By @sussexuni member Ben Selwyn

Have you listened to Season 3 yet? Listen in for discussions on alternative 'development' histories, including insights on Latin American liberation theology, Bandung, Tricontinental and Pan-Africanism.#BasileBoulay EADI Ingrid H. Kvangraven open.spotify.com/show/2MvMLEfhY…

IR professor Ben Selwyn writes about the economist who revealed that free markets are built on state intervention and the suppression of labour, exposing the 'hypocrisy' behind capitalist development.✍️ #AliceAmsden

NEW POST: SrihariChikoti takes B. R. Ambedkar's 1923 article "The problem of the rupee: its origin and its solution" as an entry point for discussing the evolution of different currency regimes that prevailed during the colonial time period. developingeconomics.org/2025/07/08/mor…

I am happy to share that my long-awaited essay on "The problem of the Rupee" (1923) by Ambedkar is finally out on Developing Economics developingeconomics.org/2025/07/08/mor…

My friend SrihariChikoti has an excellent piece in Developing Economics that explores the overlooked brilliance of Ambedkar’s "The Problem of the Rupee" (1923). Please give it a read. developingeconomics.org/2025/07/08/mor…

Based on his BA Thesis on Ambedkar's economic thought Economics @ Azim Premji University Azim Premji University, SrihariChikoti writes a blog post in Developing Economics. SHoET ISHET

More than 100 Years of Ambedkar’s The Problem of the Rupee: Insights, ideas and intellectual rigour still awaiting discovery developingeconomics.org/2025/07/08/mor… via Developing Economics

“coup against democracy”—an ongoing assault on core labour rights driven by repressive governments, emboldened corporations, and a broader authoritarian and conflict-ridden global capitalism" developingeconomics.org/2025/07/15/aut… Developing Economics aracılığıyla

NEW POST: Mehmet Erol critically unpacks and evaluates the recent ITUC global rights index that was released last month and how we should understand the ongoing assaults on labour rights, especially in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. developingeconomics.org/2025/07/15/aut…

The Economist Who Solved the Free-Rider Problem developingeconomics.org/2025/06/24/the… via Developing Economics

Private Equity in the Global South: Locusts? Vampires? The contagion effect Farwa Sial developingeconomics.org/2025/07/23/pri… via Developing Economics

NEW POST: Farwa Sial unpacks what the rise of private equity for the global South means, especially when it comes to indebtedness, public markets, and the public subsidy function of development finance. Locusts? Vampires? Have a read 👇 developingeconomics.org/2025/07/23/pri…

The brilliant Farwa Sial on the growing role of private equity in the global South, writing for the Developing Economics blog: developingeconomics.org/2025/07/23/pri…

NEW POST: Felipe Irarrazaval exposes and interrogates the recent somewhat confusing developments in the relationship between Chilean authorities and the Chinese companies BYD and Yongqing Technology. What's the geopolitics of it all? Have a read 👇 developingeconomics.org/2025/07/29/the…

NEW POST: Mohsen Anvaari reviews a confrontation between degrowth & ecological economics that took place in Oslo this summer. He contrasts Kate Raworth's Doughnut Economics w/Max Ajl's anti-imperialism & analyses the role of Norway in the global system. developingeconomics.org/2025/08/05/the…