Future Histories· Staffel 3· Folge 36
S03E36 - Clara E. Mattei on Austerity, Fascism and Authoritarian Liberalism
Sonntag, 13. April 2025 · 56 min
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Shownotes
Clara E. Mattei on the relation between austerity, fascism and authoritarian liberalism.
Clara's book is out in German! Find it here:
Die Ordnung des Kapitals: Wie Ökonomen die Austerität erfanden und dem Faschismus den Weg bereiteten. Brumaire Verlag.
shop.jacobin.de/bestellen/clara-mattei-die-ord…
Shownotes
Clara E. Mattei’s website:
Center for Heterodox Economics (CHE) at the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma:
CHE’s YouTube channel:
Mattei, C. E. (2022). The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism. University of Chicago Press.
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo…
the german translation:
Mattei, C. E. (2025). Die Ordnung des Kapitals: Wie Ökonomen die Austerität erfanden und dem Faschismus den Weg bereiteten. Brumaire Verlag.
shop.jacobin.de/bestellen/clara-mattei-die-ord…
on „Derisking“:
Amarnath, S., Brusseler, M., Gabor, D., Lala, C., Mason, JW (2023). Varieties of Derisking. Phenomenal World.
phenomenalworld.org/interviews/derisking
on “DOGE” (Department of Government Efficiency):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government…
on the new german “Sondervermögen” to invest in rearmament and infrastructure:
dw.com/en/germany-set-to-spend-big-on-army-and…
on the 1920 International Financial Conference in Brussels:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_International_F…)
on the 1922 Economic and Financial Conference in Genoa:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genoa_Economic_and_Finan…)
on Google’s contract with the IDF:
theverge.com/2025/1/22/24349582/google-israel-…
Benanav, A. (2022). Socialist Investment, Dynamic Planning, and the Politics of Human Need. Rethinking Marxism, 34(2), 193–204.
doi.org/10.1080/08935696.2022.2051375
Sirianni, C. J. (1980). Workers’ Control in the Era of World War I: A Comparative Analysis of the European Experience. Theory and Society, 9(1), 29–88.
on the Landless Workers Movement in Brazil:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landless_Workers%27_Move…
Braun, B. (2021) Central Bank Planning for Public Purpose. In: Fassin, D. and Fourcade, M. (eds.) Pandemic Exposures: Economy and Society in the Time of Coronavirus. HAU Books, pp. 105–121.
benjaminbraun.org/assets/pubs/braun_central-ba…
on the “Phillips Curve”:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_curve
Arun K. Patnaik. (1988). Gramsci’s Concept of Common Sense: Towards a Theory of Subaltern Consciousness in Hegemony Processes. Economic and Political Weekly, 23(5).
Thomas, P.D. (2015). Gramsci’s Marxism: The ‘Philosophy of Praxis’. In: McNally, M. (eds.) Antonio Gramsci. Critical Explorations in Contemporary Political Thought. Palgrave Macmillan.
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/978113733418…
on the US Solidarity Economy:
neweconomy.net/solidarity-economy
the US Solidarity Economy Network:
the US Solidarity Economy Map and Directory:
If you are interested in democratic economic planning, these resources might be of help:
Democratic planning – an information website
Sorg, C. & Groos, J. (eds.)(2025). Rethinking Economic Planning. Competition & Change Special Issue Volume 29 Issue 1.
journals.sagepub.com/toc/ccha/29/1
Groos, J. & Sorg, C. (2025). Creative Construction - Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond. Bristol University Press. [for a review copy, please contact: amber.lanfranchi[at]bristol.ac.uk]
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-construc…
International Network for Democratic Economic Planning
Democratic Planning Research Platform:
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