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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Fuel your dinner table debates this festive season! 🍽️❄️ From liberation movements and war to diplomacy and politics, these sharp, timely books are guaranteed to add extra spark to your holiday conversations. #FestiveReads #HolidayReading #Debates ow.ly/bhPT50XBjNm
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Kathryn King aka Keen-Eyed Kathryn @kathrynehking.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Does the key to uniting against divisive politics lie in our personal lives? @BeresfordPeter writes in @TheConversationUK theconversation.com/does-the-key... publication of his new book The Antidote: policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/the-antidote
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The Antidote
The Antidote - How People-Powered Movements Can Renew Politics, Policy and Practice; The Antidote explores what we can learn from the equalisation of personal roles and relationships to make possible ...
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Kathryn King aka Keen-Eyed Kathryn @kathrynehking.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Why and how is the education system failing working-class children? Diane Reay explains: blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...
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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Book launch: CTRL HATE DELETE by Cécile Simmons. 💚 This new book explores the explosion of online #Misogyny and how #AntiFeminism has gone mainstream, whilst offering practical ideas on how to fight back. 📍19:00-21:00 23 May:
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Cécile Simmons’ CTRL HATE DELETE book launch | Events
Event information & ticketing for Cécile Simmons’ CTRL HATE DELETE book launch
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Kathryn King aka Keen-Eyed Kathryn @kathrynehking.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Did you watch #adolescence and want to know why this is happening? Join @cecilesimmons.bsky.social, author of CTRL HATE DELETE @octoberbooks.bsky.social on 23rd May to find out more about #onlinemisogyny. Book your ticket here: octoberbooks.lemonbooking.com/events/92/de...
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Cécile Simmons’ CTRL HATE DELETE book launch | Events
Event information & ticketing for Cécile Simmons’ CTRL HATE DELETE book launch
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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
April is #StressAwarenessMonth. 💗 'Embracing Uncertainty' by Margaret Heffernan explores how #Artists can navigate #Stress by not waiting for the future, but actively shaping it through agency and freedom.
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Embracing Uncertainty
Embracing Uncertainty - How writers, musicians and artists thrive in an unpredictable world; It has never been more necessary for us to become actors in our own future. Margaret Heffernan argues for the...
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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Margaret Heffernan, author of 'Embracing Uncertainty', is joined by Andrew Kelly to argue for the vital integration of art into all aspects of our lives. Find the book: buff.ly/3Qqnb6a 📅17 April, 18:30 - 20:00: buff.ly/4169luL
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Kathryn King aka Keen-Eyed Kathryn @kathrynehking.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Come and work at @brisunipress.bsky.social! We are looking for a part-time fixed term Marketing Coordinator/Executive to cover maternity leave. More info and how to apply here: www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/de... Closes 22nd April.
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Details | Working at Bristol | University of Bristol
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Jon Allsop @jonallsop.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Thanks to @waterstones.bsky.social for stocking my book, What is Journalism For? See the link for more details and to order, and if you’ll be at the @journalismfestival.com in Perugia next week please come to my launch event on Saturday April 12! bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/what-is-jour...
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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
50% off the eBook of 'A Year Like No Other' with code PAT50 until March 31! On March 11, 2020, the #WorldHealthOrganization declared #COVID19 a global pandemic. This book reflects on how the crisis exposed inequalities and offers a path forward. buff.ly/RqXCL5I
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Kathryn King aka Keen-Eyed Kathryn @kathrynehking.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Fantastic extract from @cecilesimmons.bsky.social new book CTRL HATE DELETE in @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
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‘I know what it is to go down the rabbit hole’: the male coaches pulling young men back from the edge
A growing number of life coaches are focusing on men’s mental health, addressing the emotional pain that can tip many into the so-called manosphere
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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Tim Lankester, author of 'Inside Thatcher’s Monetarism Experiment,' will discuss his book at the Oxford Literary Festival on 2 April at 12:00 pm. 🌟Find Tim's book: buff.ly/rhjrYKk 🌟Oxford Literary Festival: buff.ly/etu0JTT
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Kathryn King aka Keen-Eyed Kathryn @kathrynehking.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
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Margaret Heffernan to discuss her new book ‘Embracing Uncertainty’ at Arnolfini
She will be in conversation with Andrew Kelly, formerly director of Bristol Ideas
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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
🚨 Only a few tickets left for the launch of Stinking Rich! Join Carl Rhodes and Martin Parker as they challenge the dangerous myths that paint #Billionaires as a "force for good." #ElonMusk #Wealth 📅 Wills Memorial Building, Queens Road, Bristol 🎟️
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Launch of Stinking Rich
Carl Rhodes (University of Sydney) discusses with Martin Parker the dangerous myths which portrays billionaires as a ‘force for good'.
