Francesco Boldizzoni
Biographic Data
| ID | 203227 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Francesco Boldizzoni |
| GIVEN NAMES | Francesco |
| FAMILY NAME | Boldizzoni |
| SIGNATURE | BOLDIZZONI F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Foretelling the End of Capitalism: Intellectual Misadventures since Karl Marx
Intellectuals since the Industrial Revolution have been obsessed with whether, when, and why capitalism will collapse. This riveting account of two centuries of failed forecasts of doom reveals the key to capitalism’s durability. Prophecies about the end of capitalism are as old as capitalism itself. None have come true. Yet, whether out of hope or fear, we keep looking for harbingers of doom. In Foretelling the End of Capitalism, Francesco Boldi…
Capitalism’s Futures Past: Expectations in History and Theory
The articles focuses on the economic and intellectual history of expectations
Routledge Handbook of Global Economic History
Politics and the Neutralization of History: A Reply
In his response to Arjo Klamer, Wolfgang Streeck and Adam Tooze, Francesco Boldizzoni continues his reflection on the public role of history, dwelling in particular on the uses and abuses of the past, history’s problematic relationship with the social sciences, and the concept of “historical agnosticism.” He concludes that the neutralization of history, and the construction of atemporal narratives, has gone hand in hand with the Atlanticization o…
On History and Policy: Time in the Age of Neoliberalism
It is often said that history matters, but these words are usually little more than a hollow statement. In the aftermath of the Great Recession, the view that the economy is a mechanical toy that can be fixed using a few simple tools has continued to be held by economists and policy makers and echoed by the media. The essay addresses the origins of this unfortunate belief, inherent to neoliberalism, and what can be done to bring time back into pu…
The Poverty of Clio: Resurrecting Economic History
Il volume affronta questioni metodologiche di storia economica.
The Poverty of Clio: Resurrecting Economic History
This book challenges the hold that cliometrics—an approach to economic history that employs the analytical tools of economists—has exerted on the study of our economic past. This book calls for the reconstruction of economic history, one in which history and the social sciences are brought to bear on economics, and not the other way around. The book questions the appeal of economics over history—which it identifies as a distinctly American attitu…
Poverty of Clio: Resurrecting Economic History
Capitalism’s Futures Past: Expectations in History and Theory
The articles focuses on the economic and intellectual history of expectations
Foretelling the End of Capitalism: Intellectual Misadventures since Karl Marx
Intellectuals since the Industrial Revolution have been obsessed with whether, when, and why capitalism will collapse. This riveting account of two centuries of failed forecasts of doom reveals the key to capitalism’s durability. Prophecies about the end of capitalism are as old as capitalism itself. None have come true. Yet, whether out of hope or fear, we keep looking for harbingers of doom. In Foretelling the End of Capitalism, Francesco Boldi…
The Poverty of Clio: Resurrecting Economic History
Il volume affronta questioni metodologiche di storia economica.
The Poverty of Clio: Resurrecting Economic History
This book challenges the hold that cliometrics—an approach to economic history that employs the analytical tools of economists—has exerted on the study of our economic past. This book calls for the reconstruction of economic history, one in which history and the social sciences are brought to bear on economics, and not the other way around. The book questions the appeal of economics over history—which it identifies as a distinctly American attitu…
Poverty of Clio: Resurrecting Economic History
Routledge Handbook of Global Economic History
Politics and the Neutralization of History: A Reply
In his response to Arjo Klamer, Wolfgang Streeck and Adam Tooze, Francesco Boldizzoni continues his reflection on the public role of history, dwelling in particular on the uses and abuses of the past, history’s problematic relationship with the social sciences, and the concept of “historical agnosticism.” He concludes that the neutralization of history, and the construction of atemporal narratives, has gone hand in hand with the Atlanticization o…
On History and Policy: Time in the Age of Neoliberalism
It is often said that history matters, but these words are usually little more than a hollow statement. In the aftermath of the Great Recession, the view that the economy is a mechanical toy that can be fixed using a few simple tools has continued to be held by economists and policy makers and echoed by the media. The essay addresses the origins of this unfortunate belief, inherent to neoliberalism, and what can be done to bring time back into pu…
Capitalism’s Futures Past: Expectations in History and Theory
The articles focuses on the economic and intellectual history of expectations
Foretelling the End of Capitalism: Intellectual Misadventures since Karl Marx
Intellectuals since the Industrial Revolution have been obsessed with whether, when, and why capitalism will collapse. This riveting account of two centuries of failed forecasts of doom reveals the key to capitalism’s durability. Prophecies about the end of capitalism are as old as capitalism itself. None have come true. Yet, whether out of hope or fear, we keep looking for harbingers of doom. In Foretelling the End of Capitalism, Francesco Boldi…
Political science (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · History (3 works) · History (3 works) · Neoclassical economics (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Capitalism (2 works)