Reposted by Brian KettenringCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Cover of The Lancet: @thelancet.com www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... 15381663435
Reposted by Brian KettenringArchon Fung @politicsprof.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Watching the 60 Minutes CECOT segment feels somehow transgressive to me. Very disturbing report on human rights violations. Check it out here, in full broadcast quality, courtesy of @yasharali.bsky.social www.thereset.news/p/breaking-h...thereset.newsBREAKING: Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to SeeHours before it was set to air last night, CBS News executives pulled the segment, but Canada’s Global TV app received it prior to broadcast. 011
Brian Kettenring @bkettenring.bsky.social · 31/10/2025I reviewed Susan Stokes's new book, The Backsliders: Why Leaders Undermine Their Own Democracies, for Washington Monthly. This is an important book b/c it explains the connection between economic inequality and the rise of authoritarianism. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/10/30/t...washingtonmonthly.comTyranny Is Downstream From the EconomyWhile the causes of modern authoritarianism have been hotly debated, studies increasingly point to income inequality as the prime culprit. 031
Reposted by Brian KettenringProject Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · 22/09/2025@bkettenring.bsky.social, Co-President of the Global Fund for a New Economy, stresses the importance of organizing and communicating with communities, as well as developing a policy agenda with and in those communities. bit.ly/4p94eoV 031
Reposted by Brian KettenringBentley Allan @bentleyallan.bsky.social · 16/07/2025This is really exciting. Electrolytic steel presents an opportunity to make clean steel cheaper than traditional steel. The energy transition powers on. www.latitudemedia.com/news/despite...latitudemedia.comDespite Trump cuts, green steel startup Boston Metal raised another $51 millionThe company is charging ahead with its first project in Brazil. 261
Reposted by Brian KettenringOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 14/04/2025"“No government — regardless of which party is in power — should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue,” said Alan Garber, Harvard’s president, in a statement to the university" www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...nytimes.comHarvard Will Not Comply With a List of Trump Administration DemandsFederal officials said Harvard must enact “merit-based reform” in hiring and admissions, among other things. Harvard called the demands unlawful. 342264526
Reposted by Brian KettenringMax Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Elon's involvement in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race cost his candidate around 5% of the vote--even though he spent $25 million dollars on his behalf. Elon's endorsee ran 5 points behind the other statewide Republican candidate. That's an unbelievably negative return on investment. 21294911767
Reposted by Brian KettenringMatthias Schmelzer @matthiasschmelzer.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Freedom for Capital Not People charts the theoretical developments responsible for reshaping today's world economy, unleashing capital against democracy. Finally coming out in English, in June with @versobooks.bsky.social. Thanks @quinnslobodian.com 1137895
Reposted by Brian KettenringStand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 12/02/2025Welcome to the Bluesky account for Stand Up for Science 2025! Keep an eye on this space for updates, event information, and ways to get involved. We can't wait to see everyone #standupforscience2025 on March 7th, both in DC and locations nationwide! #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence 289114545401
Brian Kettenring @bkettenring.bsky.social · 28/02/2025I'm thrilled to share that I've been joined in leading the Global Fund for a New Economy by Dr. Adriana Abdenur. Please join me in welcoming Adriana to the team, LinkedIn announcement here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...linkedin.comThe Global Fund for a New Economy on LinkedIn: The Global Fund for a New Economy is pleased to announce our new…The Global Fund for a New Economy is pleased to announce our new Co-President, Dr. Adriana Abdenur. Adriana joins Co-President Brian Kettenring in leading our… 140
Reposted by Brian KettenringKate Riga @kateriga.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Schatz to reporters before his remarks on Musk's breaching the Treasury payment system: "Imagine yourself a foreign correspondent. How would you cover this if this were in South America or Central America or Sub-Saharan Africa? How would the coverage change?" 13726219
Reposted by Brian KettenringAstra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Protest at the Treasury in DC Tuesday 5PM. Pass it on. 3224801104
Reposted by Brian KettenringWajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Costco - the only company to publicly come out in support of Diversity initiatives despite pressure from the GOP and they just raised the pay for their workers. Stop shopping at Target. Costco to raise hourly pay for most US store workers to over $30 www.reuters.com/business/ret...reuters.comCostco to raise hourly pay for most US store workers to over $30Retailer Costco Wholesale will increase pay for most of its hourly U.S. store workers to more than $30, according to a memo sent to employees this week. 751287076480