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Carl Rhodes @profcarlrhodes.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
It was great to talk to Matt Barr about @Patagonia, democracy and my book 'Stinking Rich: The Four Myths of the God Billionaire' on his podcast Looking Sideways bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/stinki... - Bristol University Press and Policy Press www.wearelookingsideways.com/p/the-announ...
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Stinking Rich
Stinking Rich - The Four Myths of the Good Billionaire; How does the billionaire class get away with sequestering the world’s wealth while others languish in poverty and hunger? This incisive book exa...
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Kathryn King aka Keen-Eyed Kathryn @kathrynehking.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Interesting extract from CTRL HATE DELETE by @cecilesimmons.bsky.social in @glamouruk.bsky.social: www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/ctrl.... Book is published tomorrow.
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My friend was radicalised by online misogyny
He believes there is a conspiracy against men, that our societies are not patriarchal and never were (because the very concept of patriarchy is a fabrication), and that women should not be allowed to ...
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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Thank you @graceblakeley.bsky.social!
Image with cover of Nat Dyer's book 'Ricardo's Dream: How Economists Forgot the Real World and Led Us Astray' on left, with an endorsement from Grace Blakeley, author of Vulture Capitalism, on the right. Endorsement reads: '"Ricardo's Dream is a fascinating - and surprisingly gripping - exploration of how mainstream economists came to inhabit a
world of models and formulae increasingly untethered from the real economy'
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Kathryn King aka Keen-Eyed Kathryn @kathrynehking.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Great to see article by @cecilesimmons.bsky.social in Grazia: graziadaily.co.uk/life/in-the-... Her new book CTRL HATE DELETE is out next week: policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/ctrl-h...
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‘Kyle Clifford Proves That Viewing Misogynistic Content Online Can Turn Men Into Killers’
As Kyle Clifford is given a whole-life order, Cécile Guerin argues the onus shouldn’t be on women to protect ourselves from radicalised men. Read more on Grazia
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Kathryn King aka Keen-Eyed Kathryn @kathrynehking.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
"A thoughtful, entertaining and informative insight." Great review of Lessons in Diplomacy policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/lesson... by @leighturnerwriter.bsky.social in New Eastern Europe: neweasterneurope.eu/2025/03/05/a...
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“A scrapbook approach”: a review of Leigh Turner’s Lessons in Diplomacy - New Eastern Europe
Leigh Turner, a former British ambassador gives a thoughtful, entertaining and informative insight into what role diplomacy really plays.
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Kathryn King aka Keen-Eyed Kathryn @kathrynehking.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Fab review for Ricardo's Dream bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/ricard... by @natjdyer.bsky.social from @edconway.bsky.social
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Ricardo’s Dream
Ricardo’s Dream - How Economists Forgot the Real World and Led Us Astray; Ricardo’s Dream tells the fascinating story of David Ricardo, Adam Smith’s only real rival as the ‘founder of economics’: who ...
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Kathryn King aka Keen-Eyed Kathryn @kathrynehking.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Great article from @natjdyer.bsky.social on what we can learn from David Ricardo about economic tariffs. For more from Nat, read his book Ricardo's Dream: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/ricard...
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Ricardo’s Dream
Ricardo’s Dream - How Economists Forgot the Real World and Led Us Astray; Ricardo’s Dream tells the fascinating story of David Ricardo, Adam Smith’s only real rival as the ‘founder of economics’: who ...
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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Kicking off #SDGWeek2025 with the launch of our #GlobalSocialChallenges Hub! Explore how our GSC themes, aligned with the #UN #SDGs, break traditional disciplinary silos and can help the discovery of innovative solutions to global challenges. 🌍💡
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Kathryn King aka Keen-Eyed Kathryn @kathrynehking.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Coming soon and available for pre-order here: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/what-i...
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What Is Journalism For?
What Is Journalism For?; Journalism faces multiple threats today all over the world:. Jon Allsop examines key concepts that constitute journalism’s role: good judgement, concern for truth and critical...
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Kathryn King aka Keen-Eyed Kathryn @kathrynehking.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Join @profcarlrhodes.bsky.social in conversation with Martin Parker talking about his new book Stinking Rich on 20th March in Bristol. More info and tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-of-...
