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Agenda Publishing @agendapub.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Just arrived: The Social Foundations of Global Finance edited by @chris-clarke.bsky.social & @benclift.bsky.social Chapters by @johannespetry.bsky.social, @hozic.bsky.social, Randall Germain, Magnus Ryner, Matthew Watson & others... #OpenAccess eBook available 👇 www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...

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Chris Clarke @chris-clarke.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

This seems like an age ago already! Thanks for an ace event @drscottjames.bsky.social

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Chris Clarke @chris-clarke.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Deep into marking a pile of book reviews. A clear majority chose to write on Adam Tooze's Crashed. Yet the book is read so differently across the papers, while all offering glowing accounts. Sign of a good book I guess?

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Chris Clarke @chris-clarke.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Kids at the play centre, so some time to read more of @natjdyer.bsky.social's wonderfully researched and superbly written Ricardo's Dream!

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Chris Clarke @chris-clarke.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

"it just becomes leverage upon leverage, all the way down" Inside Wall Street’s booming $1tn ‘synthetic risk transfer’ phenomenon - on.ft.com/49PjGiv via @FT

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JP Koning @jpkoning.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

I've probably spent way too much of my life writing about bitcoin — over twelve years. Anyways, I just reread everything I've ever written on bitcoin. Here's how my thoughts on the topic have changed since my first post in 2012. jpkoning.blogspot.com/2024/12/afte...

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After twelve years of writing about bitcoin, here's how my thinking has changed

What follows is an essay on how my thinking on bitcoin has changed since I began to write on the topic starting with my first post in Octobe...

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Chris Clarke @chris-clarke.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

"The winners are already reaping unimaginable rewards. All this is taking place before Trump is even in office." Trump’s bonanza of the century - on.ft.com/3Dh32w1 via @FT

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Trump’s bonanza of the century

Elon Musk and other super-wealthy entrepreneurs stand to benefit from deregulation

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Rodrigo Fernandez @fernandezamsterdam.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

The relentless advance of American asset managers in Europe on.ft.com/3DkrIUF

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Chris Clarke @chris-clarke.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

"Bluesky is designed not to trap users in a gilded cage — but investors like gilded cages because they’re easier to monetise" Bluesky: the tech hotshot that’s old, new, borrowed and blue - on.ft.com/4gbNWXi via @FT

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Bluesky: the tech hotshot that’s old, new, borrowed and blue

The social network offers a near facsimile of Elon Musk’s X that’s friendlier to users, if not necessarily investors

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Chris Clarke @chris-clarke.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

"Trading volumes in US equities jumped 38 per cent in November from the same month in 2023, reaching levels not seen since the meme stock craze of early 2021" Meme stocks as benchmark for market commentary. on.ft.com/3DeFbgz

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Donald Trump’s election win sparks trading surge for banks and brokers

Markets activity ‘exploded’ as traders bet on a more business-friendly approach by incoming administration

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Chris Clarke @chris-clarke.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Writing about fintech in relation to the social foundations of finance approach of my late friend and colleague Tim Sinclair has given me an opportunity to unpack with more precision the new forms of power and inequality fintech establishes in the world economy. #ipesky

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Dr Ally Louks @drallylouks.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Should anyone want to read my reflections on causing a stink and going viral, my article with The New Statesman is linked below: t.co/Hnqmzhz2DE

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Jens van 't Klooster 💸💸💸 @jvtk.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Scary stuff by @laurielaybourn.bsky.social and @jamesgyke.bsky.social on the climate-inflation doom loop: As climate disruption kicks off, prices go up, central bankers hike and angry voters derail democratic systems, setting the stage for more disruption. theconversation.com/a-doom-loop-...

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A ‘doom loop’ of climate change and geopolitical instability is beginning

Climate change is driving inflation and instability, which harms climate action. But it’s not too late to escape the doom loop.

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Chris Clarke @chris-clarke.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Fiery stuff, though maybe a bit harsh on rocks and trees. New eras, same bubbles: the forgotten lessons of history - on.ft.com/3ZMaEPW via @FT

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Chris Clarke @chris-clarke.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

"Platforms are designed to perform accumulation strategies of their owners and these include the displacement of informal, solidaristic relations by vertical relations of market dependence". The notion of vertical relations used here is really intriguing. Ace chapter @sallyhbrooks.bsky.social

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Chris Clarke @chris-clarke.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Reading a super chapter by @lenarethel.bsky.social entitled 'Governing Financial Development in a Time of Uncertainty' for a work-in-progress workshop on her book tomorrow with the IPE cluster at Warwick. #ipesky

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Chris Clarke @chris-clarke.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

This kind of autocritique from the FT is fascinating, not least because the core point is a direct defence of finance as distinct from gambling, calling to mind Marieke de Goede's magisterial Virtue, Fortune, and Faith (2005) #ipesky www.ft.com/content/3903...

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Memecoins will go away once we stop paying attention to them

Regulation has failed. It’s time to try indifference

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Chris Clarke @chris-clarke.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

This story is quite horrific. And a chilling indictment of how academic research is viewed by some. Rooting for @allylouks.bsky.social to take this and turn the attention into something positive. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Academic trolled for Cambridge Uni PhD 'unfazed by the vitriol'

Dr Ally Louk receives threats on X after posting about her PhD, but says most comments are

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Chris Clarke @chris-clarke.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

The ‘money repressive hypothesis’ is very interesting here.

