I have argued many times over the years that mainstream economists, especially mainstream macroeconomists, largely ignore the issue of inequality. And when they do see it, they tend to misunderstand both its causes (often attributing it to exogenous events, such as globalization and [...]
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The 2014 film Canción de Barrio tells a dark story about those who are being left out of the promises of liberty and prosperity in the new Cuba.
The urban slums have always been a source of vexation for the Cuban revolution. During the seventies, the revolution [...]
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Transforming Capitalism
Series edited by Ian Bruff (Managing Editor), Julie Cupples, Gemma Edwards, Laura Horn, Simon Springer and Jacqui True
This book series provides a platform for the publication of path-breaking and interdisciplinary scholarship which seeks to understand and [...]
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The census controversies are not over in Australia, but they have certainly cooled down. This is a better time to air a couple of questions that have largely remained outside the central debates revolving around this census round in general, and around the crisis of census day in particular. [...]
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They’re caught between a government that denies the existence of racism and fellow black Cubans who lack racial consciousness.
On May 4, the Network of Afro-descendant Women convened an urgent meeting of activists, academics, and members of organisations fighting [...]
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In the aftermath of the UK referendum vote to leave the European Union many commentators have expressed dismay at a result that is said to have rocked the British establishment. Some blame the UKIP led Leave campaign for whipping up xenophobia, others blame Jeremy Corbyn for displaying [...]
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US media depict the island as stuck in the digital dark ages, but Cuba has lively cultures of connectivity that could evolve into a self-sustaining, open, and accessible digital commons.
President Obama announced his historic upcoming visit to Cuba—the first in almost [...]
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Tune in to ‘Beyond the Coal Rush’ radio series, Radio National Science Show from Saturday 27 August
Based on the results of a research project linked to the School of Social and Political Sciences (SSPS) at the University of Sydney and the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) by [...]
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