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Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social · 17d

Today is publication day!

EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism is officially out with @wwnorton.com - find it at a bookstore near you or order online💚📚 wwnorton.com/books/978132...

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Vincenzo Maccarrone @bigmacca.bsky.social · 23d

if anything, the EU has been very active in using the Draghi's report as a justification to undermine the little corporate sustainability legislation that it had just introduced

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CPERN @cpern.bsky.social · 23d

Online workshop: Urban social movements as extended class actors
Join us on 25 September to discuss Sarah Uhlmann's article about struggles over social reproduction!
With discussants @miria-gam.bsky.social and @bonfert.bsky.social
Register here: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
See you there!

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CPERN monthly meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Sarah Uhlmann 'Urban social movements as extended class actors: struggles over reproduction in Buenos Aires, New York City and Hamburg', in Global Political Economy. Discussants: Miria Gambardella a...

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Vincenzo Maccarrone @bigmacca.bsky.social · Sep 10

The open access version of the paper is available here: ricerca.sns.it/handle/11384...

Sticks and carrots in the making of integration: European economic governance between changes and continuities

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Vincenzo Maccarrone @bigmacca.bsky.social · Sep 10

Looking at the history of neoliberalism, this is not a novelty: ‘Reaganomics’ combined cuts to the welfare state with an augmented military budget (3)

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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · Sep 9

German carmaker when Korean carmaker gets raided by secret police: “Not concerned at all. Actually hell yes! Gotta follow the rules!!“
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Ola Källenius, chief executive of Mercedes-Benz, which has plants in the US, said on Monday that he was not concerned about broader impact from the arrests: "You have to respect rules and regulations. We do that and we will continue to invest [in the US]."

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Vincenzo Maccarrone @bigmacca.bsky.social · Sep 8

This is visible also in the most recent developments, with the renewed obsession with competitiveness that is leading to a new wave of deregulation, and the increase in EU-backed military spending (2)

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Vincenzo Maccarrone @bigmacca.bsky.social · Sep 8

With @gemmagasseau.bsky.social we have a new short piece in Capital & Class, where we analyse continuties and changes in European economic governance. We argue that, despite the changes since the pandemic, EU integration remains centered on neoliberalism (1)

Gemma Gasseau @gemmagasseau.bsky.social · Sep 6

What's changing and what's not in European Economic Governance in the current conjuncture? With @bigmacca.bsky.social we address the question in this short piece just published journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
DM if interested but don't have access!

The image shows the title and the abstract of the paper cited.

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Jo Michell @jomichell.bsky.social · Jul 18

anyone remember skill-biased technical change?

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Vincenzo Maccarrone @bigmacca.bsky.social · Jun 13

check it out!

Labor Action Tracker @laboraction.bsky.social · Jun 11

🎉Today, our team based in the United States along with Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China, Italy, South Africa, Türkiye, UK and Uruguay have brought together data on strikes in 2023 to publish the International Strike Report (2023)!
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Vincenzo Maccarrone @bigmacca.bsky.social · Jun 4

and here with the correct linl: mulpress.mcmaster.ca/globallabour...

Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Free Trade, Tariffs and the US Labour Movement | Global Labour Journal

Donald Trump’s tariff war, which has focused on cars as one of the main targets, has placed unions, and in particular the United Auto Workers (UAW), the main auto industry union in the US, in a complicated strategic position.

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Vincenzo Maccarrone @bigmacca.bsky.social · Jun 4

The new issue of the Global Labour Journal
is out, and it includes an article I wrote with Francesco Massimo and Angelo Moro on tariffs and the US labor movement
ttps://mulpress.mcmaster.ca/globallabour/article/view/6728

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Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung (MPIfG) @mpifg.bsky.social · May 30

In our next MAX CPE workshop @angelawigger.bsky.social‬ will present her paper on "Delegating Decarbonization: How InvestEU Empowers Financial Capital at the Expense of a Democratic Governance of EU Industrial Policy".

📅 Wednesday June 4, 13:00 CEST
📍 online

Sign up: s.gwdg.de/rXs4Xn

June 4, "EU Industrial Policy. Crowding in Financial Capital, Crowding Out Democratic Oversight". Angela Wigger, Radboud University

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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · May 22

Without Water, We Have Nothing
Blue Community Ambassador Gemma Gasseau is organizing an online workshop with Blue Community Ambassador Caitling Schroering.
Online workshop on the 29th May at 18.00 CEST
blue-community.net/2...

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Vincenzo Maccarrone @bigmacca.bsky.social · May 16

At @sns.it in Florence we are hosting a debate between Wolfgang Streeck and Beverly Silver on Monday 19 at 16.00 CET. There will be also the possibility to join online!

www.sns.it/en/node/768394

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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · Apr 4

"Markets are crashing because today, markets are based on the stock value of companies who today embedded are embedded in modes of production that are bad for the United States."

If you're surprised by Rubio sounding like a Marxist-theory-of-financialization guy, you forget that in 2019... 1/2

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 4

Marco Rubio: "Market are crashing."

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Vincenzo Maccarrone @bigmacca.bsky.social · Apr 4

Oggi sul @mm-ilmanifesto-bot.bsky.social con Angelo Moro e Francesco Massimo torniamo a parlare di dazi in USA, analizzando le risposte dei big dell'auto (con breve chiosa finale sul sindacato)
ilmanifesto.it/dazi-i-big-d...

Dazi, i big dell’auto vanno in ordine sparso ma Stellantis chiude già qualche linea | il manifesto

Auto e dintorni (Internazionale) I dazi generalizzati annunciati da Donald Trump nel ‘liberation day’ hanno solo apparentemente risparmiato l’industria automobilistica, per la quale rimarranno in vigo...

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Vincenzo Maccarrone @bigmacca.bsky.social · Apr 3

Less than a week left to apply to our upcoming conference, "Reclaiming power: Bridging Social Movements and Industrial Relations in Labour Mobilisation" at the Scuola Normale Superiore in Florence, Italy, on May 26 and 27.
All info here: cosmos.sns.it/news/call-fo...

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Vincenzo Maccarrone @bigmacca.bsky.social · Apr 2

Con Francesco Massimo e Angelo Moro sul @mm-ilmanifesto-bot.bsky.social di oggi analizziamo criticamente la posizione del sindacato Usa verso i dazi di Trump
ilmanifesto.it/si-ai-piani-...

Sì ai piani di Trump, l’abbaglio del sindacato americano | il manifesto

Auto e dintorni (Economia) La decisione dell’amministrazione Trump di imporre dazi su tutte le auto importate negli Stati uniti a partire dal 3 aprile (e sulle componenti più importanti come motore e ...

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César Guzmán-Concha @guzmancesar9.bsky.social · Apr 1

The main consequence of the aggressive trade policy pursued by the Trump regime is the acceleration of South-South economic integration and cooperation.

Benjamin Alvarez @benjalvarez1.bsky.social · Apr 1

Indian Prime Minister Modi hosted Chilean President Gabriel Boric in Delhi. "Chile is an important friend of ours in Latin America," Modi tweeted, adding that both leaders agreed "that discussions should begin for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement." 🇮🇳🇨🇱

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Vincenzo Maccarrone @bigmacca.bsky.social · Mar 31

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Global Political Economy Journal @gpejournal.bsky.social · Mar 28

Our co-editor-in-chief @monicaclua.bsky.social is delivering the keynote lecture of the Economists without borders conference in Madrid this evening 👇

Economistas sin Fronteras @economiajusta.bsky.social · Mar 24

¡Este fin de semana son las jornadas #OtraEconomíaEstáEnMarcha! Si quieres venir a reflexionar colectivamente sobre cómo impulsar las transformaciones que necesitamos para transitar hacia una economía justa, ¡aún puedes apuntarte!

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Otra economía está en marcha 2025 - Economistas sin Fronteras

El 28 y 29 de marzo celebramos las jornadas Otra Economía está en Marcha 2025 en el Ateneo La Maliciosa de Madrid. Otro año más, tenemos la oportunidad de encontrarnos en este espacio de reflexión y d...

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Vincenzo Maccarrone @bigmacca.bsky.social · Mar 27

Less than a week left to submit an abstract for our conference 'Countervailing Platform Power', Florence, 26-27 June. We've now added info on the four great keynote speakers @veenadubal.bsky.social @milamiceli.bsky.social @trebors2025.bsky.social & Vasilis Kostakis

www.sns.it/it/evento/co...

Countervailing Platform Power | ScuolaNormaleSuperiore

The rapid expansion of digital platforms has profoundly reshaped labor markets, social movements, and economic structures. While platformization has exacerbated labor precarity and power asymmetries, ...

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · Mar 25

This morning, FACULTY UNIONS led by @aaup.bsky.social sued the Trump administration over the unlawful funding cuts at Columbia. We will not let the federal government use coercion to rob us of academic freedom and critical research!

So proud of my union!

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ETUI @etui.bsky.social · Mar 21

📣 Out now!

📕 New publication edited by ETUI researchers @kurtvandaele.bsky.social and Silvia Rainone, and published by @elgarpublishing.bsky.social

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