Business and Society

Kean Birch is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University, Canada. He is also a member of the Science & Technology Studies Graduate Program. His work examines the intersection of technoscience and political economy. Salewa Olawaye-Mann is an Assistant Professor in the Business and Society Program of the Department of Social Science at York University, Canada. Her research focuses on heterodox approaches to sustainable economic development through natural resources and monetary theory. She co-edited the book “Monetary Policy and Central Banking: New Directions in Post-Keynesian Theory” (2012). Richard Wellen is an Associate Professor of Business and Society in the Department of Social Science at York University, Canada. His research interests and publications are in the areas of business ethics, the regulation of digital industries and the political economy of higher education and academic publishing. Alberto Salazar is an Associate Professor in the Department of Law at Carleton University, Canada. He specializes in corporate law including comparative corporate governance, corporate social responsibility and the new technology; consumer law; competition law; international investment and trade law; and socio-economic analysis of business law. Audrey Laurin-Lamothe is an Assistant Professor of Business and Society in the Department of Social Science at York University, Canada. Her research focuses on financialization, economic elite, and their impact on wage’s stagnation and economic inequalities.Caroline Shenaz Hossein is an Associate Professor of Global Development and Political Science at the University of Toronto Scarborough, Canada. She is the author of Politicized Microfinance: Money, Power and Violence in the Black Americas (2016). Mark Peacock is Professor in the Business and Society program at York University, Canada. His research interests include the philosophy of economics and the theory and origins of money. His books include Introducing Money (2013) and Amartya Sen and Rational Choice: The Concept of Commitment (2021).Sonya Scott is a sessional Assistant Professor in the Business and Society program at York University, Canada. She is the author of Architectures of Economic Subjectivity: The Philosophical Foundations of the Subject in the History of Economic Thought (2013). John Simoulidis is an Associate Professor (Teaching) in the Business and Society Program in the Department of Social Science at York University. His research interests include critical pedagogy, food studies and Marxian Political Economy.

Being critical of business is not the same as being against business. It is clear that contemporary capitalism is producing climate change, ecological destruction and massive inequalities. If you want a book that shows you how we got here, and what to do about it, begin with this excellent guide.

• 1. A critical introduction to business and society Kean Birch, Audrey Laurin-Lamothe and Sonya Marie Scott2. The emergence of capitalism in Western EuropeMark Peacock3. The spread of capitalism Kean Birch and Caroline Shenaz Hossein4. Markets and economic orderMark Peacock5. Economics, capitalism and business : the orthodoxySonya Marie Scott and Mark Peacock6. Political economy and critiques of capitalism : heterodox perspectivesSonya Marie Scott7. The corporate revolutionKean Birch and John Simoulidis8. Corporate governanceAlberto Salazar9. Corporate responsibilityKean Birch10. Corporate powerKean Birch11. Corporations and financializationAudrey Laurin-Lamothe and Richard Wellen12. Corporations and market power in the 21st centuryJohn Simoulidis13. Global economy and varieties of capitalismKean Birch and Richard Wellen14. Global governanceKean Birch and Richard Wellen15. Global migration and immigrant-led businessSalewa Olawoye-Mann16. Global environmental changeKean Birch17. Global disorders and crisesSonya Marie Scott18. Business, regulation and policyRichard Wellen and Alberto Salazar19. Ethics and businessMark Peacock, Richard Wellen and Kean Birch20. Business and social exclusionCaroline Shenaz Hossein21. Resistance and alternatives to corporate capitalismKean Birch and John Simoulidis22. Social and solidarity economyCaroline Shenaz Hossein23. From sharing economy to surveillance capitalismRichard Wellen, Kean Birch, Salewa Olawoye-Mann24. ConclusionRichard Wellen and Sonya Marie Scott