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History and Political Economy of Business and Finance
Introduction
The History and Political Economy (HYPE) of Business and Finance is a research cluster based in The Open University Business School. It brings together scholars who aim at developing a critical approach to business and financial theory.
HYPE puts forward an interdisciplinary research agenda using insights from the perspective of political economy (i.e. an interdisciplinary approach to the relations among individuals, governments, and public policy) and history.
Our aims
HYPE is founded on three main objectives:
- to provide a critical understanding of the main contemporary issues and challenges facing business and society, such as the rising inequalities, the environmental crisis, and the rise of platform capitalism
- to establish communication links, dialogue, and knowledge exchange between academics, businesses, and policy makers
- to demonstrate the practical value of history and political economy in dealing with a series of contemporary challenges
Project blog
- Taxing financial winners from coronavirus to pay for the crisis – lessons from WW1 by Janette Rutterford October, 2020
- UK investment trust portfolio strategies before the first world war by Janette Rutterford and Dimitris Sotiropoulos May, 2020
- Did the Victorians diversify? What the Victorian household can teach us about investment by Janette Rutterford and Dimitris Sotiropoulos May, 2020
People
Events
HYPE Webinar Series
This series of webinars will investigate different aspects of the challenges we face in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The webinar series will be focused on an interdisciplinary research agenda using insights from political economy and history.
The webinars will take place via Microsoft Teams. Everybody is welcome and participation is free, but registration is required. If you want to attend the webinars, please email us.
The Reinvention of Development Banking in Europe – History, Power Asymmetries and the Quest for Transformative Change
Presented by Prof. Daniel Mertens
16:00 - 17:30 (GMT), Wednesday 14 April 2021
The Neoliberal global triad and the Latin American financial trap: contending explanations of macro-financial crises
Presented by Professor Gary Dymski
16:00 - 17:30 (GMT), Wednesday 10 March 2021
BREXIT and COVID-19: What lies ahead for the UK capitalism?
A panel discussion with Graham Turner, Prof. Leslie Budd, and Dr. Dimitris Sotiropoulos
18:00 – 19:30 (GMT), Wednesday 10 February 2021
Financing the first world war in britain: lessons from history for the covid-19 pandemic
Presented by Professor Janette Rutterford
16:00 - 17:30 (BST), Wednesday 23 September 2020
Financialisation and Health
Presented by Dr. Giorgos Galanis
16:00 - 17:30 (GMT), Wednesday 18 November 2020
Reshaping productive integration in Europe? Some considerations based on Input-Output analysis
Presented by Dr. Davide Villani
16:00 - 17:30 (GMT), Wednesday 11 November 2020
Past events organised under the Open Political Economy Group (OPEG)
- Workshop - New perspectives in political economy
Friday 7 June 2019, 09:45 to 18:30
The Open University in London, 1-11 Hawley Crescent, Camden Town, London NW1 8NP - Financialised inclusion? Early-Career Researcher Masterclass on the Critical Understanding of Personal Finance within Global Financial Markets
Wednesday 23 May 2018, 09:45 to 17:00 The Open University in London, 1-11 Hawley Crescent, Camden Town, London, NW1 8NP - Socialist Optimism: A Panel Discussion
Wednesday 7 December 2016, 18:00 to 20:00
Bloomsbury Room (Rm 35), Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU - Money, Debt and Finance: Towards a Political Economy of Financial Innovation
Friday 26 June 2015, 09:15 - 19:30
The Open University, 1-11 Hawley Crescent, Camden Town, London NW1 8NP
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