The Fairness Foundation @fairness.bsky.social does really important work. It was a privilege to get to talk to them about asset manager power and rent extraction in housing and infrastructure
www.faircomment.co.uk/p/a-brief-hi...
who would have thought that one of the best books of Frankfurt School critical theory in the year 2026 is a history of the energy economy inspired by Adorno, Schmidt and Bogdanov? Happy pub day @ueberdruss.bsky.social !
En la Complutense Brett Christophers analiza en #CapitalismoRentista en que vivimos: las posiciones propietarias, favorecidas por bajos impuestos a las ganancias de capital, dominan el mundo y lo que necesitamos para vivir, casas y tierra, alimentos y energía
traficantes.net/libros/nuest...
Very underwhelming, this. Just tinkering at the edges. More than anything, it's further evidence that there aren't easy answers. _Really_ delinking electricity and gas prices (this move actually does nothing of the sort) raises spectre of price cannibalization... which is why the govt won't go there
The Fairness Foundation @fairness.bsky.social does really important work. It was a privilege to get to talk to them about asset manager power and rent extraction in housing and infrastructure
www.faircomment.co.uk/p/a-brief-hi...
Why are governments so dependent on private capital for investment and how do big institutional investors shape our economy? Find out more in our interview with @brettchristophers.bsky.social: www.faircomment.co.uk/p/a-brief-hi...
Forever impressed by the incredible work that @adriennebuller.bsky.social has done to create The Breakdown, and their new issue is out next month. It's going to be a good one!
Flyer with USF Logo for the 2026 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS of the International Fellowships on a Photo by Zeke Tucker
Flyer with USF Logo for the 2026 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS of the International Fellowships, on a blue background, with the following details: Open to early-to-mid-career urban scholars from the Global South; PhD must have been awarded within the last 10 years; Requires a Mentor at your chosen host university; deadline 6 July 2026 at 23:59 UTC +0; Apply online; This fully-funded program offers 3-9 month sabbatical research visits for urban scholars from the Global South.
📢 2026 USF International Fellowships - CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
This fully-funded program offers 3-9 month sabbatical research visits for urban scholars from the Global South.
Deadline: 6 July 2026
Read more & apply : https://ow.ly/ezMb50YILbw
News about Goldsmiths situation here www.ucu.org.uk/article/1447...
New Rhodes Podcast up with Erik Peinert on his new book Monopoly Politics. Or, how the world shifts from Competition to Monopoly and back again without anyone really noticing. Great Conversation: player.captivate.fm/episode/c79b...
I had the pleasure of speaking to Planet Critical about THE ASSET CLASS recently - you can listen here: www.planetcritical.com/how-finance-...
Working Nature by Daniela Russ and other books
new books from @versobooks.bsky.social !
including Working Nature by @ueberdruss.bsky.social (book release in Berlin, July 9, with special guests)
Witness every newspaper columnist on earth....
I believe firmly in the value-added of (good) editorship. One of the big problems with the paid substack model is that there is nobody who is always worth reading, _especially_ when they feel compelled to pump out "content" whether they have something useful to say or not
I just started reading Middlemarch by George Eliot and it's *stunning* barely a few pages in. Unlike Austen or the Bröntes, this wasn't a popular translation in my very young heavy reader days, and somehow I'd never read it despite being familiar with G. E. #BookSky
My new masterpiece: vibe-coded chart showing the collapse of the New Deal financial order and rise of Wall Street, by flow of deposits from small to big banks.
From 1990 to 2024 NYC banks more than double their deposit share. Small banks and thrifts go from more than half of deposits to <20%.
… Publishing a book is a real privilege and a collective endeavour. Thanks in particular to my editor, Ed Lake, at @wnbooks.bsky.social. I hope you all enjoy THE ASSET CLASS as much as I enjoyed writing it.
New paper in @proghumgeog.bsky.social. Some great colleagues' work is sampled @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social @landstuff.bsky.social @brettchristophers.bsky.social @azadehakbari.bsky.social @jamiepeck.bsky.social @reijer.bsky.social
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#geosky #ipesky
First UK tour dates for THE ASSET CLASS! I’m really looking forward to talking about the book in person over the next few months at a bookshop / gallery near you. We'll be adding more events in the UK and internationally soon
Who should own the value of land?
New report by Ed Shepherd and myself on the political economy of land value capture. A major research undertaking (incl 50 interviews) examining the power relations that structure how land values are (unjustly) distributed in England.
@housingevidence.bsky.social
There is finally some excellent reporting on the role of agents in recruiting overseas students to Higher Education. As anyone who works in HE will already know, it is a relentlessly grim situation, but the detail and stories is still shocking to read.
www.theguardian.com/education/ng...
Not endorsing the Green position but "Price is the fairest rationing mechanism" is obvs ideological claptrap: how is it "fair" if those for whom price is no issue don't have to ration?
what a paragraph (Andrew Cockburn in latest LRB)
An Easter milk chocolate egg sandwich.
Egg sandwich for lunch today.
Thank you to @adamtooze.bsky.social, The People's Forum, and @versobooks.bsky.social for making the sold out book launch of The Story of Capital a success. You can watch the video here:
davidharvey.org/2026/03/the-...
"Nationalist North Sea fantasies centre on a secure future being denied by petulant red-green forces too stubborn to take advantage of the gifts supplied by divine providence."
New from @ewangibbs.bsky.social on nationalism and the North Sea, past & present
www.break-down.org/north-sea-na...
📣🏆2026 Best Article in the Journal of Urban Affairs Award Recipients: Megan Hatch, Elora Lee Raymond, Ben Teresa, & Kathryn Howell
urbanaffairsassociation.org/2026/03/30/b... @meganehatch.bsky.social @benfteresa.bsky.social @drkatehowell.bsky.social @umdsmartgrowth.bsky.social @eloralee.bsky.social
