Notes on American Cultural imperialism

Revising brain death: cultural imperialism?

Mäki on Economics Imperialism

This paper reviews Uskali Mäki’s epistemic analysis of economics imperialism formulated in terms of the science unification ideal and the three constraints on imperialism he develops. It then examines the phenomenon of ‘reverse imperialism’ associated with the influence of other fields on economics especially since 1980, and advances a core-periphery model of the identity of economics as a fiel...

The American Cultural Identity: Philosophical Reflections on the Existing Controversies over its Nature

American Studies 207: American Cultural Landscapes Professor

An Unattainable Salvation Dirt, Danger & Domesticity in Old New York It was 1832, and in the Five Points area of New York, a great street excavation was under way. What would cause such a flurry over the cobbles? Here, shovels plied the earth decades before the subway tunneled beneath the crowded streets. Electrical poles and telegraph lines had yet to become a nuisance worthy of inhumation. No...

Commercial Imperialism?

We exploit the recent declassification of CIA documents and examine whether there is evidence of US power being used to influence countries’ decisions regarding international trade. We measure US influence using a newly constructed annual panel of CIA interventions aimed at installing and supporting leaders during the Cold War. Our presumption is that the US had greater influence over foreign l...