Historian, Lisbon-Cambridge @ihc_fcsh @RobinsonCamb @CamHistory History of economic thought, Political Economy, Left politics, Labour, Intellectual History
🚩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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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.
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
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
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
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.
🚩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.
👇👇👇
@IsabellaMWeber Their role makes evident the distributional dimension of of the early-20th century inflation and the potential different ways to deal with it.
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.
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
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.