Alfredo Saad-Filho e Jack Taggart analisam o avanço de uma militarização financeirizada em meio à corrida armamentista da inteligência artificial, uma importante frente de acumulação de capital que responde ao acirramento da rivalidade imperial e o intensifica. phenomenalworld.org/pt-br/analis...

Dividendos de defesa | Alfredo Saad-Filho & Jack Taggart

Em junho de 2025, a BlackRock anunciou a criação de um fundo negociado em bolsa (Exchange-Traded Fund, ou ETF) voltado ao setor europeu de defesa. A iniciativa respondeu ao que Jane Sloan, chefe de…

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Choques climáticos e disrupções geopolíticas têm evidenciado a alta vulnerabilidade do atual regime alimentar global. Fernando Rugitsky traça um panorama das origens históricas deste regime, dimensionando desafios e condições para superá-los. phenomenalworld.org/pt-br/analis...

Regime alimentar falido | Fernando Rugitsky

Edição de julho da Meridional, coluna mensal de Fernando Rugitsky

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“The elimination of import restrictions triggered the formation of what Friedmann called ‘the first price-governed market in an essential means of life’: an international market, that is, with world prices for food.” @rugitsky.bsky.social on global food regimes phenomenalworld.org/analysis/a-f...

Fernando Rugitsky | A Fragile Food Regime

Recurring crises in global food provision

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New in @phenomenalworld.bsky.social w/@alfredosaadfilho.bsky.social. As geopolitical competition intensifies, major states are militarising, & private finance is investing across competing blocs. The prospect of durable peace is now at odds with the logic of financial returns. tinyurl.com/4s4fjwce

Alfredo Saad-Filho & Jack Taggart | Defense Dividends

The interpenetration of private finance and the military

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“Food inflation has spurred states into action: in Mexico, the Morena admin negotiated a fixed-price basket of basic food items; in Brazil, Lula manipulated tax rates on select products. And in New York, Mamdani is beginning to roll out public grocery stores.” phenomenalworld.org/analysis/a-f...

Fernando Rugitsky | A Fragile Food Regime

Recurring crises in global food provision

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“As of early this month, SpaceX’s Starlink alone comprised about 65% of all active satellites in low-Earth orbit—over 10,700 out of around 16,200 operational satellites—giving a single firm a near-monopoly presence beyond the stratosphere.” phenomenalworld.org/analysis/orb...

Fulya Apaydin | Orbital Enclosure

How the US's long push to deregulate outer space led to SpaceX's dominance of the skies

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“While states deploy security-driven industrial policies and tools to nurture indigenous military tech capacity, venture capital firms, asset managers and private equity increasingly shape the priorities and production strategies of defense firms.” phenomenalworld.org/analysis/def...

Alfredo Saad-Filho & Jack Taggart | Defense Dividends

The interpenetration of private finance and the military

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Outer space has emerged as a new frontier of intense commercial activity, with SpaceX now commanding much of the low-Earth orbit launch and satellite market. Our essay of the week examines the deregulation of outer space. By @fulyaapaydin.bsky.social in @phenomenalworld.bsky.social buff.ly/uOx1akP

“Over the past 15 years, the regulation of the orbital environment—from satellite licensing to debris mitigation rules—has emerged as a frontier of intense commercial activity.” Fulya Apaydin on SpaceX, US regulation, and “the province of all mankind.” phenomenalworld.org/analysis/orb...

Fulya Apaydin | Orbital Enclosure

How the US's long push to deregulate outer space led to SpaceX's dominance of the skies

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Here is my latest on how one particular company ended up dominating our skies: phenomenalworld.org/analysis/orb...

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In mid-June, SpaceX went public. The company’s initial public offering share price of $150 quickly crowned Elon Musk the world’s first dollar trillionaire. As the company’s executives rang the Nasdaq ...

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“Orbital domains and celestial objects have long been defined in international law as ‘the province of all mankind.’ But over the past fifteen years, the regulation of the orbital environment has become increasingly influenced by corporate interests.” phenomenalworld.org/analysis/orb...

