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Katy Shields

@katyrshields.bsky.social
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Generally trying to help people not be gaslit by economists

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Katy Shields @katyrshields.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A wee recap of Season one of Invisible Handcuffs, before Season 2 launches on Thursday, 1 October! Check out the all seven episodes of Season 1 here: www.invisiblehandcuffs.com
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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
But they're using renewables! a) they're not, they're all quietly pivoting to dedicated natural gas plants, built by their oil buddies, b) renewables should be used to power useful shit c) this makes it so that renewables don't displace fossil fuels, they just add to supply for increasing demand
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
📢NEW from me: on the fight to stop vulture capital from gobbling up Europe's sustainability, impact, and tech startups.
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Digital Sovereignty: What Rolex And Patagonia Can Teach Europe About Protecting Its Startups
As Europe debates a new company law regime, steward ownership advocates argue it could help startups stay independent and protect digital sovereignty.
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Katy Shields @katyrshields.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Should we be demanding reform of econ depts to better prepare young people to meet the polycrisis? I was thrilled to discuss this and more with @kateraworth.bsky.social this week for our new podcast Invisible Handcuffs: Unchaining Economics. 🧵 About the project👇 youtube.com/shorts/dm-RS...
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Young people deserve to be given better tools | Kate Raworth
YouTube video by Katy Shields
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International Karl Polanyi Society @kpolanyisociety.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Road to Serfdom or Great Transformation? Which way are we heading? Join us on Mon, 11th May 18:00 at the WU's Executive Academy Foyer for a dialogue on Hayek vs Polanyi with: Richard Cockett (Vienna: How the City of Ideas Shaped the Modern World) and Andreas Novy (President, Intl Karl Polanyi Soc)
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
If you want to understand why the Ministry of Defence’s ‘strategic partnership’ with Palantir is so profoundly dangerous, please read my latest piece open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 18/09/2025
Today's media apocalypse makes it a good day for everyone to watch this 1998 SNL animation that Robert Smigel and Adam McKay managed to get on national TV once, before it was yanked off the air forever. www.cracked.com/article_4100...
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Moment.at @moment.at · 11/09/2025
Vor dem EU-Autogipfel wettern industrienahe Politiker:innen gegen Klimaziele. Die Autolobby ist einflussreich, vernetzt und nicht allein. Ein Interview mit Nina Katzemich von der deutschen Watchgroup “Lobbycontrol” (@lobbycontrol.bsky.social):
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Wie und wieso die Autolobby gegen Klimaziele kämpft
Vor dem EU-Autogipfel wettern Industrie-nahe Politiker:innen gegen Klimaziele. Die Autolobby ist einflussreich, vernetzt und nicht allein.
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
As the world rapidly heads into #climate #overshoot I've noticed a disturbing pattern in journal articles recently. I'll summarize it quickly in this thread 🧵
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Sandi Martin @sandifp.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
A must-watch, 6 and a half minute primer from @katyrshields.bsky.social on how the orthodoxy of (white, male, wealthy) economic groupthink has harms all of us by propping up and reinforcing neo-liberalism: youtu.be/42oiE-VKWvg?...
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How Economists Uphold Neoliberalism: Full Walkthrough
YouTube video by Katy Shields
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mothcub @mothcub.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Iconic moment at the Downton Abbey premiere
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Katy Shields @katyrshields.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
So honoured to contribute to this series about Herman Daly, connecting his pioneering work to that of his contemporary, Donella Meadows. Both envisioned an economy that could meet our needs within the planet's means. It hope it inspires more people to continue their work to reclaim economics 💪.
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Andreas Block @theandblock.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
'Faschismus wird f d Großkapital zu einer Option, sofern d eigene Geschäftsmodell u damit die Fähigkeit Kapital anzusammeln behindert wird u demokratisch nicht gerettet werden kann.' Hier e sehr lesenswerter Aufsatz v @nataschastrobl.bsky.social z Wechselspiel v #Neoliberalismus u #Faschismus.
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F&L Blog - A Perpetuum Mobile of Cynicism - International Karl Polanyi Society
A Petrpetuum Mobile of Cynicism: on the Symbiosis of Neoliberal and Fascist Views of Humanity Natascha Strobl 28.08.2025 Economic liberalism and fascism often present themselves as opposites. Fascist ...
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Nika Dubrovsky @nikadubrovsky.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
With the radical progress of automation, we’re heading toward a world where workers are no longer needed — and without workers, there are no consumers. So what comes next? 3/
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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
At least 37 Palestinians were killed on Monday in new shootings in Gaza near food distribution centres run by private US contractors guarded by Israeli troops, local authorities said.
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At least 37 Palestinians killed in Gaza food site shooting, local authorities say
Death toll is highest yet reported in near-daily shootings since US-backed group began aid operations in territory
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Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
In the lead-up to Bonn climate talks, developed countries focus on mobilising private capital rather than provisioning public finance which developing countries have sought www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-chan...
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Baku to Belem roadmap: Countries diverge on how to mobilise $1.3 trillion climate finance
COP29 witnessed a disappointing outcome on climate finance provisions for developing nations — the New Collective Quantifed Goal (NCQG), wherein developed natio
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Alexander Van der Bellen @bundespraesident.at · 10/06/2025
Dieser Horror ist nicht in Worte zu fassen. 
Was heute in einer Schule in Graz passiert ist, 
trifft unser Land mitten ins Herz. 

