Great overview by @cibled.bsky.social for @cmmonwealth.bsky.social here who is also writing an excellent chapter on the convergence of “space libertarians” and venture capital for a volume we are working on. www.common-wealth.org/publications...

One of the many ways the 1970s is a foreign country is how marginal this vision of space was. Common heritage of mankind, site for international cooperation, frontier of research. The fight to make it a “perfect playground for libertarian billionaires” was a long one.

Now available for pre-order and we're open for book talks to students, workshops and conferences, organisations etc. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Silicon Valley’s billionaire elite can’t engineer our consent www.smh.com.au/technology/s...

I was lucky to join @addiemcgowan.bsky.social and @philiproscoe.bsky.social's (not so virtual) kitchen to chat about Musk and founder ideology with @dominikzelinsky.bsky.social. My podcast's baptism of fire 🙈 - thanks for having me!

and 2) @dominikzelinsky.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Both articles written by the authors featured here are great: 1) @cibled.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🥳 and it’s live youtu.be/xVG8J71YYRw?... - feat. @cibled.bsky.social & Dominik Želinský 🎧 the scent of musk tempered with a liberal appreciation of haggis

In the 1980s, a monster was assembled in the pharmaceutical world that pitted patients' interests against those of pharmaceutical investors: the neoliberal pharma model. In PEAK PHARMA w/ @susigeiger.bsky.social, out today @academic.oup.com, we show that this monster is entering a crucial phase...

we weren't joking www.linkedin.com/posts/philip...

Another banger! Carla studies the most depraved neoliberal writings so you don't have to. This is a must read.

Check out the brilliant @cibled.bsky.social in @econsocjournal.bsky.social on the extremes of Becker's human capital theory & its normalisation of inequality. doi.org/10.1080/0308...

My new article with @econsocjournal.bsky.social on Gary Becker's analyses on suicide is out! I use Becker's assertion that ‘Most (if not all!) deaths are to some extent suicides’ to reflect on how the late Chicago School framed death and mortality as a choice, thus normalising mortality inequality

Sur le prix Nobel d'économie décerné au macroniste Philippe Aghion, ce rappel instructif de @cthibout.bsky.social.

Our latest issue just out and, we think we can say this, it is a banger. www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjce20/c... feat. @philiproscoe.bsky.social @ulissess.bsky.social @cibled.bsky.social @maijutanninen.bsky.social @busedoyu.bsky.social @zephoria.bsky.social @theobourgeron.bsky.social &&

It is in terrific company next to brilliant work by @philiproscoe.bsky.social, @theobourgeron.bsky.social, @cibled.bsky.social, @imaginaries.bsky.social, @busedoyu.bsky.social, @zephoria.bsky.social, @maijutanninen.bsky.social, among others :) www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjce20/1...

You will not see a more tangible encapsulation of the genocide. A war of utter annihilation waged as a joint enterprise between the Israeli state on the ground and its allies in consistent support. The debt of reparations that the West owes to the Palestinian people at this point is incalculable.

An interesting project in Denmark is looking for a PhD & a post-doc in rhetoric: "Talking Empire: Prime Ministerial Rhetoric and the Search for a Usable Past in Post-Imperial Britain (1960-2025)”. PhD link in the reply. Postdoc here: fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Just reposting in case of interest. Applications close next week. Come to work with @harveymurenow.bsky.social, Jack Copley, Eugenia Giraudo and me!

Pourquoi des franges croissantes du patronat français soutiennent-elles l'extrême-droite? Pour changer la réglementation à leur profit, certes, mais aussi pour provoquer un changement de régime... J'explore ces questions dans un entretien pour L'Huma de ce jour 👇👇

I wrote about how Israel mobilises a highly permissive interpretation of the international humanitarian law prohibition of starving civilians to portray its starvation campaign as a ‘tragic humanitarian crisis’’ and give legal cover to its genocide. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢📢 NEW EPISODE 📢📢 Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi on how Israel's goals in Iran are not confined to destroying the Iranian nuclear programme, but are also aimed at the de-development of Iranian society and the balkanisation of the country: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

A Career Development Fellowship has opened in the International Political Economy research group at Durham. Come and work with our lovely crew!

Elon threatening to just leave people on the ISS is making a pretty good case for why you nationalize your space program!

Great new paper on the political economy of austerity by @ilovering.bsky.social. Uncovers history of austerity as an expansive programme of state planning and centralisation of power, rather than a macroeconomic policy driven by bond holders, state slashers etc www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

This Wednesday at QMUL - @aargatsbmatqmul.bsky.social hosts 'Transforming Central Banking in the Ecological Crisis: intersecting perspectives from political economy and accounting'. Register and share: www.tickettailor.com/events/queen...

