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The Political Economy of South Africa’s Post-apartheid Transition: The Rejection of Alternatives to Neoliberalism. Critical Reconstructions of Political Economy: Vol.7 (2025)
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Fine, B. (2025). The Political Economy of South Africa’s Post-apartheid Transition: The Rejection of Alternatives to Neoliberalism. Critical Reconstructions of Political Economy: Vol.7. Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004731653

South Africa’s post-apartheid transition has proven disastrous. It is marked by the emergence of a black elite of enriched capitalists out of the globalisation, neoliberalisation and financialisation of the economy in general and of its Minerals-Ener... Read More about The Political Economy of South Africa’s Post-apartheid Transition: The Rejection of Alternatives to Neoliberalism. Critical Reconstructions of Political Economy: Vol.7.

In and against Development: The World Bank behind the Looking Glass (2025)
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Fine, B. (2025). In and against Development: The World Bank behind the Looking Glass. Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004723511

Long self-proclaimed as “Knowledge Bank”, the World Bank is as active as criticised in its endeavours across scholarship, ideology and policy in practice, serving US interests in the age of globalisation, neoliberalism and financialisation. This Volu... Read More about In and against Development: The World Bank behind the Looking Glass.

In and Against Development: From New to Newest Development Economics, Critical Reconstructions of Political Economy, Volume 5. (2025)
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Fine, B. (2025). In and Against Development: From New to Newest Development Economics, Critical Reconstructions of Political Economy, Volume 5. Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004721555

The Economics of Everything, or Economics Imperialism, now has a dominant presence in development economics, and an agenda-setting role in development studies, with the World Bank taking a leading, if contested, role. This volume examines how this ha... Read More about In and Against Development: From New to Newest Development Economics, Critical Reconstructions of Political Economy, Volume 5..

The Financialisation of Social Reproduction in the Age of Neoliberalism: From Theory to Case Studies: Critical Reconstructions of Political Economy, Volume 4 (2024)
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Fine, B., Bayliss, K., Robertson, M., & Saad-Filho, A. (2024). The Financialisation of Social Reproduction in the Age of Neoliberalism: From Theory to Case Studies: Critical Reconstructions of Political Economy, Volume 4. Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004706293

Drawing upon comprehensive research across five countries, including case studies of housing, water, and health, comprehensive theoretical and empirical accounts are offered of the impact of financialisation on economic and social reproduction, along... Read More about The Financialisation of Social Reproduction in the Age of Neoliberalism: From Theory to Case Studies: Critical Reconstructions of Political Economy, Volume 4.

Rescuing Econometrics: From the Probability Approach to Probably Approximately Correct Learning (2024)
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Qin, D. (2024). Rescuing Econometrics: From the Probability Approach to Probably Approximately Correct Learning. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003450788

Haavelmo’s 1944 monograph, The Probability Approach in Econometrics, is widely acclaimed as the manifesto of econometrics. This book challenges Haavelmo’s probability approach, shows how its use is delivering defective and inefficient results, and ar... Read More about Rescuing Econometrics: From the Probability Approach to Probably Approximately Correct Learning.

Cliometrics as Economics Imperialism: Across the Watershed: Critical Reconstructions of Political Economy, Volume 3 (2023)
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Fine, B. (2023). Cliometrics as Economics Imperialism: Across the Watershed: Critical Reconstructions of Political Economy, Volume 3. Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004689275

In Cliometrics as Economics Imperialism, Ben Fine traces the cliometric revolution, from before its emergence through three phases of the new, the newer and the newest economic history. These phases are shown to correspond to those of “economics impe... Read More about Cliometrics as Economics Imperialism: Across the Watershed: Critical Reconstructions of Political Economy, Volume 3.

Economics Imperialism and Interdisciplinarity: Before the Watershed; Critical Reconstructions of Political Economy, Volume 1 (2023)
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Fine, B. (2023). Economics Imperialism and Interdisciplinarity: Before the Watershed; Critical Reconstructions of Political Economy, Volume 1. Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004682344

In Economics Imperialism and Interdisciplinarity: Before the Watershed, Ben Fine offers a selection of his key articles charting the rise of economics imperialism. Each article is accompanied by a preamble that sets the context in which it appeared,... Read More about Economics Imperialism and Interdisciplinarity: Before the Watershed; Critical Reconstructions of Political Economy, Volume 1.

Economics Imperialism and Interdisciplinarity: The Watershed and After; Critical Reconstructions of Political Economy, Volume 2 (2023)
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Fine, B. (2023). Economics Imperialism and Interdisciplinarity: The Watershed and After; Critical Reconstructions of Political Economy, Volume 2. Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004682351

In Economics Imperialism and Interdisciplinarity: The Watershed and After, Ben Fine selects and adds to his key articles tracking economics imperialism through three phases, focusing on the last decade of the third phase – anything goes as with freak... Read More about Economics Imperialism and Interdisciplinarity: The Watershed and After; Critical Reconstructions of Political Economy, Volume 2.

