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This article explores the political economy of delayed retirement and its societal impact. It examines the conflict between official and civil discourse on proposals to raise the retirement age, arguing that prolonging labor benefits capitalists by increasing surplus value. The article criticizes neoclassical economics for its narrow focus on economic interests and advocates for a comprehensive understanding of social production and distribution. It emphasizes the importance of shortening the working day for human development and discusses the shift from "material dependence" to "free and comprehensive development." The text also addresses the paradox of old age and the failure to solve elder care despite increased wealth, attributing the issue to the capitalist mode of production. It suggests reforms such as building a socialist economic system, improving fiscal and financial systems, investing in social programs, and strengthening social and labor security while gradually reducing working hours. [Extracted from the article]

This article explores the concept of extractivism and its role in the current ecological crisis. Extractivism refers to the global extraction of resources, which has been a key aspect of capitalism since the colonial era. The article focuses on the acceleration of resource extraction in the Global South, particularly in Latin America and Africa, and the devastating ecological consequences of this trend. It also delves into the historical roots of extractivism in the Marxist tradition and emphasizes the need for a critical analysis of its political, economic, and ecological dimensions. The article discusses Marx's analysis of appropriation and its connection to extractivism, highlighting the expropriation of land, bodies, and nature under capitalism. It also explores the concept of extractivist surplus, which encompasses excessive extraction processes and their negative impacts. The article concludes by emphasizing the urgency of addressing the capitalist expropriation of nature and transitioning to a more sustainable society that balances the relationship between humanity and the environment. The document includes a list of references and citations related to extractivism, capitalism, and the environment, providing a range of perspectives on the topic. [Extracted from the article]

Weber writes that reformers in China successfully diverged from the national neoliberal ideal, but this is not to deny that the rise of China is central to the story of the global neoliberal era. That China has embraced such an approach instead of the austerity programs and free market policies of the former Soviet states has made it clear to leaders in the United States and the European Union that China has emerged in the 21st century not only as a trading partner and an ally but as a potential rival. Even today the Chinese state views the market primarily in instrumental terms - as Weber puts it, a "tool in the pursuit of its larger development goals" - thereby preserving a degree of economic sovereignty that distinguishes China from other powerful countries. THE LAST FEW YEARS HAVE SEEN A NEW TURN IN THE RE-lationship between the People's Republic of China and the rest of the world. [Extracted from the article]

The article focuses on the need to improve economic analysis in the context of New Zealand's resource management. Topics include the failure of the current system, the importance of economic understanding, and the need for comprehensive and balanced economic assessments to support effective policy decisions.

When one of the moderators asked him if he believed in the prospects of the Grand Soir - the Great Evening, or the notion of an inevitable workers' revolution that has inspired generations of French leftists - Piketty fired back, "The Grand Soir is great, but it's the morning after that interests me most." He unpacks the concentration of wealth in colonial and slaveholding societies like British-occupied India, French-controlled Algeria, and prerevolutionary Haiti (which was, in 1780, the world's most unequal society, according to Piketty). While Marx and Engels argued that the underlying material conditions and class structure of a given society held the key to understanding the resilience (or, for that matter, the fragility) of its political system, Piketty has a very different read on how authority reproduces itself. For example, the 19th century proprietarian order had its roots, Piketty argues, in what was originally a very simple goal: the separation of the state's authority - the provision of security and laws and a monopoly on violence - from the individual's right to hold and sell property. [Extracted from the article]

The article takes a look at the plan of economist Mariana Mazzucato to reform the global economic system which coincides with the thinking of Pope Francis about reframing economics on the basis of universal human values. Focus is given on Pope Francis and Mazzucato's criticism of the neoliberal forms of capitalism, support of Pope Francis to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, and advocacy of Mazzucato for the common good and global economic cooperation.

In the article, the author discusses issues on ecology and the future of history. Also cited are how the collapse of the Soviet Union has signaled the final defeat of socialism and victory of capitalism, and the current epochal crisis as of July 2022 that includes economic stagnation, the epidemiological threats from pandemics, the renewed imperialism toward the Global South, and the New Cold War.

In the article, the author discusses the disciplinary concept called panopticon that was conceptualized by English philosopher Jeremy Bentham, stating that power or authority should be both visible and unverifiable. Other topics include the main underpinnings of capitalism, namely, control and exploitation/expropriation, and the rise of managerial control mechanisms amidst the efforts by business owners to command the labor process.

A defining characteristic of Free Market Capitalism is the absence or limitation of government influence and regulation - this is essential for the creation of a "free market." In effect, we've excluded economic systems that would truly benefit society and promote fairness, sustainability, and equity. This absence of reality and ethics in our economic system has poisoned all other aspects of society, including our collective culture and politics. Following the Cold War, much of the world pledged allegiance to Capitalism, specifically, Free Market Capitalism. [Extracted from the article]

In this article the author talks about the Global economic growth which depends on technological innovation catalyzed by appropriate national policies, and these are being neglected by the U.S and other affluent nations risking not only their own economies but global well-being. It mentions that the ability of firms to innovate in turn depends on their capability to take advantage of market opportunities created by new technologies, new customer demands, or both.