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Launch of Stinking Rich
Carl Rhodes (University of Sydney) discusses with Martin Parker the dangerous myths which portrays billionaires as a ‘force for good'.
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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
I'll be speaking at this free, in-person event at University of Bath on Tuesday 25th February. Come along if you live nearby! @uniofbath.bsky.social #RicardosDream
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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Staff Pick. 📚 "This is an eye-opening read that feels particularly important at a time when #Inequality, #CorporatePower and #EconomicJustice are taking centre stage in global #PoliticalDebates." - Phylicia Ulibarri-Eglite, Senior Marketing Executive.
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Stinking Rich
Stinking Rich - The Four Myths of the Good Billionaire; How does the billionaire class get away with sequestering the world’s wealth while others languish in poverty and hunger? This incisive book…
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Kathryn King aka Keen-Eyed Kathryn @kathrynehking.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
For more from Louise Ashley, read Highly Discriminating , currently at 50% discount in our January sale: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/highly-discr... Workplace diversity schemes have a problem – but that doesn’t mean Trump is right to axe them theconversation.com/workplace-di...
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Workplace diversity schemes have a problem – but that doesn’t mean Trump is right to axe them
Done badly, diversity, equality and inclusion schemes can be a type of ‘washing’ that masks unfair systems.
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Kathryn King aka Keen-Eyed Kathryn @kathrynehking.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
"Highly enlightening and highly recommended" Brilliant review of Ricardo's Dream by @natjdyer.bsky.social in Morning Star: morningstaronline.co.uk/article/fant...
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Fantasy economics
WILL PODMORE recommends an analysis of the utopian thinking that underlies the rise of bourgeois economics
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Jules Boykoff @julesboykoff.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
"The Olympics Aren’t the Way to Rebuild Los Angeles." My latest w/ @edgeofsports.bsky.social. The right's reactionary opposition to the LA Games & the liberals' celebration capitalism are both misguided. There are better ways to help LA recover. @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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The Olympics Aren’t the Way to Rebuild Los Angeles
The right opposes the LA Olympics on reactionary grounds, but the left must not embrace their arguments. There are better ways to help LA recover than LA28.
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Kathryn King aka Keen-Eyed Kathryn @kathrynehking.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Also, @profcarlrhodes.bsky.social's timely new book Stinking Rich is out today: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/stinki...
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Stinking Rich
Stinking Rich - The Four Myths of the Good Billionaire; How does the billionaire class get away with sequestering the world’s wealth while others languish in poverty and hunger? This incisive book exa...
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Bristol University Press @brisunipress.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
“Rhodes makes a cogent case that billionaires undermine democratic values by wielding their wealth while remaining unaccountable to people affected by their decisions.” Publishers Weekly #Billionaires #Elites
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Stinking Rich
Stinking Rich - The Four Myths of the Good Billionaire; How does the billionaire class get away with sequestering the world’s wealth while others languish in poverty and hunger? This incisive book…
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Kathryn King aka Keen-Eyed Kathryn @kathrynehking.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
For more from @julesboykoff.bsky.social, see What are the Olympics For? bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/what-a...
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What Are the Olympics For?
What Are the Olympics For?; While attention is on Olympic triumphs and tribulations, there is much that goes on behind the scenes that is deeply troubling. Boykoff tells us that radical steps are requ...
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Carl Rhodes @profcarlrhodes.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
My new book 'Stinking Rich; The Four Myths of The Good Billionaire' is released today! Check out the book here - bit.ly/4h3vccZ or Download the free reading guide here - bit.ly/4h87yvZ
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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
There's something big happening in US politics today, apparently... but, in my small world, I'm chuffed to have my book 'Ricardo's Dream' discussed on French TV
Screenshot of BFM TV programme featuring two critics on the right and the front page of the book 'Ricardo's Dream: How Economists Forgot the Real World and Led Us Astray' on the left.
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Leigh Turner Diplomacy @leighturnerwriter.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Day 4 of my #AUSTROSCOTTISHBOOKTOUR to promote “Lessons in Diplomacy”. 1. Manfred Deix at the #Krems cartoon museum 2. Students at the Danube University in Krems 3. Driving west on the A1 at sunset. 4. Wolfgang at Schönau 8 in #Scharnstein Next: Book details in profile. #diplomacy #booktok
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Carl Rhodes @profcarlrhodes.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
“Elite philanthropy is not something to be lauded & the idea that it is the best way to solve the world’s problems is a myth that is both false and dangerous" My 'Stinking RIch: The Four Myths of the Good Billionaire' featured in Capital Research Center's review capitalresearch.org/article/thou...
