Martijn Konings @mkonings.bsky.social · 17hVery sad to hear about Perry Mehrling's passing. What a legacy, but he was nowhere near done, it felt. His 1999 article on Minsky rocks.wisburg.com/64334769-275..., built on his work on US monetary thought, was transformative for me. 0123
Martijn Konings @mkonings.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Good to see this get some mainstream attention - by @jessicaslice.bsky.social in The Cut. "PANS ... is a form of brain inflammation caused by infection. Almost any description of its impact on a child comes across as hyperbolic to those who don’t know about it." www.thecut.com/article/pans...thecut.comWhen a Sore Throat Attacks the BrainMy child caught a cold and then lost her ability to function. The fight to access treatment for her illness, called PANS, has overtaken our lives. 020
Reposted by Martijn KoningsMerijn Oudenampsen @merijnoudenampsen.org · 30/07/2026Today my book on the Dutch neoliberal turn is officially out with Verso Books! Thanks for the wonderful blurbs from @quinnslobodian.com, @mkonings.bsky.social, Stephanie Mudge, Niklas Olsen and @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social. Will be presenting the book in september. More info belowversobooks.comNo NonsenseIn the 1980s, Dutch politics underwent a neoliberal turn overseen by the Christian Democrat Ruud Lubbers. It formed part of an international trend, famously spearheaded by Reagan and Thatcher. What w... 37921
Reposted by Martijn KoningsAdam David Morton @morton.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Details for the 2026 Wheelwright Lecture, the marquee event of the year for Political Economy, at the University of Sydney with Geoff Mann on *Climates of Uncertainty* @geoffmann.bsky.social @garethbryant.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au @mkonings.bsky.social @clairerhiannon.bsky.socialppesydney.net2026 Wheelwright Lecture | Geoff Mann | Climates of Uncertainty - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)What can the ways we wrestle with uncertain futures—like climate models, prediction markets, high-tech promises, or reactionary revanchism—tell us about a world without a “normal”? 073
Reposted by Martijn KoningsAdam David Morton @morton.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Over @ppesydney.bsky.social we are celebrating Martijn Koning's new book *The Bailout State* with this interview on state theory, the Minsky “moment”, the Keynesian revolution, Modern Monetary Theory and so much more @politybooks.bsky.social @mkonings.bsky.socialppesydney.netThe Bailout State - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)How did we end up in a world where social programs are routinely cut in the name of market discipline and fiscal austerity, yet large banks get bailed out whenever they get into trouble? 0105
Reposted by Martijn KoningsFrank Pasquale @frankpasquale.bsky.social · 31/05/2026“The regulatory state is so compromised, and wealth so concentrated, that the investor-class just keeps pumping money in. The endgame seems to be that the AI industry achieves too-big-to-fail status, &… can demand a bailout once the whole thing implodes.” davekarpf.beehiiv.com/p/the-data-c...davekarpf.beehiiv.comThe Data Center BankshotThe 02415
Martijn Konings @mkonings.bsky.social · 31/05/2026"What makes universities particularly valuable as a ‘space for exceptions’ is the same thing that makes people hate them." newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...newleftreview.orgLorna Finlayson, Irreversible — SidecarOn Britain’s universities. 052
Martijn Konings @mkonings.bsky.social · 31/05/2026that will take shape under Democratic auspices will be acceptable to the contracting propertied middle class, even as it lays the basis for the next (worse) Trump to take over in 2033. 3/3 030
Martijn Konings @mkonings.bsky.social · 31/05/2026inspired by bipartisan "abundance" ambitions will try to foster a new AI-driven asset price boom by helping corporations shove it down people's throats even more systematically than is already the case. The fusion of tech and authoritarian control 2/3 130
Martijn Konings @mkonings.bsky.social · 31/05/2026My best guess re the near future: Warsh and Bessent will push for inflation to be managed with more direct instruments like price controls, freeing the Fed up to be responsive to Trump's demands for lower (or at least not higher) interest rates. From 2029, a Democratic administration 1/3 230
