Carolina Alves
@cacrisalves.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Economics, IIPP-UCL. 🇵🇸 💔 Book: Labour, Value and Capitalism: A study of the Poverty of Philosophy (1847) by Karl Marx, 2024. Editora Dialética Profile: https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/91802-carolina-alves/about
Stefania Tapia Marchina reviews "Decolonizing Economics: An Introduction", by @devikadutt.bsky.social, @cacrisalves.bsky.social, @surbhikesar.bsky.social and @ingridhk.bsky.social. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Decolonizing Economics: An Introduction
Published in Feminist Economics (Ahead of Print, 2026)
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Another mass resignation from an academic journal- Review of Social Economy- over the clash between scholarly values and the commercial logic of for-profit publishers. Sad to see a valuable journal like RoSE go, but the editors made a principled choice. leiterreports.com/2026/07/20/a...
Another journal implodes: Review of Social Economy
Roberto Veneziano, a former co-editor of the journal (which publishes a lot of philosophically-minded economics), writes: On Saturday, the 4th of July all four co-editors of the Review of Social Ec…
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Is decolonising economics an impossible task? Decolonizing Economics by @devikadutt.bsky.social @ingridhk.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @cacrisalves.bsky.social @iipp-ucl.bsky.social & @surbhikesar.bsky.social @soasdevelopment.bsky.social reviewed on @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social
Is decolonising economics an impossible task? - LSE Review of Books
Decolonizing Economics by Dutt, Alves, Kesar and Harvold Kvangraven traces the discipline’s Eurocentric history & ties to racial capitalism, & argues for reform
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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... :) Kalecki
‘On the Side of the Bourgeoisie’: Keynes, Marxism, and the Marginalisation of Kalecki
This discussion article argues that persistent attempts to link Keynes with Marxism frequently depend on downplaying or marginalising Michał Kalecki’s contribution to what is provisionally termed i...
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📚 Decolonising economics: @devikadutt.bsky.social , @cacrisalves.bsky.social , @surbhikesar.bsky.social & @ingridhk.bsky.social expose the Eurocentric foundations that limit how the discipline tackles racism, uneven development & power. buff.ly/xlW1E8G @soasdevelopment.bsky.social
In the 1870s, a Bombay civil servant built a working solar steam engine. This piece shows how colonial officials and mill owners rejected the idea less on technical grounds than because it conflicted with imperial trade interests. By @egholmlund.bsky.social in @theconversation.com
My unsung hero of science: William Adams, the Bombay bureaucrat whose vision of a solar future was dashed by colonial conservatism
William Adams was convinced that solar energy could change the world. The problem was, he needed more sun to demonstrate it.
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For those who missed it: the debate @roapejournal.bsky.social between Franklin Obeng-Odoom and Morten Jerven roape.net/2022/02/08/t... #econsky @abotebuno.bsky.social @jsecon.bsky.social @isabellamweber.bsky.social @ingridhk.bsky.social @cacrisalves.bsky.social @heterodoxnews.bsky.social
The Debate - why economists get Africa (really) wrong | ROAPE
In a debate on radical political economy, economics and economists working on Africa, Franklin Obeng-Odoom and Morten Jerven look at the use of statistics, mainstream economics, power, imperialism, pa...
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FREE – Forum for( @freefreeforum.bsky.social )Real Economic Emancipation "War Abroad Austerity at Home, Imagining a Future Beyond Elites" Dr. Camila( @camilavergara.bsky.social )Vergara, Dr. Carolina( @cacrisalves.bsky.social )Alves, Dr. Clara E. Mattei www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fdq-...
