Reposted by Jim KaneSara Nelson @flyingwithsara.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Congratulations @uaw.org President Shawn Fain and the entire UAW United ticket! Thank you, UAW members! 312016
Jim Kane @kanejim.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Unless the bullying of smol bean Claude stops, everyone will be arrested for homicide. 010
Reposted by Jim KaneJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854 124121975202
Reposted by Jim KaneThe Dig @thedigradio.bsky.social · 08/10/2026New on The Dig: Confronting Labor's Crisis w/ Micah Uetricht & Chris Brooks It’s no surprise to our listeners that the US labor movement has long been in serious crisis - but we might soon be hitting a point of no return, after which the revival of organized labor might not be possible. 1187
Reposted by Jim KanePaul Langley @paullangley.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"Hedge funds' borrowing has tripled since 2020" and markets are a one way bet on AI. www.ft.com/content/d313... via @FTft.comHow a trillion-dollar hedge fund borrowing spree became Wall Street’s cash cowBanks’ trading businesses are booming, but post-crisis regulation means it is no longer them placing the bets 042
Reposted by Jim KaneBenjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 08/10/2026The perfect anecdote encapsulating the relationship between this administration and the collapse of US empire does not ex... 04612
Jim Kane @kanejim.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I am shocked to learn that Bessent may be a sociopath.wsj.comInside Bessent’s Treasury: Tension, Turnover and Unmet Economic GoalsAhead of midterms that could turn on high prices and borrowing costs, the secretary dresses down officials. 2141
Reposted by Jim KaneJW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Is it? Or is it what it looks like when what would otherwise be a recession is offset by extraordinary demand from one sector? 78922
Jim Kane @kanejim.bsky.social · 07/10/2026If you had asked me how F-35 parts move across the globe to San Francisco, I'm not sure what I'd guess but it definitely wouldn't be this... www.bloomberg.com/news/article... 030
Reposted by Jim KaneToby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 07/10/2026🚨 I wrote a post about how US MBS are a (longstanding) part of the US Treasury doom loop machine. www.ft.com/content/a04e...ft.comHow US mortgage bonds can trigger a ‘vicious loop’ for Treasury yieldsOne little cog in the bond market’s feedback machine 55016
Reposted by Jim KaneBenjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 07/10/2026Serious fiscal state capacity is when it’s shock and awe among offshore wealth holders. (“They” are the Communist Party.) 13110
Jim Kane @kanejim.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Literally doing the guy in a hotdog suit bit www.bloomberg.com/news/article... 021
Reposted by Jim KaneHistorical Materialism Journal @histmat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Historical Materialism is sorry to learn of the passing of Anwar Shaikh. We repost this interview with Shaikh from 2021 and will endeavour to get something published on our website remembering his person and legacy.historicalmaterialism.orgAn interview with Anwar Shaikh - Historical MaterialismProfessor Anwar Shaikh is professor of Economics in the Graduate Faculty of Social and Political Science at The New School for Social Research in New York City, where he has taught since 1972. He is a... 25435
Jim Kane @kanejim.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I can’t believe they still exist. I came across them about 20 years ago when I was in NYC and was like, “no way they’re actually calling themselves ‘I bought you’?” 100
Jim Kane @kanejim.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I am now in favor of shutting down proxy advisory firms. 050
Reposted by Jim KaneAnn Monster Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026rereading jensen & meckling (as one does), and - oof: 8215
Reposted by Jim KaneLenore Palladino @lenorepalladino.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I have a new article in Intl J of PE, as part of a symposium on expanding our thinking about public banking & democratic finance it's called "The Potential of Public Credit Funds" & builds on work by @stomarova.bsky.social & many others www.tandfonline.com/eprint/CAIZH...tandfonline.comThe Potential of Public Credit FundsThis article proposes a public credit fund as a new institutional form within an emerging ecosystem of public banking in the United States. State and local public pension funds hold nearly $6 trill... 12910
Jim Kane @kanejim.bsky.social · 06/10/2026and then there's the goal of using these accounts to deemphasize social security. 010
Reposted by Jim KaneBenjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 05/10/2026If you're a non-US technocrat who thinks they're getting "strangled by interest rates" (BdF governor today), your escape routes are - a massive AI productivity boom that is very unlikely - a massive AI stock market crash that is very likely Unusual incentives, to say the least. 1215
