The problem of ‘productivity’

Phillip Toner | April 14, 2025

The concept of productivity, including those for labour, capital and multi-factor productivity (MFP) are central to economic discussion about national economic performance, government policy and income distribution. There is common agreement that productivity growth has been, and remains, [...]

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Degrowth’s unhelpful contribution to global environmental challenges: A rejoinder to a critique of growth contingency

Tim Thornton | March 21, 2025

I write in response to the recent critique by Terry Leahy of my article ‘Beyond green growth, degrowth, post-growth and growth agnosticism’ in JAPE (94, Summer 2024/2025). While it is great to open this sort of debate, it is crucial, first and foremost, to clarify what is being argued. My [...]

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Seminar: Sahil Dutta, ‘The making and unmaking of British ‘monetary Keynesianism’’

Gareth Bryant | March 12, 2025

The making and unmaking of British ‘monetary Keynesianism’

Tuesday 25 March, 1.00pm-2:30 pm, 2025

Room 341, Level 3, Social Sciences Building (A02), University of Sydney

Speaker: Dr Sahil Dutta

For a [...]

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Henri Lefebvre and the Lukács Question

Stuart Elden | Adam David Morton | March 11, 2025

What was ‘the Lukács Question’? Sometimes referred to as a ‘debate’ or an ‘affair’, the Lukács question was a reference in the 1950s to the resurfacing of attacks on Georg Lukács under the shadow of Stalinism, something that attracted the attention of Henri Lefebvre.

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What political economy approach for the 21st century?

Andreas Bieler | February 25, 2025

What political economy approach can reveal the internal relations of exploitation and expropriation through a focus on related class struggles and broader alliances across the spheres of production and social reproduction?

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Globalizations: The Shape of Things to Come

Heikki Patomäki | February 18, 2025

What can we say about the shape of things to come in world politics, the probability of different possibilities, and the reflexivity of our anticipations? Building on post-Keynesian economic theory and classical theories of imperialism, my new book discusses a new era of insecurity, [...]

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Green central banking

Kardelen Günaydin | February 11, 2025

Climate crisis and environmental degradation is an undeniable reality for most central banks around the world. What does the most recent central bank coalition, the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS), bring to the conversation?

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