Tag: political economy

• May 16, 2026

  Capitalism as a “Mental Technology”: From Bastos to Hartmut Rosa and the social capital theories

  One of the most intensive defenses of capitalism I have recently heard comes from Miguel Anxo Bastos. In several conferences and interviews, he presents capitalism not merely as an economic system, but as a kind of “mental technology”: a way of seeing the world rationally, systematically, and productively. In his account, capitalism emerges from habits…

• May 14, 2026

  Capitalism is a Technology – Miguel Anxo Bastos

  What was humanity like before we young people came to know it? How does one escape poverty? What was there before, 200 years ago? Poverty is always something relative. So, I don’t know whether people in other times felt poor as such, but rather understood that this was existence itself. That was how it had…

• August 3, 2014

  Sociology of Development Journal

  I find this journal very interesting to publish some of my work. Coming March 2015! Sociology of Development is an international journal addressing issues of development, broadly considered. With basic as well as policy-oriented research, topics explored include economic development and well-being, gender, health, inequality, poverty, environment and sustainability, political economy, conflict, social movements, and…