Feminist Political Economy. A Global Perspective (2023)
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Cantillon, S., Mackett, O., & Stevano, S. (2023). Feminist Political Economy. A Global Perspective. Agenda Publishing. https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.6737820

Feminist political economy is essential to understanding the power relations and hierarchies that shape and sustain contemporary capitalism. Motivated by the rejection of gender-blind approaches in economics feminist political economy provides compel... Read More about Feminist Political Economy. A Global Perspective.

From Financialisation to Innovation in UK Big Pharma: AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline (2022)
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Tulum, O., Andreoni, A., & Lazonick, W. (2022). From Financialisation to Innovation in UK Big Pharma: AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009278140

The tension between innovation and financialisation is central to the business corporation. Innovation entails a 'retain-and-reinvest' allocation regime that can form a foundation for stable and equitable economic growth. Driven by shareholder-value... Read More about From Financialisation to Innovation in UK Big Pharma: AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline.

Scaling Up Sustainable Finance and Investment in the Global South (2022)
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Schoenmaker, D., & Volz, U. (Eds.). (2022). Scaling Up Sustainable Finance and Investment in the Global South. CEPR Press

Creating economically and politically legitimate solutions to tackle climate change is one of the most pressing and challenging issues of our time. For emerging and developing economies, the task is made more difficult due to a lack of financing, inc... Read More about Scaling Up Sustainable Finance and Investment in the Global South.

Pakistan Left Review: Then and Now (2022)
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Cheema, N., & Lyon, S. (Eds.). (2022). Pakistan Left Review: Then and Now. Oxford University Press

This volume places the spotlight on an important moment in history. The late 1960s was a time of profound change around the world, and the contributions included here from Pakistan’s leftist intellectuals based in London, speak volumes about the impl... Read More about Pakistan Left Review: Then and Now.

International Equilibrium and Bretton Woods: Kalecki's Alternative to Keynes and White and its Consequences (2022)
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Osiatyński, J., & Toporowski, J. (Eds.). (2022). International Equilibrium and Bretton Woods: Kalecki's Alternative to Keynes and White and its Consequences. Oxford University Press

International Equilibrium and Bretton Woods brings together the papers presented at a special conference of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Bretton Woods Conference. The papers, fro... Read More about International Equilibrium and Bretton Woods: Kalecki's Alternative to Keynes and White and its Consequences.

Interest and Capital: The Monetary Economics of Michał Kalecki (2022)
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Toporowski, J. (2022). Interest and Capital: The Monetary Economics of Michał Kalecki. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198816232.001.0001

The book puts together Kalecki’s published fragments on monetary theory and policy to show his distinctive approach to money and its circulation in the capitalist economy. In Kalecki’s theory money has both an industrial and financial circulation. Co... Read More about Interest and Capital: The Monetary Economics of Michał Kalecki.

Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country (2021)
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Andreoni, A., Mondliwa, P., Roberts, S., & Tregenna, F. (Eds.). (2021). Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192894311.001.0001

Taking South Africa as an important case study of the challenges of structural transformation, the book offers a new micro-meso level framework and evidence linking country-specific and global dynamics of change, with a focus on the current challenge... Read More about Structural Transformation in South Africa: The Challenges of Inclusive Industrial Development in a Middle-Income Country.

The Routledge Handbook on the Middle East Economy (2021)
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Hakimian, H. (Ed.). (2021). The Routledge Handbook on the Middle East Economy. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315103969

This Handbook captures the salient features of Middle Eastern economies and critically examines the public policy responses required to address the challenges and opportunities across the region. Bringing together wide-ranging perspectives from caref... Read More about The Routledge Handbook on the Middle East Economy.

Makroiktisat: Eleştirel Bir Kılavuz (2021)
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Fine, B., & Dimakou, O. (2021). Makroiktisat: Eleştirel Bir Kılavuz. Yordam Kitap Press

Makroiktisat, dünyanın bugün nasıl işlediğini kavrayabilmemiz için temel öneme sahip bir alan. Ancak bu alandaki kavrayışımız genelde ortodoks ve dogmatik çözümlemeleri esas alıyor. Ben Fine ve Ourania Dimakou’nun ezberleri bozan bu çalışması ise mak... Read More about Makroiktisat: Eleştirel Bir Kılavuz.

A Guide to the Systems of Provision Approach: Who Gets What, How and Why (2021)
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Fine, B., & Bayliss, K. (2021). A Guide to the Systems of Provision Approach: Who Gets What, How and Why. Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-54143-9

Understanding consumption requires looking at the systems by which goods and services are provided – not just how they are produced but the historically evolved structures, power relations and cultures within which they are located. The Systems of Pr... Read More about A Guide to the Systems of Provision Approach: Who Gets What, How and Why.