Prior to her appointment at the University of Tulsa, Mattei was an Associate Professor in the Economics Department at The New School for Social Research in New York City. During the 2018-2019 academic year, she was a member of the School of Social Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Her research focuses on the history of capitalism, particularly the relationship between economic ideas and technocratic policy implementation. [3] [7]
Publications
In November 2022, Mattei published her first book, The Capital Order: How Economists Invented Austerity and Paved the Way to Fascism, through the University of Chicago Press. The work investigates the origins of austerity policies following World War I and their role as a reaction against alternatives to capitalism. The book was recognized by the Financial Times as one of the ten best economics books of 2022, [8] has been translated into over ten languages, and received the 2023 Herbert Baxter Adams Prize from the American Historical Association. [9]
In November 2023, Mattei released her first book written in Italian, L’economia è politica: Tutto quello che non vediamo dell’economia e che nessuno racconta, published by Fuori Scena. The book is planned to be released in English under the title Escape from Capitalism. [10]
Her scholarly articles have appeared in journals such as the Cambridge Journal of Economics , the Journal of the History of Economic Thought , and the European Journal of the History of Economic Thought. Additionally, she has contributed to media outlets including The Guardian , Jacobin , The Nation , and the Italian newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano . [5] [3]
