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Category: Economics

The anthropology of debt by Keith Hart
Anthropology, Economics

The anthropology of debt by Keith Hart

(Editor’s note: This article is published in its entirety with the permission of the author) The limits of naïvety I … Continue reading The anthropology of debt by Keith Hart

The collapse of national capitalism — a Sophoclean tragedy – Part 2 – by Keith Hart
Anthropology, Economics

The collapse of national capitalism — a Sophoclean tragedy – Part 2 – by Keith Hart

After 1971 World economy has reverted since the break-up of the Bretton Woods system of fixed parity exchange rates to … Continue reading The collapse of national capitalism — a Sophoclean tragedy – Part 2 – by Keith Hart

The collapse of national capitalism — a Sophoclean tragedy – Part 1 – by Keith Hart
Anthropology, Economics

The collapse of national capitalism — a Sophoclean tragedy – Part 1 – by Keith Hart

Abstract The global economic crisis is not merely financial, a moment in the historical cycle of credit and debt. The … Continue reading The collapse of national capitalism — a Sophoclean tragedy – Part 1 – by Keith Hart

South Africa’s two-tier economy (2012-2022) by Keith Hart
Anthropology, Economics

South Africa’s two-tier economy (2012-2022) by Keith Hart

This analysis is based on the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report for 2011-2012. It identifies twelve “pillars” of sustainable … Continue reading South Africa’s two-tier economy (2012-2022) by Keith Hart

Informality and international trade: The case for an African Customs Union Part 2 by Keith Hart
Anthropology, Economics

Informality and international trade: The case for an African Customs Union Part 2 by Keith Hart

(Keynote address for a World Customs Organization/World Bank conference on ‘Informality, international trade and customs’, Brussels, 3-4 June 2013) It … Continue reading Informality and international trade: The case for an African Customs Union Part 2 by Keith Hart

Informality and international trade: The case for an African Customs Union by Keith Hart
Anthropology, Economics

Informality and international trade: The case for an African Customs Union by Keith Hart

(Keynote address for a World Customs Organization/World Bank conference on ‘Informality, international trade and customs’, Brussels, 3-4 June 2013) It … Continue reading Informality and international trade: The case for an African Customs Union by Keith Hart

Sudan: Its diversity, economics and history by Jehron Muhammad
Economics, Global Politics

Sudan: Its diversity, economics and history by Jehron Muhammad

KHARTOUM, Sudan—Nothing says diversity like Sudan. Once Africa’s largest country, now divided by neocolonial and neoliberal machinations the U.S. helped … Continue reading Sudan: Its diversity, economics and history by Jehron Muhammad

Gypsy Economy: The Promise and Limitations of Ethnography – Part 3
Anthropology, Economics

Gypsy Economy: The Promise and Limitations of Ethnography – Part 3

by Keith Hart Why Study Gypsy Economy? Looking at the contributions to this volume, I would pick out four themes: … Continue reading Gypsy Economy: The Promise and Limitations of Ethnography – Part 3

Gypsy Economy: The Promise and Limitations of Ethnography – Part 2
Anthropology, Economics

Gypsy Economy: The Promise and Limitations of Ethnography – Part 2

by Keith Hart Heads or tails? Martin Fotta referred to a lecture of mine on money, “Heads or tails? Two … Continue reading Gypsy Economy: The Promise and Limitations of Ethnography – Part 2

Gypsy Economy: the Promise and Limitations of Ethnography
Anthropology, Economics

Gypsy Economy: the Promise and Limitations of Ethnography

By Keith Hart The Promise and Limits of Ethnography I am usually rather concerned when I observe how unreflectingly my … Continue reading Gypsy Economy: the Promise and Limitations of Ethnography

How the informal economy took over the World by Keith Hart – Part 3
Economics

How the informal economy took over the World by Keith Hart – Part 3

The demise of national capitalism. To talk of the world economy being “informalized” suggests that there is a global rule-system, … Continue reading How the informal economy took over the World by Keith Hart – Part 3

How the informal economy took over the World – Part 2 by Keith Hart
Anthropology, Economics

How the informal economy took over the World – Part 2 by Keith Hart

The dialectics of form. “General Forms have their vitality in Particulars, and every Particular is a Man” (William Blake). Most … Continue reading How the informal economy took over the World – Part 2 by Keith Hart

How the informal economy took over the world by Keith Hart
Anthropology, Economics

How the informal economy took over the world by Keith Hart

A la recherche du temps perdu (In search of lost time) The idea of an informal economy was born at … Continue reading How the informal economy took over the world by Keith Hart

New Preface to Globalization from Below: The World’s Other Economy by Keith Hart
Anthropology, Economics

New Preface to Globalization from Below: The World’s Other Economy by Keith Hart

IV. The informal economy has taken over the World The idea of an informal economy was born in the 1970s … Continue reading New Preface to Globalization from Below: The World’s Other Economy by Keith Hart

The Political Economy of Food in an Unequal World-by Keith Hart
Anthropology, Economics

The Political Economy of Food in an Unequal World-by Keith Hart


Food in a New Economic Order


What is ‘new’ about neo-liberalism? It is a world economic order based on selective freedom, on the freedom of money to move where it will (but not people, machines, products or information) and on the freedom of strong states to impose their will on the weak.

Continue reading “The Political Economy of Food in an Unequal World-by Keith Hart”

The Struggle for Power by Keith Hart
Anthropology, Economics

The Struggle for Power by Keith Hart

Book Review: The Rise and Fall of Nations: Ten Rules of Change in the Post-Crisis World by Ruchir Sharma, London: … Continue reading The Struggle for Power by Keith Hart

The Bitcoin Controversy
Economics

The Bitcoin Controversy

Most people have already heard of Bitcoin. However, very few know what it is or how it originated. Many people … Continue reading The Bitcoin Controversy

Religion and Economy – Part Two-by Keith Hart
Anthropology, Economics

Religion and Economy – Part Two-by Keith Hart


We need to understand better how we build the infrastructures of collective existence, money among them. How do meanings come to be shared and memory to transcend the minutiae of personal experience?

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Religion and Economy – Part One-by Keith Hart
Anthropology, Economics

Religion and Economy – Part One-by Keith Hart


Religion belongs to a set of terms that also includes art and science. Science began as a form of knowledge opposed to religious mysticism, but is now often opposed to the arts.

Continue reading “Religion and Economy – Part One-by Keith Hart”

Capitalism, revolution and racism in the US and the world-by Keith Hart
Anthropology, Economics

Capitalism, revolution and racism in the US and the world-by Keith Hart

In the aftermath of Trump’s victory, we would do well to recall Hegel’s maxim that difference-in-sameness moves history. Max Weber … Continue reading Capitalism, revolution and racism in the US and the world-by Keith Hart

World’s Most Vital Resource
Economics

World’s Most Vital Resource

It is not necessary to explain the process by which algae through millions of years of geological time and chemical … Continue reading World’s Most Vital Resource

Changing Global Economies
Anthropology, Economics

Changing Global Economies

For decades, investors in advanced economies (AEs) have shaped the evolution of global markets. Research shows that advanced economy investors … Continue reading Changing Global Economies

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