While the capitalist world economy has always been in a process of continuous change, it is now undergoing many large and rapid changes similar in scope to the process of the birth of neoliberalism almost half a century ago. This is strikingly manifested in the de facto abandonment of two very influential, albeit far from ever universally applied, pillars of neoliberal ideology: “free markets” and a “minimalist state”. They are being openly rejected by governments throughout the Global North in favour of advocating and implementing both greatly increased protectionism, and greatly increased direction of the economy (in the interests of capital) by the state.

The International Initiative for Promoting Political Economy (IIPPE) calls for submissions to its 2024 Annual Conference. Presentations on all aspects of political economy are welcome. New participants committed to political economy, interdisciplinarity, history of economic thought, pluralism in economic and social thinking, and/or their application to policy analysis and activism are strongly encouraged to submit an abstract. You can submit ONE of the following type of proposals:

1. proposal for an individual paper,

2. proposal for a panel or a stream of related panels,

3. activist proposal, documentary film, art project, etc.

Proposals can be submitted here: https://whova.com/portal/registration/iippe_202409/t2674tb7

The proposal submission platform is now open and will close on February 18, 2024.

For more information on working groups, submission guidelines and the conference, visit: https://iippe.org/iippe-annual-conferences/2024-iippe-annual-conference/