The article discusses the state of neoclassical economics in relation to the thought of economist Thomas Piketty on wealth inequality in his book "Capital in the Twenty-First Century." Topics include the relation of wealth and income inequality to economic stagnation, the cultural status of rich people in the U.S., and the views of economist Martin Feldstein.

The article discusses the view of neoclassical economist Oliver Williamson and business historian Alfred Chandler that monopoly and oligopoly can retain social benefits that would have arisen from economic competition. Topics include the nature of large business organizations, political costs of private railroad companies in the U.S., and legal aspects of corporations in U.S. history. Also addressed are capital accumulation in corporations, economic aspects of human nature, and the role of trust in cooperation between small businesses.

Purpose - This paper seeks to use systemic thinking for the purpose of criticizing neoclassical utility theory. Design/methodology/approach - First, the systemic-theoretical ontology, epistemology and methodology are presented. Then the basis for the utility theory, and later spin-offs, the decision theory and game theory, for which among others Jon Elster is a main agent, are criticized. Findings - The psychological hypothesis, on which the utility theory is based, is rejected as untrue. Originality/value - The fact that a theory can be explained in simple mathematical terms may make it popular, but this will hardly make it more scientific, despite its display of numerous mathematical terms. This paper's contribution has been to provide a critique of this concept. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Focuses on the evangelical roots of economics and the concept of market as the pattern of existence. Dominance of neoclassical economists in economic departments around the world; Belief of evangelicals on industrial economy; Approach of Victorian evangelicals on the Great Hunger or potato famine in Ireland between 1845 and 1850.

The author compares theories of evolutionary biology to those of neoclassical economics, with particular focus on economist Milton Friedman's essay "The Methodology of Positive Economics" and "The spandrels of San Marcos and the Panglossian paradigm" by evolutionary biologists Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin. He discusses assumptions in both disciplines regarding the causation of various behaviors, in particular the role of adaptation as a driver of economic and evolutionary changes.

The article discusses the topic of homo economicus and behavioral economics. The topic includes home economicus of neoclassical economics as a rational choice theory with material self-interest and infallible decisions almost synonymous with selfishness whereas behavioral economics underlines human psychology of moral superiority, social action, passion, link between economics and society and success of micro finance and as reflected in the writings of Daniel Kahneman, Richard Thaler.

The author argues that unscientific assumptions in economic theory undermine efforts to solve environmental problems. He analyzes the origins of 19th-century neoclassical economics, emphasizing the field's use of equations from subsequently discredited 19th-century theories of physics. The costs of damage to the environment are not taken into account by such theories, which leads economic reasoning on environmental protection to unsound conclusions.

The article explores the misunderstanding about the business cycle in the aftermath of the 2007-2008 financial crisis. Lessons learned from the 1930s depression are acknowledged for preventing the collapse of global finance and trade. The use of both monetary and fiscal policy by governments for the recovery of their economy is discussed, as well as the gap between neoclassical economists and the New Keynesians.

Reports on the students who protested against the dogmatic teaching of neoclassical economics and the uncontrolled use of mathematics at the Sorbonne in Paris, France as of January 21, 2002. Number of numerical indicators of success introduced by the French government; Purpose of the smart toilet developed by Japanese firm Matsushita; Cost of compulsory school tests in the United States.

Anyone who has read even a bit of economics knows how it can be. Pages filled with squiggly equations describe a world occupied not by fallible, generous people like you, your family or your friends, but by "agents" and "actors", all as rational as Star Trek's Spock. Yet most economists rather like the dryness of the dominant, neoclassical strain of their discipline. Its lack of detail about how people behave in the real world, much bemoaned by its critics, is actually a strength. It gives economic theory great flexibility, especially when mathematical techniques are brought to bear. Neoclassical economics tends often, though not always, to conclude, much like this newspaper, that the best policies tend to be liberal ones: free trade, a limited role for governments, lower taxes. The flexibility of neoclassical economics has also allowed its techniques and prescriptions to infiltrate other social sciences, such as sociology, political science and anthropology.

Comments on the idea that the euro will hasten economic integration. Promotion of competition which will lead to higher productivity and incomes; Economic theory suggesting connections between integration and regional specialization; What modern theory emphasizes; How neoclassical factors--trade and comparative advantage--caused a long-term shift in industrial structure.

Reports on the holding of teach-in on real world economics at the University of Victoria in British Columbia sponsored by the Vancouver Island Interest Research Group in March 20, 1996. Criticism of neo-classical economics; Proposals for the teaching of economics which gives importance to people and the environment.

Argues that economists must reject the three methods that have dominated modern, mainstream `neoclassical' economics since the 1940s. Lawrence Klein's notion of statistical significance; Paul Samuelson's notion of blackboard proofs of existence; Jan Tinbergen's notion that the two pieces of pseudo-science can be applied to the making of economic policy.