Jim Kane @kanejim.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"there is still a good amount of runway left, and this industry is not at the level where HVAC is” 🫠 010
Jim Kane @kanejim.bsky.social · 05/10/2026KKR "is acquiring A1 Garage Door Service for approximately 20 times its EBITDA..."pitchbook.comKKR's A1 Garage deal raises the valuation bar - PitchBookThe buyout firm paid approximately 20x EBITDA for the garage door services company. 100
Jim Kane @kanejim.bsky.social · 04/10/2026the end result of decades of chopping up the hotel business into three separate businesses for investors: real estate owner (fixed income-like), operator and "flag"/brand (growth stocks)--with the last two often, but not always, combined. 020
Jim Kane @kanejim.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The effects of private equity’s financialization of youth baseball: “Frequent participation in baseball has fallen 28% since 2014 in families with annual incomes of less than $100,000… In the same period, participation has increased 21% in families making more than $100,000.” 120
Reposted by Jim KaneStuart Schrader @stschrader1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The new book I co-edited with @juliango.bsky.social, IMPERIAL ENTANGLEMENTS OF POLICING, is now shipping from @dukepress.bsky.social. Order your copy here: dukeupress.edu/imperial-ent... 05624
Reposted by Jim KaneToby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026🚨It was only a matter of time before the good people of the BIS got around to looking at AI circular financing www.ft.com/content/8787...ft.comIs circular financing in AI a problem?Only if the wheel stops spinning 15823
Jim Kane @kanejim.bsky.social · 02/10/2026from the transcript for: Apollo Global Management, Inc. Presents at Bank of America 31st Annual Financials CEO Conference, Sep-23-2026 03:00 PM 130
Jim Kane @kanejim.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Only UK water utilities require this level of ownership complexity! 031
Reposted by Jim Kanesusannah glickman @susglickman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026newt taking his window of opportunity to make defense $, will we ever leave the 80s/90s 5477
Reposted by Jim KaneMike McCarthy @itsmccarthy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Out of hibernation to share a polemic I published today at Salvage titled “On Theoretical Degeneration.” It takes aim at the unusual suspects currently reconstructing right theory (Yarvin, Land, etc.) and some on the left and center as well. You can find the article online below. 112
Jim Kane @kanejim.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It's definitely not a giant fee grab 🙄 www.pionline.com/rules-regula... 071
Reposted by Jim KaneFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 01/10/2026An AI sovereign wealth fund isn’t progressive — it’s techno-imperialism ft.trib.al/7xf1b1Fft.trib.alAn AI sovereign wealth fund isn’t progressive — it’s techno-imperialismAccruing income at home from land and power abroad has an old name: empire 12711
Jim Kane @kanejim.bsky.social · 30/09/2026At least it creates some fun fiduciary duty questions for retirement plan trustees 020
Jim Kane @kanejim.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Political campaign language finally catches up with the rise of the new finance capital. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... 053
Jim Kane @kanejim.bsky.social · 30/09/2026No more DB pensions in the private sector? A trade group that BlackRock's a member of says they can just stuff PE/PC in your 401(k) and solved the problem 🫠 www.prosperityretirementalliance.com/the-401k-at-... 011
Jim Kane @kanejim.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"...hybrid 401k product that includes privates and insurance wrappers" Sounds fun! 100
Reposted by Jim KaneNessa Ní Chasaide @nessanichasaide.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Great selection of papers on technofinance just out in @finandsoc.bsky.social 053
Jim Kane @kanejim.bsky.social · 29/09/2026investing in AI labs will wipe out humanity, fully fund pensions. 131
Reposted by Jim KaneEwan McGaughey @ewanmg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My report on fixing the water system is out with @cmmonwealth.bsky.social: 💦transfer the leakiest, polluting companies to public hands for £0 🌊audit the rest to gauge repair costs, and public ownership is likely to cost £12bn, saving up to £1.4bn in 3 years www.common-wealth.org/publications...common-wealth.orgCrystal Clear: the Solutions for Clean, Running WaterThe clearest and most cost-effective route to genuine public control of England's water is through public ownership. 0126
Jim Kane @kanejim.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"...most Democrats in Pennsylvania have a positive view of socialism — and nearly 40% consider themselves to be a democratic socialist, a new poll found."inquirer.comPa. Democrats have mostly positive view of socialism as progressive candidates secure winsWith Philadelphians set to elect their first democratic socialist to Congress, most Pennsylvania Democrats have favorable views of socialism. Still, it remains broadly unpopular. 010
