Book launch: Currency of nihilism. City St George’s, University of London, 30 October 2026, 18.15–19.45. Amin Samman will be launching his new book, Currency of Nihilism, in London this October at CITYPERC. Sandy Hager will chair and Giulia Dal Maso will act as discussant. What happens to economic life when …
Mini-conference: Technofinancial capital. Glasgow SASE 2027, 30 June to 3 July 2027. Colleagues are organizing a mini-conference on the theme of technofinancial capital in Glasgow next year as part of SASE 2027. This mini conference focuses on the financing of novel technologies that are explicitly disruptive in their mandates. In …
Book launch: The moralizing corporation. Stewart House, Royal Holloway London Graduate School, 24 November 2026, 18.00-20.00. A new edited collection, The Moralizing Corporation: The Rise and Fall of Corporate Carewashing, will be launched in London this November. The editors and several contributors will be present for a panel discussion followed by …
Embedded Digital Money: The Social Unfolding of Bitcoin. Ilan Talmud, Edward Elgar 2026. This enlightening book traces Bitcoin’s journey from a novel post-2008 crisis experiment to a redefining powerhouse of the financial world. Ilan Talmud reveals the communities, visionaries, investors, regulators and big banks behind this ever-shifting currency, which has …
