Key details
Jeff Powell
Senior Lecturer in Economics
Jeff Powell joined the University of Greenwich in 2014 as a Senior Lecturer in Economics. He is a member of the Institute of Political Economy, Governance, Finance and Accountability (PEGFA) and the Greenwich Political Economy Research Centre (GPERC). He is a founding member of Reteaching Economics.
He completed doctoral studies in economics at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. His research looked at the distinctive nature of the financialisation of emerging capitalist economies, with a focus on the changes in the funding and investment behaviour of Mexican non-financial firms.
Previously, Jeff worked as Policy & Campaigns Director of UK development NGO War on Want, and was Director of the UK NGO the Bretton Woods Project, scrutinising the policies and projects of the international financial institutions. He has extensive experience in community-led economic development projects from Southeast Asia to Latin America.
Responsibilities within the university
- Programme Leader: BSc Economics, BSC Economics with Banking and BA Business Economics
- Programme Leader, Undergraduate Economics
- Macroeconomics 1, Module leader
- History of Economic Thought, Module co-leader
- Monetary Economics, BSc Economics, Module leader
- Member PEGFA/GPERC
Research / Scholarly interests
- Financialisation; financialisation in emerging capitalist economies; financialisation of the non-financial firm; firm financing and investment
- Monetary economics and monetary policy
- Theories of finance and development; history of economic thought
- Contemporary financing of development; private sector financing; international financial institutions; global economic governance; governance of international finance
- Financialisation and public services
- Regional expertise: Latin America (Mexico, Argentina); Southeast Asia (Thailand)
- Panel time series; SNA and flow of funds analysis; stock-flow consistent macro-modelling; semi-structured interviewing; mixed methods
Recent publications
Article
Powell, Jeff and , (2024), Central Banking, Monetary Policy and Gender edited by Louis-Philippe Rochon, Sylvio Kappes and Guillaume Vallet, Cheltenham, UK, Edward Elgar, 2024, 252 pp, £100 (hardback), ISBN: 9781 803927909. Routledge. In: , , , . Routledge, Review of Political Economy ISSN: 0953-8259 (Print), 1465-3982 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09538259.2024.2377649) NB Item availability restricted.
Alami, Ilias , Alves, Carolina, Bonizzi, Bruno, Kaltenbrunner, Annina , Koddenbrock, Kai , Kvangraven, Ingrid , Powell, Jeff (2022), International financial subordination: a critical research agenda. Routledge. In: , , , . Routledge, Review of International Political Economy ISSN: 0969-2290 (Print), 1466-4526 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2022.2098359).
Bonizzi, Bruno , Kaltenbrunner, Annina, Powell, Jeff (2022), Financialised capitalism and the subordination of emerging capitalist economies. Oxford University Press - Cambridge Political Economy Society. In: , , , . Oxford University Press - Cambridge Political Economy Society, Cambridge Journal of Economics, 46 (4) . pp. 651-678 ISSN: 0309-166X (Print), 1464-3545 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/beac023).
Powell, Jeff and , (2022), Book review: Governing Financialization. The Tangled Politics of Financial Liberalization by Jack Copley. Economic Issues Education Trust. In: , , , . Economic Issues Education Trust, Economic Issues, 27 (1) . pp. 79-80 ISSN: 1363-7029 (Print), (doi: http://www.economicissues.org.uk/Files/2022/EI_March2022_reviews.pdf).
Yurchenko, Yuliya and , Powell, Jeffrey (2019), The evolution of private provision in urban drinking water: New geographies, institutional ambiguity and the need for political economy. Taylor & Francis. In: , , , . Taylor & Francis, New Political Economy, 25 (1) . pp. 91-106 ISSN: 1356-3467 (Print), 1469-9923 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2018.1562432).
Book section
Bonizzi, Bruno , Kaltenbrunner, Annina, Powell, Jeff (2023), Uneven development, financialised capitalism and subordination. Edward Elgar. In: , , In: Erik S. Reinert, Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven (eds.), A Modern Guide to Uneven Economic Development. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham and Masachussetts (1st) . pp. 332-347 . ISBN: 9781788976534; 9781788976541 (doi: https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/a-modern-guide-to-uneven-economic-development-9781788976534.html).
Bonizzi, Bruno and , Powell, Jeff (2020), What causes economic crises? And what can we do about them?. Red Globe Press. In: , , In: Kevin Deane, Elisa Van Waeyenberge (eds.), Recharting the History of Economic Thought. Red Globe Press, London, UK . pp. 167-181 . ISBN: 9781137605245 (doi: ) NB Item availability restricted.
Bonizzi, Bruno , Kaltenbrunner, Annina, Powell, Jeff (2020), Subordinate financialization in emerging capitalist economies. Routledge. In: , , In: Philip Mader, Daniel Mertens, Natascha van der Zwan (eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of Financialization. Routledge, London, UK (1st) . ISBN: 9781138308213 (doi: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315142876-15).
Powell, Jeffrey and , (2018), Towards a Marxist theory of financialized capitalism. OUP USA. In: , , In: Matt Vidal, Tony Smith, Paul Prew, Tomás Rotta (eds.), Oxford Handbook of Karl Marx. OUP USA, New York . ISBN: 9780190695545 (doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190695545.013.37) NB Item availability restricted.
Monograph
Powell, Jeff and , (2023), Feminist perspectives on monetary policy. Women's Budget Group. In: , , , . Women's Budget Group, London (1st) (doi: https://wbg.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Feminist-Perspective-on-MP-Paper-1-Powell-FINAL.pdf).
Bonizzi, Bruno , Kaltenbrunner, Annina, Powell, Jeff (2023), Financialization and the challenges of sustainable structural transformation. United Nations. In: , , , . United Nations, Geneva 2023 UNFfD Financing for Sustainable Development Report (1st) ISSN: 978-92-1-101465-5 (Print), (doi: https://financing.desa.un.org/document/financialization-and-challenges-sustainable-structural-transformation).
Working paper
Alami, Ilias , Alves, Carolina, Bonizzi, Bruno, Kaltenbrunner, Annina , Kodddenbrock, Kai , Kvangraven, Ingrid , Powell, Jeff (2021), International financial subordination: a critical research agenda [working paper]. University of Greenwich Business School. In: , , , . University of Greenwich Business School, London (doi: ).
Bonizzi, Bruno , Kaltenbrunner, Annina, Powell, Jeff (2021), Financialised capitalism and the subordination of emerging capitalist economies. University of Greenwich Business School. In: , , , . University of Greenwich Business School, London (doi: ).
Bonizzi, Bruno , Kaltenbrunner, Annina, Powell, Jeffrey (2019), Subordinate financialization in emerging capitalist economies. University of Greenwich Business School. In: , , , . University of Greenwich Business School, London (doi: https://www.gre.ac.uk/business/research/centres/gperc/pubreports/greenwich-papers-in-political-economy).
Powell, Jeffrey and , (2018), Towards a Marxist theory of financialised capitalism. University of Greenwich Business School. In: , , , . University of Greenwich Business School, London (doi: http://www.gre.ac.uk/business/research/centres/gperc/pubreports/greenwich-papers-in-political-economy).
Powell, Jeff and , (2016), PPPs and the SDGs: Don’t believe the hype. Public Services International. In: , , , . Public Services International, London (doi: http://www.world-psi.org/sites/default/files/ppps_and_the_sdgs-dont_believe_the_hype_psiru.pdf).