The rise of the national economic interest (2014–2016)
Abstract:
This project investigates how the national economic interest came to be seen as a goal of government
independent of state power and security, and the enduring effects of this separation both for states and
international society. It will result in a highly original account of the rise of economics, by finally paying
attention to its historical origins not in science but security politics. By doing so the project will reveal the
sources of key current preoccupations and difficulties, especially: how to think about the relationship
between states and markets, including volatile financial markets, and the role of economic knowledge in
liberal democracies.