Advanced economies did not simply abandon capital controls after the 1944 Bretton Woods Agreement. Martino Comelli and Pedro Perfeito Da Silva show that welfare states quietly took over their job. Countries that protect workers can afford open financial borders. Countries that spend mainly on pensioners still police the movement of money
The recurrent crises that emerged from financial globalisation have fuelled the success of populist parties across the world. Pedro Perfeito da Silva explains how initiatives to curb capital mobility and foreign banking ownership align with the ideological features of different varieties of populism
Lecturer in Political Economy, University of Exeter
Pedro holds a PhD in political science from the Doctoral School of Political Science, Public Policy and International Relations at Central European University.
His research covers topics such as the politics of post-neoliberalism, the macroeconomic effects of financial liberalisation, the role of State-owned banks, the impact of creative industries, and the policy preferences of populist parties.
His work has been published in academic journals including Development and Change, Government and Opposition, Review of International Political Economy, and Third World Quarterly.
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