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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 8h
Control without ownership? Will Hutton & Andy Haldane have drawn up a plan to fix the UK water industry: introduce guardrails, but keep it in private hands. Chris Hayes explains why this is ill-founded – and why only public ownership can fix a broken system. www.common-wealth.org/publications...
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Muddying the Water: A Reply to Hutton and Haldane
On the dubious dismissal of the public ownership of water.
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Chris Hayes @chrismwhayes.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
"Firms with more Epstein-connected CEOs or directors exhibit significantly worse ESG outcomes." cepr.org/publications...
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herman mark schwartz @thunen.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
pleased to announce the merger of @erikpeinert.bsky.social (antitrust) and my (corporate organization / franchise) interests in a paper on what the end of regulation banning vertical restraints meant for the US political economy = not good ! academic.oup.com/ser/advance-...
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Strong Intellectual Property and Weak Antitrust: How the End of Vertical Restraints Fissured the US Political Economy
Abstract. What explains rising inequality after 1980? Explanations describing immediate causes, like skill-biased technological change, financialization, o
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Gareth @gfearn.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
✍️New essay for @the-breakdown.bsky.social which attempts an analysis of the energy transition as one between two competing fractions of capital - fossil and electric - and the conflicts and struggles which will lead towards an 'electro-capitalism' (or not!) www.break-down.org/electro-capi...
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Electro-Capitalism
Ours is the age of transition: from fossil capital to electricity capital. The future that emerges will be determined by the fierce struggles of the present.
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The BREAK—DOWN @the-breakdown.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
NEW: Gareth Fearn lays out the stakes of "electro-capitalism". "The economic basis of this transition is not simply between technologies of energy production. Rather, it is between two different fractions of capital." www.break-down.org/electro-capi...
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Electro-Capitalism
Ours is the age of transition: from fossil capital to electricity capital. The future that emerges will be determined by the fierce struggles of the present.
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Jonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.eurosky.social · 04/02/2026
Nice data point about how financial interests pretend to be ready to leave if we raise their taxes or regulate them
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Jo Michell @jomichell.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
New research! Austerity and the labour market in the UK. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... Headline result: austerity reduced wages, increased employment rates, and contributed to weak productivity. 1/n
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Estimating the effects of austerity on the labour market: Evidence from Great Britain
Between 2010 and 2019, in response to concern about the public finances, the UK government imposed substantial cuts to public spending. This austerity programme
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Transition Security Project @transitionsec.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
“The way US empire is being restructured adds to the existential threat of climate crisis — militarisation, a new Cold War and the formation of power blocs are carbon intensive undertakings.” Read the introduction to our new series — Two Transitions transitionsecurity.org/two-transiti...
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Two Transitions
A series of essays on geopolitics, the climate crisis and collective safety in a multipolar world.
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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
This event is today. Sign up! Very happy to say that I'll be a fellow of the new centre @TransitionSec, which investigates military industrial complexes as economic, climate and geopolitical threats. If you're concerned about both UK arms exports and the climate emergency, this is for you.
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Transition Security Project @transitionsec.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
🚨 ONLINE EVENT Join us for a free panel on the war economy, the climate impacts of war & the geopolitics of the climate transition. Speakers: @stephensemler.bsky.social, @triofrancos.bsky.social & @iliasalami.bsky.social, chaired by @lalehkhalili.bsky.social 📅 16 Oct 6PM BST 🔗 shorturl.at/NwJCL
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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
We’re collaborating with @cplusc.bsky.social to launch @transitionsec.bsky.social — a new research centre on the military economy and industrial alternatives, the climate impacts of war and the threats that US empire poses to a safe climate transition. Sign up to attend the online launch event. 👇
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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 05/09/2025
Using a triple-differences model, we show that the biggest negative effect of turning right was among the party’s own supporters
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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · 05/09/2025
Radical right accommodation really does not work. New paper out with this exceptionally talented team @katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk doi.org/10.31235/osf...
