The article compares market fundamentalism and right-wing populism on the basis of its core patterns of thinking and reasoning. Based on an analysis of important texts in both fields we find many similarities of these two concepts in their "inner images". Thus, we develop a scheme of the similar dual social worlds of right-wing-populism and market fundamentalism and offer some recent examples of market fundamentalism and right-wing populism mutually reinforcing each other or serving as a gateway for each other. We then apply our scheme for the analysis of the recent political developments and its ideological roots in the US under Donald Trump.

Zunächst motiviert Steffen Lange für eine sozial-ökologische Transformation hin zu einer Postwachstumsökonomie und erläutert, was darunter verstanden werden kann. Anschließend stellt er die Fragen, was die makroökonomischen Rahmenbedingungen für solch eine Ökonomie sein müssten. Dafür präsentiert Steffen Lange Rahmenbedingungen und Schlussfolgerungen, die sich aus verschiedenen ökonomischen Theorieschulen ableiten lassen. Hierbie …

Global Social Theory is a large wiki-like project by Gurminder K Bhambra. Its central aim is decolonising and diversifying universities, production of knowledge, and social thought in general. It represents a large online library divided into three parts: concepts, thinkers, and topics in/of social theory and decolonial thought. Every part comprises of short, introductory articles on an according theme. It may be helpful to give you a general overview (and a list of basic readings) on the most essential areas of social theory: caste, class, and race; civil society; racism; secularism; feminism and many others. It may also allow students whose university curriculum in sociology, economics, or other social sciences lacks diversity to compensate for that.

What the heck is the yield curve? And why is it considered a powerful predictor of economic crisis? Here you'll get to know.