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Chris Clarke @chris-clarke.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Ace talk by @natjdyer.bsky.social to the IPE research cluster at Warwick today. Check out his book! #RicardosDream #ipesky

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Chris Clarke @chris-clarke.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Yeah, sure, but this only applies to memecoins?! Squirrels, dogs and pygmy hippos: crypto’s multibillion-dollar ‘memecoin’ boom - on.ft.com/3OEPVap via @FT

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Juanita Elias @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

feminist/queer political economy starter pack is here - let me know who else I need to add

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Chris Clarke @chris-clarke.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Teaching on the politics of inflation today. Students find it much more accessible compared to a few years ago. Experience eh? They enjoyed engaging this fantastic article by @jacquelinebest.bsky.social putting the inflation game into historical context. #ipesky www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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The Inflation Game: Targets, Practices and the Social Production of Monetary Credibility

In recent years, central banks have continued to preach inflation targeting even as they have pursued a wide range of unorthodox inflation-management policies. As the disconnect between discourse a...

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Chris Clarke @chris-clarke.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Presumably if the lines between established payment infrastructures and crypto payment infrastructures continue to blur this further moves crypto from a consumer protection issue towards a more substantial systemic risk. www.forbes.com/sites/boazso...

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Stripe’s Bet On Crypto Reveals Shifting Payment Landscape

As the payments landscape continues to evolve, the true value of Bridge's technology and Stripe's strategic bet will become clearer.

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Cody Hochstenbach @codyhochstenbach.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

The share of UK first-time buyers relying on parental financial support has significantly increased over time. www.ft.com/content/4b7e...

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Chris Clarke @chris-clarke.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

"like a digital asset, 'the real value is the concept itself'" What concept exactly? Look forward to seeing the PoC. Trump-linked crypto founder eats $6mn banana on stage - on.ft.com/3OuDVs2

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Trump-linked crypto founder eats $6mn banana on stage

Justin Sun hails US president-elect’s support of industry amid spectacle at Hong Kong event

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Chris Clarke @chris-clarke.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Beyond the study of high level central bank discourse, "it is just as important to look at the technical specifications through which key models and indicators are operationalized and interpreted by technocratic agents on a day-to-day basis". Super job done by Nick Kotucha.

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Chris Clarke @chris-clarke.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

The minor problem of having an academic partner and not checking with each other what books you've ordered recently.

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Chris Clarke @chris-clarke.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

"This ‘past as future’ presumption makes no logical sense in the context of decarbonisation and green transition – where economic, energy and other systems must of necessity undergo profound transformation" Great work on models and the technocratic politics of climate change by colleagues in PAIS.

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Chris Hesketh @chrishesketh.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Adding to this, an announcement this week that 300 jobs at Sussex are at risk. At what point does the UK government realise that one of its most successful sectors is being destroyed?

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Chris Clarke @chris-clarke.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Looking forward to @natjdyer.bsky.social giving a talk on his new book to the IPE research cluster at Warwick next week. #RicardosDream

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Chris Clarke @chris-clarke.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

"how might we conceive of a form of capitalism suffering a profound devaluation of values, and in which enrichment stems from the flow of time itself?" Profound thinking about a crisis of value and justification in the asset condition by @will-davies.bsky.social

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Chris Clarke @chris-clarke.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I created a starter pack for the political, cultural, social study of money and finance. It is incomplete and provisional. Please suggest additions/updates! go.bsky.app/3BhMAZq

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Chris Clarke @chris-clarke.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Dissecting the curious relationship between financialization and assetization, with a focus on power. Nice.

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Chris Clarke @chris-clarke.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

UG students taught me a lot in class today, including insights into how in Nigeria there is a strong sense of "you in the UK treat credit cards as money too much - it's not real!" while simultaneously holding the view that crypto is more trustworthy than the naira, for understandable reasons.

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Vincent Guermond @vincentguermond.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

New symposium out in @antipodeonline.bsky.social on Depletion through/of Social Reproduction. It builds on Shirin Rai's foundational work on depletion to replenish geographical thinking on depletion through/of social reproduction. 1/7 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

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Chris Clarke @chris-clarke.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

The World Chess Championship match begins today! Rooting for Gukesh but huge respect for Ding speaking openly about mental health struggles at the top of an elite sport. www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/n...

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Champion Ding and challenger Gukesh prepare for world title battle

China’s world champion Ding Liren, 32, will face his Indian rival Gukesh Dommaraju, 18, on Monday.

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Palma Polyak @palmapolyak.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Can'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

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Chris Clarke @chris-clarke.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

I often avoid debates about the fate of #neoliberalism, for fear of totalising tendencies. But this analysis by Philipp Staab nicely unpacks how digital capitalism built on proprietary markets further undermines the fiction of market neutrality at the centre of much neoliberal mantra.

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Chris Clarke @chris-clarke.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Straight talking honest politics?

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