📣 New on the CLaSP blog by @ggouzoulis.bsky.social 📣 Giorgos critically explores the fraught logic and impact of financial literacy programmes. www.claspblog.org/blogposts/fi...

The gospel of financial literacy — CLaSP Blog

Giorgos Gouzoulis critically explores the fraught logic and impact of financial literacy programmes.

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"... top 1% of the national income distribution receive about half of [S-Corp] income changes, while those in the bottom 50% receive less than 15%... workers capture only 10% of the gains from positive firm shocks but bear 26% of the losses from negative shocks" sammygyoung.github.io/syoung_site/...

What happens when a DSA politician takes charge of the largest city in the United States? Zohran Mamdani’s early record is filled with successes, but also evidence of the contradictions between socialist politics and governing the capitalist state.

Zohran Mamdani and the Contradiction of Democratic Socialism

What happens when a DSA politician takes charge of the largest city in the United States? Zohran Mamdani’s early record is filled with successes, but also evidence of the contradictions between socialist politics and governing the capitalist state.

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📢 2026 𝐏𝐊𝐄𝐒 Annual Workshop 📍King's College London, King’s Building, Room 204 📅19 May 13:30 to 18:30 (BST) Speakers include @devikadutt.bsky.social, @ggouzoulis.bsky.social, Katie Kedward, Olga Mikheeva, @thomasrab.bsky.social and Hamisu Salihu. 𝐅𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬: www.postkeynesian.net/event/2026-0...

Really important, impressive paper from my colleague Yuci Chen. #EconSky

Upjohn Institute@upjohninstitute.bsky.social · 2y ago

Research being presented at the #ASSA2025 conference shows that migrants escaping drug violence in Mexico stimulate U.S. economies and boost employment rates for U.S.-born workers.

There’s a word to describe this phenomenon: financialization. “Instead of fostering long-term investment, productive work, and better goods and services that can provide all of us with better lives, a financialized economy rewards extraction, speculation, and short-term gains.”

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

Trump downplays concerns about federal officials using insider information to enrich themselves on prediction markets, saying "the whole world unfortunately has become something of a casino"

𝘋𝘦𝘣𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴 is officially out with @brisunipress.bsky.social!

📚 With less than 2 weeks to go before the UK launch and just over 1 month before it reaches North America, I'm delighted to share the latest endorsements for 𝘿𝙚𝙗𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙨 from Costas Lapavitsas (SOAS), Hannah Appel (UCLA), and Mark SetterfielD (New School)

The richest 0.1 percent of the global population are hiding nearly $3 trillion in offshore accounts to evade taxes — more than the wealth held by the entire bottom half of humanity. It would take about $93 billion per year to eradicate extreme hunger by 2030. Taxing the rich is a global necessity.

Take a moment to read our thread about the upcoming May Day. 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇

Since 1994, immigrants have paid more in taxes than they receive in benefits every year. Do not believe the lies you hear about immigrants. They are good for society and the economy.

📚 Book Launch: Debt and the Future of Workers – Financialisation as Exploitation in the 21st Century 📅27 March 2026 | 16:30–18:00 (GMT) 📍 AG01, College Building Join us for this discussion on #Debt, #Labour and #Financialisation in the 21st century. https://ow.ly/FqJa50YsJvn

After working with the U.S. military in Afghanistan, Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal died in the country he spent years of his life helping. The cruelty is endless.

Afghan asylum-seeker dies after less than 24 hours in ICE custody

Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal, 41, a father of six who worked with the U.S. military in Afghanistan, had no known health iss

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Wall Street Journal, y'all

The first draft of my effort to theorize the political/coalitional characteristics of student debt is out for review. It's really the first step in an effort to think through how to design a free college program with durable long-term coalitions

Correct. This is valuable time that researchers could be investing into changing the formatting styles of their citations between resubmissions.

Matt Blackwell@mattblackwell.bsky.social · 6mo ago

One of the biggest wastes of academic productivity is the variation in page/word limits across journals in the same/related fields.

Part of the problem is that we use the same word, "housing," to refer both to the flow of services and to the asset that produces those services. As if the word "ketchup" meant both the stuff we spread on burgers, and the factories that produce it.

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📣Hello Bluesky! 👋 Me (Holly Smith, new Social Media Editor), @ryanlamare.bsky.social (Editor-In-Chief), & the rest of the #BJIR board are delighted to launch our new socials today! Join us here for all things #industrialrelations - related (is that a hashtag?)

a man is riding a segway in an office with the words welcome aboard below him

Alt: Michael Scott, character from the US Office, is riding a segway into an office with the words 'Welcome aboard!' below him

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When political figures threaten lawsuits against comedians, it’s not just about individual grievances. It’s about power. Our research shows how a deregulated, profit-driven media system is especially vulnerable to legal and political intimidation. Read here: https://bit.ly/4rtcRLa

So as I struggled with miscarriage after miscarriage before having my 🌈 baby, Reform would seriously think I should pay more tax during that agony. This policy isn’t just a slippery slope to a handmaids tale dystopian future - it’s a deliberate step towards it www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Reform by-election candidate suggested people who don’t have kids should pay more tax

Exclusive: The Reform politician’s suggestion would ‘punish millions of women and strip them of their basic dignity to choose’, Labour’s deputy leader has warned

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In this episode of the @freefreeforum.bsky.social podcast, Clara Mattei discusses with @graceblakeley.substack.com how economic planning happens under capitalism and what democratic economic planning could look like. www.indep.network/podcast-epis...

Podcast Episode with Grace Blakeley and Clara Mattei on Economic Planning and Capitalism

Recently an episode of the FREE (Forum for Real Economic Emancipation) Podcast has been released, in which Grace Blakeley is interviewed by Clara Mattei. In the episode they touch (amongst other…

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Our January newsletter is out! ❄ technologypolicy.substack.com/p/the-tip-ne... We're particularly excited to invite you to our upcoming event with @ceciliarikap.bsky.social on 25 Feb 3pm GMT, where she will present her findings on the Cloud ☁️ in the age of AI 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/techn...

The rich get richer, while others ...

New: Pordoceo Education Corporation — the financial corporation that runs several shady, predatory for-profit colleges — is behind a "ghost student" scheme. They're knowingly allowing AI students to enroll so they can get federal government cash and boost shareholder value.

The private equity investment strategy of USS should be subjected to scrutiny. How USS became main shareholder in debt-laden zombie firms like Thames Water and G.Network is a scandal. Trustees should read research by USS members instead of advice from asset managers www.ft.com/content/2ca2...

UK broadband operator sold to distressed debt specialist

G.Network’s lenders trigger sale of company with £300mn of net debt but just 25,000 customers

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Concentrated ownership and weakened public-interest institutions threaten democratic information systems, making reform a structural imperative. In December, we explored concentrated power in our media industry and its impacts #RI2025 https://bit.ly/4oTUrBz

The Political Economy of the US Media System: Excavating the Roots of the Present Crisis - Roosevelt Institute

Bilal Baydoun, Shahrzad Shams, and Victor Pickard trace the roots of the US media crisis to decades of deregulation and commercial capture, outlining how consolidation, news deserts, and platform domi...

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