This essay summarizes key parts of the book Conceptualizing Capitalism. It briefly explains
why institutions must be central to a definition of capitalism, and what is the nature and role …

Sustainable degrowth offers effective alternative strategies for tackling social and
environmental problems such as climate crisis, resource depletion, biodiversity loss, and …

In this special issue, we unpack law and finance entities and consider their co-construction,
entanglement and interchanging relationship. Adopting a processual sociology lens, we aim …

An interactive CDR index combines the degree of capitalism, democracy, and rule of law
associated with a particular country. In previous work, depictions of the CDR index and its …

We investigate the effects of judicial efficiency on economic growth using a new dataset over
the period 2010–2018 drawn by the European Union Justice Scoreboard. To do so, we …

The European Union's new regulatory agenda targeting online platforms such as social
media has been presented as a progressive watershed moment after a long period of …

Bart Wilson argues that property is based on custom, not rights. Wilson (2022) further argues
for the primacy of property over property rights. Wilson's research, including the recent book …

The most common topic for geographical analyses of the law–finance nexus has been
financial (de) regulation—that is, laws understood as either prohibiting or permitting …

This chapter provides a descriptive account of the different forms of fraudulent behaviour in
the context of financial market activities, the prevalence and consequences of such …

Capitalism is a social order that evolves over time. While market exchange, private property,
and the profit motive are generic features of capitalist systems, studies of contemporary …