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Basak Kus

@basakkus.bsky.social
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Professor of Government and Environmental Studies at Wesleyan. OUP author. SER editor. Writes about political economy, public policy, state, finance, climate, American politics. Lives in New Haven and NYC. Daydreams about Mediterranean 🐟☀️🌊 🧿 basakkus.net

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
NEW: The big story is not Chinese EVs everywhere —but Chinese EV factories everywhere. And its not just Chinese firms going out. Our CM-FDI database tracks every foreign Solar, Wind, EV and battery manufacturing plant built in 21st century. cmfdi.netzeropolicylab.com
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Basak Kus @basakkus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
academic.oup.com/ser/advance-... New article out! "From carbon pricing to green industrial policy: new moment, old dilemmas, and divergent pathways."
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Basak Kus @basakkus.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Bu yazıyı çok severek yazdım, cok da önemsediğim bir konu. @t24.com.tr teşekkürler yayınladığınız için. t24.com.tr/yazarlar/bas...
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Başak Kuş | Taylor Swift'e bile kalmadı kıyılar!
İnsanların denizle ilişkisi, bugünkü otellerden, plaj işletmelerinden ve idari düzenlemelerden çok daha eskidir. Balıkçıların teknelerini kıyıya çekmesi, çocukl
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Basak Kus @basakkus.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
So glad that this paper is finally out in the world. It puts Marx’s writings on the Prussian wood-theft debates into conversation with E. P. Thompson’s account of the English Black Act and Hartog’s discussion of pig keeping in 19th century NY. shorturl.at/sVwvJ @lawandhistrev.bsky.social
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Deer in England, Fallen Wood in Germany, Pigs in New York: – Law & History Review
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Law & History Review @lawandhistrev.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
New month, new article! The Law and History Review is excited to announce the publication of the next article in our digital imprint, The Docket. Wesleyan's Basak Kus (@basakkus.bsky.social) examines the history of customs, law, and poverty, and how contemporary case law echoes that history.
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Climate and Community Institute @cplusc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Our Senior Fellow @moira.bsky.social recently appeared on @thedigradio.bsky.social to discuss how insurance companies profit off climate catastrophe. Listen to the full episode with @dwallacewells.bsky.social, @madisoncondon.bsky.social, and @astra.bsky.social: thedigradio.com/podcast/insu...
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Basak Kus @basakkus.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This November, I’ll have the honor of hosting the 2026 Shasha Seminar on The New Global Economic Order At Wesleyan. I can’t quite believe we’ve managed to bring all these brilliant minds together. I’ll share the website and registration details soon. For now, a little teaser!
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Basak Kus @basakkus.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
ICYMI, this is a very interesting read: www.firesidestacks.com/p/bernies-ai...
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How Bernie’s AI tax idea came to be (with Jeremy Bearer-Friend + Sarah Polcz)
Meet the experts who put AI public equity stakes on the map.
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Basak Kus @basakkus.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
If you are looking for a writing retreat, here is one I’m hosting in Turkey next June. Application open today. www.thelongtableretreat.com
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A Writing Retreat For Women In The Social Sciences And Humanities
A Writing Retreat For Women In The Social Sciences And Humanities
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Basak Kus @basakkus.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
And I am looking forward to working with her! @sasemeeting.bsky.social
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Scholars Strategy Network @scholars.org · 18/05/2026
Voluntary buyouts, a dominant tool in U.S. climate adaptation policy, typically happen only after a federally declared disaster. In this policy brief, @basakkus.bsky.social (Wesleyan University) calls for a shift to proactive, community-focused planning. Read: scholars.org/contribution...
“Climate adaptation policy must shift from property-based, reactive compensation toward a proactive, community-focused planning.”
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Basak Kus @basakkus.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
And here are the slides from Tim’s talk 👇
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Basak Kus @basakkus.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
@70sbachchan.bsky.social: energy shocks are geopolitical in origin AND they cascade. They amplify nonlinearly, triggering economic crises, political instability, and social shockwaves.
