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Surbhi Kesar

@surbhikesar.bsky.social
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Economic development & political economy. Senior lecturer - Economics, SOAS U of London. Researches informality, structural transformation, post-colonial capitalist development, decolonizing econ. sites.google.com/view/surbhikesar/b…

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Lena Gempke @lenagempke.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
📣 CfP | Social Reproduction @ IIPPE 2026 🗓️ Deadline: 15 February 2026 Come join us! The IIPPE Social Reproduction Working Group invites paper and panel submissions to the IIPPE 16th Annual Conference. 📍 Lisbon | 🗓️ 9–12 September 2026 👉 CfP in link below or by scanning the QR code
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Surbhi Kesar @surbhikesar.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Enjoyed this conversation with Michael Walker @novaramedia.com on what the recent Nobel prizes in economics miss out about dynamics of development and what a decolonized lens helps mend that. @soaseconomics.bsky.social @soasdevelopment.bsky.social youtu.be/II7U4UlGaIA?...
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The Case For Decolonizing Economics
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@charleshb@mastodon.sdf.org @charleshb.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Novara( @novaramedia.com )Media "The Case For Decolonizing Economics" Michael Walker, Surbhi( @surbhikesar.bsky.social )Kesar www.youtube.com/watch?v=II7U...
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The Case For Decolonizing Economics
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Surbhi Kesar @surbhikesar.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
In this Economic &Political Weekly piece “The Politics of Data”, I identify 3 levels at which the politics operates- a) deliberate misrepresentation, b) adoption of certain categories, measurement, c) privileging methods for analysis at cost of obscuring complex realities. www.epw.in/journal/2025...
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The Politics of Data
The politics of data can be understood at three distinct levels within contemporary academic and policy discourse.The politics of data can be understood at three distinct levels within contemporary ac...
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Soumya Mishra @soumyamishra.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
@surbhikesar.bsky.social and @rosaabraham.bsky.social analyse high frequency panel data on transitions in India’s labour market. Rather than trends to formalisation, they find the main transitions are between different forms of informal work. sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 8/
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Bruno Bonizzi @bbonizzi.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Join Us at SASE 2026 in Bordeaux! The upcoming SASE conference will feature a mini-conference on International Financial Subordination (IFS). How does IFS evolve in the current context of climate crisis and geopolitical tensions? More info here 👉 sase.org/events/2026-...
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GFTU Educational Trust @gftuet.org.uk · 30/10/2025
🚨 Borders, Bosses & Labour: The Real Politics of Immigration Join our 7th Political International Economy International School session. Tutored by: Hannah Cross & David Bacon | Chaired by: @surbhikesar.bsky.social More about them below👇 #GFTUET #Political
Promotional poster for a GFTU Educational Trust event titled "Borders, Bosses & Labour: The Real Politics of Immigration" on Wednesday 4 February at 6 PM, featuring speakers David Bacon, Hannah Cross, and Surbhi Kesar against a backdrop with a vintage map.Promotional poster for 'Meet the Tutor' featuring Hannnah Cross. Event details include the date 4 February 2026 and the location as online. Promotional poster for 'Meet the Tutor' featuring David Bacon. Event details include the date 4 February 2026 and the location as online. Promotional poster for 'Meet the Tutor' featuring Surbhi Kesar. Event details include the date 4 February 2026 and the location as online.
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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Exciting book launch with @cacrisalves.bsky.social @ingridhk.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social and @devikadutt.bsky.social at our very own @soaseconomics.bsky.social
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SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
📌 Join us TOMORROW at @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics for a discussion with @devikadutt.bsky.social , @cacrisalves.bsky.social , @surbhikesar.bsky.social , Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven on: 🌍 Decolonizing Economics: An Introduction 📚 Info and livestream 🔗 www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
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SOAS Global Development @soasdevelopment.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
📌 Join us at @soasuni.bsky.social for a discussion with @devikadutt.bsky.social @cacrisalves.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social @ingridhk.bsky.social on: "Decolonizing Economics: An Introduction" Livestream➡️: 🔗www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/decolonizing-economics-introduction @eadi.bsky.social
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EconomicsInTen @economicsinten.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
In our podcasts we like to recommend books and here are some of our recommendations from our latest, including books by Nancy Folbre, Marilyn Waring, @devikadutt.bsky.social @ingridhk.bsky.social, @cacrisalves.bsky.social, @surbhikesar.bsky.social, @timjackson.org.uk & @clubofrome.org. #EconSky
Books from our Jayati Ghosh podcast.
