Research areas
The work
Half a century of work organised into major thematic areas. Each area provides access to the associated publications, articles and media.
Regulation theory
“Markets do not self-regulate: it is institutions that make growth possible—and its crises intelligible.”
Born in the 1970s, regulation theory offers a historical and institutional reading of capitalism. It brings together institutional forms (wage–labour nexus, money, competition, the State, international insertion) to explain growth regimes and their crises. From the analysis of Fordism and its crisis to the diversity of contemporary capitalisms, it underpins an open research programme, fuelled by international comparisons from Latin America to Asia.
Main themes
Research areas
Regulation theory
Basic concepts & methodology
Fordism and its crisis
Theory of crises & institutions
Institutional changeDiversity of capitalisms
International comparisons
Industrial models
Growth modes
Social protectionEuropean integration
Euro & Brexit
Single market
Employment
Institutional reformsInequality
Inequality regimes
Wage–labour nexus
Convergence & internationalisation
Economic sociologyFinance & crises
Financialisation
Institutional foundations of microeconomicsDevelopment
North & Latin America
Asia · Europe
Comparative regional integrationsHenry Ford & Fordism
Emergence of cooperation
Hybridisation
Modes of regulation & industrial modelsEconomic history & history of thought
France · Japan · United States
Bourdieu · Keynes · Marx
Schumpeter · Smith · KaldorEconomic policy
Employment & wage–labour nexus
Industrial & monetary policy
Planning · Governance
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