The state of the state Recent economic, democratic and geopolitical events have raised the question of ‘the state' anew, as problems of territory, sovereignty, protectionism, borders, authoritarianism and surveillance ha...

A timely and critical collective essay on 'the state of the state', written by five members of our Editorial Board @will-davies.bsky.social @andrew-barry.bsky.social @iliasalami.bsky.social Linsey McGoey and Samantha Ashenden
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Our new piece, collectively authored by the Editorial Board of @econsocjournal.bsky.social, reflecting on the state today.

@campolis.bsky.social

Link to the full piece below:

The state of the state Recent economic, democratic and geopolitical events have raised the question of ‘the state' anew, as problems of territory, sovereignty, protectionism, borders, authoritarianism and surveillance ha...

Members of the Editorial Board of @econsocjournal.bsky.social have contributed to a series of reflections on the (contradictory, emergent, uncertain) 'state of the state', introduced by Andrew Barry and me (open access) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Also coming up in Issue 2 is a very special editorial essay on 'The state of the state', bringing together provocative contributions from five members of our Editorial Board.

The great care home cash grab: how private equity turned vulnerable elderly people into human ATMs When did care homes come to be seen as recession-proof investments? And who pays the price?

When private equity takes over a care home, deaths at the home rise by an average of 11%. When the private equity company is leveraged more than 75% in debt, the deaths double

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Also coming up in Issue 2 is a very special editorial essay on 'The state of the state', bringing together provocative contributions from five members of our Editorial Board.

In-print very shortly. Issue 2 of 2026 will be a Special Issue on Care Economies. Issue 3 will feature a Special Section on Asian Platform Capital. Watch this space!

Fortunate and grateful to be part of this editorial collective which still pursues all the good things of academic endeavour, ie theoretical debates and rigorous analysis, which are discussed in-person in lively editorial committee meetings.
And not many good things like this are left in academia.

Silence is not golden when it comes to science and AI The scope of scientific inquiry is contracting as research focuses on data-rich problems

Not at this journal!
Our scope most definitely continues to include research problems that are not data-rich, especially when connected with social theoretical debates. Submissions without AI are very welcome.

www.ft.com/content/0c63... via @FT

Economy and Society Volume 55, Issue 1 of Economy and Society

Issue 1 of 2026 has hit the streets, packed with 9 papers on heat and comfort zones, subscription as an economic form, influencer marketing, value theory of inflation, emissions trading, carbon borders, risk and health, Insuring urban violence, Becker and suicide
www.tandfonline.com/toc/reso20/c...

Economy and Society Volume 55, Issue 1 of Economy and Society

Issue 1 of 2026 has hit the streets, packed with 9 papers on heat and comfort zones, subscription as an economic form, influencer marketing, value theory of inflation, emissions trading, carbon borders, risk and health, Insuring urban violence, Becker and suicide
www.tandfonline.com/toc/reso20/c...

Sounds very interesting. Subscription $ outpace advertising $ by 3-4:1 in US and Canada, for example, but get a fraction of the attention. gmicp.org/canadas-netw...

“…subscription’s possible role in postcapitalist economic organization.”

Subscription’s entanglements Scholars cite subscription paywalls and recurring fees as evidence of a wider political-economic shift from commodification to assetization by digital enclosure, but the mechanics of the subscripti...

Now available in Latest Articles
@bricolageyumyum.bsky.social interrogates 'subscription', a taken-for-granted economic bedrock of digital capitalism
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(PDF) Subscription's entanglements PDF | On Feb 5, 2026, Aaron Shapiro published Subscription's entanglements | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

new jawn from me out today in economy & society on the "subscription economy," part of my larger project on *the paywall society* www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Comfort zones: Thermal environments for life and capital in a warming world First coined by American indoor climate engineers in the 1920s, the concept of the comfort zone has since gained traction beyond buildings and houses, in domains as varied as psychology, business m...