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Basak Kus @basakkus.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
What a day! @triofrancos.bsky.social, @aldasky.bsky.social and @70sbachchan.bsky.social came to Wesleyan University and blew our minds. Watching people operate with that much rigor and generosity- is genuinely restorative. Makes you want to go back to the desk and do better work. Thank you!
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
The reason it feels hard to get ahead right now is because it's hard to get ahead right now. Wages are barely keeping up with prices, and prices are just starting to heat up.
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Basak Kus @basakkus.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
My colleague Mitali Thakor, @70sbachchan.bsky.social, and I wrote a piece reflecting on our visit to CDMX. coexist.blogs.wesleyan.edu/2026/04/02/c... We discuss the Utopias initiative led by Mayor Brugada, Rafael Cauduro’s murals, and our convo with technology scholar Paola Ricaurte Quijano.
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CDMX: Dignity and Possible Futures – coexist
by Basak Kus, Tim Sahay & Mitali Thakor As part of our Bailey COE Think Tank’s ongoing work on disruption and futures that feel increasingly unpredictable, and more dystopian than hopeful, we (Basak Kus, Mitali Thakor, and Tim Sahay) headed to Mexico for a three-day excursion. The trip was short and intentionally dense. Curated by…
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Feel the disruptions in empire, economics, ecology? Join @triofrancos.bsky.social & I & @basakkus.bsky.social at Wesleyan University Extraction: the frontiers of green capitalism www.theariofrancos.com/extraction Iran War & the dawn of the Electric World Order thepolycrisis.org/electric-wor...
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Daniel Driscoll @danieldrisc.com · 05/02/2026
🚨New piece in Politics & Society! w/ @maxkiefel.bsky.social @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social Internationalizing Industrial Policy: How China and the United States Use State Capacity to Secure Critical Minerals for Electric Vehicles 🇨🇳 🇺🇸 doi.org/10.1177/0032...
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
US bet: Ai, China bet: Green “In 2024, the country invested an estimated $940bn in clean-energy capex, broadly defined as renewables, electricity grids and energy storage (batteries), dwarfing its AI investments” ft.com/content/1258... Presented basically this argmnt last wk @basakkus.bsky.social
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Could America win the AI race but lose the war?
The US has gone all-in on artificial intelligence. But the idea of an end-of-times battle with China over tomorrow’s key technology is part delusion, part lobbying tool for Silicon Valley
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Basak Kus @basakkus.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Intereconomics has a forum on "Frontiers of Growth" in their last issue and I have a piece in it: "rom Kuznets to Daly: Growth, Social Justice and the State in the Age of Climate Crisis." www.intereconomics.eu/contents/yea...
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From Kuznets to Daly: Growth, Social Justice and the State in the Age of Climate Crisis
Intereconomics is an academic journal that publishes articles by experts on current economic and social policy issues affecting Europe.
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Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.eurosky.social · 18/10/2025
It’s been 20 years and, as always happens, people have forgotten again that financial markets are inherently prone to collapse. It looks superficially different every time so we can con ourselves into believing otherwise
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Basak Kus @basakkus.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
I finally got around to reading @jonasmeckling.bsky.social's Nature article "The geoeconomic turn in decarbonization" and it is a must read! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Client Challenge
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Phenomenal World @phenomenalworld.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
“Chinese overseas FDI is nearing $100 billion per year. The Marshall Plan was $200b—and locked Europe into US tech and standards. When we see sums of this size, we can ask whether it will have a similar effect on the globe.” NEW: @70sbachchan.bsky.social & @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social on the BRI 2.0
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Basak Kus @basakkus.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
This year, the College of the Environment think tank at Wes will focus on “Risk and Uncertain Futures: Responding to Global Disruptions.” We've exciting events in the works and are thrilled to welcome Tim Sahay as our distinguished fellow! @70sbachchan.bsky.social @wesleyanuniversity.bsky.social
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Nils Kupzok @nilskupzok.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
We're now inviting proposals for the New Thinking in Industrial Policy Conference, November 6–7, 2025, at Columbia University! It is a great opportunity to present and discuss the latest research on industrial policy across the social sciences.
