My review of Jeremy Lent's latest book 'Ecocivilization' An attempt to map out a modern, technological society founded on the dignity of all life In the most recent, beautifully crafted Resurgence & Ecologist: www.resurgence.org/magazine/cur...
Nat Dyer
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My book RICARDO’S DREAM - a 'simply brilliant' critique of mainstream economics - came out in Nov '24. Fellow of Schumacher Institute. Formerly with Global Witness & PEP. www.natdyer.com
I need to buy @rowhoop.bsky.social's new book! "Economics grows out of ecology... It has never been more urgent that we understand how nature works, and that economists correct their ignorance of ecology." via @graceblakeley.substack.com substack.com/home/post/p-...
Darwinism does not support capitalism
Darwin described the webs of connectedness that support all life, and economists need to understand that their discipline grows out of ecology
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'This is the Darwinian message we need most to hear today. “The crisis of nature... has been caused by a failure to see in ecological terms, a failure set up by our philosophical and economic systems” Excellent @philipcball.bsky.social on @rowhoop.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
Togetherness by Rowan Hooper review – a stunning portrait of cooperation in nature
This corrective to our habitual emphasis on competition had me writing ‘wow’ in the margins again and again
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Anyone who calls Susan Strange the OG will get a retweet from me... Nice thread showing how her study of the waning British economic & political power can help illuminate what's going on with US power
Daniel McDowell@danielmcdowell.bsky.social · 4mo agoAre Bessent's proposed swap lines with Gulf and Asian states an indication that the dollar has become what Susan Strange--the OG theorist of the geoeconomics of international currencies--called a "Negotiated Currency"? A short 🧵(1/10)
Modern environmental movement makes little sense without this cosmic view...
Helen Czerski@helenczerski.bsky.social · 5mo agoIt's only worth going back to the Moon if it makes us look properly again at Earth, and appreciate how beautiful, precious and fragile what we have here is. The most famous images from Apollo aren't about the Moon - they're pictures of Earth. We need to stop taking our home for granted.
The House at the Edge of Magic kids books by Amy Sparkes are just brilliant! So full of wild imagination, vivid characters, heart and adventure. I've just finished reading the 4th one to my 9 year-old and we've both loved them.
Susan Strange saw global finance as a casino back in the 1980s and inspired Ann Pettifor's new book 'The Global Casino' as she explains here... www.youtube.com/clip/Ugkx8dd...
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The great Sven Beckert in the UK this week!
Sven Beckert@svenbeckert.bsky.social · 5mo agoyes, LSE on Wednesday, Manchester Thursday and Oxford Saturday.
I saw this quote while at Goldsmiths the other week and have to admit that I'd never heard of Mark Fisher before...
This Saturday, March 28, I will speak on Capitalism: A Global History. If in town, come join me. oxfordliteraryfestival.org/literature-e...
American Lecture. Capitalism: A Global History | Oxford Literary Festival
Sven Beckert talks to Ian Goldin - American Lecture. Capitalism: A Global History
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Free event in London tomorrow... (although it's a bit of a stretch now to call it a launch)
Bristol University Press@brisunipress.bsky.social · 6mo ago📘 Book launch: 'Ricardo’s Dream' by Nat Dyer A fascinating exploration of economic thought from David Ricardo’s era to today, hosted by the Economic Thought Research Group, School of Creative Management. 📅12 Mar | ⏰ 4:00–5:45pm 📍 G-16, Deptford Town Hall Building https://ow.ly/Fsm950Y8THi
Yesterday evening, for the second time in a year, the Met Police raided Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrested a number of young nonviolent activists. STATEMENT: www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
This looks very interesting
Steve Brusatte@stevebrusatte.bsky.social · 6mo agoFantastic new book, coming in June! From @rowhoop.bsky.social of @newscientist.com podcast fame. A clarion call for cooperation, at a time when competition, chaos, and cruelty seem to rule the day. A joyful book, of hope and wonder, which celebrates community as the true key to success in nature.
I'll be talking about economics, imagination, and 'Ricardo's Dream' at Goldsmiths Uni in London on 12 March at 4pm. Come along if you're in town! Cheers @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...
Ricardo's Dream by Nat Dyer
Book Launch
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Great to see my friend, Dave, sign a contract for his first book on philosophy & aliens. Congrats!
David Ellis@davidellis95.bsky.social · 7mo ago📚It’s official! I’ve signed a contract with @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social for my first book, Philosophy on First Contact 🎉 This will explore the philosophical aspects of our first contact with intelligent extraterrestrial life Can’t wait to start - Stay tuned for more alien philosophy! 🛸
As Trump reduces every economic forecaster in the world to a weeping nervous wreck…
The lens of history allows you to write a 'true story' of what's happening in the modern economy, whereas models often lead us astray - Stiglitz
This is very good on utopian economics as the 'governing science' of governments (right & left), banks, financial institutions, credit rating agencies, corporations & consultancies @abbyinnes.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb07...
How neoliberalism broke economics | Dr Abby Innes
YouTube video by The Institute of Art and Ideas
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Not sure how they found it, but this is apparently @the-syllabus.bsky.social's video of the week 😀
The Syllabus@the-syllabus.bsky.social · 7mo agoDrawing a throughline from Ricardo’s abstract models to today’s debates over trade and finance, our video of the week shows how economists’ “visions” shape which interests are illuminated and which are left in darkness. Ft. @natjdyer.bsky.social at @economicresearch.bsky.social buff.ly/tNNpCn9
FWIW, I've written to the editor pointing out the links between African Brazil and David Ricardo's famous trade theory... will see if they print it
Nat Dyer@natjdyer.bsky.social · 8mo agoThe @economist.com piece about Brazil's African heritage is good to see - but they fail to note the link to their hallowed free trade theory... www.economist.com/the-americas...
The @economist.com piece about Brazil's African heritage is good to see - but they fail to note the link to their hallowed free trade theory... www.economist.com/the-americas...
Great piece by @superwuster.bsky.social on how the UK became a digital colony of the US by believing the "dream of the 1990s" and "the logic of free trade and globalisation" h/t @unlearnecon.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Has Britain become an economic colony?
The UK could’ve been a true tech leader – but it has cheerfully submitted to US dominance in a way that may cost it dear
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Last Friday, I got to meet Benjamin Lipscomb author of 'The Women Are Up To Something'. He's in London researching his new book on the BBC. We decided to meet up at philosopher Mary Midgley's childhood home in Greenford, Middx. - where we got a personalised tour from historian Peter Hounsell
Love this story about the long evolutionary history of kissing - it's 21 million years old, don't you know? Helps to chip away at some of the more wild 'Nature red in tooth and claw' claims out there www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
First kiss dates back 21 million years, say scientists
A new study looks at how the mouth-on-mouth smooch came into being, and concludes that Neanderthals also kissed.
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Thanks for joining, Agnes! Pleased that analogy landed with you
This is tonight at 7pm (UK time). More than 60 people signed up already...
Nat Dyer@natjdyer.bsky.social · 9mo agoNext Tuesday 18th Nov, I'll be giving a free, online talk on imagination, models, and the making of economic knowledge for @economicresearch.bsky.social Reserve a spot & find out more here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-econom...
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten. "I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA