Massimo Asta

Historian, Lisbon-Cambridge @ihc_fcsh @RobinsonCamb @CamHistory History of economic thought, Political Economy, Left politics, Labour, Intellectual History

[Massimo Asta @AstaMassimo]

🚩Can STATISTICS Be Manipulated to Achieve AUSTERITY?

On an old controversy on the relationship b/w Italian Fascism and Cost of Living Statistics.

Here, I look into the social construction of knowledge and the role of statisticians and economists committed to Austerity.
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[Massimo Asta @AstaMassimo]

@MathieuFulla @LettresSorbonne @LaurentWARL Toutes mes félicitations Mathieu!

[Massimo Asta @AstaMassimo]

Many thanks Sarah for your good review of our book!

[Mathieu Fulla @MathieuFulla]

I am delighted to see my article about Mitterrand's #tournantdelarigueur - "this #neoliberal turn that never was" - published in the latest issue of @ContEuroHistory. Cherry on the cake: it is in #OpenAccess . https://t.co/VptoKyCyJE.

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@economicthought @ricardonoronha8

[Jeff Powell @Powell_J_R]

The History of Economic Thought Society annual conference 4-6 Sept - abstract proposals by 30 Apr - pls share
@alexmthomas
@AstaMassimo
@Goulven_Rubin
@_kevinroesch
@F_Allisson
@EdithKuiper
@QuentinCouix https://t.co/2P8WlD0zjV

[Massimo Asta @AstaMassimo]

If you are fellow of @ihc_fcsh you can discuss a paper at Ec & Soc Hist group seminar with brilliant colleagues as Ricardo Noronha and Elisa Lopes da Silva, and the same day attend this beautiful exhibition on the posters of the Portuguese revolution. 👇
https://t.co/7geWKhJjPD

[Jeff Powell @Powell_J_R]

The History of Economic Thought Society annual conference 4-6 Sept - abstract proposals by 30 Apr - pls share @alexmthomas @AstaMassimo @Goulven_Rubin @_kevinroesch @F_Allisson @EdithKuiper @QuentinCouix https://t.co/2P8WlD0zjV

[Massimo Asta @AstaMassimo]

an extract on Corrado Gini's involvement, and the impact of the First World War on the first studies of chemical and physiological statistics on food balance per country.

[Massimo Asta @AstaMassimo]

🚩Can STATISTICS Be Manipulated to Achieve AUSTERITY?

On an old controversy on the relationship b/w Italian Fascism and Cost of Living Statistics.

Here, I look into the social construction of knowledge and the role of statisticians and economists committed to Austerity.
👇👇👇

[Massimo Asta @AstaMassimo]

@IsabellaMWeber Their role makes evident the distributional dimension of of the early-20th century inflation and the potential different ways to deal with it.

[Massimo Asta @AstaMassimo]

This early 20th century debate has more than one connection with the todays' one on @IsabellaMWeber sellers-inflation and labour-capital relations. The chapter shows the agency of experts and social movements in shaping government's priorities and statistical figures.

[Massimo Asta @AstaMassimo]

@EconCharlesRead @pipitone87

[Massimo Asta @AstaMassimo]

https://t.co/2HidHUEIvJ

[Jacobin @jacobin]

This week in 1937, Italian Fascists turned Addis Ababa into a circle of hell, massacring 20,000 Ethiopians in just three days. It has few comparisons even in the sordid history of European colonialism.
https://t.co/nT7IuvMyAw

[Massimo Asta @AstaMassimo]

@DrFernandaGallo Congrats Fernanda!

[Peter Frankopan @peterfrankopan]

Utterly appalling

[Pedro Ramos Pinto @pedroramospinto]

A great opportunity for @CamHistory PhDs and ECRs - DM me if you have any questions about format or elegibility!

[Peter Frankopan @peterfrankopan]

In other news….

[@LuciaGoracci @ZiaLulli1]

Uno dei bambini morti a #Gaza ieri

[António Guterres @antonioguterres]

I've just invoked Art.99 of the UN Charter - for the 1st time in my tenure as Secretary-General.

Facing a severe risk of collapse of the humanitarian system in Gaza, I urge the Council to help avert a humanitarian catastrophe & appeal for a humanitarian ceasefire to be declared.