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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 1d

God give me the confidence of an Argentinian (central banker) - here the bold claim that central bank independence would have saved Argentina from the Peronists and international financial subordination.

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Lessons for the Fed from my time at the helm of Argentina’s central bank

As I learnt to my cost, attacks on the independence of the institution never end well

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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · 1d

If profits shape the energy transition we need to understand the biggest profit event this century: the 2022 oil and gas price spike.

Very happy our paper is now out in Energy Research & Social Science. Thread by lead-author @gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social 👇

Gregor Semieniuk @gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social · 1d

🚨NEW PAPER🚨
We all know the 2022 energy price shock fueled the cost of living crisis. It also caused a profit bonanza for the very rich. We show the US reaped the largest profits ($377bn) of any country. 50% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

River or sankey diagram showing the allocation of profits from global oil and gas companies to quantiles of the US wealth size distribution via financial system intermediaries, such as asset managers, and categories of ultimate beneficiaries, such as business owners, pension funds and shareholders in listed companies. The scale is hundreds of billions of US dollars, and ultimately 50.4% of profits reaching the US personal wealth distribution go to the richest 1% of households.

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Gregor Semieniuk @gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social · 1d

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 4d

BBC accused of 'extraordinary' anti-Green bias after party say the Laura Kuenssberg Show scrapped a promised interview with @zackpolanski.bsky.social on Sunday.

Green sources say the show also refused to interview Polanski after he was elected as leader last month

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/06/b...

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 4d

even the illustration - one side promises fascism, the other affordable housing and healthcare, must be the same from the radical centre!

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 4d

took a deep breath before reading this 'hard left' @financialtimes.com take but at least it's more honest on why 'hard' in the US is basically middle of the road social democratic policy everywhere else (and what Biden campaigned on in 2020!)

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The rise of America’s hard left

Economic populists offer an alternative to the authoritarian right, but they have to balance the righteous with the practical

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 4d

anyone who's paid a bit of attention to local fiscal politics would have told you this: every local service is down to bare bones.

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 4d

I hope @zackpolanski.bsky.social makes this key talking point for those who think Reform will restore public services or improve cost of living crisis (have seen a few) - Reform are a bunch of hapless neoliberals, Javier Millei wannabes with not much left to cut after a decade of Tory austerity

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 4d

Reform likely to raise Kent council tax after cost-cutting drive falters on.ft.com/4pTvJ62

Reform likely to raise Kent council tax after cost-cutting drive falters

Nigel Farage’s party promised to revive local authority finances by slashing wasteful spending

on.ft.com

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 4d

Reform likely to raise Kent council tax after cost-cutting drive falters on.ft.com/4pTvJ62

Reform likely to raise Kent council tax after cost-cutting drive falters

Nigel Farage’s party promised to revive local authority finances by slashing wasteful spending

on.ft.com

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Ingrid Robeyns @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social · 4d

Today, 250.000 people took to the streets of Amsterdam to protest Israel's genocidal violence in Gaza and the cowardly response by the Dutch government. It followed on two earlier protests, one with 150.000 protesters, and the first one with about 100.000. By Dutch standards, these are huge numbers.

Oxfam Novib @oxfamnovib.bsky.social · 5d

WIJ ZIJN MET MEER❗

#RodeLijn

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Reposted by Rami G. Khouri, Daniela Gabor, Diana Buttu , and 5 more Rami G. Khouri, Daniela Gabor, Diana Buttu, Catherine Kyobutungi, Patrick Dunleavy, Bronwyn Fredericks, Lupicínio Íñiguez-Rueda, Alex Callinicos

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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 5d

Israel is piling crime on top of crime on top of crime.

No wonder it is determined to bring down the entire edifice of international humanitarian law - it's the only hope of protecting itself from consequences.

Btw: the allegations are significantly worse than bedbugs.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 5d

Greta Thunberg says she is being detained by Israel in cell ‘infested with bedbugs’

Exclusive: Activist tells Swedish officials she has been subjected to harsh treatment, including insufficient food and water Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg has told Swedish officials she is being subjected to harsh treatment in Israeli custody after her detention and removal from a flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, according to correspondence seen by the Guardian. According to the correspondence, Israeli forces are also reported by another detainee to have taken photographs where Thunberg was allegedly forced to hold flags. The identity of the flags are unknown. Continue reading...

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 5d

the Italians, showing us how it's done even with out of office replies.
in solidarity!

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 5d

There's a chapter in my forthcoming book on #WallStreetConsensus on Barbarians inside the social state, but this brilliant piece shows they're now deep inside the defense state

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susannah glickman @susglickman.bsky.social · 5d

have a new piece out that asks the question: is it good to run the pentagon like a private equity firm?

www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

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susannah glickman @susglickman.bsky.social · 5d

have a new piece out that asks the question: is it good to run the pentagon like a private equity firm?

www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 5d

Remember this guy runs Apollo, who a Republican senator once described as healthcare terrorists for what they are doing to American people in their hospitals.

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · 5d

Trump 2 is a private equity presidency,
Big Finance still rules the show and #WallStreetConsensus is apparently going to make Palestine investible.

Jim Kane @kanejim.bsky.social · 5d

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Jim Kane @kanejim.bsky.social · 5d

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