This probably hasn't had the attention it deserved, but the commitment from Sadiq Khan to move towards the establishment of a publicly-owned bus company in London is noteworthy and welcome. 1/

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My review of Brett Christophers' the Price is Wrong was published in Heatmap News!

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'Degrowth where? Degrowth in what? Degrowth for who?'

On our latest ROUNDTABLE James Meadway chatted to Adrienne Buller + Brett Christophers to discuss the economics of the green energy transition, asking how we could finance it and what’s stopping us? 🌍

Instead of attempting increasingly acrobatic forms of state intervention to nudge private capital toward green energy in the UK, the Labour Party should pursue a large-scale and coordinated program of direct investment. jacobin.com/2024/04/uk-lab…

Altreconomia spoke to our Senior Researcher Khem Rogaly on our research on military emissions with Climate and Community Project 👇

New York, DC, and everywhere remotely: we're excited to announce 2 events in partnership with Verso Books and Common Wealth for conversations with Brett Chrisophers about his new book, 'The Price is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won't Save the Planet.' Details +registration links in 🧵

I wrote this piece on the case for public ownership of basic utilities for The Economist the last time Thames Water was in crisis, but I had clearly failed to appreciate the benefits of this simple corporate structure.

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“More radical plumbing is required. A bailout or regulatory tweaks to a broken model is a sticking plaster that won’t fix this leaking faucet”.

Our Director Mathew Lawrence quoted in the The Guardian.

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“If Thames Water collapses in the weeks ahead, there is only one smart, long-term response: public ownership”.

Adam Almeida in the The Guardian on Thames Water.

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How does the platform economy reshape how racialisation operates?

For the Centre for Democratising Work Amelia Horgan spoke to Dalia Gebrial 🍉 about the boundaries of work and racial platform capitalism.

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I was very glad to speak to Amelia Horgan at Common Wealth about labour, race and class in the digital economy - thank you for having me!

'The state [according to the deriskers] must bring the private sector horse to the renewable water; the conviction that it will drink, and that this is the right division of labour... continues largely unexamined.'

Me and Melanie Brusseler in Tribune

How does labour become racialised or gendered?

For the Centre for Democratising Work Amelia Horgan spoke to Dalia Gebrial 🍉 about the boundaries of work and racial platform capitalism.

common-wealth.org/centre-for-dem…

Market coordination won't deliver a rapid or cost-effective energy transition.

Melanie Brusseler and Chris Hayes for Tribune on Labour's £28 billion U-turn, democratic coordination and the case for publicly owned power.

tribunemag.co.uk/2024/04/capita…

The links between AI and labour exploitation can’t be understood outside of the broader context of racial capitalism.

For the Centre for Democratising Work Amelia Horgan spoke to Dalia Gebrial 🍉 about AI, the boundaries of work, and racial capitalism.

The links between AI and labour exploitation can’t be understood outside of the broader context of racial capitalism.

For the Centre for Democratising Work Amelia Horgan spoke to Dalia Gebrial 🍉 about AI, the boundaries of work, and racial capitalism.

NEW: For the Centre for Democratising Work Amelia Horgan spoke to Dalia Gebrial 🍉 about the boundaries of work, racialisation and platform capitalism.

common-wealth.org/centre-for-dem…

Market coordination won't deliver a rapid or cost-effective energy transition.

Melanie Brusseler and Chris Hayes for Tribune on Labour's £28 billion U-turn, democratic coordination and the case for publicly owned power.

tribunemag.co.uk/2024/04/capita…

the latest in the CDW interview series, with the brilliant Dalia Gebrial 🍉

NEW: For the Centre for Democratising Work Amelia Horgan spoke to Dalia Gebrial 🍉 about the boundaries of work, racialisation and platform capitalism.

common-wealth.org/centre-for-dem…