David M. Fields

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What are the constraints that set in motion the demand for endogenous enforcement mechanisms?

Per the literature on transaction cost economics, capitalist contracts are not enforceable in situations of uncertainty. Yet, what exactly are the constraints that set in motion the demand for...

10 October 2015 6,512 1 View

Which paradigm(s) is(are) the most suitable for assessing the economy-environment relationship?

Given the existence of different schools of thought within social science-at times complementary and at times contradictory-the debate over the way in which this relationship should be...

05 May 2015 3,042 71 View

Isn't treadmill of production theory an extension & elaboration of James O'Connor's Fiscal Crisis of The State?

Doesn't treadmill of production theory thus suffer the same problems with respect to the nature of monetary sovereignty?

03 March 2015 4,670 3 View

Does the economic growth absolutely not contribute to the lessening of ecological degradation?

Is the relationship conclusively direct? Perhaps there is a fetishization with use-values? And, thus, lack of adequate attention to the nature of value, as a totality - its distribution and...

01 January 2015 8,506 9 View

What are the chief approaches used in comparative international sociology, and what are their principle advantages and disadvantages?

Critically assess particular types of methods, discuss their strengths and weaknesses of their use in comparative international research.

01 January 2015 6,258 1 View

Some argue that state has lost its central status. Is the state still relevant?

Some argue that the nation-state has lost its central status in contemporary societies while others argue for a continued importance of the state (and want to “bring the state back in”).

01 January 2015 9,081 1 View

Why does globalization produce divergent outcomes? Is globalization really the issue?

Most analysts agree that globalization produces winners and losers. Reflecting on the different dimensions of globalization—economic, political and sociocultural—and drawing on two or more...

01 January 2015 9,036 7 View

Concerning the Euro Area, what alternative(s) is(are) feasible to ensue the adoption of coordinated, expansive fiscal policies?

In order to combat the violence of neo-liberalism.

01 January 2015 802 4 View

How can Greece repel austerity without abandoning the Euro and the Eurozone?

Without forming a national central bank of its own, and thus reestablishing its own currency, how can Greece escape neo-liberal structural adjustment?

01 January 2015 1,913 44 View

How is the increasing presence of what Marx defined as interest bearing capital distinct from other social forms credit?

What significant role does this play in real as opposed to fictitious accumulation of capital?

01 January 2015 3,786 3 View

What are the similarities and differences between monetary circuit theory and modern monetary theory?

Is there room for synthesis?

01 January 2015 7,547 1 View

Is the varities of capitalism approach (VOC) conducive for analyzing global financialization?

Or is a world-historical paradigmatic lens more appropriate?

01 January 2015 5,740 13 View

To what extent could Sraffa be considered a Marxist?

What are the relationships between Sraffian and Marxian economics?

01 January 2015 4,076 2 View

Differences and similarities between post-keynesian, radical/marxist, and old institutionalist economics?

What would you suggest are the similarities and differences between the paradigms?

01 January 2015 6,070 3 View