Thanks to @adamtooze.bsky.social for sharing my work with @brankomilan.bsky.social about homoploutia on his Substack (h/t @joelliambuehler.bsky.social): open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...

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Ever wondered whether capital or labor income makes individuals move up the income ladder? So did my fantastic co-authors @marcoranaldi.bsky.social and @robertoiacono.org and I! Short answer: It's mostly LABOR income! 1/2

Do individuals move ⤴️ or⤵️ the income ladder because of jumps in labor or capital income, or both? 👉Upward mobility is primarily driven by labor income but almost never by capital alone, find @marcoranaldi.bsky.social @joelliambuehler.bsky.social @robertoiacono.org ▶️ wid.world/news-article...

🚨New Working Paper🚨 "Understanding the link between heat and intimate partner violence” Together with @juditvall.bsky.social and Laura Schmitz, we study how high temperatures affect intimate partner violence (IPV) in Spain over 15 years. Curious about our results? This is what we find ⬇️

🆕#WorkingPaper: “Privatisation and Remunicipalisation of Urban Water in Catalonia: Between Monopolisation, State and the Commons” by Germà Bel and @joelliambuehler.bsky.social#WorkingPaper: Read the full text👉🏻https://f.mtr.cool/mcjdwutubh     #EconSky #Privatization #WaterPolitics #GovernmentMonopolies

This is residents in San Diego telling Ice-Gestapo agents to get TF out of their neighborhood. More of this please. 💙👊

In the last third, Switzerland needs to bring their #elbowsUp for the whole world #SuiUSA

Interesting podcast (in German) on remunicipalization ("Rekommunalisierung"). Das Wissen | SWR | Strom, Wasser, Müllabfuhr – Besser wieder in öffentlicher Hand? www.podbean.com/ea/dir-ghv3d... (1/2)

🆕#WorkingPaper: “Does It Take More Than One Village? The Effect of Inter-Municipal Cooperation on Waste Separation” by Germà Bel and @joelliambuehler.bsky.social#WorkingPaper:  Read the full text👉🏻https://f.mtr.cool/pexiltgbqt #EconSky #WasteRecycling

Die Schweiz will auf dem Verordnungsweg und ohne demokratische Legitimation einen riesigen digitalen Überwachungsapparat bauen. Ich finde: Es wird Zeit für personelle Konsequenzen beim Dienst ÜPF. DDR-Mentalität hat in der Bundesverwaltung keinen Platz. www.republik.ch/2025/05/07/d...

Buon 25 Aprile 🙂 🌹 ! www.youtube.com/watch?v=55yC...

Can confirm, @interraileu.bsky.social is my absolute favorite, bringing me from Barcelona to Bern, Trondheim, Copenhagen, Milan, Venice, the Alps, London and back to Trondheim just so far this year - and much more to come. Europe is so beautiful! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

🆕#WorkingPaper: “Community-based outcomes of interlocal cooperation in social services” by Germà Bel, @joelliambuehler.bsky.social and Esther Pano.  Read the full text👉🏻https://f.mtr.cool/wcspmmxggj    #EconSky #HumanServices #PublicWelfare

Wieso „neu“? Rechte Politik WAR immer schon und IST Canceln. Arme, Flüchtlinge, Migrant:innen, Lohnabhängige, Frauen, PoC, Transpersonen, Linke, Klimaschützer:innen. Alles, was nicht weiss, männlich und reich ist.

Unsere «Volkspartei» Seite an Seite mit Autokraten: Zürich, 4. Dezember 2024: «Weltwoche» und SVP-Blocher rollen Vucic im Grandhotel Dolder den roten Teppich aus. Belgrad, 15. März 2025: Hunderttausende demonstrieren gegen die Korruption unter Vucic in Serbien.

Putin lässt jetzt Menschen von anonymen Polizeieinheiten abführen, weil ihm nicht passt, was sie sagen. Er hätte sich „antirussisch“ geäussert. Ah nein, sorry, Trump war das. Und es geht um „antiamerikanisch“. Es wird schwieriger die Methoden zu unterscheiden… www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Tesla Dealerships Attacked With Molotov Cocktails theonion.com/tesla-d...

Jahre lang wurden nun in einer konservativ-rechten Diskursformation "linke" Identitätspolitik und Feminismus als Abschied von Meinungsfreiheit, Aufklärung, Partikularismus, Zerstörung des Abendlandes, demokratischer Öffentlichkeit, usw. dämonisiert. Das Ergebnis: totalitäre Sprachkontrolle.