Out this week - Jamie Cross and Alex Nading explore how 'comfort zones' are both contributing to the climate crisis and shaping responses to it
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Comfort zones: Thermal environments for life and capital in a warming world First coined by American indoor climate engineers in the 1920s, the concept of the comfort zone has since gained traction beyond buildings and houses, in domains as varied as psychology, business m...

Out this week - Jamie Cross and Alex Nading explore how 'comfort zones' are both contributing to the climate crisis and shaping responses to it
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Economy and Society (Post-)Growth Infrastructures. Guest Editors: Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn and Matthias Kranke. Volume 54, Issue 4 of Economy and Society

📣 Publication alert
Just before the break, a special issue co-edited with Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn on ‘(Post-)Growth Infrastructures’ was published in @econsocjournal.bsky.social. /1
👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/reso20/5...

New open-access paper out (with Valérie Boisvert) in @econsocjournal.bsky.social , as part of this great special issue!
Read it here: shorturl.at/L2Ui8

Core question: If conventional accounting is a growth infrastructure, then what exactly are the different forms of green accounting?
A short 🧵 1/7

📖 New publication: JProf Matthias Kranke co-edited a special issue of @econsocjournal.bsky.social on ‘(Post-)Growth Infrastructures’, which brings together scholarship on (post-)growth, transformations, infrastructures and socio-material relations. Most articles open access.
#PostGrowth #SocSci

Economy and Society (Post-)Growth Infrastructures. Guest Editors: Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn and Matthias Kranke. Volume 54, Issue 4 of Economy and Society

Drum roll ... Our final Issue of 2025 is a very Special Issue on (Post-)Growth Infrastructures, edited by Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn and Matthias Kranke.
This was one of two winners supported by funding from our Special Issue Competition.

www.tandfonline.com/toc/reso20/c...

Economy and Society (Post-)Growth Infrastructures. Guest Editors: Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn and Matthias Kranke. Volume 54, Issue 4 of Economy and Society

Drum roll ... Our final Issue of 2025 is a very Special Issue on (Post-)Growth Infrastructures, edited by Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn and Matthias Kranke.
This was one of two winners supported by funding from our Special Issue Competition.

www.tandfonline.com/toc/reso20/c...

Monday 15th December 2025 is the final closing date for submissions to our Early-Career Paper Prize 2026. Last-minute submissions are very welcome!
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Monday 15th December 2025 is the final closing date for submissions to our Early-Career Paper Prize 2026. Last-minute submissions are very welcome!
files.taylorandfrancis.com/economy-and-...

Happy to report from the December Editorial Board meeting that there are many fantastic papers and superb special issues and special sections forthcoming. The cheese board was excellent, too

Tis the season to ... submit to Economy and Society’s Early-Career Paper Prize 2026.
Competition closes 15th December 2025. The winner will receive a £1,000 award

Tis the season to ... submit to Economy and Society’s Early-Career Paper Prize 2026.
Competition closes 15th December 2025. The winner will receive a £1,000 award

I know things are feeling like end of year limp/crush right now … but this is too good an opportunity to pass by if you are considering submitting an article to @econsocjournal.bsky.social 💫

‘Most (if not all!) deaths are to some extent suicides’: Human capital and endogenous mortality in Gary Becker’s work Chicago School economist and Nobel Memorial Prize winner Gary Becker writes that ‘most (if not all!) deaths are to some extent “suicides” in the sense that they could have been postponed if more re...

Check out the brilliant @cibled.bsky.social in @econsocjournal.bsky.social on the extremes of Becker's human capital theory & its normalisation of inequality.

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Economy and Society Dedicated to Michel Callon, 1945–2025. Volume 54, Issue 3 of Economy and Society

Dedicated to Michel Callon, 1945-2025, a key contributor to our journal in recent decades, Issue 3 of 2025 is out today.
www.tandfonline.com/toc/reso20/c...