With this new blog, the International Karl Polanyi Society (IKPS) investigates the relationship between fascism and economic liberalism, both historically and in the present day. Publishing weekly pieces by key scholars in the field, the IKPS contributes to the broader discussion on the rise of contemporary far-right movements. The blog will provide a platform for discussing central questions such as: What is the connection between austerity and fascism? How do the intellectual foundations of (neo-)liberalism and fascism converge, and what are tensions and contradictions? What has been the role of neoliberal thinkers in furthering far right agendas? And, in the words of Karl Polanyi, is the rise of current far-right movements again “made practically unavoidable by the liberals’ obstruction of any reform involving planning, regulation, or control”?

Read the opening article by Clara Mattei and Aditya Singh "Unmasking the dehumanizing logic of the capital order" here.