Clara E. Mattei on Austerity, Fascism and Authoritarian Liberalism

Clara E. Mattei on the relation between austerity, fascism and authoritarian liberalism.Clara's book is out in German! Find it here:Die Ordnung des Kapitals: Wie Ökonomen die Austerität erfanden und dem Faschismus den Weg bereiteten. Brumaire Verlag.https://shop.jacobin.de/bestellen/clara-mattei-die-ordnung-des-kapitals ShownotesClara E. Mattei’s website:https://www.claramattei.com/Center for Heterodox Economics (CHE) at the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma:https://sites.utulsa.edu/chetu/CHE’s YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/@CHE-tulsaMattei, C. E. (2022). The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism. University of Chicago Press.https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/C/bo181707138.htmlthe german translation:Mattei, C. E. (2025). Die Ordnung des Kapitals: Wie Ökonomen die Austerität erfanden und dem Faschismus den Weg bereiteten. Brumaire Verlag.https://shop.jacobin.de/bestellen/clara-mattei-die-ordnung-des-kapitalson „Derisking“:Amarnath, S., Brusseler, M., Gabor, D., Lala, C., Mason, JW (2023). Varieties of Derisking. Phenomenal World.https://www.phenomenalworld.org/interviews/derisking/on “DOGE” (Department of Government Efficiency):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Government_Efficiencyon the new german “Sondervermögen” to invest in rearmament and infrastructure:https://www.dw.com/en/germany-set-to-spend-big-on-army-and-infrastructure/a-71834527on the 1920 International Financial Conference in Brussels:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_International_Financial_Conference_(1920)on the 1922 Economic and Financial Conference in Genoa:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genoa_Economic_and_Financial_Conference_(1922)on Google’s contract with the IDF:https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/22/24349582/google-israel-defense-forces-idf-contract-gazaBenanav, A. (2022). Socialist Investment, Dynamic Planning, and the Politics of Human Need. Rethinking Marxism, 34(2), 193–204.https://doi.org/10.1080/08935696.2022.2051375Sirianni, C. J. (1980). Workers’ Control in the Era of World War I: A Comparative Analysis of the European Experience. Theory and Society, 9(1), 29–88.https://www.jstor.org/stable/656823on the Landless Workers Movement in Brazil:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landless_Workers%27_MovementBraun, B. (2021) Central Bank Planning for Public Purpose. In: Fassin, D. and Fourcade, M. (eds.) Pandemic Exposures: Economy and Society in the Time of Coronavirus. HAU Books, pp. 105–121.https://benjaminbraun.org/assets/pubs/braun_central-bank-planning-public-purpose.pdfon the “Phillips Curve”:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phillips_curveArun K. Patnaik. (1988). Gramsci’s Concept of Common Sense: Towards a Theory of Subaltern Consciousness in Hegemony Processes. Economic and Political Weekly, 23(5).https://www.jstor.org/stable/4378042Thomas, P.D. (2015). Gramsci’s Marxism: The ‘Philosophy of Praxis’. In: McNally, M. (eds.) Antonio Gramsci. Critical Explorations in Contemporary Political Thought. Palgrave Macmillan.https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1057/9781137334183_6on the US Solidarity Economy:https://neweconomy.net/solidarity-economy/the US Solidarity Economy Network:https://ussen.org/the US Solidarity Economy Map and Directory:https://solidarityeconomy.us/ If you are interested in democratic economic planning, these resources might be of help:Democratic planning – an information websitehttps://www.democratic-planning.com/Sorg, C. & Groos, J. (eds.)(2025). Rethinking Economic Planning. Competition & Change Special Issue Volume 29 Issue 1.https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/ccha/29/1Groos, J. & Sorg, C. (2025). Creative Construction - Democratic Planning in the 21st Century and Beyond. Bristol University Press. [for a review copy, please contact: amber.lanfranchi[at]bristol.ac.uk]https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/creative-constructionInternational Network for Democratic Economic Planninghttps://www.indep.network/Democratic Planning Research Platform:https://www.planningresearch.net/ Future Histories Episodes on Related TopicsS03E24 | Grace Blakeley on Capitalist Planning and its Alternativeshttps://www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blog/s03/e24-grace-blakeley-on-capitalist-planning-and-its-alternatives/  Future Histories Contact & SupportIf you like Future Histories, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/join/FutureHistoriesContact: [email protected]: https://twitter.com/FutureHpodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/futurehpodcast/Mastodon: https://mstdn.social/@FutureHistoriesEnglish webpage:https://futurehistories-international.com Episode Keywords#ClaraEMattei, #JanGroos, #Interview, #FutureHistories, #FutureHistoriesInternational, #futurehistoriesinternational, #Austerity, #CentralBanks, #Capitalism, #Fascism, #Economics, #NeoclassicalEconomics, #HeterodoxEconomics, #PluralEconomics, #State, #CapitalistState, #Markets, #History, #SolidarityEconomy, #AntonioGramsci, #Gramsci, #Investment, #DemocraticPlanning, #DemocraticEconomicPlanning, #Derisking, #PoliticalEconomy, #EconomicHistory, #AuthoritarianLiberalism, #EconomicThought, #EconomicDemocracy