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UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose @iipp-ucl.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
🆕 Book Launch: Decolonising Economics Join us for the launch of the new book 'Decolonizing Economics', by IIPP Professor @cacrisalves.bsky.social, @devikadutt.bsky.social, @surbhikesar.bsky.social and @ingridhk.bsky.social. 🔗 Learn more and register here: buff.ly/c3e34Sn
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SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
👏🏽 We are proud to announce that our @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics Senior Lecturer, Dr. @surbhikesar.bsky.social, has been appointed Associate Editor of the Oxford Development Studies journal. @Oxford Development Studies
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SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
💬 How do we really approach issues in economics from a decolonised vs non-decolonised lens? Read the last piece of our @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics Senior Lecturer @surbhikesar.bsky.social on Exploring Economics 🔗 www.exploring-economics.org/en/discover/...
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Decolonising economics: An illustration of the informal economy | Exploring Economics
What does decolonising economics mean? Eurocentrism continues to shape the discipline of economics, leading to inaccurate theories that frame Europe’s development as a universal model.
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Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven @ingridhk.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
Thanks everyone for coming to the launch of our book Decolonizing Economics with @devikadutt.bsky.social @cacrisalves.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social! Had such a great time engaging with students, friends, the public. And thanks to Marx Memorial Library for hosting 🤗 hetecon.net/2025/07/03/dec…
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Robert Bigg @robertbigg.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Some thoughts on reading ‘Decolonizing Economics’ by @devikadutt.bsky.social @cacrisalves.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social @ingridhk.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/robertbi...
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Reorienting the Economic Debate
Thoughts on ‘Decolonizing Economics’ by Dutt, Alves, Kesar, & Kvangraven. This is a significant book, despite what, for some, might be a forbidding title. It is not always comfortable reading, it can ...
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SALDRU @saldru.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Join us next week for a book launch co-hosted with Rethinking Economics for Africa at UCT! @surbhikesar.bsky.social & @ingridhk.bsky.social will discuss their new book, "Decolonising Economics: An introduction" Date: 16 July Time: 12:50-14:00 (lunch at 12:00) Venue: UCT & online (links below)
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 03/07/2025
At least 73 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since dawn, including 33 aid seekers, according to medical sources.
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‘Horrific scenes’ in Gaza as Israel kills dozens of aid seekers
At least 73 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since dawn, including 33 aid seekers, according to medical sources.
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SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
🌏 New in World Development, @rosaabraham6 & our @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics Senior Lecturer @surbhikesar.bsky.social study the trajectories that characterise Indian labour market, & identify 7 dominant ones. How do they 👀?🧵 🔗https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X25001147
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Surbhi Kesar @surbhikesar.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
How do we make sense of the many transitions across employment arrangements in India’s labour market? New in World Development, @rosaabraham.bsky.social & I study the trajectories that characterise Indian labour market, & identify 7 dominant ones. What do they look like? 🧵 x.com/surbhikesar/...
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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
The entire West Bank is fully under siege now. All movement restricted.
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Post-Keynesian Economics Society @pkes.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Our Annual Workshop is tomorrow, 12 June, at SOAS with Hannah Hasenberger, @hulya-dagdeviren.bsky.social, @lorena-lombardozzi.bsky.social, @leilagautham.bsky.social @jomichell.bsky.social and Peter Skott. 13:30 - 18:30 UK time. No registration required. postkeynesian.net/event/2025-a...
13:30 – 16:00 Panel 1
Yannis Dafermos, SOAS University of London, PKES Annual Report
Hannah Hasenberger, University of Cambridge, From austerity to bankruptcy:
Tracing the impact of Coalition Government cuts on English local government
(with Hulya Dagdeviren and Mia Gray)
Hulya Dagdeviren, University of Hertfordshire, The political economy of financing net zero at local level (with Christina Wolf)
Lorena Lombardozzi, SOAS University of London, Energy transition, industrial policy and the new geo-economic governance in Central Asia
Chair: Christina Wolf, University of Hertfordshire
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 – 18:30 Panel 2
Leila Gautham, University of Leeds, Extended income poverty and time poverty: New estimates for the U.S.
