Professor of Political Studies, University of Ottawa & SPERI International Advisory Board member
It appears that the protection of the economy is often a factor in the types of exceptionalist policies designed to ensure the public’s security throughout the COVID19 pandemic.
Critical security studies can help to make sense of the complex ways through which states have used claims of ‘exceptionalisation’ to respond to economic crises.
A new animated video by Jacqueline Best examines the role of economic exceptionalism – and asks what it means for political life today.
Exceptionalist policies can play a critical role in changing norms and perceptions of what constitutes the status quo. What role does exceptionalism play within our society today?
Ignorance is not the antithesis to knowledge, but it is part of it. Wishful thinking, muddling through and other forms of ignorance play a crucial role in shaping economic policy and its effects on society.
Economic policies enacted under neoliberalism have often failed to meet their objectives, but have remained unchallenged. Why do certain policy failures have so little impact?
There’s a popular adage that we should never let a good crisis go to waste. Yet, arguably, that’s what we’ve been doing for decades now.
Concerns about high inflation – a key narrative underpinning recent financial volatility – are highly suspect
The future of liberal democracy is threatened unless growing inequality and the culture of wealthy entitlement it creates are effectively tackled
New reforms, underpinned by three basic principles, are needed to make central banks fully accountable
In the latest blog in SPERI’s series on ‘The Coming Crisis’ Jacqueline Best asks: what do central banks and governments do when exceptions to the monetary policy rules keep piling up?