All Outputs (5)

Financialisation of natural resources: A Marxist approach (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Kaltenbrunner, A., Newman, S., & Painceira, J. P. (2011, October). Financialisation of natural resources: A Marxist approach. Paper presented at European Cross Networking Meeting on the Global Crises The financialization of natural resources: Understanding the new dynamics and developing civil society answers to it, Paris, France

The collapse of the Bretton Woods Agreement in 1973 unleashed the forces that would drive the capital restructuring that we have seen in the last three decades. This has involved the expansion of markets in general through processes of privatization... Read More about Financialisation of natural resources: A Marxist approach.

Low-income countries and commodity price volatility (2011)
Book Chapter
Bargawi, H., Bova, E., Ferrarini, B., & Newman, S. (2011). Low-income countries and commodity price volatility. In T. Cottier, & P. Delimatsis (Eds.), The Prospects of International Trade Regulation: From Fragmentation to Coherence (452-482). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

Appearance concerns in ophthalmic patients (2011)
Journal Article
Williams, E., White, P., Walsh, E., Thompson, A., Saul, K., Newell, R., …Newman, S. (2011). Appearance concerns in ophthalmic patients. Eye, 25(8), 1039-1044. https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.2011.116

Aims This study Aim ed to determine the psychosocial and appearance-related concerns of a sample of ophthalmic patients by measuring a range of psychological, social, and demographic factors. Methods Standardized psychological measures including anxi... Read More about Appearance concerns in ophthalmic patients.

Amnesty international? The nature, scale and impact of capital flight from South Africa (2011)
Journal Article
Ashman, S., Fine, B., & Newman, S. (2011). Amnesty international? The nature, scale and impact of capital flight from South Africa. Journal of Southern African Studies, 37(1), 7-25. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057070.2011.555155

The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) announced in July 2010 its intention to introduce a new amnesty for illegal capital flight. For a flat rate fee of 10 per cent of the value of the assets, corporations and individuals disclosing their illegal exp... Read More about Amnesty international? The nature, scale and impact of capital flight from South Africa.

The crisis in South Africa: Neoliberalism, financialization and uneven and combined development (2011)
Journal Article
Ashman, S., Fine, B., & Newman, S. (2011). The crisis in South Africa: Neoliberalism, financialization and uneven and combined development. Socialist Register, 47, 174-195

South Africa is now, ‘officially’, the most unequal society in the world – though there seems to be a macabre rivalry with Brazil for this status. The poorest 20 per cent of South Africans receive 1.6 per cent of total income while the richest 20 per... Read More about The crisis in South Africa: Neoliberalism, financialization and uneven and combined development.