1/ My article is out in HOPE and I am excited. In writing the first concept history of WTP I show how early neoclassical econs understood that the amount someone is willing to pay for something often does not reflect how much they value it because rich people have way more money!

Sofia and I have a new article out about Civil War era monetary policy and architecture, as understood by Stephen Colwell. Colwell is an interesting figure I wrote about in my AHR article as well. In some ways very conservative, in others radical... read.dukeupress.edu/hope/article...

Check out the rich video archive from the presentations and exchanges that occurred at the May 2025 #BeyondNeoliberalism in Cambridge. Please do spread news of this archive through your networks. A special thanks to the video team for capturing the spirit and substance of the conference.

🚨 It’s live! 🚨 The full #BeyondNeoliberalism experience is now online: 🧠 All-star speakers 🔥 A video essay tracing the big questions—from climate and inequality to industrial strategy and democyratic renewal: bit.ly/neo-lib-25 🎥 Session videos + podcast recordings → beyond-neoliberalism.org

May's Beyond Neoliberalism conference rounded out a decade of rethinking economics. @katemac.bsky.social @70sbachchan.bsky.social note how 2015 kicked things off w/ big shifts in China, EU, and the US, including in @rooseveltinstitute.org Rewriting the Rules. www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bey...

At May's Beyond Neoliberalism conference in Cambridge Helen Thompson pointed out 3 recent "Sputnik Moments" w profound consequences @maggor.bsky.social -DeepSeek (blowing up SiliconValley AI boom) -BYD (blowing up Western ICE car) -Rover (blowing up Space Race) phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bri...

A video recording of the Governing Finance panel at the Beyond Neoliberalism conference in Cambridge last May. I gave some remarks on the challenges of disciplining finance in emerging markets (from min 8:00 to 23:30) www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9pQ...

"Industrial policy is being deployed asymmetrically across the global economy. The capacity to pursue transformative industrial policies remains enormously shaped by global financial and monetary hierarchies, integration into global supply chains, and geopolitical positioning."

New essay on Industrial Policy and Imperial Realignment, co-written with comrades @jacktaggart.bsky.social and @tomchodor.bsky.social for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ind... @campolis.bsky.social

"This explosion of experiments open up our imagination to different types of policies. It's experimentation moving away from the Washington Consensus." @drodrik.bsky.social @ranaforoohar.bsky.social @jayatighosh.bsky.social @hboushey.bsky.social @glgerstle.bsky.social youtu.be/kskZPNoKRNM

"Markets are not an end in their own right. They are a tool to be placed in the service of worthy national goals. It is the job of politics and our elected leaders to chart those goals" Jennifer Harris with @ranaforoohar.bsky.social at #BeyondNeoliberalism @glgerstle.bsky.social youtu.be/pkSbdbjtdSk

"Integration to global capital markets has been the real weapon of neoliberalism in the Global South. If countries get together you can do a lot more in terms of financial regulation." @jayatighosh.bsky.social & Marcos Nobre with @ranaforoohar.bsky.social #BeyondNeoliberalism youtu.be/2TuKn9RBfrs

Making abundance work for workers requires that we pay as much attention to those who build as to how much we build. My latest www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...

"Integration to global capital markets has been the real weapon of neoliberalism in the Global South. If countries get together you can do a lot more in terms of financial regulation." @jayatighosh.bsky.social & Marcos Nobre with @ranaforoohar.bsky.social #BeyondNeoliberalism youtu.be/2TuKn9RBfrs

Beyond Neoliberalism, beyond dollar-carbon nexus, and beyond US export market dependency - latest from me and Tim @70sbachchan.bsky.social buttondown.com/polycrisisdi...

"Markets are not an end in their own right. They are a tool to be placed in the service of worthy national goals. It is the job of politics and our elected leaders to chart those goals" Jennifer Harris with @ranaforoohar.bsky.social at #BeyondNeoliberalism @glgerstle.bsky.social youtu.be/pkSbdbjtdSk

@glgerstle.bsky.social @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk @rooseveltinstitute.org

"Industrial strategy is thinking long term: which sectors and tools we use to sustain livelihoods, production, value creation in the future?" @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social with @ranaforoohar.bsky.social and @ganeshsitaraman.bsky.social on state capacity & big tech monopolies. youtu.be/kaqt4tShOCM

"Industrial strategy is thinking long term: which sectors and tools we use to sustain livelihoods, production, value creation in the future?" @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social with @ranaforoohar.bsky.social and @ganeshsitaraman.bsky.social on state capacity & big tech monopolies. youtu.be/kaqt4tShOCM

"A capacious state is not the state that dominates private markets; it's the state that knows how to direct and shape those markets in a way that benefits everybody in the long run.” @stomarova.bsky.social with @ranaforoohar.bsky.social @toddntucker.com youtu.be/d3zGgPCLJDA #BeyondNeoliberalism

"as the conference progressed, a more fundamental set of tensions arose, centred around the relationship between recent policy innovation in the economic sphere, and new forms of authoritarianism in the political sphere" @colmpm.bsky.social reviews last week's "Beyond Neoliberalism" conference

From my FT response: "No progressive movement can succeed without restoring popular faith in the positive uses of government. That restoration, much discussed at our Cambridge conference, has become, perhaps, the central progressive political challenge of our time."

@glgerstle.bsky.social: "How do we generate enthusiasm for a market-shaping popular politics?" It was a thrill to discuss #BeyondNeoliberalism with @ranaforoohar.bsky.social to launch our conference beyond-neoliberalism.org

Insightful and sober takeaway from the #beyondneoliberalism conference @ganeshsitaraman.bsky.social: “Forty years of neoliberalism have created a powerful group of corporations and individuals who represent a kind of civil oligopoly that is very difficult to challenge.” @glgerstle.bsky.social

Pleasure to be with you all!