War Abroad Austerity at Home, Imagining a Future Beyond Elites
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Here are four of the books we recommend in our new podcast. Two that look at Prebisch, one that deals with the 'infant industry' argument & one that looks at ideas. #EconSky @cacrisalves.bsky.social @devikadutt.bsky.social @ingridhk.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social @johncassidysays.bsky.social
EconomicsInTen@economicsinten.bsky.social · 2mo agoNew podcast OUT NOW!!! Episode 2 of Season 9 is all about the Argentine economist Raul Prebisch. Best know for the Prebisch-Singer hypothesis, he was also a key man behind Dependency Theory that is still so relevant today. Have a listen to find out more... #EconSky podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
A huge effort to 'decolonise' Economics!! Thanks a lot!! 😀👍
Carolina Alves@cacrisalves.bsky.social · last yr.It’s out! I’m deeply proud and grateful for this book — especially for the chance to collaborate with such brilliant & bold minds. Here’s to hoping its ideas spark fresh conversations and inspire meaningful change in our field. #economics #eurocentrism #decolonisation
✍️ Interest Rates Can’t Control Today’s Inflation Inflation is rising, yet policymakers rely on old tools instead of addressing underlying causes. IIPP Associate Professor @cacrisalves.bsky.social's latest @projectsyndicate.bsky.social article explores this mismatch. 🔗 Read it here: buff.ly/YKwNrtT
Neben meinem Artikel habe ich zur neuen WuG eine Buchrezension beigetragen: Decolonizing Economics (2025) von @devikadutt.bsky.social @cacrisalves.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social & @ingridhk.bsky.social book review (in german): doi.org/10.59288/wug...
Dekolonisierung als Herausforderung für die (heterodoxe) Ökonomie: Dutt, Devika/Alves, Carolina/Kesar, Surbhi/Kvangraven, Ingrid H. (2025): Decolonizing Economics. An Introduction. | Wirtsch...
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@wug-akwien.bsky.social · 3mo agoʙᴜᴄʜʙᴇꜱᴘʀᴇᴄʜᴜɴɢ 📖🌍 Es gibt auch wieder viele spannende Rezensionen, u.a. zur „Klassengesellschaft akut“, KI und dem neuen Faschismus, aber auch dem neuen Buch von Quinn Slobodian „Hayek’s Bastards“.
✍️ Interest Rates Can’t Control Today’s Inflation Inflation is rising, yet policymakers rely on old tools instead of addressing underlying causes. IIPP Associate Professor @cacrisalves.bsky.social's recent @projectsyndicate.bsky.social article explores this mismatch. 🔗 Read it here: buff.ly/YKwNrtT
Die Zentralbanken bekämpfen die Inflation mit Zinsen – einem Werkzeug, das die wahren Ursachen der Teuerung nicht erreichen kann. 🏦 Von @cacrisalves.bsky.social
Zinspolitik ist machtlos gegen die neuen Preissteigerungen – MAKROSKOP
Das einzige Magazin für Wirtschaftspolitik aus einer keynesianischen Perspektive in Deutschland.
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On 31 May, Colombians will go to the polls facing a fiscal crisis, an energy shock, and a question that goes to the heart of development economics: is there a way out of commodity dependency, or do you just keep digging? This week we take a closer look: neweconomybrief.net/the-digest/t...
🇧🇷 Remembering Jorge Lobo Miglioli IIPP Associate Professor of Economics @cacrisalves.bsky.social's academic obituary of Jorge Lobo Miglioli was recently published in Monthly Review Online, reflecting on their friendship and academic journey. 🔗 Read it here: buff.ly/Rs6QDvo
What matters is not whether the price of bread is marginally lower at the checkout counter, but whether households have the means to obtain essential goods reliably - By @cacrisalves.bsky.social tomorrowsaffairs.com/where-do-gov... #Prices #Affordability @projectsyndicate.bsky.social #Inflation
Where do governments go wrong when addressing the affordability crisis?
What matters is not whether the price of bread is marginally lower at the checkout counter, but whether households have the means to obtain essential goods reliably
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This looks like a fantastic event with Clara Mattei, @cacrisalves.bsky.social and @camilavergara.bsky.social - very much looking forward to seeing three excellent speakers who really get you thinking about economics. #EconSky www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/war-abroad...
War Abroad Austerity at Home, Imagining a future beyond Elites
Economics shapes everything, yet it's presented as a science. Let's explore how austerity is a choice rather than an inevitability.
