I have a new article in Intl J of PE, as part of a symposium on expanding our thinking about public banking & democratic finance it's called "The Potential of Public Credit Funds" & builds on work by @stomarova.bsky.social & many others www.tandfonline.com/eprint/CAIZH...

The Potential of Public Credit Funds

This article proposes a public credit fund as a new institutional form within an emerging ecosystem of public banking in the United States. State and local public pension funds hold nearly $6 trill...

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🚨 CfP: "Offshore Capitalism: Climate and Crisis", mini-conference at 2027 SASE in Glasgow 🚨 With @joseatiles.bsky.social, @andreabinder.bsky.social & Sabine Dörry, we welcome papers on 'the offshore' from a range of perspectives. DEADLINE: 1 Nov. Apply here: sase.org/conference-s...

Meu novo ensaio acaba de ser publicado na @phenomenalworld.bsky.social Analiso a economia política colonial da crise da dívida de Porto Rico, uma década de austeridade sob a Junta de Controle Fiscal e o que ficará quando a Junta for embora. phenomenalworld.org/pt-br/analis...

Dez anos de ajuste

A menos que sejam resolvidas as condições estruturais que levaram à promulgação da PROMESA, a situação em Porto Rico continuará a se deteriorar.

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Mi nuevo ensayo acaba de publicarse en @phenomenalworld.bsky.social En el analizo la economía política colonial que provocó la crisis en Puerto Rico, una década de austeridad bajo PROMESA y la Junta de Control Fiscal y lo que quedará cuando la Junta se vaya. phenomenalworld.org/es/analisis/...

Jose Atiles | ‘Promesa’ incumplida

Diez años de PROMESA en Puerto Rico

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My new essay is out in @phenomenalworld.bsky.social Ten years after PROMESA, I examine the colonial political economy that produced Puerto Rico’s debt crisis, a decade of austerity under the Fiscal Oversight Board, and what may remain after la junta is gone. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/con...

Jose Atiles | Control Board Colonialism

Ten years of PROMESA in Puerto Rico

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“PROMESA has been transformative: a success by the terms set out by the board; a calamity from the perspective of most inside Puerto Rico, where social spending has been gutted and economic decision-making subordinated to an unelected coterie in Washington.” phenomenalworld.org/analysis/con...

Jose Atiles | Control Board Colonialism

Ten years of PROMESA in Puerto Rico

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The September 2026 issue of Current History is out now, featuring a collection on Civil-Military Relations edited by Rebecca Best. Dive in: online.ucpress.edu/currenthisto...

Volume 125 Issue 874 | Current History | University of California Press

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Spread the news: the Association of Law and Political Economy (@a-lpe.bsky.social) invites proposals for its second annual meeting, to be held on June 9-10, 2027, in Boston, MA.

CFP: Second Annual Association of Law and Political Economy Conference

The Association of Law and Political Economy invites proposals for its second annual meeting, to be held on June 9-10, 2027, in Boston, MA.

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Very pleased to announce the programme for this year's @finandsoc.bsky.social conference. We'll be talking everything from prediction markets and offshore finance to acid capitalism and the assetization of horses. Come join us in Copenhagen if you can! financeandsocietynetwork.org/finandsoc-co...

📣📣📣 The University of Gothenburg (Sweden) is recruiting 25 (yes, 25!) Assistant Professors in a wide range of disciplines (from arts to education to geology to maths), two of these at our Faculty. Happy to talk to anyone interested in knowing more about Sweden, Gothenburg or GU!

Gothenburg Global Scholars Initiative

The University of Gothenburg is launching the Global Scholars Initiative – a coordinated international recruitment effort comprising 25 research positions across a broad range of disciplines and facul...

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The University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Philosophy Department is hiring! See details at the link: philjobs.org/job/show/31897

Esencia, a proposed tourism and residential complex, promises “environmental stewardship”—but will require an estimated 1.25 million gallons of potable water daily in a municipality already facing a water crisis. Yarimar Bonilla on the politics behind Puerto Rico’s water shortages:

Carrying Water

As enormous sums flow to creditors and investors in Puerto Rico, the state continues to recede.

