The below event with Keith Breckenridge talking on 'Revenge of the Commons: Property, debt and collateral in the evolution of African financial capitalism’ may interest some on this list.
Jack > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Jack Wright <[email protected]> > Subject: CHANGE OF DAY: The Politics of Economics Term Card > Date: 3 May 2019 at 20:06:43 BST > Cc: [email protected] > > Dear all, > > Due to unforeseen circumstances Keith Breckenridge's (WiSER, Wits Institute > for Social and Economic Research) talk has been moved to next Wednesday May > 8th 1430-1630. It will be in SG2, Alison Richard building, Sidgwick site, as > originally advertised. > > Keith talk will be on the 'Revenge of the Commons: Property, debt and > collateral in the evolution of African financial capitalism’ (see abstract at > the end of this email). A background paper for this talk can be found here: > https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00020184.2018.1540515 > <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00020184.2018.1540515> > > We have also had to postpone Diane Coyle’s talk on the 28th. We hope to > reschedule this later in the term. The rest of our term is as follows (all > Tuesdays 1715-1845): > > - 14/05 Erin Hengel (University of Liverpool) & Anja Prummer > (Queen Mary) - Women in Economics [nb one week after the first session] > - 11/06 Nancy Cartwright (Durham) & Eleonora Montuschi (LSE) - > How Should We Approach Evidence for Policy? > - Date TBC Diane Coyle (Cambridge) - Making sense of GDP > > You can find our detailed programme (with abstracts and respondents) on our > website <http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/programmes/the-politics-of-economics> > and updates are available via Twitter @poleconCRASSH. All sessions are open > to all and no registration is required. > > We look forward to seeing you next wednesday and throughout the term. > > Best wishes, > > Jack Wright, Alice Pearson, Jostein Hauge and Raffaele Danna > > > > 'Revenge of the Commons: Property, debt and collateral in the evolution of > African financial capitalism’ > > 'This paper examines the history and economics of property forms on the > African continent, and, especially, the long term effects of the colonial > state's endorsement of informal communal land allocations at the start of the > 20th century. Much of the work associated with the registration of land on > the African continent has been motivated by a critique of the political > project associated with Hernando de Soto's Mystery of Capital. This has led > many scholars to emphasize the political dangers of formal titling and to > downplay the economic and institutional effects of off-register land (and > other asset) allocations - perhaps the most important of which is that, as > Malikane has pointed out, African firms cannot raise formal capital. The > paper shows that another - less visible - effect of the absence of > paper-based forms of collateral on the African continent has been the > widespread turn to automated systems of high-interest, unsecured > individualised debts.' > > > --- > Dr Jack Wright > Post Doctoral Research Associate > Qualitative and Quantitative Social Science: Unifying the Logic of Causal > Inference? > CRASSH, University of Cambridge > Email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > --- > College Research Associate > King's College > --- > Organiser > The Politics of Economics Research Network > >> On 24 Apr 2019, at 14:59, R. Danna <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Dear all, >> >> The fortnightly seminar series of The Politics of Economics >> <http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/programmes/the-politics-of-economics> will >> continue in the coming term. Attached you can find our term card with the >> details of the coming sessions. Our first session will have Keith >> Breckenridge (WiSER, Wits Institute for Socialand Economic Research) who >> will give a paper on the 'Revenge of the Commons: Property, debt and >> collateral in the evolution of African financial capitalism'. >> >> The abstract is as follows: 'This paper examines the history and economics >> of property forms on the African continent, and, especially, the long term >> effects of the colonial state's endorsement of informal communal land >> allocations at the start of the 20th century. Much of the work associated >> with the registration of land on the African continent has been motivated by >> a critique of the political project associated with Hernando de Soto's >> Mystery of Capital. This has led many scholars to emphasize the political >> dangers of formal titling and to downplay the economic and institutional >> effects of off-register land (and other asset) allocations - perhaps the >> most important of which is that, as Malikane has pointed out, African firms >> cannot raise formal capital. The paper shows that another - less visible - >> effect of the absence of paper-based forms of collateral on the African >> continent has been the widespread turn to automated systems of >> high-interest, unsecured individualised debts.' >> >> The session will take place on Tuesday May 7th at 17.15 pm in SG2, Alison >> Richard building, Sidgwick site. >> >> Our sessions will then run on alternate Tuesdays during term for the rest of >> this year. Here is the program for the next sessions of Michaelmas term: >> >> · 14/05 Erin Hengel (University of Liverpool)Anja Prummer (Queen >> Mary) - Women in Economics [nb one week after the first session] >> . 28/05 Diane Coyle (Cambridge) - Making sense of GDP >> . 11/06 Nancy Cartwright (Durham)Eleonora Montuschi (LSE) - How Should >> We Approach Evidencefor Policy? >> >> You can find our detailed programme (with abstracts and respondents) on our >> website <http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/programmes/the-politics-of-economics> >> and updates are available via Twitter @poleconCRASSH. All sessions are open >> to all and no registration is required. >> We look forward to seeing you on May 7th and throughout the term. >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Alice Pearson, Ida Sognnaes, Jack Wright, Jostein Hauge and Raffaele Danna >> <Easter 18-19.jpg> > _____________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the CamPhilEvents mailing list, or change your membership options, please visit the list information page: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEvents List archive: http://bit.ly/CamPhilEventsArchive Please note that CamPhilEvents doesn't accept email attachments. See the list information page for further details and suggested alternatives.