Train Copenhagen to Hamburg: "We're currently on time, but the German train crew which will take over the train there is 75 minutes delayed, we have no further information as of now". Landslides the day before the trip and a broken bridge are no problem to get by Norwegian railways from Trondheim

Agricultural technology development is biased toward rich-world environmental conditions, underlying massive global disparities in technology diffusion and productivity, from Jacob Moscona and Karthik A. Sastry https://www.nber.org/papers/w33500

German public TV just published this poll of first-time voters. A massive lead for socialist Left party on 27%. Left + SPD + Greens on 54% among first-time-voters. Those voters were also slightly less likely to vote AfD than national average. So much for the “far-right youth”.

Let's try this: I am looking for Marxist / HetEcon views on monopoly, preferably more micro-focused than Baran / Sweezy. Any suggestions? @dkmarxsoc.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social @isabellamweber.bsky.social @mauricehoefgen.bsky.social #EconSky

German activist banned from becoming a teacher. Reason among others: Using "profit maximization", which they say is communist vocabulary. Is Germany gonna ban all introductory micro & macro classes, because firms are modelled as profit maximizing? #econSky

Was ist eigentlich erschütternder? Der offene Staatsstreich in den USA (war immerhin angekündigt) oder das komplette - sorry, es ist mit Ausnahme der @woz.ch und @republik.ch wirklich so - komplette Versagen der Medienlandschaft Schweiz das auch nur annähernd adäquat abzubilden? Beides macht Angst.

Trump & Musk führen einen administrativen Staatsstreich durch, brechen ein Gesetz nach dem anderen - die USA sind mitten in einer Verfassungskrise. Mein Text für @volksverpetzer.de ist jetzt online. Dank an @mjsdc.bsky.social für die juristischen Einordnungen! www.volksverpetzer.de/aktuelles/tr...

👇 Proof that populists like Trump always outdo satirists: I drew this cartoon for Arte TV @artefr.bsky.social on January 18th…

Danke an @simonhurtz.bsky.social der hier die in meinem Beitrag zitierten Studien sammelt. Es gibt ausgezeichnete Forschung, die zu den wichtigen Fragen unserer Zeit spricht. Statt ständiger hot takes und Meinungsbeiträge könnte man daran arbeiten, diese einem breiteren Publikum zugänglich zu machen

Die Frage ist, findet die “Sonntagszeitung” die argentinischen Armutsstatistiken unter Milei wirklich nicht oder will sie sie nicht finden? #WennFaktenZuMeinungenWerden

The only way the right can win state power is to acknowledge the deep suffering that has been created by decades of rising inequality, and blame this suffering on some ‘other’ - migrants, criminals, deviants etc. That othering is, of course, the prerequisite for fascism.

Funny how 5 years ago we had all these debates about wealth taxation, and a big argument was that billionaires don't have that much power really—and right after that Musk bought Twitter for $44B, used it to get Trump win, and now to prop up the global neo-nazi movement ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Guess you're in the right place when for at least 50% of the ideas, you think "I'd love to write that paper" 🥰

meanwhile, in capital

Crazy idea. Stick with me. Politicians, but from unions. They already build coalitions, win elections, speak publicly, lead joint decision making, & negotiate for high stakes. Fewer lawyers & biz exec pols. More construction, health care, ed, manuf, transport... worker pols.

This WE, the Swiss electorate voted down a law proposed by government & parliament to expand several highways. The most cited arguments: - Induced demand - should prioritize investment in public transport and cycling amid climate crisis. What a symbiosis of transportation research & democracy!

Heute lädt Google Schweiz zu einem Event ein: "20 Jahre Google Schweiz". Eingeladen ist wieder einmal die ganze Schweizer Medienwelt... ausser ich. Ich durfte bisher in meinen 10 Jahren Journalismus noch an keinem einzigen offiziellen Presseevent teilnehmen. Schweigen von der Pressestelle.

The World Bank is “puzzled” about under-investment in clean energy when they could just simply read “The Price is Wrong.” on.ft.com/4i1A82U

all right, with bsky blowing up and twitter breaking down, the time seems right to start an account here. hi! we are What's Left of Philosophy, a podcast about contemporary critical theory and the history of political thought from a Marxist perspective. find us on all major streaming platforms!

How exiting that Danish Marxism is trending, given that the only books in this language I ever read are: - Pelle Erobreren ("the most Marxist novel in Danish" according to my teacher) - Stum tvang / mute compulsion by @sorenmau.bsky.social

Elon Musk’s AI turns on him, labels him ‘one of the most significant spreaders of misinformation on X’ fortune.com/2024/11/14/g...