Research themes

• Global power dynamics between states and markets. Studies on the interplay between corporate and political power.
• The role of Multinational Corporations in Global Value Chains.
• Political economy of money, credit and financial institutions in the XXI Century.
• Political economy of the state and development processes.
• Industrial policy in developing countries from a feminist and sustainable perspective.
• Historical and theoretical foundations for understanding the limits of contemporary “economics”.
• Teaching, researching and rethinking pluralism in economics in particular, and social sciences in general.
• The role of the states and big corporations in the organization of innovation systems.

Research questions

• Is correct the conceptualization of the state as “intervening” in the economy, considering both “the state” and “economy” as two separate spheres?
• How to conceptualize the division between “public” and “private” spheres?
• Are there only two types or models of State: the “liberal” (which does not “intervene” in the economy) and the “benefactor” (that does “intervene”)?
• How modern states should approach economic policy oriented to heterogeneous population groups within the same territory.
• What are the characteristics of the “developmental” state?
• How to explain the global division of labor? Why is there a division between developed and underdeveloped countries? What are the characteristics of each?
• What explains the dependency or financial subordination of underdeveloped countries? What strategies can global south states generate in order to avoid the reproduction of neo-colonial dynamics?
• What are the possibilities of economic development in the Global South in the XXI century?
• How do big businesses and monopolies relate to national states in the world economy?
• What is the role played by core countries’ states in the emergence and spread of intellectual monopoly?