As part of PERC's Silicon Valley Ideology series, @alirizataskale.bsky.social reviews The Technological Republic, by Palantir's CEO Alex Karp and Nicholas Zamiska. The books is an unapologetic blueprint for a militarised tech oligarchy that threatens democracy and needs to be resisted.

The (Not So) Hidden Bias in the UK Pension System by Ariane Agunsoye for @goldperc.bsky.social. Those with interrupted & varied work trajectories suffer in an unequal system, built for the "ideal" full-time, well-paid worker. www.goldperc.uk/project_post...

🗣️ Join us at Queen Mary on 4th June for an event on transforming central banking in the ecological crisis. The event brings together political economists, accountants, policy experts & more to explore the challenges. All welcome! Register free: www.tickettailor.com/events/queen...

The 3rd piece in the Distinktion special issue I’m commissioning is out. It maps a neoliberal Great Replacement theory, where socialist elites, not capital, are blamed for migration + welfare expansion. From Hayek to Musk, market logic meets far-right paranoia. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢🔔 ICYMI - this at 1989 views in less than a month is By FAR our fastest moving article ‘Founder as Victim, Founder as God’: Peter Thiel, Elon Musk and the two bodies of the entrepreneur - @cibled.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Durham IPE group is hosting @ceciliarikap.bsky.social and @abenanav.bsky.social tomorrow. Come along if you are in the North East.

Very excited to be in the Guardian today!

📣 28-29 May at QMUL @clasp-qmul.bsky.social End of Year Event on 'The Materialities of AI', feat. @katecrawford.bsky.social @anavaldi.bsky.social @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social @milamiceli.bsky.social @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social Register free: www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...

🚀 It's here, the launch of the @cmmonwealth.bsky.social report we've all been waiting for. @cibled.bsky.social makes the case for defending outer space as a commons, against imperial rivalry & neoliberal plans for corporate enclosure www.common-wealth.org/publications...

I wrote a report with @cmmonwealth.bsky.social on the current corporate push to privatise outer space - one of the few remaining commons of humanity (dixit international law)

The PERC blog is back and we celebrate with a new piece for the Silicon Valley series by Anna Rohmann. Anna delves into the pronatalist philosophy that Musk and SV tech elites have advocated for - a vision the Trump administration is gleefully supporting through the implementation of Project 2025

Very happy to say that my article on Musk and Thiel's political theory of the founder (drawing on Lacan on the way) is out with @jcultecon.bsky.social! Strange to see it out there with all what happened in the last year, but it will hopefully make it a good read www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The second article is also out! @lcornelissen.bsky.social and @cibled.bsky.social trace Louis Rougier’s ties to the far right, arguing that his racialized neoliberalism bridged neoliberal and far-right ideologies, making the latter a natural ally to the former. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

New article with my dear friend @lcornelissen.bsky.social! We read through Louis Rougier's work and discussed his connections with the French far right. The article is behind paywall sadly, so DM me or Lars if you don't have institutional access and need a free copy.

Durham's International Political Political Economy Group is hosting a talk next week (12 March) by @alexismoraitis.bsky.social on capitalist governance and liberal thought. Come along if you are about!

🗣️ Join us for an event at @clasp-qmul.bsky.social with two leading scholars of the Fossil Economy. 'Petrochemical Transitions: a dialogue on industrial, geopolitical and sustainability challenges' with Alice Mah & Adam Hanieh Free registration: www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...

2025 seems the right moment to have PERC's 'Silicon Valley Ideology' series back on! We start with @alirizataskale.bsky.social 's reflections on SV tech giants' calculated embrace of Trump and the Right, their hatred of democracy and the reactionary tech future they have in store for us. More below👇

The PERCBlog is back on with a post by @ingarade.bsky.social about her new article for the Socio-Economic Review. Inga calls for allowing governments to use capital controls more freely again as a way to stabilise financial markets and retain capital in the industrial sphere. More below 👇

Work in progress starter pack for people working on neoliberalism/ordoliberalism. Share and add yourselves/others. go.bsky.app/CKC3crA

In the 2d episode of PERC's new series 'Neoliberal Visions of Health', Théo Bourgeron decrypts the impact of Macron's recent pension reform on disabled populations and French disability capitalism.

PERC series are back on a monthly basis with 'Neoliberal Visions of Health'. In the 1st episode, Lars Cornelissen explores the strong elective affinities of the neoliberal and eugenics movements. www.perc.org.uk/project_post...