We found that Jeff Bezos paid zero taxes in 2007 and 2011. In fact, he reported making so little in 2011 that he even claimed and received a $4,000 tax credit for his children. Revisit our 2021 story:

Providers charge the state an average of £384,020 per child per year, a huge rise from a decade ago. That is multiple times the cost of the country’s most prestigious boarding schools such as Eton College and of its young offenders institutions. ft.trib.al/MwQX4gy

on strike today @uonucu.bsky.social no to cuts no to redundancies and no to the neoliberal machine destroying our universities!! there is not only hope in resistance there is loads of joy! 🩷

The audio recording of Foucault's interview with Charles Ruas about Raymond Roussel is now online. gallica.bnf.fr/accueil/fr/h... Foucault did this interview late in life, about one of his least-known books, translated into English as Death and the Labyrinth: The World of Raymond Roussel. (1/2)

HEY YOU do you care about gilts? are you a politician who pretends to understand gilts but accidentally ends up saying stupid things about them? well do I have the webinar for you: niesr.ac.uk/event/why-ar...

Glad to see @alphaville.ft.com is on the case

Group of Jewish academics calls on UK and Scottish governments to intervene on behalf of St Andrews University lecturer Dr Antonis Vradis, who has been abducted by the IDF while sailing with Global Sumud Flotilla, which aims to break the Gaza blockade and deliver aid to Gaza. @gabymckay.bsky.social

Fresh preprint from @savannahcox.bsky.social @johnhoganmorris.bsky.social @zacjtaylor.bsky.social on how "no, you *really* need to convince Moody's" is a climate adaptation strategy, due to their influence across bonds and muni finance, central banking, and insurance and real estate markets.

For those of you who haven't read @savannahcox.bsky.social's other amazing paper on convincing your Moody's analyst as climate adaptation strategy, you should probably fix that now

Against Money, the new book by Mason and Jayadev, goes straight for the jugular of mainstream economics. I reviewed it here: jacobin.com/2026/05/agai...

It's publication day for The Broken Machine (@mitpress.bsky.social)! The book explores the intertwined histories of breaking machines, social order, and the self in the modern Atlantic, revealing how failing technologies have also shaped our world. mitpress.mit.edu/978026255334... #sts #histtech

Why isn't "Vulture Fund" in the headline? www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Opposite sides of the front page of the Financial Times: an ad for a Swiss longevity clinic & a news story about new, more lenient conditions for Wall Street firms committing fraud. But they're really the same story of impunity as the ultimate elite status symbol: cheat death as you cheat the law.

Hard to see this and not think of Randy Martin

'Inside Digital Advertising: Platforms, Power, and Material Politics' -- Donald MacKenzie, Koray Caliskan www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

😱 How much money will be siphoned from ordinary people to the #fossilfuel industry due to higher #oil & #gas prices on the back of this war? Could well be over 1 trillion by the end of this year our analysis shows.

“My hypothesis is that women will use AI to do more work. Men will use AI to get out of doing more work. And, every argument that is not dealing with the preconditions of this gendered inequality is not thinking seriously about AI” @tressiemcphd.bsky.social bsky.app/profile/lost...

Friendly reminder — Individual faculty can do this by opting out. I did this semester. I assigned books, gave paper handouts in class, and put nothing on canvas save the syllabus. The result? Better engagement and a better grade average. www.chronicle.com/article/kill...

Carbon Capture and Storage remains nothing more than another subsidy for the fossil fuel industry, and a dangerous distraction from deadly extractivism.

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The great global bond freakout ft.trib.al/39zhB4O | opinion

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Worth a read for climate risk nerds: actuaries.blog.gov.uk/2026/05/12/f...

Yesterday Kier Starmer announced Labour will nationalise British Steel, and save 2700 jobs. Today, the Uni of Nottingham put 2700 staff at risk of redundancy. This is just one university. Across the UK 15,000 higher education jobs need saving. Where is the rescue package for our universities?

A #HighCourt case examining the local impacts of a #coal mine expansion could exert far-reaching influence on #fossilfuel project approvals.. https://reneweconomy.com.au/can-legal-systems-keep-pace-with-the-climate-crisis-coal-mine-expansion-challenge-reaches-high-court/

Economic geographer? Come work with us. @lsegeography.bsky.social is hiring a Fellow in Economic #Geography: 2-year post, starts Sept 2026. Recent or soon-to-be PhDs in econ geography, #economics or related fields. £43,277–£55,497 inc. London allowance. Closes 31 May. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRM347/l...

I could not be angrier or more heartbroken today as thousands of staff at the University of Nottingham receive official communication that they’re up for redundancy. But I also could not be prouder of my inspiring colleagues who refuse to simply accept this as inevitable. We will fight for our jobs!