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Now online: 'Jorge Lobo Miglioli (1935–2025): Marx, Kalecki and the Desenvolvimentistas’ Dream in Brazil' by Carolina Alves (@cacrisalves.bsky.social).
Jorge Lobo Miglioli (1935-2025): Marx, Kalecki and the Desenvolvimentistas’ Dream in Brazil - Historical Materialism
I met Professor Jorge Miglioli in 2000, the year I started my undergraduate studies in Economics at UNESP, Araraquara – Brazil, fully convinced it was the right path if you wanted to change the world....
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This obituary traces the work of a Brazilian Marxist economist whose teaching linked economics to class struggle and socialist planning. It highlights his role in introducing Kalecki and effective demand to Brazilian debates. By @cacrisalves.bsky.social in @histmat.bsky.social buff.ly/I4IhAoO
Jorge Lobo Miglioli (1935-2025): Marx, Kalecki and the Desenvolvimentistas’ Dream in Brazil - Historical Materialism
I met Professor Jorge Miglioli in 2000, the year I started my undergraduate studies in Economics at UNESP, Araraquara – Brazil, fully convinced it was the right path if you wanted to change the…
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“Treating structural inflation as a demand-management problem allows policymakers to appear decisive while avoiding a more difficult confrontation with those who set prices, control resources, & extract rents.” - @cacrisalves.bsky.social prosyn.org/CzMkt1J?refe...
Interest Rates Can’t Control Today’s Inflation
Carolina Alves argues that using the wrong tool to manage price growth fueled by war and structural shifts is a political choice.
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In the podcast I draw on 4 strands of research: 1) Our book (w/@devikadutt.bsky.social @cacrisalves.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social) on Decolonizing Economics politybooks.com/bookdetail?b... 2) My work on mining, Eurocentrism, the Obuasi mine in Ghana: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Decolonizing Economics: An Introduction
Decolonizing Economics: An Introduction, Decolonization has long been debated across the social sciences, but the economics discipline has so far avoided such critical engagement. This book provides a...
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❗️Change:NOW! Mobilising the Progressive Majority IIPP Professors @cacrisalves.bsky.social, @ceciliarikap.bsky.social, and @jryancollins.bsky.social will be speaking at the upcoming Change:NOW! conference on May 30 2026. 🔗 Learn more and register here: buff.ly/TwW22xy @pef-online.bsky.social
Check out this blog post about my recent article in EJDR, based on our recent book, Decolonising Economics with @cacrisalves.bsky.social, @surbhikesar.bsky.social, and @ingridhk.bsky.social
EADI@eadi.bsky.social · 6mo agoDecolonising Development Studies should not be understood as a call for inclusion alone. (...) Rather, it is about transforming the field’s core assumptions and confronting the power relations that underpin them. ✍️ Our latest blog by @devikadutt.bsky.social www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2509
🎤 As today's discussion comes to an end, Chair @cacrisalves.bsky.social now welcomes questions and input from our audience. Thank you for joining us for this #IIPPInConversation event! 🔗 Discover our upcoming events: buff.ly/oAuVrlu
✍️ Theory and realism in economics The recent paper by IIPP Associate Professor @cacrisalves.bsky.social revisits the work of Richard R. Nelson, reflecting on his legacy and work on why economic models must better account for real-world processes. 🔗 Read her paper here: buff.ly/4sDW4KA
Trevor Phillips grilling Rachel Reeves felt pointless. What was the point? Why do journalists hunt for hits instead of doing real interviews? Journalists chasing “gotcha” moments instead of actually interviewing is exhausting. @skynewsrss.bsky.social
Excited to be soft-launching a new online essay series for @the-breakdown.bsky.social - (re)reading radical thinkers for the climate crisis. First up is Casey A. Williams on Stuart Hall and his analytical power for climate strategy today. www.break-down.org/reading-stua...
Reading Stuart Hall for the Climate Crisis
Stuart Hall’s politics of culture offers the left a blueprint for confronting the climate crisis.
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