Our first event of the academic year is the UK book launch of @susanzieger.bsky.social's LOGISTICS AND POWER. 🗓️29 October 2025, 5pm–7pm 📍IAS Common Ground G11 ground floor, South Wing UCL Gower St, London Followed by a reception Free and open to all--register here: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Global volatility at record highs. Geopolitical disorder, climate crisis, tech behemoths at trillion-plus valuations; gold soaring, indicators sinking, US government shutdown. Market response? Number go up! 📈📈📈

This Friday afternoon feels special: after many twists & turns I've just submitted the manuscript of my next book to my editor @mitpress.bsky.social There were times I thought this moment may not come but it did. I am thinking of my mum who was still here when this started & I can see her smiling.

@ariskomporozos.bsky.social thank you for the concept of speculative communities, which I quote in this piece

Some important personal news: I am delighted to share that I have been promoted to Professor of Economy and Society at @ucl.ac.uk!

Extremely proud to bring COLLAPSE FINANCE to the world — with an unbelievable set of participants. Full announcement via e-Flux, Inc. lnkd.in/eHBWTbsx June 10-11. Hosted by The New Institute and organised together with @giuliadalmaso.bsky.social and Till Wittwer. www.e-flux.com/announcement...

“Economists say” inflation is inevitable… but “populists may have a point,” says today’s @nytimes.com. One for you @isabellamweber.bsky.social ! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/b...

Warum Friedrich Merz' Zeit bei BlackRock wichtig ist - und wie diese Finanzriesen wesentliche Teile unseres Lebens & Alltags kontrollieren. Jetzt drängen sie gerade darauf, länger zu arbeiten. Wichtiger Essay von @georgdiez.bsky.social und @ariskomporozos.bsky.social www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...

Top of today’s DIE ZEIT: our essay on how Friedrich Merz is reshaping German conservatism through the asset management playbook. With @georgdiez.bsky.social www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...

Looking forward to welcoming Melinda Cooper to LSE on June 3rd, for a talk on "BlackRock vs. BlackStone: Factions of Asset-Based Capitalism" Join us! The event is free and open to all, registration details below www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blackrock-...

I have spent the past few years following the strange seams of financial alchemy. This morning, I woke to news that physicists have done it for real: lead into gold, if only for a moment! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

We are delighted to be hosting the launch of Noam Yuran's THE SEXUAL ECONOMY OF CAPITALISM tonight -- details below! @aminsamman.bsky.social @finandsoc.bsky.social @ariskomporozos.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Excellent op-ed by @abenanav.bsky.social. The Trumpist mess isn’t just a crisis, but also a prime opportunity to push for bold redistributive policy. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...

Always great to hear from @maxread.info who’s been one of the most insightful voices engaging with my work. Here he draws on my analysis of speculative politics to make a compelling case about the logic behind Trump’s tariff chaos.

UK launch for @koheisaito.bsky.social's Slow Down, hosted by @ariskomporozos.bsky.social & @ucl-ccs.bsky.social! A wide ranging conversation spanning the commons, planning, revolutionary reformism, and why you should collectively own forest with your mates.

Look out for @susanzieger.bsky.social's brilliant new book LOGISTICS AND POWER coming out soon with @ucpress.bsky.social. I was lucky enough to review it before publication and cannot recommend it enough! www.ucpress.edu/books/logist...

On April 15, we're hosting the much-anticipated UK launch of @koheisaito.bsky.social's SLOW DOWN Kohei Saito will be in conversation with our Centre Director Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou 6pm, Logan Hall, 20 Bedford Way @ariskomporozos.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Some compelling FT charts on the recent explosion of uncertainty readings in economic and geopolitical indices -- even higher than market measures of uncertainty used in options pricing, the VIX etc.... www.ft.com/content/8c12...

Looking forward to discussing financial nihilism with @aminsamman.bsky.social at @ucl-ccs.bsky.social on Monday - www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

How does finance shape our world today? One idea // 60 seconds with UCL CCS Director @ariskomporozos.bsky.social www.youtube.com/shorts/tF1p4... @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @ucl-ias.bsky.social

Hear the sirens. If the warfare state replaces the welfare state, this will further fuel the extreme right. More countries falling in the hands of extreme right nationalists would weaken Europe in an existential way.

We've extended the deadline to apply until March 10!

We are delighted to announce an expanded editorial team for 2025 onward. Please join us in welcoming our new recruits Mareike Beck, Kristian Bondo Hansen, Juvaria Jafri, Jing Wang, and Philipp Golka. Read more here: financeandsocietynetwork.org/finsoc-new-e...

Work with us! We invite scholars, policymakers, and practitioners worldwide to collaborate on urgent research into how financial systems can be reimagined to address global challenges. Info on current opportunities: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of... @sriucl.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk

The UCL Centre for Capitalism Studies presents: ***SLOW DOWN - the UK launch*** Kohei Saito in conversation with Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou. 🗓️ 6-7pm April 15th 2025 📍 Logan Hall, 20 Bedford Way Open to all @koheisaito.bsky.social @ariskomporozos.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

Donald and Melania Trump launched their 'memecoin' cryptocurrencies $Trump and $Melania in the last few days, and their valuations have soared. In August, @ariskomporozos.bsky.social argued that ultra-liberalism and precariousness have created the 'cryptobros'. www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlin...

👽📈Call for Participants: The Truth? In this Economy?📈👽 An Unconventional London Symposium on Financialisation and Truth-bending 📍UCL Centre for Capitalism Studies 🗓️April 10 2025 Organised by @maxhaiven.bsky.social and @ariskomporozos.bsky.social APPLY by 03.03.25 www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

"The truth? In this economy?" Join @ariskomporozos.bsky.social and me on April 10 at London's @ucl-ccs.bsky.social for an unconventional gathering of worried thinkers trying to understand WTF happens to the world when the economy is lies all the way down.

Last Thursday, over 1,000 people packed UCL's Logan Hall to listen to Thomas Piketty, Gillian Tett and Ash Sarkar at our CCS Inaugural Annual Conversation. Thank you all for an incredible evening, and stay tuned!

A very happy Winter Term from all of us here @ucl-ccs.bsky.social ! 💕📈💕📈 www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

We're having a rather fun time reading James Crotty's Keynes Against Capitalism together with @abenanav.bsky.social and @kohei-saito.bsky.social these last couple of weeks. Hard-recommend! www.routledge.com/Keynes-Again...

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Excited to be back in Frankfurt today after 20 years! Public talk details below-come by if you're in town! Gastvortrag von Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou: 21.11.2024 / 16-18 Uhr / Professur für Biotechnologie, Natur und Gesellschaft / Goethe- Universität Frankfurt / Uni Campus Westend / PEG 1.G 192

💸Will Capitalism survive the 21st Century? 💸 I am thrilled to present the Inaugural Annual Conversation of the UCL Centre for Capitalism Studies: *Gillian Tett* *Ash Sarkar* with *Thomas Piketty* 🗓️6-7.30pm, 5 Dec 2024 📍University College London Register: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...

💸Will Capitalism survive the 21st Century? 💸 We are thrilled to present our Inaugural Annual Conversation: *Gillian Tett* *Ash Sarkar* with *Thomas Piketty* 🗓️6-7.30pm, 5 Dec 2024 📍University College London Free & open to all - registration necessary: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...