Some thinking about the UK Labour Party with Matthias Matthijs in Foreign Affairs. Not paywalled. The term ‘homeopathic Bidenomics’ comes from Jonathan Hopkin. Credit where it’s due: foreignaffairs.com/united-kingdom…

Above all, this chart highlights that Germany's real economic quandary isn't the short-term quarterly blips, but the fact that there has been literally zero growth since 2019.

The treatment of Hebrew University professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kerkovian by Israeli police is shocking. She deserves solidarity from the global academic community.

Yes, we're likely in the chaos stage of the hegemonic transition. On the other hand, Arrighi & Silver in the pages of SER is a clear indicator that we're in a golden age for political economy. Can't wait to read this.

My book is now available to download for free!

Just like in nature, where survival hinges on adaptation, this book analyses how nations exploit (or get pushed from) new dynamics of structural transformation induced by climate. Let me know what you think!
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Was bedeutet 'Gemeinsam gegen Rechts', wenn man die wachsende Angst vor dem Sprechen nicht erwähnt? F*ck AfD zu rufen und gleichzeitig palästinensische Stimmen daran zu hindern, sich Gehör zu verschaffen, ist im besten Fall ein Akt der Selbsttäuschung.
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When the horror starts for all of us, regular immigrants, second generation citizens, people with strange-sounding names, communities that celebrate different holidays, we will ask ourselves at what point it could have still been stopped. At THIS point.

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Caroline Fohlin, the Emory professor of economics seen on video being thrown to the ground and handcuffed by an Emory police officer for expressing concern at the violent arrest of a protester on campus, was jailed for 11 hours and charged with... Battery Against Police Officer

'To enable green technology transfers, a comprehensive rethink of the intellectual property rights regime is necessary.' An absolute must-read.

Gaza-based journalist Akram al-Satarri has just returned from Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, where Palestinians are still uncovering more bodies, many with evidence of torture or summary execution. 'The three different mass graves are containing around 700 bodies,' he says.

The disproportionate reaction of university management is quite incredible. shame Princeton University

⚽️ Part 2 of the pod is on how Wenger’s obsessive ordoliberalism and fixation on moral hazard poisoned his relationship with Arsenal and probably ruined his life ( cc Bundesministerium der Finanzen)

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Time flies! Common Wealth launched five years ago today 🎂

Thanks to our supporters + the wonderful team who have built CW together, it has been quite a journey.

Proud of what we've achieved, excited by what is to come. Here's a preview of upcoming work.

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Deutscher Bundespräsident spricht über Palästina ohne palästinensische Beteiligung. Das demokratische Ethos unserer politischen Führung ist wirklich eine Klasse für sich. Wie heißt Seinmeiers Buch noch, 'Wir'? So schaffen wir kein 'Wir'.

“Extractivism is the modality through which capitalism is lived in the periphery.”

I’m featured in the new issue of Granta in a wide ranging interview, with sharp questions from Thomas Meaney on the past, present, and possible futures of extraction. granta.com/the-extracted-…

Calling the German government's decision to halt UNRWA funding 'monstrous' offended a Berlin blob person so much he called me 'unhinged' on here. Which is funny because never in my life have I been more hinged.

“We must not mistake social and political dissensus as a consensus for inaction.” Great essay about why central banking becoming political again must not be confused with the end of central banking.

I wrote a new short piece for JustMoney.org on two types of political uncertainty in central bank responses to climate change. First, mandate uncertainty, and second, instability in political consensus: justmoney.org/political-unce… (1/4)