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Ingo Schmidt

Biography:

Dr. Schmidt is a Research Associate at the Centre for Global Political Economy, Simon Fraser University in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.

Lecture Topics:

• Political Economy of European Integration
  Work in this field focuses on the question in as much European integration is used as a means to dismantle welfares states in Europe. Moreover the question is raised whether European integration paves the way for an imperial project that eventually rivals US hegemony.

• Transatlantic Relations
  Contrary to common wisdom, which differentiates the European tradition of welfare states with the US model of unfettered market competition, it is argued in this field that the post-war boom has brought about, albeit unintentionally, an Atlantic capitalism where US Keynesianism spurs economic growth and European mercantilism contains inflation with its drive for export surpluses.

• History of Social Movements
  The relation between the constitution of social movements on the national level and the global economy is the starting point of analysis in this field. Particular attention is given to the transformation of the New Left to different variants of New Labor in advanced capitalist countries.

Recent Publications:

• Europe: On the Rise to Hegemony or Caught in Crisis?
  Monthly Review, 54 (2003), No. 9, 41 - 54

• Atlantic Capitalism: One World or More?
  (under review)

• Rock'n'Resistance - Globalisierungskritischer Streifzug durch die Geschichte von Rockmusik und sozialen Bewegungen (mit Stephanie Schmoliner)
  Sozialismus, 31 (2004), No. 11, 52 - 59 (in German)

Contact Information:

Dr. Ingo Schmidt
Research Associate at the Centre for Global Political Economy
Simon Fraser University
1726 Edinburgh Street
New Westminster, B.C. V3M 2X1
Canada
001-604-522 3323

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