Beyond neoliberalism conference plenary

had a lovely day at cambridge uni, listening to a panel on governing finance with @iliasalami.bsky.social, @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social, @stomarova.bsky.social & Anush Kapadia. Seeing my undergrad thesis supervisor Barbara Fritz quoted on slide 2 of Ilias' presentation was the cherry on top ^^

@glgerstle.bsky.social: "How do we generate enthusiasm for a market-shaping popular politics?" It was a thrill to discuss #BeyondNeoliberalism with @ranaforoohar.bsky.social to launch our conference beyond-neoliberalism.org

Gary Gerstle and I joined Marshall Kosloff on The Realignment Podcast for an excellent discussion on the Beyond Neoliberalism conference we co-organized at Cambridge to envision pathways to a new political and economic order. the-realignment.simplecast.com/episodes/555... #BeyondNeoliberalism

I'm enjoying this fascinating conference, co-organised by my brilliant colleague @maggor.bsky.social. So far, a discussion of finance and state-led development in 21st century developing/BRIC countries has been particularly revelatory. beyond-neoliberalism.org/beyond-neoli...

On my way to the Beyond Neoliberalism conference. Anyone from in here going? beyond-neoliberalism.org

Book your ticket for tomorrow's keynote: Creating the New Economy, part of the #BeyondNeoliberalism Conference. Thu, 29 May 2025, 18:00 - 20:00. Fisher Building, St Johns College, Cambridge: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/keynote-pa... @maggor.bsky.social

I'm thrilled to have been published in Past & Present. Diving into the fractious politics of rich-country macroeconomics after 1973, I use the neglected case of protectionist Keynesians to rethink what happened, and why. I highlight statecraft, geopolitics, and Maier's 'territoriality'. (1/2)

"Marx was inspired by the enslaved workers who, when they dropped their tools and fled the plantations for Union lines during the Civil War, undertook what W. E. B. Du Bois later described as a general strike."

This major international conference in Cambridge UK just a few weeks away! Check out speakers and panels on our website: beyond-neoliberalism.org

📣 #BeyondNeoliberalism — updated site now live 📣 Check out the full schedule, speaker bios, and more. Join our mailing list for updates — and get on the waitlist for the plenary with Rana Foroohar @jayatighosh.bsky.social @hboushey.bsky.social and @drodrik.bsky.social. beyond-neoliberalism.org

Call for papers (please circulate): Politics, the State, and American Capitalism in the Civil War Era Special issue of the Journal of the Civil War Era Deadline is April 25. More info at the link: www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/03/call...

New working paper from me and Sofia Valeonti about the economic logic behind John Sherman's political and policy choices through the 1860s and 1870s as he shepherded the US through a series of monetary and fiscal transformations. hal.science/hal-04998888

The Journal of the Civil War Era will have a special issue on political economy edited by me, @maggor.bsky.social, Sofia Valeonti & Nicolas Barreyre. Posting again w/link to the CFP at The Muster. Submission deadline is April 25. 🗃️ www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/03/call...

Are you a scholar who is working on issues related to politics, the state, or capitalism during the Civil War era? If so, please consider submitting a proposal for this JCWE special issue. The deadline for submission is April 25, 2025. www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/03/call...

We also have a current CFP for a special issue on political economy, which will also be workshopped at the Richards Center! Submit by April 25. Details:

Stefan Link and I are excited to discuss the American Developmental State at the Penn Economic History Forum on *Friday* with an all-star cast: Gerald Berk (Oregon), Colleen Dunlavy (Wisconsin), Jason Jackson (MIT), and Emma Teitelman (Cornell) live-sas-www-history.pantheon.sas.upenn.edu/node/15683

Stefan Link and I are excited to discuss the American Developmental State at the Penn Economic History Forum on *Friday* with an all-star cast: Gerald Berk (Oregon), Colleen Dunlavy (Wisconsin), Jason Jackson (MIT), and Emma Teitelman (Cornell) live-sas-www-history.pantheon.sas.upenn.edu/node/15683

📢 Call for Papers – BHC 2026 in London! 📢 📅 Submission Deadline: Oct 17 2025 📍 Location: Imperial College London, UK 🔗 Learn more & submit: thebhc.org/2026-bhc-mee... #BizHis #BHC2026 @historians.social @academic.social @economic.history

The Journal of the Civil War Era will have a special issue on political economy edited by me, @maggor.bsky.social, Sofia Valeonti & Nicolas Barreyre. I'll post again when the link is up on the Muster, but wanted to get the word out now. See CFP. Submission deadline is April 25. 🗃️

This conference will be an amazing occasion to think historically about what lies beyond neoliberalism: beyond-neoliberalism.org

UCL Policy Lab Director @mds49.bsky.social will be speaking at the Beyond Neoliberalism conference this May - see the full line-up ⤵️

The Bennett Institute for Public Policy is pleased to be a supporting partner of this event.👇

Roosevelt Principal @feliciawong.bsky.social, Director of Industrial Policy & Trade @toddntucker.bsky.social, Senior Fellow @stomarova.bsky.social, and former fellow @nathanlane.bsky.social will be in attendance to discuss building a progressive political economy

📢 Registration is now open! 📢 Check out our powerhouse lineup and sign up to attend: beyond-neoliberalism.org @glgerstle.bsky.social @maggor.bsky.social #BeyondNeoliberalism