Reposted by Brian KettenringJohn Goldin @johngoldin.com · 01/02/2025Alas, reading Character Limit now is an important tool for understanding the current moment. Without that book I would have assumed much of what I am hearing today was exaggerated. But it is scary similar to Musk path at Twitter. www.amazon.com/Character-Li... @kateconger.com @rmac.bsky.socialamazon.comCharacter Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed TwitterCharacter Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter [Conger, Kate, Mac, Ryan] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter 1231177
Reposted by Brian KettenringKara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 31/01/2025This is a hostile takeover of the federal government by a private citizen of unlimited means with no restrictions and no transparency. Welcome to the Deep State www.reuters.com/world/us/mus...reuters.comExclusive: Musk aides lock government workers out of computer systems at US agency, sources sayAides to Elon Musk charged with running the U.S. government human resources agency have locked career civil servants out of computer systems that contain the personal data of millions of federal employees, according to two agency officials. 17273276611906
Reposted by Brian KettenringHenry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 01/02/2025I don't get the sense that U.S. journalists have a good sense of who to talk to when basic government functions are being ripped out. Gutting the administrative state is not a standard beat. A short thread with some starter suggestions for who to read/talk to. Please - people add more in replies! 762687706
Reposted by Brian KettenringAtul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 26/01/2025I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵 9947672481
Brian Kettenring @bkettenring.bsky.social · 26/01/2025We can have high road economic development or take the low road. 010
Reposted by Brian KettenringEric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 25/01/2025President Trump fired 17 inspectors general, the internal watchdogs who monitor federal agencies, on Friday night, capping a week of dramatic shake-ups of the federal bureaucracy with a focus on loyalty to the president. (NYT confirming WashPost) www.nytimes.com/2025/01/24/u...nytimes.comTrump Fires 17 Inspectors General in Late-Night PurgeThe internal government watchdogs were believed to have been dismissed at several major agencies, though the Justice Department’s was not said to have been among them. 48360103
Reposted by Brian KettenringNoam Maggor @maggor.bsky.social · 18/01/2025@phenomenalworld.bsky.social has established itself as an indispensable and vibrant forum for fresh thinking in political economy. Delighted to step into this conversation again with a contribution on railroads & the history of industrial policy in the U.S.: www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/dev...phenomenalworld.orgDevelopmental Tracks | Phenomenal WorldRecent years have seen an astonishing resurgence of industrial policy as a legislative agenda and topic for lively debate. Thanks in large part to the waning political fortunes of neoliberalism, delib... 0167
Reposted by Brian KettenringIlias Alami @iliasalami.bsky.social · 14/01/2025Really excited to participate in this conference "Pathways to a new economy and politics," put together by @glgerstle.bsky.social and @maggor.bsky.social in Cambridge next May beyond-neoliberalism.orgbeyond-neoliberalism.orgBeyond Neoliberalism Conference 0164
Reposted by Brian KettenringGregor Semieniuk @gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social · 08/01/2025What's the EU pivot to industrial policy got in store for Eastern EU member states? In the EU Regular Economic Report with contributions from many teams across the World Bank, we study how trade & firm data allows revealing existing strengths in clean tech. www.worldbank.org/en/region/ec... 🔌💡 072
Reposted by Brian KettenringNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 10/01/2025NEW: Over 60 German & Austrian universities have announced today they are quitting X/Twitter. The backlash against Musk is growing after he endorsed Germany’s Far Right. Germany’s Feberal Court of Justice has also quit the platform, as well as top German football clubs & labour unions.barrons.comDozens Of German Universities Turn Back On X AccountsDozens of German universities said on Friday they would no longer use social network X -- owned by the world's richest man, Elon Musk -- citing ethical concerns. 552973855
Reposted by Brian KettenringArt Candee 🍿🥤 @artcandee.bsky.social · 09/01/2025The grandson of former President Jimmy Carter, Jason Carter, tells a story about his grandfather when he first got a cell phone. So funny and so relatable! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 580145653053
Reposted by Brian KettenringGale Sinatra @galesinatra.bsky.social · 09/01/2025We lost our home and everything we own in the Eaton Canyon fire. Climate change is real and it’s a bitch. 3493246518
Reposted by Brian KettenringAri Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Five alarm fire in North Carolina, where right-wing GOP majority on State Supreme Court just blocked certification of Democratic Justice Allison Riggs’ victory & appears to be laying groundwork to overturn the election www.motherjones.com/politics/202...motherjones.comRepublicans on NC Supreme Court block certification of Dem justice's victoryThe Court’s GOP majority could be laying the groundwork to overturn the election. 651278722