Es waren Jugendliche, die ihr ganzes Leben vor sich hatten. Eine Lehrperson, die sie auf ihrem Weg begleitet hat. 
Es gibt nichts, was in diesem Moment den Schmerz lindern kann, den die Eltern, die Großeltern, die Geschwister, die Freundinnen und Freunde der Ermordeten fühlen. 

Österreich trauert. 
Und in dieser Stunde stehen wir zusammen. 
Wir stehen zusammen, um dem Schmerz miteinander standzuhalten. Wir stehen zusammen, um für all jene 
da zu sein, die verletzt sind.

Heute und in den schweren Tagen, die kommen, 
wird unser Land zeigen, dass in diesem Miteinander 
unsere Stärke liegt. (vdb)
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ETSC - European Transport Safety Council @etsc.eu · 03/06/2025
Study on London 20 mph limits shows: - collisions ⬇️ 35% - casualties ⬇️ 36% - fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34% - child casualties ⬇️ 46% - child deaths ⬇️ 75% - walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28% etsc.eu/20mph-limits...
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20mph limits in London linked to sharp fall in road injuries and deaths, new report finds
A new study published by Transport for London (TfL) has shown that the introduction of 20mph speed limits and zones on local authority-managed roads in London between 1989 and 2013 led to significant…
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Speak out - name it as genocide - and then act. End all arms sales, impose a wide range of sanctions and call for the arrest and trial of all those guilty of war crimes, including prime minister Netanyahu.
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 31/05/2025
Many of our billionaires are richer than any pharaoh or king in the history of the world, while a family lifestyle that could be comfortably supported by a single income in 1980 takes two people working full-time to maintain today. trib.al/X9l4PzM
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The Billionaire Hoarders: How the Wealthy Became Our Biggest Threat
How a sick obsession is killing workers, democracy, and our planet.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
#C4News find the girl escaping the fire in the burning classroom after an Israeli strike "I walked through the fire all by myself" "The rubble fell on them (her siblings)" "I want to see my sisters, to be with them, but they're dead" "I want to be with them"
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Prof Julia Steinberger 🌹🌱🌍 #ClimateAction #Fightfascism @jksteinberger.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Generations, since the 1950s, have been indoctrinated in hyper individualistic competitive economics, to the extent that we have lost faith and capacity in collective organising. We have to learn again what humans are really good at: coming together to discuss, decide and act. 17/
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Katy Shields @katyrshields.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
In a week Trump is being called a #degrowther for all the wrong reasons @vegardbeyer.bsky.social and I are celebrating the 2nd anniversary of our podcast series about the true story of #LimitstoGrowth which has now reached 100,000+ listeners! So much has happened in 2 yrs with more to come! A 🧵
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Katy Shields @katyrshields.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
I thought the whole point of degrowth was it couldn't be co-opted? 🤷‍♀️
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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Today's front page 📰 'Echoes of Enoch Powell': Keir Starmer panned over immigration speech
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Katy Shields @katyrshields.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
This is why we made tippingpoint-podcast.com and why my follow-up is on the capture of economics. Social Cost of Carbon is pseudoscience. As Dana Meadows told Nordhaus, it should never have passed peer review, let alone be used in policymaking. Orthodox economics has cost us the climate.
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Tipping Point — Podcast
The true story of "The Limits to Growth": the backlash, its legacy.
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
This story requires a great deal more attention. The Trump administration is doing everything it can to get Russian gas back into Europe. This is Washington and Moscow now in full strategic alignment via a shared vision of a fossil fuel future.
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Exclusive: US, Russia explore ways to restore Russian gas flows to Europe, sources say
With a frost covering Europe's energy relations with Russia, officials from Washington and Moscow have held discussions about the U.S. helping to revive Russian gas sales to the continent, eight sources familiar with the talks have told Reuters.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/05/2025
The effect of Israel’s total siege on Gaza has become catastrophic, doctors say. Shortages of food, water and medicine are prompting a surge of preventable illnesses, and deaths. nyti.ms/3GzOJV1
Children and young men, reaching for food, extend arms holding pots and pans. A headline reads: "As Israel's Blockade Grinds On, Gazan Children Go Hungry And Patients Die" Photo by Saher Alghorra for The New York Times
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/04/2025
Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot
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Labour’s great nature sellout is the worst attack on England’s ecosystems I’ve seen in my lifetime | George Monbiot
The horrifying planning bill, which rips up environmental protections, was drafted with CEOs in mind. We know because Keir Starmer told us, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 25/04/2025
Man, this is a pretty fucking gross move from Amazon, huh? Good on @bookshop.org for not mincing words, though:
Every April, we celebrate Independent Bookstore Day to remind us how vital indie bookstores are to our communities and society. It’s a day of joy and solidarity, and significant financial impact for these bookstores.

