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Why are minerals so central to geopolitics? How green are electric cars? Why is anti-mining protest increasing? Can the inequalities of the global economy be transformed? I tackle these topics in my book EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism 👀 September 2025 @wwnorton.bsky.social

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Very interesting new review piece on venture capital and inequality in Africa, by Ben Mkalama and Stefan Ouma in @sasemeeting.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1093/ser/...

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People are really struggling with the notion that the US does not defend "Western values." I'm just reminded of how Gandhi responded when he was once asked what he thought of "Western civilization." His reply? "I think it would be a good idea."

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Benjamin Selwyn: "The economist Alice Amsden’s work unmasked the dirty secret underlying capitalist development: it relied on states breaking all the rules of the free market. But her work also showed that industrialization required corporate discipline, not welfare." jacobin.com/2025/02/amsd...

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#Earlyview #Openaccess 'The Green Economy and the Global South' by @hochstet.bsky.social #greeneconomy #globalsouth #RegGov See abstract 👇 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Our article “The Institutional Sources of Economic Transformation: Explaining Variation in Energy Transitions” is now forthcoming from @thejop.bsky.social. Many thanks to so many colleagues for their helpful feedback! #Polisky #ClimateChange www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....

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So is the goal viewpoint diversity or viewpoint conformity? The oligarchs can't keep their story straight.

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Chotiner + Will Shoki combo as excellent as one would expect. Seriously, if you’re not a South African and only read one article about the Trump/Musk demands vs the reality of SA today, this is the piece. And an excellent discussion for SAns too! www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

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My today's Substack: Trump, the state and the revolution branko2f7.substack.com/p/trump-the-...

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I think the most apt conceptualization of what Trump is doing is the one that I’ve seen adopted by both @adamprz.bsky.social and @brankomilan.bsky.social: “revolutionary.”

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Thanks to @foreignaffairs.com for sharing this essay. Maybe some lessons for today?

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I am keeping a diary of daily events, as they unfold open.substack.com/pub/adamprze... It is available to everyone. I am new to Substack, so please let me know if something is wrong with the link or the file.

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Looking forward to sharing my book at the Colby College Sociology colloquium on Thursday! @mayrl.bsky.social @philipjfang.bsky.social

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@sariarhohavren.bsky.social: "Interesting 🇨🇳 readout of Scholz’s and Wang Yi’s meeting: About the EVs: “China appreciates Germany's rational and pragmatic attitude on the EU's tariffs on electric vehicle….” According to the Chinese readout, Scholz said, “Germany...does not agree with the tariff war

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Highly recommend both.

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“It’s a moonshot.” Vienna has a $21 billion plan to end its dependence on imported fossil gas with heat pumps, boreholes and energy efficiency. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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First review of my book, out in Choice!

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As the Trusk regime is wrecking the state apparatus that brought us the IRA, it's more urgent than ever to understand the politics of green macrofinancial regimes. Here's a 🧵 on the result of @danielagabor.bsky.social and I wrecking our brains for four years. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Really interesting — and beautiful. Thanks for writing this, Zach.

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Graduate students, please submit nominations for the Sociology of Development Graduate Student Paper Award! Due March 1. www.asanet.org/communities-...

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“A study from the Industrial Policy Lab from Johns Hopkins University published a relevant study on Brazilian Industrial Policy that deserves to be read carefully by the Lula government.” jornalggn.com.br/economia/um-...

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Universities need to conceive of themselves primarily as employers if they want an effective political response to the federal government’s efforts to defund higher education. But this flies in the face of the vocational mystification that characterizes how universities talk about themselves.

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Afrikaner nationalism rests on the myth of indigeneity. Now Trump is calling Afrikaners “settlers.” 🤔

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Begging for some politician to please make the link between a "constitutional crisis" / "attack on democracy" and a war on workers. Nobody is going to care about the former if they are not convinced of the latter.

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The only hope for higher ed is the academic labor movement. Join this @higheredlabor.bsky.social call next week to plan our fight us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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If it's hitting UIUC already, it's crushing other places. @econroy.bsky.social the lag will catch up real soon like.

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Michael Burawoy's concluding lines to his book "Public Sociology" (2021).

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What a senseless tragedy. Rest in peace, Michael Burawoy. Easily one of the most important sociologists of the past 50+ years, and a true friend of South Africa. www.mercurynews.com/2025/02/04/o...

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I wrote a paper about actual land reform in South Africa. doi.org/10.1177/1535...

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One thing I am sure about regarding the latest round tariffs is that textbook economics is not going to adequately predict how this plays out.

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Indonesia casts doubt on role of Paris climate accord after Donald Trump’s exit www.ft.com/content/41d8... via @financialtimes.com

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New paper out with @nilskupzok.bsky.social on "Green macrofinancial bargains: how economic interests enable and limit climate action." 1/

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Lo nuevo de PW en español. "Las transferencias de tecnología verde pueden ayudar a impulsar innovaciones en todo el mundo. Sin embargo, se ven bloqueadas por un régimen de propiedad intelectual que no reconoce el cambio climático como una amenaza existencial". @bhbradlow.bsky.social

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I'll be in Brazil April 1-10 to conduct field work related to my book project on transitions to EV manufacturing in the Global South. Please let me know if you have any contacts of interest! I'll also be giving a public talk about my book URBAN POWER -- will have details to share soon.

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I’ve ended up talking about and sharing versions of this paper more than I ever meant to over the past few years so I’ve done the thing I’m told is sensible and made a pre-print! All comments, queries and criticisms very welcome papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Looking forward to visiting Boston College tomorrow to talk about my book, URBAN POWER. 12p, McElroy Commons 237, if you’re nearby.

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Looks like many new folks have joined lately so I’m sharing this starter pack again. Now, more than ever, it is crucial to understand the social and political dimensions of environmental problems and solutions. go.bsky.app/GNpJZBo

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Discuss

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Just in the last week, I’ve seen leading figures aligned to both Republicans and Democrats making versions of the argument, “our billionaires are more virtuous than your billionaires.”

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Well played, @70sbachchan.bsky.social.

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Here's the reading list for my 6 week graduate seminar this semester on green industrial policy.

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The next financial crisis could start in the insurance sector, @whitehouse.senate.gov told me. Losses like we’re seeing from LA wildfires are more than just “a fiscal blip of some kind that you recover from”: on.ft.com/3DYvtiL

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