Reposted by Brian KettenringPeter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 25/12/2024If you've never donated to Wikipedia, now's the time. Elon Musk is attacking it because it's one of the only sources of honest, curated information that he can't control. www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-ta...newsweek.comElon Musk takes aim at WikipediaThe billionaire has become one of the most prominent supporters of President-elect Donald Trump. 420122156345
Reposted by Brian KettenringKate McNamara @katemcnamara.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Early career scholars/PhD students working on EU industrial policy & geoeconomics, apply to join me, @manuelamoschella.bsky.social, @donatodc.bsky.social, @trgn.bsky.social, @ankehassel.bsky.social & a host of other scholars for a workshop in Lake Como (April 22-24). Deadline is Jan 15, info below. 12819
Reposted by Brian KettenringThe American Prospect @prospect.org · 05/12/2024We're conducting our annual holiday fundraiser! Contribute here to support our reporting on ideas, politics, and power: secure.actblue.com/donate/tap-e...secure.actblue.comI just donated to The American ProspectMy donation supports independent, fact-checked, professional journalism, which is now more valuable than ever before. 45320
Reposted by Brian KettenringNoam Maggor @maggor.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Gary Gerstle and I are pleased to announce an upcoming international gathering of scholars, thinkers & policymakers to envision a political economy of a post-neoliberal world: beyond-neoliberalism.org Further details coming in January. Thanks to the Hewlett Foundation for its support! 36729
Reposted by Brian KettenringIsabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 12/12/2024NEW PAPER: The 2022 fossil fuel price jumps caused an oil and gas profit explosion. We show the US reaped the largest profit increase (USD 275bn) of any country. Big Oil claims this benefits the American people. In fact, 51% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A 🧵 451450706
Reposted by Brian KettenringNeil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Two stages of writing: 1) This shouldn't take too long 2) Oh no 561370787003
Reposted by Brian KettenringEric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 30/11/2024NBC: Mississippi Free Press "Bluesky is getting 20 times the engagement or more than Twitter,” Pittman said. “Seeing a social media platform that doesn’t throttle links really makes it clear how badly we were being limited.” search.app?link=https%3...search.appJournalists flock to Bluesky as X becomes increasingly 'toxic'Journalists are finding more readers and less hate on Bluesky than on the platform they used to know as Twitter. 263199303530
Reposted by Brian KettenringThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 28/11/2024The message to Democrats is clear: you must dump neoliberal economics | Joseph Stiglitztheguardian.comThe message to Democrats is clear: you must dump neoliberal economics | Joseph StiglitzThe party must return to its progressive roots. A new economy is needed with new rules and new roles As the shock of Donald Trump’s victory sinks in, pundits and politicians are mulling what it means for the future of the US and global politics.… 32345107
Reposted by Brian KettenringJonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Public library energy is the best energy. Like here is all the knowledge we could find, it's been meticulously organized and vetted and it will cost you nothing today, welcome to the absolute pinnacle of human civic evolution, feel free to pull up any bean bag chair you like 422303554754
Reposted by Brian KettenringChristy Thornton @llchristyll.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Getting excited for one of my favorite events of the year, our 3rd annual @hpe-project.bsky.social grantees conference. This year @quinnslobodian.com is hosting at BU, Dec 13-14. If you're in Boston & interested in attending, we have a few spaces for non-grantees: www.hpeproject.org/2024-confere...hpeproject.org2024 Grantees Conference: Neoliberalism’s Citadels and Chokepoints — History & Political Economy Project 1113
Reposted by Brian KettenringPalma Polyak @palmapolyak.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Can't believe this wasn't a thing yet— 50 *women* in political economy I follow & you should too! 💡 Send me more! 🙋♀️ go.bsky.app/QFrdfh3 50494214
Reposted by Brian KettenringIeda Marcondes @iedamarcondes.com · 18/11/2024💫 Starter Packs Major News Outlets Journalists True Crime LGBTQ News Queer Pop Culture Rolling Stone Huffposters Wired Tech Media Hollywood Moviesky Film Writers Film Critics RogerEbert.com Movie Podcasts Darker Film TV Critics TV Writers Art History Concept Artists Indie Solo Devs Gaming Retro 4427262
Reposted by Brian KettenringBoston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Our new issue, AI FUTURES, is here. Evgeny Morozov leads a forum with @audreyt.org, Terry Winograd, Brian Eno, Bruce Schneier & Nathan Sanders, @bcmerchant.bsky.social, @bigblackjacobin.bsky.social Wendy Liu, and @smw.bsky.social & Amba Kak. bostonreview.net/memberships 35516