Martijn Konings @mkonings.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Wrote on the twilight of independent central banking (always a myth, but a plausible one for some time) for Jacobin. While central bankers "may want to stay out of politics, they simply have no moves left that do not contradict the neutrality they profess." jacobin.com/2026/05/wars...jacobin.comThe Era of Central Bank Independence Is Coming to an EndCentral bank independence has been a sacred cow for the last generation in the major capitalist economies. Donald Trump’s appointment of Kevin Warsh as Fed chair symbolizes the beginning of a new era ... 252
Reposted by Martijn KoningsAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 08/05/2026get caught up on the backstory while you can't get caught up on grading theamericanvandal.substack.com/p/historyofc...theamericanvandal.substack.comThe Secret History of Canvas LMS, Corporate Raiders, & The Chatbot Bubble (Vandal Live at UVU)Listen now (112 mins) | with Christa Albrecht-Crane, Angie McKinnon Carter, and Chiler Moore 210443
Reposted by Martijn KoningsNtina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · 24/03/2026This has been a LONG time in works: my paper on how dollar hegemony is a form of international law-making power. It includes a long methodological/theoretical section on why strong versions of the 'law constitutes political economy' aren't convincing papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comDollar Hegemony as International Law-making PowerThe so-called weaponisation of the dollar as part of the escalating geopolitical competition has drawn attention to dollar hegemony within the fields of interna 310851
Reposted by Martijn KoningsAmin Samman @aminsamman.bsky.social · 24/03/2026My new book Currency of Nihilism is officially out today! In it, I develop a history and theory of financial nihilism that speaks directly to the ongoing merger of digital technology with finance. Use the code SAMMAN20 for 20% off: www.sup.org/books/politi... mngbookshop.co.uk/978150364586... 46625
Reposted by Martijn KoningsWill Beaman @greenbackbetter.bsky.social · 14/03/2026It's not Marxism. It's not post-structuralism. It's a secret third thing. 🥸 The Ontology of the Monetary Image (Wonkish) 1198
Reposted by Martijn KoningsFREE @freefreeforum.bsky.social · 18/02/2026A lot of the money behind the AI boom is coming from pension funds of working class people and when parts of the AI bubble burst, private capital gets protected, while ordinary people can be left with the losses. The AI Data Center Gold Rush: The Bailout State Behind It - youtu.be/fHwYIFa1mNE 01510
Martijn Konings @mkonings.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Terrifying thought, just imagine - "Without solutions, America’s anxiety will become rage — and political backlash will follow" www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/o...nytimes.comOpinion | America Cannot Withstand the Economic Shock That’s Coming 040
Reposted by Martijn KoningsMatt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 06/03/2026“Much of the American public associates abundance with the ideas put forth by Ezra Klein & Derek Thompson...While they are certainly part of the picture, the incomplete policy ideas championed in the airplane book are only a glimpse of the entire abundance universe." Read the report. If you can. 🤢therevolvingdoorproject.orgWho is Behind the Growing Abundance Movement? | Revolving Door ProjectWho is behind the fast-growing abundance movement? Who are the billionaires and media figures helping it gain popularity? 084
Reposted by Martijn KoningsBarry Cynamon @cynamon.bsky.social · 27/02/2026People referring to Claude Code in fifty years. 032
Martijn Konings @mkonings.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Like 99% of people on here, I now have a stake in the financial future of Anthropic - so I feel deeply conflicted about their surprisingly ethical stance. Will have to learn to live with this unresolvable tension. 010
Martijn Konings @mkonings.bsky.social · 26/02/2026So good - "In a bit of profound irony, data-center construction has broken free of the choke points decried by abundance to the point that it is now bidding up land value and resulting in further constraints on the supply of housing" newrepublic.com/article/2064...newrepublic.comThe Abundance Gang Has a Big AI ProblemThe faddish political movement’s ties to industry figures may help attract funding, but it comes with a political cost. 021