Jo Michell, University of the West of England, An analytical heterogeneous agent macro model of concentration, markups, and falling labour shares (with Ayoze Alfageme and Karsten Kohler)
Peter Skott, Aalborg University Business School and University of Massachusetts Amherst, The recent wage compression: Tightness, turbulence, and power-biased economic policy (with Adam Aboobaker)
Chair: Maria Nikolaidi, University of Greenwich
18:30 – 20:00 Drinks reception
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EconomicsInTen @economicsinten.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
It's the book we've been waiting for!! Our podcasts are Eurocentric but that's why we finish our 'Short History' poem as we do. There is still much to learn & @cacrisalves.bsky.social, @devikadutt.bsky.social, @surbhikesar.bsky.social & @ingridhk.bsky.social are helping us with our journey. #EconSky
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SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
📚 Check out the latest symposium edited by our @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics Senior Lecturer @surbhikesar.bsky.social and Don Goldstein in the Review of Radical Political Economics: “Political Economy of Occupation, Colonialism, and Conflict in Palestine” 🔗 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Surbhi Kesar @surbhikesar.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
🧵Don Goldstein & I edit a symposium on “Political Economy of Occupation, Colonialism, and Conflict in Palestine" in Review of Radical Political Economics. 5 powerful essays that place Palestine at the heart of global capitalism’s contradictions. Intro: doi.org/10.1177/0486...
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Introduction to the Symposium on Political Economy of Occupation, Colonialism, and Conflict in Palestine - Surbhi Kesar, Don Goldstein, 2025
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Rainer Kattel @rainerkattel.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
This wonderful new book just dropped through my mailbox. Looking forward to reading it, and congrats to @devikadutt.bsky.social @cacrisalves.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social @ingridhk.bsky.social 🎉
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Carolina Alves @cacrisalves.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
It’s out! I’m deeply proud and grateful for this book — especially for the chance to collaborate with such brilliant & bold minds. Here’s to hoping its ideas spark fresh conversations and inspire meaningful change in our field. #economics #eurocentrism #decolonisation
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Polity @politybooks.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Economics obscures or is oblivious to the politics embedded in theorization itself. In this book, @devikadutt.bsky.social, @cacrisalves.bsky.social, @surbhikesar.bsky.social & @ingridhk.bsky.social return political questions to the heart of economic theorizing. See more: www.politybooks.com/...
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Devika Dutt @devikadutt.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Our book is out and available for purchase in the U.K. Writing this book with @cacrisalves.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social & @ingridhk.bsky.social was a long and arduous process that has arguably changed us all, and we’d be honoured for y’all to read it!
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Richard Hull @richardhull54.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
🧵2/2 Follow Developing Economics here: @divdececon.bsky.social. The Editor of Developing Economics is @ingridhk.bsky.social, who has co-authored a new book on Decolonizing Economics, with @devikadutt.bsky.social, @cacrisalves.bsky.social and @surbhikesar.bsky.social. bsky.app/profile/ingr...
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Surbhi Kesar @surbhikesar.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Excited to share details about workshop on “Labour, Informal Economy, and Structural Transformation under Post-Colonial Capitalism”, Anush Kapadia & I are organising. Fantastic scholars join us on June 4-5 June @soasuni.bsky.social, supported by @soaseconomics.bsky.social & New Political Economy.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 23/05/2025
Israel is using starvation as a weapon - not just genocide and mass murder of civilians, but torture. It is evil beyond belief, and it is evil that the world isn't rising collectively to stop this country. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Israeli attacks kill at least 16 people in Gaza as aid agencies warn of famine
Latest wave of bombings brings number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces to nearly 70 in less than 48 hours
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Naomi Hossain @naomihossain.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
This is going to be a game-changer. If this had been on my undergrad reading list 35 years ago I may have never dropped economics... Pre-ordered! @surbhikesar.bsky.social @soasuni.bsky.social @soasdevelopment.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @soaseconomics.bsky.social
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Unlearning Economics @unlearnecon.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Check out the new, indispensable book on Decolonising Economics by @cacrisalves.bsky.social, @devikadutt.bsky.social, @surbhikesar.bsky.social, and @ingridhk.bsky.social www.wiley.com/en-be/Decolo...
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Decolonizing Economics: An Introduction
<p>Decolonization has long been debated across the social sciences, but the economics discipline has so far avoided such critical engagement. This book provides a much-needed intervention.<br /><br />...
