Fred in the Media

In “Revisiting the Hidden Developmental State”, published in Politics & Society, Fred Block, Matthew R. Keller, and Marian Negoita trace out the way that government technology policies have been further developed over the last fifteen years.  They focus particularly on the initiatives of the Biden Administration in 2021 and 2022.

In “The New Levers of State Power”, published in Catalyst, Matthew R. Keller and Fred Block argue that the expansion of the U.S. government’s role in innovation creates an opportunity for social movements to press for significant reforms from corporations that have become dependent on government help.

Karl Klare and Fred Block produced “A research agenda for political economy” as part of the Center for Engaged Scholarship.

Seeing the State:  In Search of a New History of Economic Modernity (2018)

To Reform Capitalism, Look to Marx (2018)

Karl Polanyi and Human Freedom (2018)

Secular Stagnation and Creative Destruction: Reading Robert Gordon through a Schumpeterian Lens (2018)

A Strategy for Rebuilding the Manufacturing Sector in the United States (2017)

Karl Polanyi in an Age of Uncertainty (2017)

The Return of Karl Polanyi (2014)

No Mandate for Market Fundamentalism (2005)
The President insists that his election victory paves the way for major new initiatives such as Social Security privatization. However, there is little evidence that the public embraces the right wing’s long term hostility to our most successful and effective social program.

The Ruling Class Does Not Rule (1977)