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🚨 SOAS Economics and New School for Social Research Economics are offering a fantastic lecture series on contemporary issues in political economy (10, Oct'22 - 24, Apr'23. An exciting series with powerhouses in heterodox economics! ✊🏾 Details in pictures and thread below.

We are excited to announce that SOAS Economics Seminar series this year will focus on the theme of Decolonisation. As the first speaker for our series, "Encounters with Decolonisation", we've Surbhi Kesar (Lecturer SOAS University of London Economics) Surbhi Kesar 📌In-person (SOAS RB01) & zoom

Today, Germany celebrates “Unity Day”: ideological cover for the 1990 annexation of the German Democratic Republic by west Germany. The process was accompanied by perhaps the largest expropriation of public wealth by private capital in European history, estimated at $2 trillion.

WE THE PEOPLE: March on Washington & Art After Party! We are calling on President Donald J. Trump to #PardonBillieAllen and take meaningful action towards abolishing the federal death penalty once and for all! Join us on November 13 at Farragut Square, 2pm in DC! Info: freebillieallen.com/wethepeople

If Twitter goes down, I guess I'll miss it as it's been a great source of information for me. But the joy of seeing Twitter employees standing up to this bully of an employer will be bigger - hope not a single one of them will stay. #StandUpTwitterEmployees

🚨URGENT: PLEASE CALL GOVERNOR PARSON NOW!!! (573) 751-3222 We are only hours away from Kevin’s scheduled execution. We must keep fighting to save his life— It's not too late. Will you contact Governor Parson today and urge him to save #KevinJohnson life? Follow Missourians to Abolish the Death Penalty

Brilliant research on water privatisation by SOAS Economics research associate Kate Bayliss finds its way in The Gaurdian. Read 3 articles below: "More than 70% of English Water Industry is Foreign Ownership" 1/3 theguardian.com/environment/20…

Dear Twitter crowd - anyone anything on the political economy of climate change ? I know huuge topics but thankful for any heterodox policy analysis in this line

In 2018, "Parachute use to prevent death and major trauma when jumping from aircraft: randomized controlled trial" was published in the British Medical Journal. It sought to determine if wearing a parachute when jumping from a plane had any impact on survivability. It did not.

🧵Re the appointment of former Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga to lead the World Bank. One topic that should be getting more attention is how this could turbocharge the use of public $$$ to "de-risk" the private sector & undertake #PPPs—despite a troubling track record. 1/6

Don't miss this discussion on the WorldBank's 'evolution roadmap' & other urgent reforms of the global financial architecture, featuring Ian White (WorldBank), Prates, Daniela, Fran Witt, Phil Stevens, Luiz Vieira & our own Uli Volz! Jointly organised with Bretton Woods Proj | bsky @brettonwoodsproject.org

Acá vamos a andar hoy (:

Hey Twitter. Any suggestions for datasets on climate vulnerability?

‘Our staff members are social activists’: the university with a critical approach to economics theguardian.com/finding-soluti…