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Thoughts on Philanthropy from Books Featured in the Giving Review in Second Half of 2024
“The vindictiveness was gone, but the prosecution remained.” President William Howard Taft got to preside over something [Theodore] Roosevelt had wanted but did not attain in his presidency: the demis...
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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Delighted with this full page review of RICARDO'S DREAM in the French economic magazine @alternatives-economiques.fr Christian Chavagneux (@chrisaltereco.bsky.social) writes - in the final line - that it's 'a truly fascinating work'.
Photograph of a page of French magazine Alternatives Economique with the title 'Les mauvais calculs de Monsieur Ricardo' (The miscalculations of Mr Ricardo) with an image of Nat Dyer's book 'Ricardo's Dream: How Economists Forgot the Real World and Led Us Astray' at the centre
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Association of University Presses @aupresses.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Promoting my own book feels awkward. Is it necessary? bit.ly/3PhY7xh University press publishers answer frequently asked questions like this one on our #AskUP site. Curious about how university press publishing works? #AskUP!
Ask UP logo, a dark fan shape (echoing the A U Presses logo) on a light background, featuring tagline "Authors Seeking Knowledge from University Presses"
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Kathryn King aka Keen-Eyed Kathryn @kathrynehking.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
For more from @profcarlrhodes.bsky.social on this subject, see his new book Stinking Rich out this month: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/stinki...
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Stinking Rich
Stinking Rich - The Four Myths of the Good Billionaire; How does the billionaire class get away with sequestering the world’s wealth while others languish in poverty and hunger? This incisive book exa...
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Carl Rhodes @profcarlrhodes.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
My new book ‘Stinking Rich: The Four Myths of the Good Billionaire’ is all set for publication on 21 January 2025 “A must-read" Thomas Piketty “The deserving billionaire is a figment of their own imagination … Carl Rhodes explains why" Yanis Varoufakis bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/stinki...
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Stinking Rich
Stinking Rich - The Four Myths of the Good Billionaire; How does the billionaire class get away with sequestering the world’s wealth while others languish in poverty and hunger? This incisive book exa...
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Kathryn King aka Keen-Eyed Kathryn @kathrynehking.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Proud to share a video with the achievements of @brisunipress.bsky.social in 2024: www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3F_... Even as someone who works here, it's astonishing to see how much is going on and the impact it has in so many areas.
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2024: Our year in review
YouTube video by Bristol University Press
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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Still a few more days to enter for a chance to win a book... I hear it's okay
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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
It's competition time! Here's a chance to win a copy of my new book about how mainstream economists forgot the real world and led us astray! For a chance to win share this post and leave a comment. I'll announce the winner on Monday 16 December #RicardosDream
On a starry sky background is an image and some text. The image of the front cover of Nat Dyer's book 'Ricardo's Dream: How Economists Forgot the Real World and Led Us Astray'. The text in pink, captial letters reads: Enter for a Chance to Win a Free Copy!
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Fiona Vera Gray @veragraf.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
I wrote for @brisunipress.bsky.social on how Saoirse Ronan casually revealed the ways that something which seems so absurd to most men is part of most women's daily routine www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2024/11/13/w...
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Why Saoirse Ronan’s comments on women’s safety hit a nerve - Transforming Society
Fiona Vera-Gray, author of 'The Right Amount of Panic', reflects on why Saoirse Ronan's viral comment about women’s constant focus on safety resonated deeply, leaving her male co-guests speechless.
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Kathryn King aka Keen-Eyed Kathryn @kathrynehking.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Congratulations to @natjdyer.bsky.social on the publication of Ricardo's Dream today!
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Kathryn King aka Keen-Eyed Kathryn @kathrynehking.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Fascinating chat with @natjdyer.bsky.social about his new book Ricardo's Dream: www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2024/11/19/p...
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PODCAST: How economics left the real world behind - Transforming Society
In this podcast, Nat Dyer, author of 'Ricardo's Dream', explores Ricardo’s theories, their link to the welfare state, and why flawed economic models still shape policy.
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Bristol University Press Journals @bupjournals.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Welcome to all the new Bsky users! We're Bristol University Press Journals. We're a non-profit, social justice focused publisher with 22 interdisciplinary journals
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