In his lectures on neoliberalism, Michel Foucault argues that neoliberalism produces
subjects as 'entrepreneurs of themselves'. He bases this claim on Gary Becker's conception …

During the past decades, industrial capitalism has been transformed into something which
has been dubbed 'Casino Capitalism','Turbo Capitalism'or 'Money Manager Capitalism'by …

This paper analyses medium-term labour market trends from 1983 to 2018 in Italy relying on
the “Rilevazione dei contratti di lavoro” from INPS archive which provides information on …

In Working Musicians Timothy D. Taylor offers a behind-the-scenes look at the labor of the
mostly unknown composers, music editors, orchestrators, recording engineers, and other …

In this chapter, we review the literature on the Transnational Media Corporation (TNMC) and
its similarities and differences to other transnational corporations. We note a tension in …

Mainstream economic theories of the firm argue that the boundary between firm and market
is determined by efficiency-enhancing logics which optimise coordination or bargaining …

This book renews the Marxian theory of the general equivalent by highlighting the
contradiction between the social functions of money (unit of account, means of circulation) …

Shareholder value ideology and the rise of executive pay are widely acknowledged but only
partly explored aspects of financialization. This paper adds to the empirical evidence on the …

The article develops the concept of 'unfree wage labour'that refers to a situation in which a
worker must (temporarily and conditionally) give away possession of his labour power to a …

Disagreements over the systemic implications—the future—of financialization can be traced
in part to the absence of sustained attention to the role of banking firms in driving this secular …