Homo Numericus: ‘The Coming ‘Civilization’. Daniel Cohen, Polity 2024. As the industrial revolution did in the past, the digital revolution is creating a new economy and a new sensibility, bringing about a radical revaluation of society and its representations. From Amazon to Tinder, from Google to Deliveroo, there is no …
Political economy of green-digital transition: International workshop and summer school. LUT University, 4-6/10-14 June 2024. The research group on Economy, Technology, and Society at LUT University in Finland is running a workshop and summer school the political economy of green-digital transition. In an era defined by pressing environmental concerns and …
Symposium on Jakob Feinig’s Moral Economies of Money. Just Money, Winter 2024. With contributions from Stephanie Mudge, Josh Pacewicz, Adam Slez, Pierre-Christian Fink, and David Freund. Monetary orthodoxy has long drawn strength from its simplicity. Pedagogically, it is easy to explain the three functions of money and give a self-contained …
Digital platform economies: Value from data? PERN conference, 25-26 April 2024, The New School. The Platform Economies Research Network (PERN) will be holding a two-day conference at the New School in New York interrogating how digital platforms produce and structure value. You can find the full programme here and register …
Monetary innovations in financial history: Lessons for CBDC design. Online, Feb-June 2024. A new webinar series has been launched devoted to putting CBDCs in historical perspective. The announcement of the digital euro and the widespread discussions surrounding Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) have sparked an important debate about the future …
Climate Finance Taking a Position on Climate Futures. Gareth Bryant and Sophie Webber, Agenda Publishing 2024. Climate change is increasingly contested on financial terms. Different actors are advancing competing climate visions and interests by adopting financial positions. International institutions urge action by identifying financing gaps needed to meet climate targets. …
Money/Power: Theory, Money Markets, and Personal Finance. Samuel Chambers, Substack. A newsletter exploring the mysteries of money, engaging with some of the crucial money problems that societies face today. By Samuel A. Chambers, Professor of Political Theory and Political Economy at Johns Hopkins University.
Finance and fiction dossier. b20, ongoing from 2023. “Finance and Fiction” is an ongoing dossier edited by Arne De Boever (Cal Arts) and Mikkel Krause Frantzen (University of Copenhagen). While some materials in the dossier were initially presented as part of a two-day event titled “Finance and Fiction” that De …
Clickbait capitalism: A panel discussion. Institute of Advanced Studies, London, 23 February 2024, 16.30–18.30 GMT. The UCL Centre for Capitalism Studies is pleased to welcome panelists Carolyn Biltoft (Graduate Institute Geneva), Earl Gammon (Sussex), Emily Rosamond (Goldsmiths), and Amin Samman (City). Chaired by Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou (CCS Director). Pushing beyond …
Special issue: ‘Do give up your day job – Basic income for artists, and other stories’. To be published in the journal Cultural Trends. A planned special issue of Cultural Trends aims to explore how basic income schemes impact artists, communities, and the arts sector. Drawing on the growing popularity of …
