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Just seeing the RCT 'scandal' brewing among econs again. This is not a question about some bad apples or some instances of malpractice. The RCT industry has been completely distorted from its inception in Econ and this is closely tied to the incentive structure of the discipline.

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The tendency among sm Marxists &/or leftists to diss identity aspects of contemporary movements or to reduce it to identity determinism betrays a laziness in analysis to meaningfully integrate theoretical category of class w/ identity. Let’s be better & put in the work. It’s not one vs other.

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Let's try this: I am looking for Marxist / HetEcon views on monopoly, preferably more micro-focused than Baran / Sweezy. Any suggestions? @dkmarxsoc.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social @isabellamweber.bsky.social @mauricehoefgen.bsky.social #EconSky

submitted 6 days ago • 3 comments

A fantastic talk by Jonathan Jenner on Labour coercion under colonialism in Kenya. So refreshing and such in-depth archival work.

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@soaseconomics.bsky.social has joined us here! You need to follow them because they are easily the most exciting and innovative economics department you will find anywhere. @soasdevelopment.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social @sarastevano.bsky.social @danielagabor.bsky.social

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📣 Call for Papers for the 27th Annual Conference of the Association of Heterodox Economics (AHE) 18-20 June 2025 at King’s College London (Waterloo Campus) Deadline for papers and panels: February 14th 2025 hetecon.net/2024/12/17/a...

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Burawoy on appropriation of Eric Wright's work "Having stripped the politics out of Marxism, having left behind the contradictions of capitalism, having abandoned history—especially history as the history of class struggle—and having reduced class analysis to another set of independent variables..”+

submitted 19 days ago • 1 comment

🎙️ New podcast episode unravels informal economy with Surbhi Kesar, in a thought-provoking conversation with Sara Stevano, focusing on the Indian economy Tune in for key insights! Listen here 🔊 www.soas.ac.uk/research/res... @naomihossain.bsky.social @laurahammond.bsky.social #IndianEconomy

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📢Tomorrow @ 5pm! Don’t miss the lecture by Shiping Tang! See you there @soasuni.bsky.social @soaslibrary.bsky.social @soas-dld.bsky.social @eadi.bsky.social @devcomms.bsky.social @carlosoya.bsky.social @naomihossain.bsky.social @kings-sga.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social @sarastevano.bsky.social

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Making feminist economics count - Workshop @ SOAS (13th & 14th of Feb) Come join us for a two day workshop dedicated to learning & advancing quantitative methods in feminist economics. Limited spaces. Apply! ysi.ineteconomics.org/event/making...

submitted 37 days ago • 2 comments

It was such fun to speak with Sara Stevano on my research on informal economy, structural transformation and post-colonial capitalism in this two-episodes podcast (in the 2nd episode, I speak to Sara about her research). @sarastevano.bsky.social

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“More than 3,000 former and current Maruti Suzuki employees gathered in Gurugram on January 5. They were demanding permanent jobs and the reinstatement of employees who were suspended following the violence at the Manesar plant in 2012.” thewire.in/rights/manes...

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Read abhorring article on race & caste in today’s Times of India. While yes, there are key diff b/w race & caste, by suggesting that race is simply based on skin colour & caste on conciliation hierarchy, author betrays a lack of understanding social construction of both! 1/3

submitted 61 days ago • 2 comments

It was very enriching to present my work on informal economy, surplus labour, & India's economic development at Delhi Economics Society. Thanks Surajit Das and Prachi Bansal for hosting and to those attending, esp. Prof Barbara Harriss-White, for such an engaging discussion!

submitted 81 days ago • 1 comment

The great Indian political economy drama in six acts www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/t...

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

Much of contemporary structural transformation & industrial policy lit has forsaken the labour question or expect it to be resolved w/ growth of industrial/services sector. w/ surplus labour as one of the most critical Q of contemporary development, this lit falls markedly short.

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

Releasing that link only works for SOAS login, here is general link for the exciting 1978 informal sector special issue: www.sciencedirect.com/journal/worl...

