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Variegated Neoliberalism explains why its inequalities persist and how they undermine more social-minded policies towards finance in the EU.   The book suggests that large financial groups capitalize on broader changes in capitalism and emerging assumptions about what benefits society at large. Those pushing these political-economic projects present policy change to cope with financial globalization as a new common sense. Macartney's argument then contests these assumptions through an analysis of the spatial relations of transnational actors, and the political claims made within finance and research communities.   Rather than relying on umbrella concepts like 'transnational capitalist class', Variegated Neoliberalism emphasises the national-domestic foundations for transnationalization and what we commonly understand as neoliberalism. The book provides comparative analyses of global and European banking communities, and economic research centres, in the UK, France, and Germany. 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In so doing they abdicated responsibility for the real problems - of inequality and instability - associated with their respective financial systems Drawing on interviews with more than 150 individuals working in financial services as well as regulators, politicians, and lawyers, The Bank Culture Debate explains the strategies employed by state managers before then examining what has and has not changed in the culture of banking in the US and UK.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":52516139106577,"sku":"NLS9780198843764","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780198843764.jpg?v=1772272834"},{"product_id":"variegated-neoliberalism-book-huw-macartney-9781138811874","title":"Variegated Neoliberalism","description":"We know from the cost of the 2007-09 crisis that transnational finance does not operate in a realm removed from our everyday lives.   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The introduction of life peerages in the 1950s, the reforms by the Blair government and the removal of the remaining hereditary peers were all intended to make the House a more diverse, representative and meritocratic chamber. Macartney’s investigation into the shareholdings, company directorships, landholdings, rental properties, education, attendance, speeches and voting records of the Lords demonstrates how the political apparatus at the heart of Westminster promotes economic structures that protect wealth. 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