Tom Strand
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adjunct economics lecturer at suny
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Albert Pinto
about 18 hours ago
Dawn of the Electric World Order: Global shockwaves from the war on Iran are accelerating the energy transition āWhat makes this shock different from the 1970s? As analysts at Ember put it: āthis is the first energy shock with a superior alternative.ā
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/daw...
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long overdue
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maybe they should try calling them urban cabins instead?
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told someone in the elevator āhave a nice nightā at 10:30 AM ⦠the effect of a few hours of morning grading
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looking forward to this tonight
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UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
16 days ago
š¦ A Mission-Aligned World Bank IIPP Director
@mazzucatom.bsky.social
and
@laramerling.bsky.social
's new working paper considers how the World Bankās operational architecture & institutional design need to evolve to deliver mission-oriented development. š Read more here:
buff.ly/fYhyHev
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this is how all articles should start
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Albert Pinto
21 days ago
RIP Rahghu Rai. the greatest indian photographer His photos of Delhi, books were legendary. Taj as a memento mori
raghuraifoundation.org
www.youtube.com/watch?v=602V...
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coincidence?
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20 days ago
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CNBC
23 days ago
The Department of Justice on Friday dropped its criminal investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, removing a major hurdle to President Donald Trumpās nomination of Kevin Warsh to replace him. Full details:
cnb.cx/4tZ7dla
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Patrick Bigger
23 days ago
Military spending is bad industrial policy if you actually care about the working class. My
@transitionsec.bsky.social
colleague Lorah Steichen riffs on
@tkbarnes.bsky.social
's new research, detailing just how bad the jobs in the military industrial complex have become. Link to the report below
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War Isnāt Working for American Workers
While Pentagon budgets have steadily increased in recent years, the arms industry has become more consolidated, more automated, and less labor-intensive. The warfare state is not an effective economic...
https://jacobin.com/2026/04/military-arms-industry-workers-labor
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Tom Strand
Albert Pinto
about 1 month ago
My presentation at Wesleyan was titled: 'Iran War Shockwaves & the dawn of the Electric World Order' You can find my slides here.
tinyurl.com/PolycrisisWe...
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I picked a great book to bring (and actually read!): CRACK-UP CAPITALISM by
@quinnslobodian.com
I went thru Liechtenstein yesterday on train to Zürich. In Vienna, I visited the Albertina, which houses the Batliner Collection. Herbert Batliner, a Liechtensteiner lawyer, was a pioneer in tax evasion.
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Jameel Jaffer
23 days ago
Revoking kids' visas because their parents criticized Elon Musk.
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Albert Pinto
23 days ago
everything in american politics boils down to this
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apple strudel in custard with plum sauce might be my new favorite dessert
25 days ago
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deciding what book to bring and not read is always the most difficult part of packing for a trip
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Albert Pinto
about 1 month ago
Anyone teaching energy/IR/finance/ecology/political science etc, please do share with students & colleagues I concluded my talk with
@picharbonnier.bsky.social
wise words. Slides here:
tinyurl.com/PolycrisisWe...
@katemac.bsky.social
& my podcast ELECTRIC WORLD ORDER
tinyurl.com/PolycrisisPo...
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Albert Pinto
30 days ago
Latin America the crude winner of the Iran war? "About 44% of global crude supply growth between 2025 and 2030 is expected to come from Brazil, Guyana, Argentina and Venezuela."
@phenomenalworld.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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Look to Latin Americaās Oil Boom for Energy Security
From the ultra-deep waters of Brazilās Santos Basin to the arid shale fields of Argentinaās Patagonia, a new hydrocarbon boom is welling up across Latin America.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-04-17/latin-america-s-oil-boom-offers-a-new-source-of-energy-security?embedded-checkout=true
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David Harvey
30 days ago
Keynote Lecture at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, National Autonomous University of Mexico
davidharvey.org/2026/04/keyn...
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Keynote Lecture at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters, National Autonomous University of Mexico
Live from the UNAM Exhibition and Congress Center, presented by the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters as part of the International Congress āMexico at the Global Crossroads.ā Professor ā¦
https://davidharvey.org/2026/04/keynote-lecture-at-the-faculty-of-philosophy-and-letters-national-autonomous-university-of-mexico/
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Gary Alexander
about 1 month ago
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Paul Giamatti as Socrates would be amazing. I see someone beat me to it in the replies.