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SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
📌 Discover the latest book co-authored by our @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics Senior Lecturer @surbhikesar.bsky.social with @cacrisalves.bsky.social, @devikadutt.bsky.social and Ingrid Harvold 📚 Decolonizing Economics: An Introduction (Wiley, 2024) ➡ tinyurl.com/mrx84zvh
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Sara Stevano @sarastevano.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
I was gifted a copy of this book, which is hot off the press, by my friend & colleague @surbhikesar.bsky.social It looks great and I look forward to delving into it. Many congratulations @devikadutt.bsky.social @cacrisalves.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social & @ingridhk.bsky.social
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Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven @ingridhk.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Our book is *finally* available for pre-order! It'll ship next week on May 30th 😱 Been a long time coming, very curious about what you all will think. @devikadutt.bsky.social @cacrisalves.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social
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Surbhi Kesar @surbhikesar.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Our book is now available to order! We will be organising some book talks in the upcoming academic year to discuss these embryonic ideas on decolonising economics. @ingridhk.bsky.social @cacrisalves.bsky.social @devikadutt.bsky.social
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SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
🎧 Our @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics lecturer @surbhikesar.bsky.social joins @ingridharvold on Remaining Development to discuss how UK-based International NGOs reflect Eurocentric views of development. ♻️ listen to the podcast! 🔗 open.spotify.com/episode/36yd...
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SOAS Economics @soaseconomics.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
📌 Our @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics Senior Lecturer @surbhikesar.bsky.social will present with @ingridharvold at Comhlámh & Centre for Global Education online seminar: Decolonising Economic Development: The Role of the Development Sector ♻️ info and registration 🔗 comhlamh.org/blog/decolon...
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Decolonising Economic Development: The Role of the Development Sector - Comhlámh
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Surbhi Kesar @surbhikesar.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
@ingridhk.bsky.social and I will present our research at the Comhlámh & Centre for Global Education in this online seminar on the extent to which international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) in the UK are ‘governing the poor’ through Eurocentric interventions. comhlamh.org/blog/decolon...
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Decolonising Economic Development: The Role of the Development Sector - Comhlámh
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Surbhi Kesar @surbhikesar.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
@ingridhk.bsky.social and I will present our research at the Comhlámh & Centre for Global Education in this online seminar on the extent to which international non-governmental organisations (INGOs) in the UK are ‘governing the poor’ through Eurocentric interventions. comhlamh.org/blog/decolon...
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Decolonising Economic Development: The Role of the Development Sector - Comhlámh
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Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven @ingridhk.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
International NGOs largely continue to support a Eurocentric framework for development, even as they claim to be "decolonising" their practices. @surbhikesar.bsky.social and I explain our research on the Reimagining Development podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/36yd...
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Ali Abbaszadeh @ali-abszde.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
The commentary by @ingridhk.bsky.social, @surbhikesar.bsky.social and @devikadutt.bsky.social has become one of the most viewed articles on pecritique website in Persian. I’ve translated it — the link is pecritique.com/2024/11/16/%...
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ریشه‌های استعماری علم اقتصاد / اینگرید هارولد کانگراون و... / ترجمه‌ی علی عباس‌زاده - نقد اقتصاد سیاسی
نقد کتاب «چرا ملت‌ها شکست می‌خورند؟»: ____________ سیاست‌زدایی از توسعه برای دورکردن توجه ما از نیروهای ساختاری و خشونت‌آمیزی که از انباشت سرمایه حمایت می‌کنند، به تقویت دیدگاه اروپامحورِ توسعه منجر م...
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Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven @ingridhk.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
New article: How is the dominant approach to mining in the Econ discipline Eurocentric? What would an alternative non-Eurocentric framework look like and how does it change our understanding of mining? Tracing one mine, I try to answer these questions👇🧵 sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Cracks in the “gold standard”: The Eurocentrism of mining in development economics
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Surbhi Kesar @surbhikesar.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
@soaseconomics.bsky.social and SOAS law are joining hands to organise the book talk with author @quinnslobodian.com to discuss his new book “Hayek’s Bastards: The Neoliberal Roots of the Populist Right’. Join us in SOAS on May 7 at 12 noon.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
This is what the Israelis and their apologists call a targeted, anti-terror campaign. This is Rafah today.
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Israeli statement here is clearly true. IDF did *not* "randomly attack' an ambulance and kill its occupants. The IDF deliberately attacked an ambulance and murdered its occupants. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/w...
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Video Shows Aid Workers Killed in Gaza Under Gunfire Barrage, With Ambulance Lights On
The U.N. has said Israel killed the workers. The video appears to contradict Israel’s version of events, which said the vehicles were “advancing suspiciously” without headlights or emergency signals.
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Surbhi Kesar @surbhikesar.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
I had the pleasure to interview the brilliant @sarastevano.bsky.social about her fantastic work on approaches to social reproduction. Listen to her speak about her work here 👇🏽
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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Israel just committed *the largest child massacre in its history*, according to Haaretz. Two hundred Palestinian children murdered in a single day, with direct support from the US and UK, and zero outrage from Western media. What stage of barbarism is this...
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