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In mid-June, SpaceX went public. The company’s initial public offering share price of $150 quickly crowned Elon Musk the world’s first dollar trillionaire. As the company’s executives rang the Nasdaq…

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"Researchers like Paula Jarzabowski, however, point out that this “risk signalling” is barely effective in practice. Housing is not liquid and fungible as an asset class—and neither are the homes and communities that inhabit it." phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ins...

Insurance in the Polycrisis | Kate Mackenzie & Tim Sahay

The future is triage on an uninsurable earth.

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“Missouri, Georgia, and Florida each passed legislation exempting World Cup ticket sales from state and local sales taxes. The public absorbs the loss: Georgia stands to forgo as much as $25m in revenue, Florida some $7.4m, and Missouri roughly $1.9m.” phenomenalworld.org/analysis/who...

Freddie Daley | Who Owns the World Cup?

This World Cup is a watershed moment in both the evolution of sports tourism and the history of advertising and sponsorship.

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“FIFA’s revamped commercial program ahead of 2026 generated more advertising and sponsorship revenue than any previous standalone sporting event—all before a ball was kicked. The asset underneath this, the audience’s attention, only continues to appreciate.” phenomenalworld.org/analysis/who...

Freddie Daley | Who Owns the World Cup?

This World Cup is a watershed moment in both the evolution of sports tourism and the history of advertising and sponsorship.

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A Copa do Mundo é o maior espetáculo esportivo do planeta. Também é um dos maiores negócios. Freddie Daley, James Jackson & Pierre Wokuri contam como a FIFA converteu a audiência global do futebol em fonte inesgotável de renda para seus parceiros comerciais:

Quem é dono da Copa do Mundo? | Freddie Daley, James Jackson & Pierre Wokuri

Um torneio que cresceu ao criar novas formas de vender a audiência global do futebol às grandes corporações transformou-se em uma máquina concebida para converter essa audiência em rendas para…

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“Costco traces its lineage back to Fedco—the Federal Employees Distributing Company, a membership store started by post office employees in 1948. The basic idea was that federal employees could leverage their buying power to eliminate retail store markup.” phenomenalworld.org/analysis/the...

Benjamin Fong | The Anti-Amazon

Costco's model and the future of retail

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1/ Each Summer, @katemac.bsky.social & I write a essay with a different focus on political economy of Climate Don't miss our trilogy over last 3 summers Global Boiling: Scorched Earth: phenomenalworld.org/analysis/glo... Uninsurable Earth: phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ins...

Global Boiling | The Polycrisis

Stocks and flows, action and inaction in the planetary impasse

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Pausa para hidratação: "Os americanos vão dividir o jogo em quatro tempos, em vez de dois, para colocar comerciais", previu Diego Maradona em 2018. "A emissora Fox deverá arrecadar cerca de US$ 250 milhões apenas com os anúncios exibidos nesses intervalos."

Quem é dono da Copa do Mundo? | Freddie Daley, James Jackson & Pierre Wokuri

Um torneio que cresceu ao criar novas formas de vender a audiência global do futebol às grandes corporações transformou-se em uma máquina concebida para converter essa audiência em rendas para…

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"Foi Horst Dassler, herdeiro da Adidas, quem primeiro compreendeu que o verdadeiro dinheiro do futebol não estava na venda de chuteiras, mas no controle das federações que governavam o esporte." NOVO: Como a arquitetura comercial da FIFA redefiniu o futebol

Quem é dono da Copa do Mundo? | Freddie Daley, James Jackson & Pierre Wokuri

Um torneio que cresceu ao criar novas formas de vender a audiência global do futebol às grandes corporações transformou-se em uma máquina concebida para converter essa audiência em rendas para…

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"Sports sponsorship is now a global industry worth over $70 billion, and FIFA, which is the industry’s central player, earned $5.7 billion in the Qatar 2022 cycle and expects more than double that from the 2026 tournament." phenomenalworld.org/analysis/who...

Freddie Daley | Who Owns the World Cup?

