Social Science Space

Have sociologists better understood some of Adam Smith’s cautions than have economists?

Critical scholarship and intellectual dissent are currently being closed down in favour of a model of academic life that accords scholars a limited role as purveyors of practically useful skills in ‘real-world’ labour markets.

Russell Belk, York University, published “Examining Markets, Marketing, Consumers, and Society through Documentary Films” on August 23rd, 2011 in Journal […]

Michel Anteby, Harvard University, published “Markets, Morals, and Practices of Trade: Jurisdictional Disputes in the U.S. Commerce in Cadavers” in […]

Politics today in Britain is marked by conflicts between claims to extend or defend voice, some of them deeply misleading. […]