Martijn Konings @mkonings.bsky.social · 26/02/2026@dylangyauchl.bsky.social could you follow me so I can message you? (Can't seem to find an email address). 100
Reposted by Martijn KoningsDylan GL @dylangyauchl.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Go read my latest in the monthly about affordability politics and why it's deeper than just price levels! 021
Reposted by Martijn KoningsRevolving Door Project @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social · 25/02/2026The abundance clique has an AI problem. Beyond being funded by Silicon Valley, the ecosystem features an array of tech libertarians, a smattering of technofascism, and no answers for our anti-AI moment. Read @dylangyauchl.bsky.social in @newrepublic.com! newrepublic.com/article/2064...newrepublic.comThe Abundance Gang Has a Big AI ProblemThe faddish political movement’s ties to industry figures may help attract funding, but it comes with a political cost. 24220
Martijn Konings @mkonings.bsky.social · 21/02/2026"what the politics of private finance teaches is the inadequacy of considering only what we can achieve in the short term, given the political constraints" www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/fin...phenomenalworld.orgFinance in the Dark | Lenore Palladino | Finance in the DarkAn opaque sector is reshaping the US. Only ambitious regulatory reform can check its power. 073
Reposted by Martijn KoningsAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 18/02/2026nil impact no use case fortune.com/2026/02/17/a...fortune.comThousands of CEOs just admitted AI had no impact on employment or productivity—and it has economists resurrecting a paradox from 40 years ago | FortuneIn the 1980s, economist Robert Solow made an observation that reminded economists of today’s AI boom: “You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.” 34613
Reposted by Martijn KoningsStephen Semler @stephensemler.bsky.social · 16/02/2026It wasn’t just the child tax credit. And it’s not just the Republicans. 0326
Reposted by Martijn KoningsPhenomenal World @phenomenalworld.bsky.social · 12/02/2026“Any discussion of rent regulation has to grapple with the fact that owners of residential buildings pay most of their rent earnings not on maintenance or operations, but to service their debts to their creditors.” NEW by @jwmason.bsky.social www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/aft...phenomenalworld.orgAfter the Rent Freeze | JW MasonThe cost of affordable housing in New York City 1148
Reposted by Martijn KoningsMarkus Patberg @mpatberg.bsky.social · 12/02/2026The Oxford Handbook of Constituent Power is out today! Peter Niesen (based @politikuhh.bsky.social), Lucia Rubinelli (@luxirubsi.bsky.social) and I consider ourselves incredibly fortunate to be able to publish the contributions of so many wonderful colleagues. global.oup.com/academic/pro... 55825
Reposted by Martijn KoningsThe New Statesman @newstatesman1913.bsky.social · 06/02/2026What Jeffrey Epstein knew about money Epstein’s emails show how the financial elite consolidated their wealth amid global turmoil 🖊️ @willdunn.bsky.socialnewstatesman.comWhat Jeffrey Epstein knew about moneyEpstein's emails show how the financial elite consolidated their wealth in global turmoil 295
Reposted by Martijn KoningsINET - Institute for New Economic Thinking @ineteconomics.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Democratic elites chose donors over workers. Without an aggressive economic agenda they risk becoming the permanent minority party, warns Thomas Ferguson. @bostonreview.bsky.social www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...bostonreview.netMacroeconomics is the driver, not median voters.Thomas Ferguson responds in a forum on “How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism.” 122
Martijn Konings @mkonings.bsky.social · 04/02/2026I often wonder if the tendency to mistake basic emotions (whether cruelty or despair) for deep insight is a distinctive feature of our era or something of all times. It seems to require both a definite capacity for critical thinking and a willingness to abuse it. 051
