Paul Thomas

Migration, Development, Inequality, Politics, Films

[Jacobin @jacobin]

Anwar Shaikh’s brilliant teaching and scholarship helped an entire generation understand the inner logic of capitalism.

He will be missed not only by colleagues and students in the field, but by the countless people whose understanding of the world was enriched by his work.

[Surbhi Kesar @SurbhiKesar]

Sen's 2-lines conclusion section in this EJ article refuting Schultz' calculation on lack of surplus labour in India might be one of the most ultimate academic economics mic drops ever.

[Louise Tillin @louisetillin]

A new special issue of World Development has just landed on the future of work and welfare in India’s halting structural transition @WorldDevJournal - co-edited by Sunil Mitra Kumar, Soumya Mishra and me, with a superb set of contributors 1/12

[Paul Thomas @LaborMobilities]

Kerala’s Poverty Debate: Why Eradication Is Never the End of the Story by C.R.Yadu https://t.co/0u9Q99Rde8

[Progressive City: Radical Alternatives @pcityradical]

The latest in our “Contesting the University as Planner, Occupier, and Developer” series: @Ish_Chatterjee and Minati Dash outline how the "transformation of higher education from a public good to a market commodity" deepens social inequalities in Sonipat

https://t.co/LlUy6dtMt4

[Economic Sociology & Political Economy @EconSociology]

"The economic transformation in much of the Global North during the period of industrialisation was historically specific and is unlikely to be reproduced in the #GlobalSouth, given the fundamentally altered postcolonial structural conditions" @yaducr https://t.co/79r1rwsfuT

[Dayal Paleri @dayalpaleri]

Brief take on Onam and it's Moral imaginations @IndianExpress

https://t.co/Y2PrZ4PKI3

[Chinmay Tumbe @ChinmayTumbe]

You've heard about Gujaratis, Keralites, etc. across the world, but how are they spread across India itself? The word 'videsi' after all is also used among internal migrants.

📢My new paper provides estimates on these different 'linguistic diasporas' of India (1/5)

[Paul Thomas @LaborMobilities]

Adivasis don’t need ‘saviours’. We just need people to hear us when we speak for ourselves https://t.co/5IODADCq5y via @IndianExpress

[Paul Thomas @LaborMobilities]

"Positivist" social science disciplines like economics and political science reduce real-world phenomena into experiments and churn out papers that fail to help us understand the nuances of everyday realities.

[Siddharth Menon @sidmenon6]

Happy to see this article out in the world where I discuss how remittances from Dubai-based Indian diasporas are being financialized for elite infrastructure projects in Indian cities @economyandspace @GlobalHigherEd @UWMadisonGeog @uwsoasia https://t.co/WeJ9nhyuYV

[zakhiyapc @zakhiyapc]

All of India must wake up to this hurried destruction of natural vegetation right in front of the urban eyes. If we fail to do so, it's a free pass to destroy everything that's prestine that's beyond our eyes. #indianwild #sindiancity #natureincity #SaveHCUBioDiversity

[സർ ചാത്തൻ @SirChaathan]

Have you ever noticed how #Malayalam cinema has always stood apart from other Indian film industries? Unlike most Indian films that began with mythological epics, Malayalam cinema took a different path. Its first film, Vigathakumaran, was not a religious tale but a crime drama.

[Pope Francis – ARCHIVE @Pontifex266Arch]

Our societies are too enslaved to market logic, and everything risks being subject to self-interest and the quest for profit. Volunteering is prophecy and a sign of hope, because it bears witness to the primacy of gratuitousness, solidarity, and service to those most in need.

[Edex - The New Indian Express @Xpress_edex]

Hyderabad University: Congress-led Telangana government to auction 400 acres of university land; Protests erupt

Read full report by @Saumya_Solanki7 : https://t.co/ku2zjkySnW 👈

@HydUniv
@SfiHcu #HCU #UoH #Hyderabad #Protest #Students @ASA_HCU
#Land #Gachibowli #Heritage

[Paul Thomas @LaborMobilities]

Folks working on climate change and adaptation in the Global South, watch out for this book. Grounded on ethnographic fieldwork, the authors make compelling arguments on the disconnect between global discourses on climate change and autonomous adaptation at the local level.

[Paul Thomas @LaborMobilities]

So happy to see all your (@nisarpty & @kalai_kasa ) hard work finally paying off!
Very much looking forward to getting a copy in May!

[Nisar Kannangara @nisarpty]

My first book, Inequalities and Interventions: Autonomous Adaptation to Climate Change, co-authored with @kalai_kasa., is expected to be out in May! @nias

[Chetan Choithani @CChoithani]

My book chapter on 'Circular male migration, rural-urban linkages and household food security in India' in the Handbook on Rural-Urban Linkages in the Global South. https://t.co/gznnQ3AvQt

[Rajesh Abraham🇮🇳 @pendown]

#ExoressDialogues | As Uralungal Cooperative Society, the world's second largest cooperative celebrates its 100th year, its chairman Rameshan Paleri shares the story of its formative years, challenges, and future plans. Cc: @xpresskerala @CoopsEurope https://t.co/isIMoP4bJj

[Ingrid H. Kvangraven @ingridharvold]

Just seeing the RCT 'scandal' brewing among econs again. This is not a question about some bad apples or some instances of malpractice. The RCT industry has been completely distorted from its inception in Econ and this is closely tied to the incentive structure of the discipline.