency to political crisis that is intrinsic to capitalist societies, without reference to any particular historical form.
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Black Swans, Lame Ducks, and the mystery of IPE's missing macroeconomy
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TL;DR: The authors argue that IPE needs to shift its focus from micro-foundations back to macro-effects, such as recurring financial bubbles, increasing levels of inequality, and the global rise of populism.
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The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality
TL;DR: The Code of Capital as discussed by the authors explores the different ways that debt, complex financial products, and other assets are coded to give financial advantage to their holders, and the authors argue that the law selectively "codes" certain assets, endowing them with the capacity to protect and produce private wealth.
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In the wake of austerity: social impact bonds and the financialisation of the welfare state in Britain
TL;DR: In a continuation of neo-liberal privatisation and labour market activation, the financialised welfare state pursues a policy of welfare retrenchment, while engaging in forms of social engineering aimed at producing self-responsibilised individuals and communities who are financially literate, "investment-ready" and economically productive as mentioned in this paper.
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Studying Populism in Comparative Perspective: Reflections on the Contemporary and Future Research Agenda:
TL;DR: The authors used the concept of populism to make sense of current events such as the Brexit referendum and the Trump presidency, which is a welcome development, but two issues with this approach are highlighted.
Journal ArticleDOI
Legitimation Crisis? On the Political Contradictions of Financialized Capitalism
TL;DR: This article argued that the current travails of American democracy are best understood as expressions of a general tendency to political crisis that is intrinsic to capitalist societies, without reference to any particular historical form.
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Black Swans, Lame Ducks, and the mystery of IPE's missing macroeconomy
Mark Blyth,Matthias Matthijs +1 more
TL;DR: The authors argue that IPE needs to shift its focus from micro-foundations back to macro-effects, such as recurring financial bubbles, increasing levels of inequality, and the global rise of populism.
Book
The Code of Capital: How the Law Creates Wealth and Inequality
TL;DR: The Code of Capital as discussed by the authors explores the different ways that debt, complex financial products, and other assets are coded to give financial advantage to their holders, and the authors argue that the law selectively "codes" certain assets, endowing them with the capacity to protect and produce private wealth.
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In the wake of austerity: social impact bonds and the financialisation of the welfare state in Britain
TL;DR: In a continuation of neo-liberal privatisation and labour market activation, the financialised welfare state pursues a policy of welfare retrenchment, while engaging in forms of social engineering aimed at producing self-responsibilised individuals and communities who are financially literate, "investment-ready" and economically productive as mentioned in this paper.