Capitalism is back. Three decades ago, when all alternatives to liberal democracy and free markets appeared discredited, talk of capitalism seemed passé. Now, after a decade of political and economic turmoil, capitalism and its temporal critique of progress and decline again seems an indispensable category to understanding a world in flux. Among the social sciences, historians have led both the embrace and critique of this ‘re-emergent’ concept. This roundtable discussion between leading and emerging Australian scholars working across histories of economy, work, policy, geography and political economy, extends this agenda. Representing the outcome of a workshop convened at La Trobe University in November 2018 and responding to questions posed by conveners Huf and Rees, five participants debate the nature, utility and future of the new constellation of ‘economic’ historical scholarship. While conducted well before the outbreak of COVID-19, the ensuring discussion nevertheless speaks saliently to the crises of our times.

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澳大利亚的资本主义：重新想象未来的新历史

资本主义又回来了。三十年前，当自由民主和自由市场的所有替代方案都显得不可信时，谈论资本主义似乎已经过时。现在，在经历了十年的政治和经济动荡之后，资本主义及其对进步和衰落的时间批判再次成为理解不断变化的世界不可或缺的范畴。在社会科学中，历史学家引领了对这个“重新出现”概念的接受和批判。跨经济、工作、政策、地理和政治经济史工作的领先和新兴澳大利亚学者之间的圆桌讨论扩大了这一议程。代表 2018 年 11 月在拉筹伯大学召开的研讨会的成果，并回答了召集人 Huf 和 Rees 提出的问题，五名参与者就性质进行了辩论，新的“经济”历史学术群的效用和未来。尽管在 COVID-19 爆发之前就进行了很好的讨论，但确保讨论仍然突出地说明了我们时代的危机。