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Basak Kus @basakkus.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Hello folks, we are hiring in the area of global justice (potential research areas include human rights, international inequality, migration, global health, the environment, international law, or the erosion of democracy). Here is the ad: wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/career...
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Assistant Professor of Government
Wesleyan University Rank: Assistant Professor Subfield(s): Open Wesleyan University's Department of Government invites applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Government beginning July 1,...
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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 01/08/2025
A new blog post by Director of Industrial Policy and Trade @toddntucker.com breaks down what’s really at stake from the tariff court hearing—and why the outcome could shape economic policymaking for years. Read more 📄 rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/c...
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In Constitutional Clash Between Trump and Courts on Tariffs, Risks Ahead for Progressive Policies - Roosevelt Institute
Today, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard oral arguments in two lawsuits brought against the Trump administration’s chaotic deployment of tariffs. To some observers, these cases may seem like arcane, boring trade law in a federal court that few have heard of. To others, the lawsuits represent an opportunity to resist Trump and fight his overreach on tariff hikes that are already starting to pinch consumers’ wallets. But it’s important to step back and look at some less obvious stakes in these disputes: Namely, what kind of powers do or should presidents have in the future to deal with economic emergencies?
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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
“The postwar order rested on three pillars: American hegemony, the fossil-fuel energy system, and an open, multilateral trading order. America has now attacked each pillar at the foundation of its hydrocarbon global order.” — New: @katemac.bsky.social & I www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bri...
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Basak Kus @basakkus.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
My brilliant colleague and friend Sonali Chakravarti (who's not here) wrote about I'm Still Here. It's a lovely piece. @publicseminar.bsky.social publicseminar.org/2025/04/im-s...
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In I’m Still Here, a Mother Refuses to Let a Dictatorship Rewrite Reality - Public Seminar
Sonali Chakravarti reviews I'M STILL HERE, and discusses the importance of fighting for a full life under fascism.
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Basak Kus @basakkus.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Full special issue out today: Greening the Economy: Toward a New Political Economy: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/17485991... See the open access article by GJ and yours truly: "Green Transitions: Rethinking Political Economy in the Context of Climate Change": onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Green Transitions: Rethinking Political Economy in the Context of Climate Change
Although political economy (PE) has long engaged with environmental issues, climate change has remained at the margins of the field until very recently. This article argues that fully addressing the ....
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Regulation & Governance @reggovjournal.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
#Specialissue #Greentransitions #Politicaleconomy 'Green Transitions: Rethinking Political Economy in the Context of Climate Change' by @basakkus.bsky.social & Gregory Jackson See special issue introduction 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Although political economy (PE) has long engaged with environmental issues, climate change has remained at the margins of the field until very recently. This article argues that fully addressing the transformative challenges brought up by climate change requires a fundamental rethinking of core PE concepts related to the state, distributional struggles, economic growth, varieties of capitalism, and markets. Rather than treating the state as a neutral regulator or market facilitator, we conceptualize the green state as actively structuring transitions through mitigation policies, adaptation strategies, and the governance of just transition conflicts. Green transitions generate new distributional conflicts—within and across countries, between incumbent and emerging industries, and among social groups with unequal exposure to climate risks and transition costs. Climate policy also challenges growth-centered economic models, raising questions about the viability of green growth versus degrowth strategies. Different varieties of capitalism are evolving in response, with distinct institutional pathways shaping the speed and character of transition efforts. Finally, we critique market-based approaches that assume price mechanisms alone can drive decarbonization, highlighting the role of non-economic values, institutional constraints, and distributional struggles in shaping green markets. By linking climate change to core debates in comparative and international political economy, we identify new research agendas for understanding the uneven and contested pathways of green transitions across economic systems. This article, along with the others in this special issue on Greening the Economy: Toward a New Political Economy, aims to bridge some of these critical gaps.
