new from me at FORCES OF PRODUCTION
I used the (Weber et al, 2024) model to predict how much more inflation to expect via indirect effects over the next few months based on oil and refined products prices
(roughly .8pp, doubling the march CPI reading)
www.forcesofproduction.com/p/a-chain-re...
Thanks isaac!
One of the best things i've read this year is from @rmabud.bsky.social and @brusselermel.bsky.social.
"Without understanding how the pro-authoritarian coalition has used three interlocking levers to consolidate power, it will be impossible to build something better."
“An authoritarian coalition is embarking on a power grab unprecedented in recent US history ... each of [Trump’s] policy moves isn't simply about the policy itself, but about the consolidation of power as a whole”
🖋️ @rmabud.bsky.social @brusselermel.bsky.social
www.common-wealth.org/publications...
🎟️ ONLINE PANEL DISCUSSION
@cmmonwealth.bsky.social’s Green Planning Commission is joining forces with @indep.bsky.social for a joint event on how we can translate green democratic planning from framework to policy.
🗓️ 14 April
⏰ 3PM UTC
Register here 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/indepxgree...
“The authoritarian coalition has consolidated power through the assertion that the country belongs to them. The path forward is to remind them that it belongs to all of us.”
Read our new briefing by @rmabud.bsky.social and @brusselermel.bsky.social at our website. 👇
shorturl.at/H0f6v
Over at @cmmonwealth.bsky.social, @rmabud.bsky.social and @brusselermel.bsky.social have a new report on The Power Grab: The Authoritarian Coalition’s Strategy of Power Consolidation.
Socialisation Debate 2: Electric Boogaloo
new edition of Forces of Production out today. we use the tariffs to talk about the input-output tables, then take a look at the monthly numbers. next month's, I bet, will be about oil
www.forcesofproduction.com/p/hello-tari...
bsky.app/profile/yusu...
“This is not a suspension of the profit imperative but its subordination to social need. It is also distinct from simply providing liquidity support to overcome particular hurdle rates for private investment.”
- @brusselermel.bsky.social @chrismwhayes.bsky.social
All borders are fake all tiddies are real
First issue February 2026. Read the launch essay to understand why this matters — and why the economy may prove harder to navigate than the open sea.
Subscribe and share:
www.forcesofproduction.com/p/atop-the-f...
At Common Wealth US, our goals of climate transition and decommodification demand that we understand the economy as it actually exists — not just models, not just vibes, no dead reckoning.
Without this kind of map, the coordination that underlies our policy strategy and goals would be impossible.
We are proud to announce the launch of Forces of Production — a new monthly newsletter tracking the supply side of the US economy.
But first: do you know where the US economy actually is right now? Not how it feels, but what it actually does all day?
Most don't. And that's the problem.
Alex “Williams” Veblen is launching an economic data newsletter! You should follow
Very exciting.
“The work of steering towards an affordable and democratic future can only begin with a shared understanding of where we actually are.”
Lfg
www.forcesofproduction.com/p/atop-the-f...
okay so fun news, I am launching a macro newsletter from Common Wealth about the supply side data and the US economy called Forces of Production
Charts for bsky forthcoming at: @forcesofproduction.com
Launch essay below:
www.forcesofproduction.com/p/atop-the-f...
back at my desk today, very excited that a new
@cmmonwealth.bsky.social newsletter by @alexwilliams.bsky.social is launching later this month!
It's universal public provision of healthcare in 2028 or bust...but where to start politically? We're really proud to publish @philiprocco.bsky.social 's answer to this question today!
Millions are to be kicked off of Medicaid.
Millions will see healthcare costs skyrocket as ACA subsidies expire.
In 2028, we must fight for universal healthcare.
Where should we concentrate efforts to build up working class power to advance this cause?
shorturl.at/1kQG4
The problem from their point of view is that rapid decarbonization requires public, collective decisions about the organization of production, in a way that threaten capital-owners' authority over both the production process and the political system.
The US and China have agreed to a one-year truce in their trade war. What lies behind this conflict and what does it mean for the world economy?
Read @mona-ali.bsky.social on Washington’s assault on global trade and the alliances emerging in response.
transitionsecurity.org/rebalancing-...
Issue is that housing, health and childcare are stand out costs aka things that require public goods. We really need to reread the affluent society.
homes.luddy.indiana.edu/ccshan/for/f...
Phone sticker that reads: “CLIMATE BADDIES FOR ZOHRAN”
HT @brusselermel.bsky.social
Zohran Mamdani spent last night with the late-night workers he said are often forgotten — can drivers at LGA and hospital workers on a 7-7 shift at Elmhurst Hospital, before walking to Kebab King and then having a midnight press conference in Jackson Heights
“A major focus for Common Wealth is building out a lefty response to the affordability crisis—one that isn’t just recapitulating the price-lowering strategy of neoliberalism.”
Our newly-launched Green Planning Commission covered in The Prospect 👇
🖊️ @ryanlcooper.com
prospect.org/2025/10/31/h...