Martyn Egan
Biographic Data
| ID | 3673843 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martyn Egan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martyn |
| FAMILY NAME | Egan |
| SIGNATURE | EGAN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Martyn Egan, Department of Political Science, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8070-5964 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Towards a political economy of algorithmic capitalism
The emergence of large language models such as GPT3 has prompted intense debate about the transformative potential of generative AI to 'revolutionise' knowledge work and disrupt economic activity. This article represents an initial attempt to problematise this phenomenon within a Marxist analytical framework. Borrowing the term 'algorithmic capitalism' to refer both to the broad family of generative AI models and their anticipated effects on the …
The mystery of Dublin: Corporate profit-shifting and housing crisis in twenty-first century Ireland
Ireland's economy is currently characterized by two phenomena: a highly globalized growth regime predicated on multinational corporate profit-shifting, and a domestic economy (concentrated in the capital, Dublin) experiencing severe housing crisis. This paper links these two phenomena together, and argues that they be considered as evidence of the emergence of a new accumulation regime, in which a specific mode of integration within the global ec…
Bourdieu in Beirut: Wasta , the State and Social Reproduction in Lebanon
This article uses Pierre Bourdieu’s theory to analyze the relation between the Lebanese state and the reproduction of unequal power relations, in particular through the phenomenon of wasta (an Arabic word referring to the use of connections to obtain scarce goods or services). We attempt to demonstrate how social reproduction in Lebanon has come to rely on the clandestine exchange of certain symbolic and material resources, exemplified in practic…
Bourdieu in Beirut: Wasta , the State and Social Reproduction in Lebanon
This article uses Pierre Bourdieu’s theory to analyze the relation between the Lebanese state and the reproduction of unequal power relations, in particular through the phenomenon of wasta (an Arabic word referring to the use of connections to obtain scarce goods or services). We attempt to demonstrate how social reproduction in Lebanon has come to rely on the clandestine exchange of certain symbolic and material resources, exemplified in practic…
The mystery of Dublin: Corporate profit-shifting and housing crisis in twenty-first century Ireland
Ireland's economy is currently characterized by two phenomena: a highly globalized growth regime predicated on multinational corporate profit-shifting, and a domestic economy (concentrated in the capital, Dublin) experiencing severe housing crisis. This paper links these two phenomena together, and argues that they be considered as evidence of the emergence of a new accumulation regime, in which a specific mode of integration within the global ec…
Bourdieu in Beirut: Wasta , the State and Social Reproduction in Lebanon
This article uses Pierre Bourdieu’s theory to analyze the relation between the Lebanese state and the reproduction of unequal power relations, in particular through the phenomenon of wasta (an Arabic word referring to the use of connections to obtain scarce goods or services). We attempt to demonstrate how social reproduction in Lebanon has come to rely on the clandestine exchange of certain symbolic and material resources, exemplified in practic…
The mystery of Dublin: Corporate profit-shifting and housing crisis in twenty-first century Ireland
Ireland's economy is currently characterized by two phenomena: a highly globalized growth regime predicated on multinational corporate profit-shifting, and a domestic economy (concentrated in the capital, Dublin) experiencing severe housing crisis. This paper links these two phenomena together, and argues that they be considered as evidence of the emergence of a new accumulation regime, in which a specific mode of integration within the global ec…
Towards a political economy of algorithmic capitalism
The emergence of large language models such as GPT3 has prompted intense debate about the transformative potential of generative AI to 'revolutionise' knowledge work and disrupt economic activity. This article represents an initial attempt to problematise this phenomenon within a Marxist analytical framework. Borrowing the term 'algorithmic capitalism' to refer both to the broad family of generative AI models and their anticipated effects on the …
Economics (3 works) · Economic system (2 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (2 works) · Market economy (2 works) · Neoclassical economics (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Biology (1 works) · Capital accumulation (1 works) · Capitalism (1 works)