Nicolás Grinberg's critique for S&S of New Institutional Economics and Acemoglu and Robinson's "Why Nations Fail" (82:2) has been given temporary free access on Guilford. guilfordjournals.com/doi/10.1521/si…

netanyahu's home is in caesarea, one of the first villages ethnically cleansed in the nakba. it was home to a community of immigrants from bosnia. palestine-studies.org/en/node/195938

After reading Pseudoerasmus excellent thread on the evolution of devt thinking and the role of institutions and Ingrid H. Kvangraven, Kesar, Dutt paper on the same topic (both published within the past 48 hours) I asked myself the following Q: Why did I like AJR early work so much &

It’s a golden age for Indonesia-Malaysia relations. Watch how the crowd reacted when Anwar’s name was announced, and compare to the rest.

This new R package is wild. It's called ggalign. Here's what it can do:

#KualaLumpur Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Ibrahim berkenan mengurniakan Watikah Pelantikan Profesor Diraja kepada tokoh intelek Islam Tan Sri Dr Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas di Istana Negara hari ini. Turut hadir Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. 📸 Zulfadhli Zulkifli

His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim today graciously bestowed the rank and title of Royal Professor to eminent Islamic scholar and philosopher Tan Sri Dr Syed Muhammad Naquib Al-Attas in a ceremony at Istana Negara. Syed Muhammad Naquib received the prestigious award for his service and

“Big writing day for me tomorrow” Tomorrow:

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Sally Rooney: Capitalism is driving the destruction of our planet. We have to think outside – and against – the framework of our current political system irishtimes.com/life-style/peo…

Sally Rooney Political Economic Thought is so good, so crisp

Things always become more clear when reading Marx. Here he argues that bourgeois culture produces its antithesis in the form of anti-industrial romanticism (that doesn't threaten capitalism as it's rooted in a past that never was). An early critique of decolonial theory!

I am very happy to report that my article 'The Library of an Eighteenth-Century Malay Bibliophile: Tengku Sayid Jafar, Panglima Besar of Selangor' is now published, and freely accessible online brill.com/display/book/9…

If you are interested in the informal economy, you should listen to this great podcast with Surbhi Kesar who shares insights from her ground-breaking research on this topic! SOAS Economics SOAS Development Studies

Despite progress, 3.8 billion people still lack social protection, with more than $550 billion annual financing gap in low- and middle-income countries. #FfD4 is our chance to turn commitments into action and ensure protection for all. ow.ly/gVmh50UXOQN

Thanks for wasting taxpayer dollars and starving children, you all are heroes 🤦🏽‍♀️

Just seeing the RCT 'scandal' brewing among econs again. This is not a question about some bad apples or some instances of malpractice. The RCT industry has been completely distorted from its inception in Econ and this is closely tied to the incentive structure of the discipline.

Last week, I was expelled from Columbia University for protesting the U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza. As president of Student Workers of Columbia , Columbia’s student workers union, I was also fired from my job. The Trump administration is pushing their narrative. Here’s the real story. 🧵

Check out the padlet for resources to read on these issues d-econ.org/d-econ-padlet/