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How do you follow money that is designed to be untraceable? Our new Reporter's Guide to Investigating Cryptocurrency, produced with @icij.org, breaks down how to trace wallet addresses, work with blockchain explorers and verify crypto transactions for your next investigation. https://twp.ai/E5F6q4

Part II of my law and petro-masculinity project, "International Law and Petro-Masculinity" is now on SSRN (and looking for a journal to call home). I would *love* comments from the brilliant international law community on here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

We're hiring. Associate/Full Professor of Democracy Policy apply.interfolio.com/188470

Jamaica’s beach access crisis: ‘We shouldn’t be forced to fight for what is already ours’

Jamaica’s beach access crisis: ‘We shouldn’t be forced to fight for what is already ours’

Activists argue business model is ‘plantation tourism’ designed to benefit elite and disadvantage most Jamaicans

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Our 2026 Latin American Studies catalog is out! Learn more about our new and notable titles: https://ow.ly/3Hre50ZaE9P #ReadUP #LatinAmericanStudies

Without full sovereignty, Puerto Rico is significantly constrained in its ability to design independent fiscal or monetary policies — leaving the island vulnerable to tourism investments that are becoming increasingly financialized.

Financial Speculators See Big Opportunities in Puerto Rico

Without full sovereignty, Puerto Rico is significantly constrained in its ability to design independent fiscal or monetary policies — leaving the island vulnerable to tourism investments that are becoming increasingly financialized.

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As I conclude a great year with the OpEd Project, I'm happy to share my latest piece in Jacobin. It examines how tax incentives have become intertwined with Puerto Rico's tourism industry, reshaping the archipelago's political economy and fueling financial speculation. jacobin.com/2026/06/puer...

Financial Speculators See Big Opportunities in Puerto Rico

Without full sovereignty, Puerto Rico is significantly constrained in its ability to design independent fiscal or monetary policies — leaving the island vulnerable to tourism investments that are beco...

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Another “best beach” list, another reminder that paradise is legally produced. If you want the politics behind it: Who owns Puerto Rico’s beaches? Law, extractivism, and the political economy of paradise doi.org/10.1080/0143...

Who owns Puerto Rico’s beaches? Law, extractivism, and the political economy of paradise

Puerto Rican beaches are central to sociolegal debates on economic development, tax policies, luxury real estate and climate change. Despite being constitutionally public, access to many of the 122...

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Condé Nast Traveler - Travel Reviews, News, Guides & Tips@cntraveler.com.web.brid.gy · 6mo ago

Excited to share my new article in @lsijournal.bsky.social: “Vacationing on a Tax Haven” explores how Puerto Rico’s visitor economy is intertwined with offshore finance, colonial legality, and extraction. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Fuel has become the frontline of economic warfare, especially in Cuba. 🇨🇺 JOSE ATILES examines how US tariffs, sanctions, and emergency powers operate as forms of state crime that produce systemic harm and human suffering in Cuba and across the region. verfassungsblog.de/cuba-blockade/

If we in the US and elsewhere are to use social strikes to retake control of our governments... we have much to learn from the joyful, creative protests of our Puerto Rican comrades.

Esencia No Va: Protesting Neocolonial Capitalist Development in Puerto Rico

A movement is forming to defend the community and island against a project that would turn over a significant piece of Puerto Rico’s land to foreign billionaires, to serve their needs, not the needs of the Puerto Rican people.

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An opportunity Visiting Assistant Professor in Criminology, Law, and Society: illinois.csod.com/ui/internal-...

Happy Easter from Finance and Society team! Here is our special easter egg for all of you: a fresh Call for Papers for this year's Finance and Society conference happening again at CBS Copenhagen! Deadline: May 1st Hoping to see many of you there!

The April 2 edition of The Latino Newsletter is by Cris Seda Chabrier, and edited by @vaquero2xl.bsky.social Airbnbs Are Eating Up This Puerto Rico Island Municipality Short-term rentals have increased prices and taken over residences in Culebra, analysis shows

Airbnbs Are Eating Up This Puerto Rico Island Municipality

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A monstrously comprehensive nearly three hour long episode of @thedigradio.bsky.social examining the economic warfare dimensions of the US-Israeli war on Iran and Iran’s asymmetric response with Aslı Bâli, @yarbatman.bsky.social, and Nicholas Mulder. www.thedigradio.com/podcast/econ...

Economic Warfare w/ Aslı Bâli, Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, Nicholas Mulder

Featuring Aslı Bâli, Esfandyar Batmanghelidj, and Nicholas Mulder on the economic warfare unfolding with the US-Israeli war on Iran—and beyond.

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"I was hoping bad bunny would get more into the weeds of the promesa debt restructuring" - @jeffstein.bsky.social PROMESA content plz @scaggs.bsky.social @alexckaufman.bsky.social ieefa.org/sites/defaul...

The International Journal of Law in Context is seeking a new co-Editor-in-Chief! Submit your application by 28 February. 📩 Learn more: https://cup.org/4qSA89E #lawandsociety #sociolegal #LawSky

Doing public-facing sociology? Our Public Sociology Awards 2026 are open. Celebrate creative work beyond the academy. Deadline: 13 March. Apply now 👇 buff.ly/2qmok7D