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30 days ago
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those of us who read
@scottjshapiro.bsky.social
ās book were prepared for this
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about 1 month ago
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Arin Dube
about 1 month ago
Very excited about this event in NYC on May 1. Here's the link to register:
events.columbia.edu/go/labormarket
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āOne committee member cited collegesā tolerance of inclusive legal positivism as fundamental to the decline in the publicās trust of higher education.ā
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š (parody not an actual quote)
about 1 month ago
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20 percent discount right now if you preorder the US edition thru the publisher. Order two copies to get free shipping (Fatherās Day gift?) (the Japanese cover goes hard tho)
www.harpercollins.com/products/mus...
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<conversation over coffee this morning> Nam: āIām always nervous about these client presentations. I feel like I drone on and on and then when I ask if they have any questions I just get blank stares.ā Me: āMaybe our jobs arenāt so different.ā
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we all laughed at Chris Matthews...
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Albert Pinto
about 1 month ago
Put yourself in shoes of someone in a oil & gas importing country Its triage: which hospitals get fuel, which industries shut, which crops get fertilizers? Those who don't have deep pockets in a bidding war pay in increased hunger, lost wages and shrinking economies.
tinyurl.com/PolycrisisWesleyan
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a new report by
@cashman.bsky.social
at
@transitionsec.bsky.social
on the USās war on Cuba, the resulting energy crisis in Cuba, and a possible counter to the US strategy of energy dominance
transitionsecurity.org/sunrise-afte...
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Sunrise After the Blockade
Cheap solar could help Cuba break free of US energy dominance ā and the world should help pay for it
https://transitionsecurity.org/sunrise-after-the-blockade/
about 1 month ago
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Excellent podcast ep from
@alameda.institute
featuring
@quinnslobodian.com
and
@bentarnoff.com
discussing their forthcoming book. Really looking forward to reading.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
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Neoliberalismās Last Man w/ Quinn Slobodian & Ben Tarnoff
Podcast Episode Ā· Macrodose Ā· April 2 Ā· 48m
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/macrodose/id1646528688?i=1000758776009
about 1 month ago
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Hasan is at Yale? Did
@scottjshapiro.bsky.social
invite him?
about 1 month ago
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Iāve been looking forward to this.
about 1 month ago
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Nick Turse
about 1 month ago
State Department Tells Latin American Human Rights Watchdog to Ignore Trumpās Extrajudicial Killings A State Department spokesperson instructed the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to focus on decades-old matters instead of the boat strikes.
theintercept.com/2026/04/13/t...
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State Department Tells Human Rights Watchdog to Ignore Trumpās Extrajudicial Killings
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights ālacks the competenceā to review Trumpās campaign of deadly boat strikes, a State Department spokesperson said.
https://theintercept.com/2026/04/13/trump-boat-strikes-iachr/
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been listening to THE AMERICANS soundtrack lately...so good
about 1 month ago
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gelbach
about 1 month ago
Color me part of the reality based community, but imho this video increases the case for 25A
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique
about 1 month ago
Viktor OrbƔn to join Harvard's Institute of Politics
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Thomas Masterson
about 1 month ago
Move fast and fix things is a better approach, imho
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Went to a screening of MICHAEL CLAYTON last night. I think this was my fourth watch. Probably in my top 10 favorite movies.
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
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onion person
about 1 month ago
easily one of the funniest guys america has had in decades
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lol
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
about 1 month ago
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In the LRB, Tom Johnson reviews a new book on work in early modern England
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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OlĆŗfįŗ¹Ģmi O. TĆ”Ćwò
about 1 month ago
i'm not exactly sure what "race communism" is but i'm intrigued and would like to give it a try
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Mariana Mazzucato
about 1 month ago
In DC next week for Spring Meetings to share a new working paper co-authored with
@laramerling.bsky.social
on what a mission-aligned World Bank would actually require. The paper assesses 30 National Energy Compacts under Mission 300 and develops a framework for mission-oriented water compacts.
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A Mission-Aligned World Bank: From ambition to delivery
Authored by Mariana Mazzucato and Lara Merling
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/publications/2026/apr/mission-aligned-world-bank-ambition-delivery
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Benjamin Braun
about 1 month ago
This is amazing work by
@freedaaron.bsky.social
. Thanks
@adamtooze.bsky.social
for Chartbooking it.
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In the NYRB, Trevor Jackson reviews James Chappelās GOLDEN YEARS and
@tghilarducci.bsky.social
ās WORK, RETIRE, REPEAT
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
about 1 month ago
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Wes Burdine
about 1 month ago
BREAKING: Following the American threat of an āAvignon Papacy,ā Robert Kennedy has begun a Diet of Worms
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