S03E36 - Clara E. Mattei on Austerity, Fascism and Authoritarian Liberalism

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:

https://www.claramattei.com/

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.

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