Reposted by Martijn KoningsBarbara Pocock @barbarapocock.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Australians are bracing for another interest rate rise because Labor has turbo-charged the housing crisis & refused to tackle corporate price gouging. If you're a mortgage holder or a renter, you face being hit by the RBA to “fix” the government’s "inflation problem". 36522
Martijn Konings @mkonings.bsky.social · 01/02/2026👉 "You know you've got "research culture" right when people stop talking about research culture and just talk about their research."👈 031
Reposted by Martijn KoningsDaniel Bond @dwbond.bsky.social · 01/02/2026ONE DAY LATER Larry Summers fleshed out his complaints in a Washington Post columnwashingtonpost.comLarry Summers: Here’s what Bernie Sanders gets wrong – and right – about the FedLarry Summers responds to Bernie Sanders op-ed on the Fed 223364
Reposted by Martijn KoningsBenjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Hard to imagine how Larry Summers’s humiliation could be any more complete tbh 49812
Martijn Konings @mkonings.bsky.social · 30/01/2026I've spent way too much time trying to understand Kevin Warsh's thinking, but there's not much there in the end. This is the upshot, I think: 130
Martijn Konings @mkonings.bsky.social · 29/01/2026This is subtly savage. www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...ineteconomics.orgEducation of a GrandmasterKenneth Rogoff, Our Dollar, Your Problem: An Insider’s View of Seven Turbulent Decades of Global Finance, and the Road Ahead. Yale 2025. 020
Reposted by Martijn KoningsTim Christiaens @timchristiaens.bsky.social · 22/01/2026New book officially out 🚨 If you ever wanted to know what Italian philosophy has been up to in the last 10-20 years, look no further. “An introduction to Contemporary Italian Thought” is out today with chapters on cyberfascism, technology & work, pandemic biopolitics, and posthumanism.bloomsbury.comAn Introduction to Contemporary Italian ThoughtOver the past three decades, Italian thought has emerged as a major field within continental philosophy. But what are the latest developments since Italian theo… 44616
Reposted by Martijn KoningsMartijn Konings @mkonings.bsky.social · 23/12/2025New paper out - on why there won't be a return to the golden age of inflation targeting. Empirical material focused on the Reserve Bank of Australia, but the argument applies broadly, I feel. www.ppesydney.net/content/uplo... 03513
Reposted by Martijn KoningsJames Crane @jamescrane.bsky.social · 14/01/2026Recently stumbled on a more or less complete, unpublished Adorno fragment on fascist propaganda & mimesis while looking thru archival materials from the early phases (ca. 42/43) of writing Dialectic of Enlightenment. Just finished a translation—you can read it here! open.substack.com/pub/jamescra...open.substack.comAdorno: On Propaganda (ca. 1942/43)Translation of an unpublished fragment from the materials for ‘Elements of Anti-Semitism.’ 34012
Reposted by Martijn KoningsNed Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 12/01/2026The case against Graeberism and for Mamdanism dissentmagazine.org/article/the-... 15841213
Martijn Konings @mkonings.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Perhaps "the markets" are just telling us that their concern with central bank independence was never that principled to begin with. 041
Reposted by Martijn KoningsTimothy Noah @timothynoah.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Dear Stock Market: Trump is trying to throw the Federal Reserve chair in jail on charges even his fellow Republicans recognize as phony. Why aren’t you alarmed? Have you gone COMPLETELY deaf, dumb and blind? Love, Tim newrepublic.com/article/2052...newrepublic.comThe Market Met Jerome Powell’s Warning With Deep DenialWhat’s a Fed chair got to do to get people interested in the criminalization of monetary policy? 253
Martijn Konings @mkonings.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Jason Furman preaching about not playing politics while the Gestapo is banging down the church doors. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Trump’s Attack on the Fed Is Already Backfiring 020
Martijn Konings @mkonings.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Different scenarios, but the attack on Powell illustrates in a very direct way that there won’t be a return to normal for central bankers. 091