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From One-Dimensional Man to One-Dimensions Economy and Economics (2016)
Preprint / Working Paper
Fine, B. From One-Dimensional Man to One-Dimensions Economy and Economics. London

The evolution to dominance of neoclassical economics is reviewed in light of Marcuse’s OneDimensional Man in the wake of the fiftieth anniversary of the classic’s first publication.

The Political Economy of Restructuring in South Africa (2014)
Book Chapter
Ashman, S., Fine, B., Padayachee, V., & Sender, J. (2014). The Political Economy of Restructuring in South Africa. In H. Bhorat, A. Hirsch, R. Kanbur, & M. Ncube (Eds.), The Oxford Companion to the Economics of South Africa (67-74). Oxford University Press

A Paradigm Shift that Never Was: Justin Lin’s New Structural Economics (2013)
Journal Article
Fine, B., & Van Waeyenberge, E. (2013). A Paradigm Shift that Never Was: Justin Lin’s New Structural Economics. Competition & Change, 17(4), 355-71. https://doi.org/10.1179/1024529413Z.00000000043

This paper assesses the attempt by Justin Lin, former Chief Economist of the World Bank, to posit a new development paradigm through his New Structural Economics, NSE. Lin’s attempt to redefine development econom- ics deserves scrutiny for at least t... Read More about A Paradigm Shift that Never Was: Justin Lin’s New Structural Economics.

Labour and 'Developmental State': A Critique of the Developmental State Theory of Labour (2013)
Book Chapter
Chang, D.-O. (2013). Labour and 'Developmental State': A Critique of the Developmental State Theory of Labour. In B. Fine, D. Tavasci, & J. Saraswati (Eds.), Beyond The Development State: Industrial Policy into the Twenty-First Century (85-109). Pluto

As suggested in the introduction to this volume, the predilection to set up an opposition between state and market has resulted in ‘downplaying the role of class’ in analysing development. This chapter aims to take this critique a step further by loo... Read More about Labour and 'Developmental State': A Critique of the Developmental State Theory of Labour.

Beyond the Developmental State: Industrial Policy into the 21st Century (2013)
Book
Fine, B., Saraswati, J., & Tavasci, D. (Eds.). (2013). Beyond the Developmental State: Industrial Policy into the 21st Century. Pluto. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt183p1qv

Moving beyond abstract economic models and superficial descriptions of the market, Beyond the Developmental State analyses the economic, political and ideological interests which underpin current socio-economic processes. Through this approach, the c... Read More about Beyond the Developmental State: Industrial Policy into the 21st Century.