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Tag: Refashioning politics

Greek Electorate

Posted on July 5, 2015March 26, 2019 by peadarkirby

Tonight we honour the Greek electorate and their courageous government for having given us a very rare example of economic democracy. Yes, let the people themselves decide how much austerity they can bear: does this idea seem just too much for most of the financial markets to accept? With today’s vote in Greece, have we at last crossed the Rubicon to allow the demos, our fellow citizens, to design an economy and financial system that…

Refashioning politics from below: Notes from the frontline

Posted on January 30, 2014March 26, 2019 by peadarkirby

As the Syriza government in Greece shows that the new emerging politics requires constant creativity in seeking to change the rules of the economic game, developments in Spain as it faces into a crucial electoral cycle also hold fascinating lessons. A new opinion poll in El País today shows support divided remarkably evenly between four parties, indicating just how much has changed in Spanish politics over the past year. Podemos, founded at the beginning of…

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New book from Peadar Kirby

Karl Polanyi and the Contemporary Political Crisis: Transforming Market Society in the Era of Climate Change

Has politics reached breaking point? Rather than defending liberalism or abandoning it, how can a socially just and ecological alternative be built? My new book investigates the causes of our current multifaceted global crisis by drawing on the work of Karl Polanyi. This book explores Polanyi’s theory that social disruptions result from the attempt to run society according to the rules of the market. Drawing on these ideas, it outlines pathways towards an alternative future that overcome weaknesses in Marxism. Linking the ecological, political and socio-economic crises, The book identifies that an alternative socio-ecological model is emerging, consistent with the insights of Polanyi. Karl Polanyi and the Contemporary Political Crisis is being published in early December 2020 and is a contribution to key debates on the future of politics, on the low-carbon transition, on automation and on the emerging world order

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