Yes, finally, Matthias Schmelzer's excellent first book on neoliberal monetary debates coming in English from Verso Books, the first translation of the HPE Project penguinrandomhouse.com/books/775572/f…

Low birthrates are truly a global crisis. It isn't just rich countries in Europe and East Asia anymore. A lot of middle-income countries are seeing fertility collapse. Turkey 1.45 Sri Lanka 1.40 Malaysia 1.54 Mexico 1.45 Colombia 1.21 Chile 0.88 (!) Thailand 0.95 (!) 🧵.

The IDEAs & Coalition for Dialogue on Africa Conference on African Monetary and Economic Sovereignty is on the homestretch. Here's the agenda for the final day and livestream link👇🏾 youtube.com/watch?v=-5IsmE…

On this day in 1996, Edith Penrose died. Our next podcast is about this fascinating woman thanks to a recommendation by @dianecoyle1859. We've done the research & now looking for time to record so you can all find out more about her amazing life & ideas. open.spotify.com/show/44pI1bcAK…

Your periodic reminder that 15 years ago the entire global financial system nearly collapsed cos of a relatively small number of mortgage defaults in the US. This is what people mean when they talk about climate change being a systemic risk.

Lots of reporting about declining birth rates but did you know Corrado Gini (of Gini Coefficient fame) was someone who developed policies dealing with this? Have a listen to our podcast to find out more... open.spotify.com/episode/0CkAEd…

Interesting data. Links to our inequality special. Reaganomics = Supply-side economics = Trickle down = Laffer Curve. open.spotify.com/episode/0feOoX…

This is how economics eventually deals with climate change, through the price of insurance. This links back to Keynes vs the free market. Yes...the market will adjust in the LR but in the LR we're dead. This insurance price adjustment is too late for many. open.spotify.com/episode/5tfHlP…

Monopolies doing what monopolies do. If you'd like to learn more about Monopoly Power, have a listen to our economics podcast all about it. open.spotify.com/episode/2LkkI5…

Interesting comment by Dr. Elizabeth Sawin. This feeds into feminist economics - altruism rather than self-interest. This is where a narrow framework of economics in the mainstream has really created problems for the world. It reveals why increased diversity is so important in economics.

We loved this book. Everyone should read it. Just look around... 🌍🔥🌪

The The Nobel Prize in Economics gets announced tomorrow. Whilst you are waiting with bated breath to hear who has won this year, why not listen to our podcast? We have episodes on THIRTEEN prize winners! From Kuznets to Duflo. Go check us out. open.spotify.com/show/44pI1bcAK…

44% of the immediate economic damage caused by Helene and 45% of that caused by Milton can be attributed to human-caused climate change (every category increase in hurricane intensity sees damages in the US increase by about four-fold) theguardian.com/us-news/live/2…

Nice to see a return to the norm. Three white guys! Congratulations to them though... 👏👏👏

Watch. Average temperatures from 1880 to 2023. Wait till the end. Notice a pattern? #ActOnClimate

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This is fun. We absolutely smashed it. Sorry...we mean crashed it. The economy that is!!! 🤣 Could you run the UK economy? Play the Financial Times chancellor game and devise your Budget plan to find out ig.ft.com/chancellor-game via @ft

Watched this the other day. Very good...