Wolfgang Streeck writes political economy and sociology about capitalism, democratic institutions and the tensions between markets and social obligations. Buying Time traces the shift from post-war welfare capitalism through public debt and financialisation, while How Will Capitalism End? collects essays on stagnation, inequality and institutional decay. Taking Back Control? continues his interest in sovereignty and political authority within globalised economies. Streeck's writing is empirical but strongly argumentative, drawing on economic history and institutional sociology. Readers looking for political economy, European capitalism, democracy and critiques of neoliberalism are the closest match. Read more Less