WAR ECONOMY & THE POLITICS OF DEAR MONEY

WAR ECONOMY & THE POLITICS OF DEAR MONEY — AlterFestival Torino, June 3, 2024

Session Details

WAR ECONOMY & THE POLITICS OF DEAR MONEY with Jan Toporowski and Aleksandar Stojanović, moderated by Ugo Mattei. The session is part of the AlterFestival Torino, held at the Luigi Einaudi Campus of the University of Turin.[web:117][web:118]

Jan Toporowski — Speaker Aleksandar Stojanović — Speaker Ugo Mattei — Moderator

WAR ECONOMY & THE POLITICS OF DEAR MONEY is one of three study and debate events of the AlterFestival of economics in Turin, addressing the recent transformation of neoliberalism into war capitalism and the monetary and financial logics that sustain it.[web:117][web:118]

      The AlterFestival Torino presents itself as a laboratory of critical ideas against the dominant narrative of the war economy, speculative finance,
      and the global capitalist market, bringing together heterodox economists and critical jurists.[web:117][web:118]
    

Key Themes of the Talk

The idea of a war economy and its impact on state spending, monetary policy, and public finance.[web:117][web:119]
The politics of “dear money”: high interest rates, tight monetary conditions, and their distributive consequences.[web:119]
Links between military expenditure, financial markets, and global power relations in contemporary capitalism.[web:117][web:118]
Critique of mainstream economic narratives that legitimize permanent war-preparedness and austerity.[web:117][web:118]
The role of heterodox economics and critical legal thought in challenging war capitalism.[web:117][web:118]

Launched in 2012 in Trento and now organized in Turin by Generazioni Future, the AlterFestival offers a space open to perspectives alternative to the neoliberal economic mainstream, with scientific supervision by the International University College of Turin.[web:117][web:118]

This session sits alongside meetings featuring Joseph Halevi and Avi Singh, connecting debates on war, international law, and political economy with struggles against speculative finance and global inequality.[web:117][web:118]