S03E36 - Clara E. Mattei on Austerity, Fascism and Authoritarian Liberalism
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Die Trinität der Austerität
In diesem Kapitel wird Austerität als mehrdimensionales Konzept betrachtet, das fiskalische, monetäre und industrielle Aspekte umfasst. Es wird aufgezeigt, wie Austeritätsmaßnahmen dazu dienen, Ressourcen von Arbeiter zu Kapitalbesitzern umzulagern und die soziale Struktur zugunsten des 'Kapitalordnens' zu stabilisieren. Zudem wird die Verbindung zwischen Austerität, politischen Veränderungen und dem Aufstieg autoritärer Strömungen in Europa und den USA untersucht.
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.
https://shop.jacobin.de/bestellen/clara-mattei-die-ordnung-des-kapitals
Shownotes
Clara E. Mattei’s website:
Center for Heterodox Economics (CHE) at the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma:
https://sites.utulsa.edu/chetu/
CHE’s YouTube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/@CHE-tulsa
Mattei, C. E. (2022). The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism. University of Chicago Press.
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo181707138.html
the german translation:
Mattei, C. E. (2025). Die Ordnung des Kapitals: Wie Ökonomen die Austerität erfanden und dem Faschismus den Weg bereiteten. Brumaire Verlag.
https://shop.jacobin.de/bestellen/clara-mattei-die-ordnung-des-kapitals
on „Derisking“:
Amarnath, S., Brusseler, M., Gabor, D., Lala, C., Mason, JW (2023). Varieties of Derisking. Phenomenal World.
https://www.phenomenalworld.org/interviews/derisking/
on “DOGE” (Department of Government Efficiency):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiency
on the new german “Sondervermögen” to invest in rearmament and infrastructure:
https://www.dw.com/en/germany-set-to-spend-big-on-army-and-infrastructure/a-71834527
on the 1920 International Financial Conference in Brussels:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_International_Financial_Conference_(1920)
on the 1922 Economic and Financial Conference in Genoa:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genoa_Economic_and_Financial_Conference_(1922)
on Google’s contract with the IDF:
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/22/24349582/google-israel-defense-forces-idf-contract-gaza
Benanav, A. (2022). Socialist Investment, Dynamic Planning, and the Politics of Human Need. Rethinking Marxism, 34(2), 193–204.
https://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.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/656823
on the Landless Workers Movement in Brazil:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landless_Workers%27_Movement
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.
https://benjaminbraun.org/assets/pubs/braun_central-bank-planning-public-purpose.pdf
on the “Phillips Curve”:
https://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).
https://www.jstor.org/stable/4378042
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.
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9781137334183_6
on the US Solidarity Economy:
https://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
https://www.democratic-planning.com/
Sorg, C. & Groos, J. (eds.)(2025). Rethinking Economic Planning. Competition & Change Special Issue Volume 29 Issue 1.
https://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]
https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-construction
International Network for Democratic Economic Planning
Democratic Planning Research Platform:
https://www.planningresearch.net/
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S03E29 | Nancy Fraser on Alternatives to Capitalism
https://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e29-nancy-fraser-on-alternatives-to-capitalism/
S03E24 | Grace Blakeley on Capitalist Planning and its Alternatives
S02E08 | Thomas Biebricher zu neoliberaler Regierungskunst
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