This year, Amazon is undercutting that with a “Book Sale” on the same day—a calculated move by a company that has already put half the bookstores in the country out of business, controls over 60% of the market and sells far more books than all indie bookstores combined. The people at Amazon responsible for the timing of their "Book Sale" should be ashamed, but they are shameless.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Congrats to @theguardian.com for co-launching the #89PercentProject - reminding us yet again that vast majority of world’s people want climate action. The climate denial of the populist right is the minority. The media needs to reflect this & governments urgently need to show far greater leadership
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Activate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts say
Making concerned people aware their views are far from alone could unlock the change so urgently needed
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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
📢NEW from The Climate Laundry: In which I learn that, in trying to become a science, economics took on the status of a religion.
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The Church Of Eternal Growth
A new study about green growth is a reminder that our current crises descend from our preference for ideology over reality. What happens to a society that becomes trapped in its own ignorance? That's...
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James Dyke @jamesgdyke.info · 14/04/2025
"a breakthrough for gender equality in space tourism" of all the breakthroughs humanity is desperate to realise, this is what they are spending an obscene amount of money & carbon on (75 tonnes per passenger is as much carbon as an individual from the bottom billion will emit in entire lifetime.
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
On Monday, we are holding a discussion with Yanis Varoufakis, Michael Hudson and Ann Pettifor. The topic will be debt and its implications for Global South–North relations. It will all be streamed live on Youtube, Here is the link to the livesteam. www.youtube.com/live/JmAeVwC...
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Michael Hudson & Yanis Varoufakis in conversation with Ann Pettifor
YouTube video by Institute of David Graeber
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Katy Shields @katyrshields.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
I've now completed my set of essays on How Captured Economics Stole our Climate-and what we can do about it. The final one ended up two, but I am publishing both together. Thoughts, comments, critics, shares welcome. I'll post them first then summarise a few key points medium.com/@katyrshield...
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How captured economics stole our climate — and what we can do about it (Part 3/4)
PART 3: Why won’t economists listen?
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Katy Shields @katyrshields.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
I am both envious of how well this is written and sad that it is 100% on point. Thank you @davidrvetter.bsky.social
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futurezone @futurezone.at · 26/03/2025
Die Funktion „Übersicht mit KI“ startet jetzt in 9 europäischen Ländern.
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Google integriert in Österreich KI in die Suchergebnisse
Die Funktion „Übersicht mit KI“ startet jetzt in 9 europäischen Ländern.
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Claas Gefroi @claasgefroi.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
"A judge had ruled the deportations unconstitutional and ordered the flights turned around. The planes were in the air. The White House ignored the ruling. They kept going. It was the day the United States crossed a line no constitutional democracy should ever cross."
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The Disappeared: Trump’s Mass Deportation Machine and the Shadow Prison in El Salvador
In 2025, 238 Venezuelan men vanished—secretly deported to El Salvador’s CECOT prison. This is the story of forced disappearance in America’s name.
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Katy Shields @katyrshields.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
I've started a three-part series of articles as preparation for an upcoming podcast series on how captured economics stole our climate - and what we can do about it. As @vegardbeyer.bsky.social put it "working with the garage door open" 😅 Comments welcome. P1 here: medium.com/@katyrshield...
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How captured economics stole our climate — and what we can do about it
Part 1: What (almost) failing to become an economist taught me about economics
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Jennie C Stephens @jenniecstephens.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Thrilled that my new book - Climate Justice and the University - is now available open access. This radical exploration of higher ed reimagines how universities could engage with transformative change for a better future for all. Download whole book or individual chapters muse.jhu.edu/book/123270
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Project MUSE - Climate Justice and the University
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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
The tariff shock will create an opportunity for sellers’ inflation 2.0. It functions like the pandemic cost shocks. There will be plenty of confusion on the part of consumers. Prices will rise promptly but inventories were bought at pre-tariff costs. This alone means windfalls.
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Nathan Tankus @nathantankus.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Fyi subscriptions are no longer about my financial security. My new goals are 1) legal fund. I am in some very big waters with a lot of potential legal liability 2) expanding my reporting by bringing people on as independent contractors 3) physical office I think i have a very strong shot
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Naomi Oreskes @naomioreskes.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
happy to announce the paperback edition of #TheBigMyth is out today! www.bloomsbury.com/us/big-myth-... Only $21.59 from publisher, or at your local independent book store or via the great bookshop.org bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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The Big Myth
“An immense scholarly feat.”-New Yorker * “[A] scorching indictment of free market fundamentalism . . . and how we can change, before it's too late.”-EsquireWit…
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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
NEW: A searing editorial in the The Kyiv Independent. “It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. “A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky.” @kyivindependent.com
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Editorial: A president just disrespected America in the Oval Office. It wasn’t Zelensky
It’s time to say it plainly. America’s leadership has switched sides in the war. The American people have not, and they should speak up. In the past several weeks, the U.S. leadership has demonstrate...
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
World's richest man ends America's modest aid to the world's poorest people. I'm not a big believer in hell, but willing to make an exception
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