Iron Ore Pricing in China: Financialization Through a Marxist Lens
We offer a Marxist interpretation of financialization as we examine the Chinese market for iron ore and the shift in the pricing mechanism from an annual fixed price to an indexed price from 2010. Drawing upon Marx's theory of the circuit of capital, we illustrate an empirical case of financialization that results from the conflict between social ...
Xun Gong, Eagle Zhang, Corinne Cortese
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Embrace or leave social media? On the viability of public service media organizations' strategies facing platform power. [PDF]
Moe H.
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When Antitrust Becomes Pro-Trust: The Digital Deformation of U.S. Competition Policy [PDF]
Pasquale, Frank A.
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The Hollowing Out of News: The Implications of the Erosion of Public Interest Journalism
ABSTRACT This essay examines the structural erosion of public interest journalism and its implications for public accountability, institutional trust and research. Focusing on Australia, with Anglo‐American comparisons, it shows how economic, technological and regulatory disruptions have undermined investigative journalism, thereby weakening scrutiny ...
Clinton Free
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Henry George and Silvio Gesell: The Odd Couple
ABSTRACT Henry George (1839–1897) and Silvio Gesell (1862–1930) developed distinct yet overlapping economic reform agendas. Both advocated land reform, free markets, and rejection of protectionism, but differed sharply on money, interest, and taxation.
Dirk Loehr
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Academy, a battleground for justice: a call for prioritarian scholarship. [PDF]
Shrime MG.
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Using large language models to analyze political texts through natural language understanding
Abstract Large language models (LLMs) offer scalable alternatives to human experts when analyzing political texts for meaning, using natural language understanding (NLU). Qualitative NLU methods relying on human experts are severely limited by cost and scalability.
Kenneth Benoit +4 more
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A feminist critical discourse analysis of gender norms on Chinese social media: Empirical insights from WeChat public accounts. [PDF]
Tang Q, Zhang X, Liu T.
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What is (de)politicization and what is wrong with it?
Abstract This article attempts to clarify the meaning of (de)politicization. Politicization sometimes refers to the inappropriate intrusion of partisan loyalties in nonpolitical social domains (affective politicization). Politicization can also constitute an ideal of civic agency and energy (contestatory politicization).
Dimitrios Halikias
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