Beyond Irrationality. @yuvalmillo.bsky.social @profcrawfordspence.bsky.social & James J. Valentine astutely show in their new excellent book how exactly social networks and structures shape financial markets and asset management. economicsociology.org/2025/09/06/b...

London bus stop near Amazon HQ 🔥

I was interviewed for a podcast today. Robin Powell from Timeline did a great job in interviewing Crawford Spence and me about our new book (Inertia, Columbia UP). He even got us to try and predict the future of the field of investment advice... A tricky one if you criticise financial professionals.

If the IRS deprives Harvard of its tax-exempt status, that's very bad for Harvard but it's also a catastrophe for the IRS. Instead of a neutral agency that enforces tax law, it will become a tool of partisan warfare. It may never recover.

With proofs now edited and index completed, The Rise of the Platform Music Industries by @allanwatson1.bsky.social and me is all set for publication in June 2025. Phew! Delighted too with @agendapub.bsky.social's clever cover design. www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...

Reposting this, as I saw that I missed many relevant people...

"In financial markets social groups persist through habit, routine, and path dependency. Financial intermediaries use their positions to maintain a state of affairs from which they benefit .. portray their world as one of dynamism & innovation, in reality a strategic and purposeful inertia prevails"

Good news on steel, can MPs please do universities next Saturday?

Hi, if you are interested in social studies of finance, sociology of markets and related subjects...

My Blue sky account in 3 words: Sociology Accounting Climate

New year, new article! I am so delighted to see my piece on venture capital logics, military AI companies and their impact on shaping military norms out with @finandsoc.bsky.social. Open access! #civmilsky #milsky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Some good news from grandpa Joe... edition.cnn.com/2025/01/03/b...

Today is, believe it or not, the official publication date of “Finance Aesthetics - A Critical Glossary.” The perfect Christmas gift 🎁

Love it when bookshops or libraries arrange their books appropriately...

We assume that highly paid professionals consistently beat the market. Yet research shows that active funds often underperform passive funds, and analysts’ recommendations can be unreliable. Why does this system persist? Inertia, our new book: tinyurl.com/4rjcpc9h

Fellas, I don’t post here a lot but you should absolutely know this // help me spread the word! Violent crackdowns are happening in Tbilisi, Georgia. We are fighting for our lives here. Please, please, please help us spread the word.

I have a new article that introduces a prosocial paradigm for performance management, challenging the neoclassical focus on self-interest by emphasizing prosocial behavior and group dynamics. Drawing on evolutionary science, the paper advocates a prosocial market economy. tinyurl.com/5n6zt5hh

Wow. Here is one to brighten up your morning. The first images of the restored interior of Notre Dame cathedral. Breathtaking. In just five years France did it

15 calls for papers (some are funded), 13 postdocs, 5 jobs, 4 PhDs, 2 summer schools, 2 grants, 2 visitorships, an award in economic #sociology, political economy, economic history and broadly related fields, with deadlines till December 20. Share! Good luck! economicsociology.org/2024/11/23/g...

Applications are open for two fully-funded PhD programmes at @UniversityofWarwick's WBS! 🔹 Looking to experience independent thinking in a world-class interdisciplinary environment? Download our PhD brochure - wbs.ac.uk/about/downlo...

🔥Tomorrow! ReSES Argumenta Distinguished Lecture by Professor Mariana Mazzucato: "A New Approach to Industrial Strategy" 💻 Join the webinar: helsinki.zoom.us/j/6733955913... ℹ️More info: reses-argumenta.fi?p=1091 #econsky #philsci

Seminar on the 2024 Nobel Economics Prize “Can Institutions Explain Poverty and Prosperity?” by Jari Eloranta & Matti Mitrunen 18.11.2024, 14:00 | Tekla Hultin (F3003) | University of Helsinki ℹ️ reses-argumenta.fi?p=1095 💻 video.helsinki.fi/unitube/live... #Helsinki #Nobel #Economics #econsky

She is always spot-on.

This primer introduces the theory behind self-fulfilling prophecies, explores its various applications, and discusses its broader implications for social theory and practice. #sociology easysociology.com/general-soci...

Hi, I'm a prof at a business school, but my background is in sociology. Mostly sociology of markets and value.