Forecast to generate record revenues for FIFA, this World Cup is a watershed moment in both the evolution of sports tourism and the history of advertising and sponsorship.

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“Despite Ahmad al-Sharaa’s attempts to distance the new regime from the its predecessor, the rebels in power have pursued economic statecraft that is more continuity than rupture with the ancien regime of the Assads.” Richard Solomon on Sharaa’s Syria phenomenalworld.org/analysis/syr...

Syrian Continuity - Phenomenal World

A general finding in the study of rebel politics is that groups that come to power without a clear hegemonic position within the rebel movement are vulnerable to spoilers or coups d’etat that push…

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“Since the revolution of 1959, a persistent feature of Miami’s political life has been to push Washington to regime change in Cuba—but with little unity on the question of how.” @hozic.bsky.social on competing anti-Havana factions in South Florida phenomenalworld.org/analysis/mia...

Miami Syndrome | Aida Hozić

Whether big US business, Cuban American wealth, or small business owners drive the transition will have consequences for the future of Cuba, though given the unfolding crisis on the island, it’s…

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“The Cuban Missile Crisis established Florida as an ideological and military bulwark in the struggle against communism. It is a role that the state—home to three US military commands—continues to play with gusto.” @hozic.bsky.social on Miami and Havana

Miami Syndrome | Aida Hozić

Whether big US business, Cuban American wealth, or small business owners drive the transition will have consequences for the future of Cuba, though given the unfolding crisis on the island, it’s…

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“Late to the e-commerce game, minimally invested in their distribution network, and committed as ever to an artificially-limited assortment, Costco is the anti-Amazon.” phenomenalworld.org/analysis/the...

Benjamin Fong | The Anti-Amazon

Costco's model and the future of retail

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“Adaptation is largely a public good. Unlike electricity generation or selling EVs, it doesn’t align with the goals of private investment, and so it is entirely beholden to fiscal constraints.” phenomenalworld.org/analysis/glo...

Scorched Earth - Phenomenal World

Programming Note: In addition to this monthly newsletter, Kate and Tim are regularly publishing dispatches and putting out podcasts, which you can find at thepolycrisis.org. This summer’s heat waves…

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“Despite Ahmad al-Sharaa’s attempts to distance the new regime from the its predecessor, the rebels in power have pursued economic statecraft that is more continuity than rupture with the ancien regime of the Assads.” Richard Solomon on Sharaa’s Syria phenomenalworld.org/analysis/syr...

Syrian Continuity - Phenomenal World

A general finding in the study of rebel politics is that groups that come to power without a clear hegemonic position within the rebel movement are vulnerable to spoilers or coups d’etat that push…

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“An estimate of heat-related deaths in Europe puts the number at 20,000 just for the last week of June. By now, summertime is recognized as a deadly season.” The latest from @70sBachchan.bsky.social and @katemac.bsky.social—on heatwaves and adaptation politics. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/glo...

Scorched Earth - Phenomenal World

Programming Note: In addition to this monthly newsletter, Kate and Tim are regularly publishing dispatches and putting out podcasts, which you can find at thepolycrisis.org. This summer’s heat waves…

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NEW: @katemac.bsky.social & I: "Heat waves tend to attract less attention than the charismatic megafauna of climate disasters—floods, storms, wildfires—in part because they cause less property damage & thus less obviously financially costly" phenomenalworld.org/analysis/glo... Graphic @TheEconomist

Às vésperas de uma primeira rodada de revisões, Donald Trump anunciou que não renovará o USMCA. O acordo ainda poderá integrar efetivamente a América do Norte? Em "Elos perdidos", Gilberto García-Vázquez analisa os desafios do pacto norteamericano. phenomenalworld.org/pt-br/analis...

"La revisión del TMEC no es mera formalidad. Llega cuando los subsidios ya fueron asignados, el CAPEX ya se desplegó y los cuellos de botella en insumos críticos siguen abiertos. Los mecanismos para corregir el problema existen; los actores con mandato también" phenomenalworld.org/es/analisis/...