Political Economy of Debt

Debt -- from sovereign states, local governments, corporations, to households.

Tweets on debt, austerity, inequality, labour, regulations, tax avoidance, etc

[Political Economy of Debt @EconomyDebt]

This may be of interest to those studying local debt advice, deprivation, and local support initiatives. It's free to download (open access).

[Laurie Macfarlane @L__Macfarlane]

When even the IMF says your fiscal rules are too strict, you know they’re really bad… https://t.co/uio4JJOOtz

[Political Economy of Debt @EconomyDebt]

This may be of interest to those studying local debt advice, deprivation, and local support initiatives. It's free to download (open access).

[Mia Gray - mainly posting on Bluesky @_mia_gray]

Our new paper on "Place-based solidarity: Crisis, austerity and the devolution of responsibility"

authors: Coco Huggins and Mia Gray

is now available free online: https://t.co/bstm4Cd4Tf

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

JP Morgan threatened to quit UK over tax rise for banks.

CEO met Reeves/Starmer, tax didn't rise.

Govt cut benefits, dept budgets; hiked taxes on others.

Corporations dodge taxes, bully govts. Curbing their power is essential for any form of democracy.
https://t.co/KUwJr0i4aZ

[Dr Iain Overton @iainoverton]

@JolyonMaugham @wesstreeting Palantir’s previous £1 contract with the NHS could have only be worth their while based on their getting access to the UK’s NHS data: the global Crown Jewels of health care statistics.

[Daniela Gabor @DanielaGabor]

the @FT 'chancellor for a day' interactive is funny, they've got a neoliberal on the far left and a neocon on the far right, and they're both women!

Let's see how conservative the fiscal politics are.

https://t.co/HvBghkbIfj

[rachelle_earwaker @r_earwaker]

Which is why we desperately need more social housing (not an argument over it), and to make the private rental sector as secure and affordable as possible so that fewer people need temporary accommodation

[Joseph Elliott @J_Elliott94]

Temporary accommodation costs are absolutely out of control

[Matina Kapsali @matinakapsali.bsky.social @Matina_Kapsali]

So this is out! 🌟💜
The Handbook on Gender and Cities includes many critical interventions in the field of gender and urban studies.
Mantha Katsikana and myself have contributed with a chapter on women’s urban activism. 🧵

[Daniela Gabor @DanielaGabor]

gonna tweet this every day, until end of twitter.

government bonds of developed markets like the UK or US that issue their own currency record their strongest returns when economy slumps. Austerity is always at the top of bondholders’ professional wish lists.

[rachelle_earwaker @r_earwaker]

Brilliant news! BNPL it is a form of lending and should be treated as such.

HOWEVER our @jrf_uk COL survey finds that 55% of low income households who have been refused mainstream credit hold a BNPL loan and 18% took it out to pay for essentials. 1/x

[Luke D. Graham @lukedgraham]

The call for papers for the @SLSA_UK annual conference closes on Wednesday 18th December.

The convenors for the "Social Rights, Citizenship and the Welfare State" Stream, @JenSigafoos, @JamesOrgan9 and I, are pleased to invite abstracts

CFP available at https://t.co/2JeCD9QQWR

[Nils Kupzok @NKupzok]

Columbia’s Center for Political Economy is hiring postdocs for its four idea labs (labor, finance, industrial policy, climate)! Apply now, spread the word, and join me in this fantastic & interdisciplinary space.

https://t.co/OyZ0NnKwR7

[Daniela Gabor @DanielaGabor]

yet another reminder that austerity is class war - the winners, financial capital

[Tom Pollard @PollardTom]

The most striking aspect of these findings, beyond the sheer hardship people are enduring, is that inadequate benefits, rather than 'incentivising' people, fundamentally constrain their ability to overcome challenges & improve their circumstances https://t.co/UyBsCdd34v

[Political Economy of Debt @EconomyDebt]

Indebted countries pay the IMF billions each year in surcharges. 22 countries with deep debt crises pay these surcharges. This is an unconscionable transfer of resources from the poorest to the wealthy.

https://t.co/gWjEbehenX via @ft

[James Jackson @James7jackson]

🚨New Publication 🚨 Delighted to see my new (shorter) piece out in @GepJournal - examining the climate changing context of inflation and what the idea(s) of Fossilflation and Climateflation might mean for central banks - https://t.co/yOWNNEebOw

[Infrastructural Geographies @IGeographies]

The internet and AI are not disembodied, not a cloud.

Politicians & voters often overlook the unglamorous physical infrastructure that makes the internet and AI work -- data centres, power lines and undersea cables.

Giant users of energy and water.

https://t.co/g43aDgnFPD