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thomstubbs.bsky.social
Reader in Global Political Economy | Royal Holloway, University of London | International political economy, international public policy, global health | https://www.tstubbs.net/
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This is a must-read.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic. globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

submitted 18 days ago • 528 comments

Verschärft der IWF durch verordnete Austerität die Ungleichheit? @akentikelenis.bsky.social & @thomstubbs.bsky.social präsentieren die bislang umfassendste empirische Analyse der sozialen Auswirkungen von IWF-Krediten. Henning Schmidtke vom GIGA Institut lobt das Buch als „Meilenstein“. polisky

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

The government’s overall Oh well that’s how it is now attitude when one of the main pillars of your economy crumbles right there for everyone to see is quite difficult to comprehend.

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

Each for very different reasons, these were my fave books of 2024 📚 Happy new year friends ✨🍻 ps. Emma’s book (on the political economy of care & its value, second most sold in DK last year) will be out in English in Spring 2025. Keep an eye out 🧐

submitted 55 days ago • 1 comment

Following the example of @rickyclark.bsky.social and @lisadellmuth.bsky.social I have put together an International Political Economy starter pack. Please answer this post if you want to be included in a second starter pack! (I exhausted all 150 slots for this pack 😅) go.bsky.app/JQeggfC

submitted 57 days ago • 21 comments

Here's my International Relations starter pack - just answer this post if you want to be included! go.bsky.app/GHjHQu3 #polisky #internationalrelations #econsky #internationalpolitics

submitted 61 days ago • 80 comments

Lula at UN: “African countries borrow at rates up to 8 times higher than Germany and 4 times higher than the United States. It’s a Marshall Plan in reverse, in which the poorest finance the richest.” www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/mar... I presented at G20 Rio YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY6Z...

submitted 86 days ago • 5 comments

For those who missed it, my Substack has gone live, and I expect to be posting several times a week. Today's entry is (almost) non-political; tomorrow's won't be 1/ open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

submitted 77 days ago • 35 comments

Sometimes the combination of arrogance and ignorance is breathtaking. Yes, US health care has high admin costs; that's because it relies so much on private insurers. Govt-run health insurance has much lower overhead

submitted 83 days ago • 1324 comments

Re-upping this with more additions of civil society advocates and academics working on IFIs, including @katemac.bsky.social, @isabelortiz.bsky.social, @akentikelenis.bsky.social… and many more go.bsky.app/CnXtPpK

submitted 91 days ago • 0 comments

A wave of new social protection people joining overnight and this morning! Added to this starter pack go.bsky.app/FP9qJZV I am also adding the same people to this list which you can pin as a feed: bsky.app/profile/did:... (or you can just make your own custom one!)

submitted 97 days ago • 6 comments

So, to everyone who thought the Bessent pick meant that Trump would be reasonable on economic policy: I hope you enjoyed your vacation from reality 1/ www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/b...

submitted 93 days ago • 268 comments

Economic Sociology expansion pack! Need to add others or add yourself? Do it! go.bsky.app/Tdf2TZ2

submitted 95 days ago • 11 comments

Hiya Bluesky! I'm new here, but this is the kind of thing I think about: climate justice requires local environmental justice, which requires an end to austerity, which requires debt justice. Can we do all of that? Yes! #COP16 #COP29 www.bu.edu/gdp/2024/10/...

submitted 100 days ago • 0 comments

All IPE scholars!!! 👀 15th Annual Australian International Political Economy Network (AIPEN) workshop. Adelaide University / Flinders University, February 6-7 2025 Full call here: www.ppesydney.net/2025-aipen-w... Paper/panel proposals to Len Seabrooke, [email protected], by 30 November 2024.

submitted 106 days ago • 0 comments

Start pack of Royal Holloway Politics & International Relations academic staff and PhD students! go.bsky.app/EyuS68d

submitted 97 days ago • 3 comments

The work of Kentikelenis & @thomstubbs.bsky.social on IMF & austerity is unparalleled. For a brief intro, check out this webinar, where I was honored to spend an hour interviewing them about this impressive new book. www.youtube.com/live/lL7NwQV...

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

Bluesky is growing so quickly—it is hard to keep track of everyone joining! Are there any new sovereign debt nerds here I might have missed in this starter pack I have put together? go.bsky.app/Cw8ufrd

submitted 100 days ago • 7 comments

I've seen so many great starter packs, but I've yet to encounter one on int'l organizations and cooperation. So, I made one. It is no doubt incomplete, but I hope you find it helpful nonetheless. Feel free to circulate and, if you have suggestions on who to add, send them my way! go.bsky.app/RbHqH38

submitted 101 days ago • 51 comments

𝐀 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐮𝐭𝐬: 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 Kentikelenis and I document the health and social impacts of 40 years of IMF-mandated austerity policies on the Global South. Available from Oxford University Press: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments