Unending Reform Attempts at the IMF: Organised Hypocrisy or Bricolage?
It is puzzling why an international institution sees the need to reform and attempts it while preserving some core aspects that detract from its legitimacy.
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Class Matters: Global Capital Mobility and State Power in Emerging Economies
To what extent has international capital mobility caused an erosion of state power? The issue is particularly pressing for developing and economies who remain vulnerable.
Interview – Hilton Root
Dr Hilton Root talks about his book Dynamics Among Nations, non-Western perspectives on International Political Economy, ‘preventative chaos’ and development models.
Interview – Daniel Mügge
Prof. Daniel Mügge talks about the scientization of economic governance, the US trade deficit, the manipulation of macroeconomic indicators and how to interpret them.
Interview – Danny Dorling
Prof. Danny Dorling talks about economic inequality and its impacts, more equal economic models, Britain’s economic divides and the role of geography in global challenges.
Review – Adults in the Room: My Battle With Europe’s Deep Establishment
Rather than a lesson on the economics of bailouts and austerity, Varoufakis’ memoir reads like a treatise on the politics of sovereign debt restructuring during crises.
Review – Multipolar Globalization: Emerging Economies and Development
This book presents a clear and convincing argument for the shift from a Western centered globalization to a multipolar one and also considers multicentric perspectives.
Interview – Matthew Goodwin
Matthew Goodwin talks about his new book National Populism, the upcoming Swedish elections, eurosceptic and pro-European political parties, and the Brexit referendum.
Interview – Thomas Hogan
Dr Thomas Hogan discusses the effects of banking regulation, lessons learnt from the 2008 global financial crisis and the implications of Trump’s economic policies.
Interview – Ognian Zlatev
Ognian Zlatev, Head of the European Commission’s Representation in Bulgaria, discusses Bulgaria’s priorities during its six month EU Presidency and future EU enlargement.
10th Anniversary Interview – Melanie Richter-Montpetit
Dr Melanie Richter-Montpetit reflects on what books, or other media, published in the last 10 years has made the most impact on the discipline of International Relations.
Now Recruiting: Political Economy/Economics Editors
Are you pursuing research in Political Economy or Economics? If so, we invite you to join our editorial team to help us improve our coverage of these areas.
Fighting Poverty Through Targeted Measures
To achieve its goal of poverty alleviation, China’s government should first ensure that individual poverty alleviation programs are not captured by elites.
Global Political Economy
While we certainly live in a global economy, for the time being we lack a common response to the challenges this brings – especially in establishing control over a still-evolving global market system.
Review – Too Little, Too Late: The Quest to Resolve Sovereign Debt Crises
A timely volume that details what we have learned from a long history of attempts to govern sovereign debt, and which is bound to be a reference for debates yet to come.
