Political Economy Centre, University of Manchester

Manchester's Political Economy Centre: cross-disciplinary political economy research & teaching amongst the shiny ruins of dark satanic mills.

[Political Economy Centre, University of Manchester @UoM_PEC]

We're very excited to be bringing academics, activists, policy-makers and artists together for this conference next year! It should be a great week!

[Thomas Fazi @battleforeurope]

1/ Fantastic piece (and paper) by Servaas Storm in which he provides “an evidence-based pathology of Italy’s recession—which must be regarded as a crisis of the post-Maastricht Treaty order of Italian capitalism”: https://t.co/sXyPROlf3a.

[Greta Thunberg @GretaThunberg]

“No one is coming to save us. Mass civil disobedience is essential to force a political response.

The time for excuses is over. The struggle to overthrow our life-denying system has begun.” -
@GeorgeMonbiot
#ExtinctionRebellion #schoolstrike4climate
https://t.co/UDaCut9FBE

[Sherilyn MacGregor @dr_smacgregor]

Check out "Who is Manchester For? Big Capital Vs. The People"
@WeAreMossSide @GreatSoWeCAN

https://t.co/TN3DuD8z1a @EventbriteUK

[Mark Blyth @MkBlyth]

It's hard for academics to talk about Brexit since it's in 'real time'. But for a piece that tries to see past the daily insanity and talk about the bigger issues involved for those of us who pontificate on such things, see this from Colin hay: https://t.co/96lTxtodLH

[Political Economy Centre, University of Manchester @UoM_PEC]

Many thanks to our friends at @MMU_FutureEcon for a superb public discussion on the future of industrial policy tonight! Superb interventions made by @ChristianSpence, @AndyWWestwood, @SianLou82, @nmcinroy, @ScottLavery1, and Craig Berry.

[Future Economies at Manchester Metropolitan @MMU_FutureEcon]

Our public event 'Industrial Strategy after the Brexit Shock: an endangered species?' is about to kick off. Cracking range of speakers convened by Craig Berry with support of @BritishAcademy_

Share your thoughts via #IndStratBrexit

[Future Economies at Manchester Metropolitan @MMU_FutureEcon]

Last few tickets!

Industrial strategy after the Brexit shock: an endangered species?📢 Public event, Wed 27 March,17:00, @ManMetUni.

Featuring @ChristianSpence, @AndyWWestwood, @SianLou82, @nmcinroy, @ScottLavery1, Craig Berry. Register: https://t.co/qaLjuMbnAm

[SPERI @SPERIshefuni.bsky.social @SPERIshefuni]

A new - and very timely - article by SPERI Director Colin Hay has just been published in @PolStudies:

Brexistential Angst and the Paradoxes of Populism: On the Contingency, Predictability and Intelligibility of Seismic Shifts
https://t.co/SK62wZXx0A

[SUERF - The European Money and Finance Forum @suerf_org]

#SUERFpolicynote "Beyond voluntary disclosure: why a ‘market-shaping’ approach to financial regulation is needed to meet the challenge of climate change" by Josh Ryan-Collins @jryancollins https://t.co/REC84pNNWx

[Dr Johnna Montgomerie @j_montgomerie]

Are you worried by the consequences of mass indebtedness? I will be on #Thinkingaloud today at 4pm talking about my book Should We Abolish Household Debts? A way out of debt-dependent growth & never ending #Austerity

[Dr Johnna Montgomerie @j_montgomerie]

Tune in tomorrow, 20 March – 4pm I will be on @BBCRadio4 program #ThinkingAllow with Laurie Taylor talking about the Debt economy & my lasted book Should We Abolish Household Debts? with @politybooks @Radio4ta
https://t.co/TCdOEef7pp

[Ben Rosamond @BenRosamond1]

When you no longer have any arguments left, reach into the analogy jar for the tale of a fictional flying elephant ... going by the name of 'Dumbo'.

[Tom Lavers @LaversTom]

new #openaccess paper on the political economy of #uhc and health insurance in #ethiopia in @socscimed. part of #effectivestates research on #socialprotection @GlobalDevInst

[Sherilyn MacGregor @dr_smacgregor]

Big turnout today in St Peter's Sq Manchester #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrike

[SPERI @SPERIshefuni.bsky.social @SPERIshefuni]

NEW blog: In Part 2 of their series on the political economies of different globalisations @MatthewLBishop and Tony Payne look at ‘Deglobalisation from the right’ https://t.co/Aa25S71LWb

[Future Economies at Manchester Metropolitan @MMU_FutureEcon]

⚠️One month until workshop on #Ireland & #EU in a Changing World @ManMetUni @MMU_FutureEcon @McrJMCE ⚠️
Excellent line up of speakers inclu @BrigidLaffan @DPhinnemore @Bentonra @SilkeTrommer @jevershed01 @jamiepow
Free to attend, spaces limited, details👇
https://t.co/YpJHo4Jd3j

[UoM Open Research @UoMOpenResearch]

🔓 Money-Power of Capital and Production of ‘New State Spaces’: A view from the Global South, by @IliasAlami, published in @NPEjournal, is now #OpenAccess via https://t.co/05zpSzXqvX

@UoM_SOSS @UoMPolitics @UoM_PEC
#statecraft #power #finance

[Diversifying Economics Network @DiversifyEcon]

If you want to get valuable insight from an experienced professional working in #economics, meet @flavamaeve of @rethinkecon at our next #fem4econ mentoring session. Female econ students RSVP now in our bio! (if you haven't already)

[Political Economy Centre, University of Manchester @UoM_PEC]

PM Modi announces a green transformation of India's automobile industry.

[Political Economy Centre, University of Manchester @UoM_PEC]

Happy IWD2019 everybody! @DiversifyEcon are celebrating it with a special lecture by Dr. @erinhengel on 'Gender and Economics'. Make sure you're there!

[Diversifying Economics Network @DiversifyEcon]

SUPER special event announcement in honour of #IWD2019 Dr @erinhengel will be visiting next week to give insight into her work on gender discrimination in #economics