Saskia Sassen is professor of sociology at Columbia University, New York. Her latest book is, Expulsions: Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy, Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press/Belknap, June 2014.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The EU-US free trade agreement (TTIP): giving rights to firms, taking jobs from modest communitiesIf global corporations gain rights, do citizens also? We now know the answer: No.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?What all is getting expelled...and once expelled is invisibleLow growth, unemployment, inequality, and poverty are no longer reliable markers for capturing the 'economic...
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Published in: HomeThis week’s theme: Failures of the Liberal State and responses on the groundIn thinking through the issues we were struck by how often failures happen at the level of the national state...
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Published in: HomeImmigration: control vs governance
The state of Arizona’s clampdown on unauthorised residence is part of a wider political drive to control...