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Beth Stratford @bethstratford.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
📣Hot off the press! Taking Stock: A foundation for future housing strategy. We challenge persistent myths about the housing crisis and highlight ways to meet housing need within environmental limits. First output for 🏠Homes that Don’t Cost the Earth🌍. Read a 10 min summary: tinyurl.com/mu59kb29
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Roosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 24/06/2025
We need public institutions that steer finance toward the public good. Roosevelt Senior Fellow @stomarova.bsky.social reminds us the financial system isn’t neutral—it’s a powerful engine that can either entrench inequality or help build a fairer economy. fortune.com/asia/2025/06...
“It would be structured to serve a single purpose: to give the American public a seat at the table where banks make decisions on how to manage—or perhaps not manage—the risks we ultimately may have to bear,” she suggested in an opinion piece for the New York Times.
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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 03/06/2025
"the same factory worker left behind by globalisation can be an investor, too" (sic)
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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
The Pensions Review is a great opportunity to boost the UK economy & help savers — but it's being missed. The state must use its fiscal might to enable better outcomes for both the economy & the public, while policymakers must be innovative & take risks. www.common-wealth.org/publications...
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To Unlock Pension Funds, We Need to Unlock the Pensions Review | Briefing | Common Wealth
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Phenomenal World @phenomenalworld.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
4 NEW pieces, with @cornelban.bsky.social + @jhasselbalch.bsky.social on state planning, @rosiecollington.bsky.social on planet-critical sectors, @shayaksengupta.bsky.social + Abhinav Jindal on multilateralism, and @brusselermel.bsky.social + @chrismwhayes.bsky.social on derisking (Links below)
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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
“Public development of renewable capacity ... isn't a suspension of the profit imperative but its subordination to social need” @brusselermel.bsky.social @chrismwhayes.bsky.social on the UK’s CfD scheme & derisking energy. 🔗 @phenomenalworld.bsky.social www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/nod...
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Nodes for Socialization | Melanie Brusseler & Chris Hayes
The UK’s carbon for difference scheme and the future of derisking energy
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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
🚨 NEW: The gas sector is holding the country to ransom during peak demand. Here’s why taking the sector into public ownership can put a stop to sky high bills. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Nationalise gas power plants to boost energy security, thinktank urges UK ministers
Common Wealth says private gas-fired stations can charge exorbitant fees when renewable energy is in short supply
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The BREAK—DOWN @the-breakdown.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
LAUNCHING…. The first issue of our new journal – now available to pre-order on The BREAK—DOWN website 👇 linktr.ee/breakdownradio
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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 30/03/2025
First edition of the eagerly awaited @newjawnfades.bsky.social and Samir Sonti newsletter on the political economy of pensions and finance in the US. A little topic of utmost, global, economic and political importance. Amen to this:
Quote from the post: "The main point we hope to get across is that the U.S. system of retirement savings has been structurally integrated into a financial system whose operation works counter to the interest of the workers and the planet. In short, the logic of the system by which retirement security is provided in the U.S. actively harms workers. The only real solution to this problem is a fully public system – for instance, a far more robust Social Security system – which treats the economic security of elders as a public good."
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Brett Christophers @brettchristophers.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
What sort of owner might KKR be? The following (from Our Lives in their Portfolios) is what happened when KKR took over the municipal water network of Bayonne New Jersey.....
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Thames Water selects KKR as preferred bidder
Private equity interest comes as UK’s largest water utility is fighting to avoid renationalisation
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Jim Kane @kanejim.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
After a little delay, we finally got moving with this thing. The first post -- a short intro -- is up now. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Text says: "Welcome to This is Fine(ance) Capital"

Image is the "this is fine" meme with the dog saying, "so, we have a new substack."
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Jim Kane @kanejim.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
The aggregate differences in portfolios for PE-backed insurers vs non-PE-backed insurers (from a Moody's note yesterday). The former hold less corporate debt, less government debt, more affiliate debt, more CLOs, more other ABS, and more MBS. Fund financing (loans to PE funds) is gaining steam.