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

In 1978, World Development carried an exciting SI on informal sector: www-sciencedirect-com.soas.idm.oclc.org/journal/worl... Much richer than current mainstream debates ltd to earnings/pdty diff w/ formal sector, defining informality as choice vs last resort, or hw best to induce formalisation.

submitted 83 days ago • 1 comment

Sorry but first world researchers need to stop treating the developing countries as labs to come up with research ideas. These are serious concerns and development problems, the research on which needs to be driven by and embedded in a development agenda and not as a means to publications.

submitted 84 days ago • 1 comment

I also had a joke about informality, but it did not register. h/t @ihsaanbassier.bsky.social

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

I had a joke about capitalism, but someone else already stole it. h/t @ihsaanbassier.bsky.social

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There is a tendency among many (heterodox?) economists to view Marx as one another in the line of classical political economists. But his was a sharp break from CPE. His understanding of “class” is very different than how Smith, Ricardo, and others use it. That distinction is key to understand Marx.

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The AEA's annual conference is at the Hilton San Francisco Union Sqare, where @uniteherel2.bsky.social workers are on strike. The AEA should not do business with hotels where workers are striking. The AEA should not make attendees cross the picket line. #econtwitter @aeainformation.bsky.social

submitted 88 days ago • 1 comment

Here we go!! go.bsky.app/HGJz3QR

submitted 87 days ago • 1 comment

Got AEA & ASSA emails this morning abt hotel workers striking in SF? Want to figure out what it means & what your options are? See this analysis @shirkandsteal.bsky.social @jennifercohen.bsky.social & me, & our call to support 3 small ASSA policy changes #EconSky aaronsojourner.org/hotel-worker...

submitted 86 days ago • 5 comments

#EconSky if are planning to attend the AEA meetings 2025, be aware of the hotel workers’ strikes in hotels where the meetings will be held. Support the workers and do not cross picket lines. Here is the breakdown of the strike and what you can do: aaronsojourner.org/hotel-worker...

submitted 85 days ago • 0 comments

“British workplaces rank among the worst in Europe for long hours, tight deadlines and limited autonomy, without being any more productive.” Shock news: limiting workers’ rights makes people miserable, sick and unproductive www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-...

submitted 92 days ago • 19 comments

Churning numbers w/ @ihsaanbassier.bsky.social & @rosaabraham.bsky.social from India's economic census for a project: From the set of non-agri enterprises in India, >98% are informal or micro enterprises (with no hired or hired but < than 10 workers) + they acc for 79% of all workers in the set.

submitted 96 days ago • 1 comment

FINALLY its here: the (searchable!) database of nearly 30,000 pages of Federal Reserve Board meeting minutes I got through FOIA. As I've already started to write about, they significantly rewrite Federal Reserve history. www.crisesnotes.com/here-are-the...

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At a paddy procurement centre in Jammu, where paddy is being procured by gov for a minimum support price of INR 23/kg while market price for this quality is 19/kg. Farmers from neighbouring villages transport the produce here to be cleaned, measured, & bought, ensuring a decent min price.

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Our (@ingridhk.bsky.social, @surbhikesar.bsky.social, and my) commentary “The Colonial Origins of Economics” on the 2024 the Economics ‘Nobel’ has been translated into Persian! Incredibly honoured and blown away. Thank you, Ali Abbaszadeh 😀

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Israel killed another 70 people in north Gaza today. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...

submitted 100 days ago • 8 comments

Starter pack of those focussing on heterodox approaches or critical political economy approaches in economics, e.g. Marxian political economy, post-Keynesian economics. go.bsky.app/SbczuPW

submitted 101 days ago • 3 comments

Starter pack, will add more! go.bsky.app/9znx7s6

submitted 101 days ago • 3 comments

Here's our commentary on how the 2024 Economics Nobel integrates colonialism into economics, while leaving a colonial worldview intact (w/ @surbhikesar.bsky.social & @devikadutt.bsky.social). To explain how & why they do this, we go back to the colonial origins of Econ. www.epw.in/journal/2024...

submitted 129 days ago • 3 comments

ICYMI, check out this report on the role of the Development NGO sector in decolonising economic development, written by @ingridhk.bsky.social and @surbhikesar.bsky.social www.bond.org.uk/resources/de...

submitted 125 days ago • 0 comments

Here’s why @ingridhk.bsky.social, @surbhikesar.bsky.social, and I think that the 2024 Economics ‘Nobel’ winning framework of understanding how institutions are formed and affect prosperity is Eurocentric, ahistorical, and wrong www.epw.in/journal/2024...

submitted 130 days ago • 2 comments