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Basak Kus @basakkus.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Ah! I forgot about THIS amazing paper by @trgn.bsky.social and Luuk Schmitz. You want to know what the divestments and losses involved with decarbonization mean for the regulatory state? Make sure to read it! @reggovjournal.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Picking Losers: Climate Change and Managed Decline in the European Union
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Basak Kus @basakkus.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Check out these two wonderful papers! It’s not just about carbon in the West—what’s happening in other regions of the world? Renato Lima de Oliveira and Pieter Stek on carbon markets in Brazil, Indonesia, and Malaysia. @reggovjournal.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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The Development of Carbon Markets in Upper‐Middle‐Income Countries
Upper-middle-income economies face a specific set of trade-offs when reducing carbon emissions, which differ from the trade-offs faced in low- and high-income economies. To mobilize domestic funds, m...
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Basak Kus @basakkus.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
As part of our special issue on the political economy of climate change, Gregory Jackson and I invited essays from three senior scholars to discuss the issue from perspectives they believe need to be addressed: Jens Beckert, Kathryn Hochstetler, and Neil Fligstein.
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Basak Kus @basakkus.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
@reggovjournal.bsky.social has arrived on Bsky. Hello hello!
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Basak Kus @basakkus.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Another paper out from our special issue on Greening the Economy. @joseatiles.bsky.social and David Whyte examine the role of "regulatory havens" in climate change by looking at fossil capital in the Caribbean. Read here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Fossil Capital in the Caribbean: The Toxic Role of “Regulatory Havens” in Climate Change
Secrecy jurisdictions play a crucial role in the legal framework perpetuating climate change. This paper demonstrates how these jurisdictions sustain the dynamics of climate change by enabling capita...
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Basak Kus @basakkus.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
In May, we will convene in Berkeley for a 2-day conference to honor Neil Fligstein, our retiring mentor, and discuss recent developments in economic sociology and political economy. Many thanks to Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative and the Dept of Sociology. sites.google.com/berkeley.edu...
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Basak Kus @basakkus.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Reading @bartbonikowski.bsky.social "Three Lessons..." this morning in preparation for a discussion with my students this afternoon. I appreciate his argument that populism must be examined "in the full range of its empirical manifestations, not just in electoral politics..."
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Basak Kus @basakkus.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
We cannot wait to hear about @julietschor.bsky.social's new research on companies implementing four-day work trials. I am especially excited to see how it connects to her earlier work, starting with The Overworked American, and her recent writing on climate change and degrowth.
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Basak Kus @basakkus.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
This week in my class: Lebovic on Espionage Act, D.Stuart on the 1947 NSA, @lisastampnitzky.bsky.social on experts and terrorism, @davidcole-gtown.bsky.social Enemy Aliens, @nadiamarzouki.bsky.social -Islam:An American Religion, Ackerman-Before the Next Attack. Every single one of them, must read
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Basak Kus @basakkus.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Look look! @bycatherineegan.bsky.social has a new book out.
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Basak Kus @basakkus.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
2024 was an exciting year for me. My book Disembedded: Regulation, Crisis, and Democracy in the Age of Finance came out. global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Palma Polyak @palmapolyak.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Update: this list has now 100 (!) women political economists to follow! 🤩 Thanks so much for the (self-)recommendations, I'm thrilled to connect and reconnect with you all here & so looking forward to learning more about your work! Still 50 spots open! 🙋 go.bsky.app/QFrdfh3
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Basak Kus @basakkus.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Looking forward to this! What should I ask Paul?
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Valentina Ausserladscheider @vapunkt.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
📢 CfP: The #climate crisis leads to unprecedented losses & damages to real and financial #assets. But the dynamics and consequences of asset stranding are poorly understood. That´s why @trgn.bsky.social, @pgolka.bsky.social and I put together a special issue with SER academic.oup.com/ser/pages/cf...
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Call for Papers: The socio-economics of loss and decline in the climate crisis
Special issue for Socio-Economic Review Guest Editors: Valentina Ausserladscheider, University of Vienna, (valentina.ausserladscheider@univie.ac.at), Timur Er
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