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The Continuing Enigmas of Social Policy (2017)
Book Chapter
Fine, B. (2017). The Continuing Enigmas of Social Policy. In I. Ye (Ed.), Towards Universal Health Care in Emerging Economies: Opportunities and Challenges (29-60). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-53377-7_2

The welfare regime approach to social policy is shown to be past its use-by date, not least for imposing an ever-expanding set of ideal types that do not fit unyieldingly variegated outcomes across sectors and countries. Moreover, like many other app... Read More about The Continuing Enigmas of Social Policy.

Marxist Economics (2017)
Book Chapter
Fine, B., & Saad Filho, A. (2017). Marxist Economics. In L. Fischer, J. Hasell, J. Proctor, D. Uwakwe, Z. Ward-Perkins, & C. Watson (Eds.), Rethinking Economics: An Introduction to Pluralist Economic (19-32). Routledge

This chapter explains the essential elements of Marxist economics or, preferably, Marxist political economy (MPE). This analysis provides the foundation for Marx's systemic critique of capitalism and his conclusion that the contradictions and limitat... Read More about Marxist Economics.