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Alternative asset manager-backed insurance companies generally hold more structured assets, many originated by affiliates

When navigating the private credit market, US life insurers typically opt for investment-grade assets, because lower-rated assets carry
higher capital charges. In some cases, they take below-investment grade underlying investments and structure them into different
investments, some of which have investment-grade ratings. One trend gaining momentum, particularly among AM-backed insurers, is
investment in assets backed by funds (fund financing). Additionally, a number of insurers invest in private structured securities backed
by more esoteric collateral, such as music royalties, rail car leases, or sports-related investments, to name a few. Another common
investment is CLOs, specifically middle-market CLOs (as opposed to CLOs backed by syndicated loans). The exhibit below shows the
differences in investment portfolios between life insurers owned wholly or in part by asset managers and a benchmark group of publicly
traded or mutual insurance companies, with an appendix providing a comprehensive list of the firms within each category.

Next, there are two pie charts, asset manager-back insurer portfolios on the left, mutual/public insurer portfolios on the right. The asset manager-back insurers hold less corporate debt, less government debt, more affiliate debt, more CLOs, more other ABS, and more MBS.
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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
🚨 What connects Thames Water, Panama Canal and the UK's power networks? The Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing. 🧵 See our thread to find out just how of Britain he owns.
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Jim Kane @kanejim.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
"KKR Is Said to Make £4 Billion Equity Bid for Thames Water" Time to once again refer the Labour government to @chrismwhayes.bsky.social's detailed diagram. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Three intersecting circles labeled "essential service", "private ownership," and "natural monopolies." The intersection is labeled "dumb."
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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Important report on the planning system from @msingerhobbs.bsky.social Too many homes are being built that lack good transport links and lock in costly car dependence. We need more and better planning to guide development and ensure homes and infrastructure are built in the right places.
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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 14/02/2025
We don't need to rip up the planning system to build 1.5 million new homes. Thousands of homes are granted planning permission every year but never get built. The gov should consider measures to force developers to build, or face sanctions. Read more: www.ippr.org/articles/str...
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Indy @indy.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Part of what makes the UK a fundamentally unserious country these days is we're incapable of choosing strategic objectives and committing to them to shape the future, rather than attempting to optimise a vision of an ever-lasting present. 3/3
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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
in which, I diagnose the real problem of British building - it's not NIMBYs, it's NOMFUPs open.substack.com/pub/backofmi...
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the only growth industry is excuses
anel y trefniant yw be mae'n eu wneud
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The BREAK—DOWN @the-breakdown.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
🌟We're recruiting!🌟 We're looking for a Digital Strategy Officer to join our growing team. If you've got an eye for impactful social media content and are passionate about climate and ecological crisis, we'd love to hear from you! Deadline: February 26th. www.common-wealth.org/vacancies/di...
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Vacancies | Digital Strategy Officer — The Break Down
Remote (UK-based).
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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Modern Bricklayer Theory makes it clear that the goverment is not constrained by "labour" or "physical resources", this is just nimby austerity.
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Hyun Bang Shin @hyunshin.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Pleased to share the news that the publisher proofs for The Political Economy of Megaprojects in Asia: State Power, Land Control, Financial Flows, and Dispossession were checked, and the edited book (w/ Dong-Wan Gimm) is coming soon in Feb 2025. More details here: urbancommune.net?p=3145
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Gabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Happy new year! 2024 was a transformative year for our EU Tax Observatory @taxobservatory.bsky.social Here’s an overview of the research we published last year. All papers and databases are available online on taxobservatory.eu 🧵
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EU Tax Observatory
Learn more about taxation: research publications, notes, public events, a repository and interactive tools
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Chris Hayes @chrismwhayes.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Are Piketty, Saez and @gabrielzucman.bsky.social ever going to update their US DINA micro-files? So many contested questions about the last four years that it would inform.
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Genocide. Israel should be banned from all international forums, events, sporting competitions. Trade with Israel should be embargoed. Anyone associated with the IDF should be denied visas.
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Arthur Downing @arthurdowning.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
My thoughts on the essay Foundations. ‘Fixing planning’ is no silver bullet. open.substack.com/pub/energyne...
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Without Foundation
A critique of the essay Foundations by Bowman, Southwood and Hughes
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