Aida A. Hozic
@hozic.bsky.social
IR/IPE,aesthetics,feminism, Balkan,ephemera. Co-Lead Editor @ripejournal.bsky.social & Ed Team of International Political Sociology.
What a thread on political economy/critical political economy/Keynes et al! Ferals of the world unite ✊😺
Hoo boy. Feral emeritus prof here (possibly an idiot).
1st, h/t @70sbachchan.bsky.social 2nd, possibly a long 🧵.
Political economy used to be ”critical” (of capitalism) bc most folks in that space came out of Marx or american institutionalist like T. Veblen and J. Commons, less so F. Knight 1/n
1st, h/t @70sbachchan.bsky.social 2nd, possibly a long 🧵.
Political economy used to be ”critical” (of capitalism) bc most folks in that space came out of Marx or american institutionalist like T. Veblen and J. Commons, less so F. Knight 1/n
Feral idiot grad student question: is the difference between "political economy" and "critical political economy" basically whether you think capitalism is good or bad? Sorry to be glib but sometimes academics seem to label something "critical" when they mean "has a spicy take" and it's confusing
November 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
What a thread on political economy/critical political economy/Keynes et al! Ferals of the world unite ✊😺
Scandalous Economics.
“The smart need money; the rich want to seem smart; the staid seek adjacency to what Mr. Summers called ‘life among the lucrative and louche.’”
All on the bodies of young women recruited at Mar-a-Lago and flown around Clintonworld on Epstein’s jet.
“The smart need money; the rich want to seem smart; the staid seek adjacency to what Mr. Summers called ‘life among the lucrative and louche.’”
All on the bodies of young women recruited at Mar-a-Lago and flown around Clintonworld on Epstein’s jet.
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Scandalous Economics.
“The smart need money; the rich want to seem smart; the staid seek adjacency to what Mr. Summers called ‘life among the lucrative and louche.’”
All on the bodies of young women recruited at Mar-a-Lago and flown around Clintonworld on Epstein’s jet.
“The smart need money; the rich want to seem smart; the staid seek adjacency to what Mr. Summers called ‘life among the lucrative and louche.’”
All on the bodies of young women recruited at Mar-a-Lago and flown around Clintonworld on Epstein’s jet.
“Then there’s gender…” in this story of continuities and discontinuities of American political economy and competing visions of how to make it great again.
Runaway Short-Termism | Susannah Glickman, Nic Johnson
Since retaking the presidency in January, Donald Trump has initiated a blitz of chaotic, damaging economic policies. For months, as Nic Johnson wrote in
www.nybooks.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:20 AM
“Then there’s gender…” in this story of continuities and discontinuities of American political economy and competing visions of how to make it great again.
Coming soon in RIPE Series in Global Political Economy - War Economy: Gendered Circuits of Violence and Capital, co-edited with Jacqui True. More at: www.routledge.com/War-Economy-...
November 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Coming soon in RIPE Series in Global Political Economy - War Economy: Gendered Circuits of Violence and Capital, co-edited with Jacqui True. More at: www.routledge.com/War-Economy-...
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What better gift for the festive season for your loved ones than a comprehensive feminist analysis of the global war economy? Edited by the fabulous @hozic.bsky.social and Jacqui True and with a chapter by yours truly - www.routledge.com/War-Economy-...
War Economy: Gendered Circuits of Violence and Capital
War Economy: Gendered Circuits of Violence and Capital examines the war economy from feminist perspectives, bringing fresh thinking in the context of heightened geopolitical tensions.
The book challen...
www.routledge.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
What better gift for the festive season for your loved ones than a comprehensive feminist analysis of the global war economy? Edited by the fabulous @hozic.bsky.social and Jacqui True and with a chapter by yours truly - www.routledge.com/War-Economy-...
Brilliant analysis of Europe’s descent to dependency by @cornelban.bsky.social - its new Wartburg moment - Europe risks turning into “an artifact of ambition fossilized by fear.”
The Wartburg Syndrome
How the Old Continent Risks Becoming the New East Germany
open.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Brilliant analysis of Europe’s descent to dependency by @cornelban.bsky.social - its new Wartburg moment - Europe risks turning into “an artifact of ambition fossilized by fear.”
Remember this next time Summers opines on lazy workers, tight labor market, interest rates, Open AI, allies in the Middle East, wokism, and an array of other topics that keep his hedge fund friends happy.
November 13, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Remember this next time Summers opines on lazy workers, tight labor market, interest rates, Open AI, allies in the Middle East, wokism, and an array of other topics that keep his hedge fund friends happy.
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This is the kind of thing which makes me think better things are possible.
WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
Gen Z women aren't playing around.
November 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
This is the kind of thing which makes me think better things are possible.
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a must read from Rebecca Turkington and Saskia Brechenmacher on the dismantling of the bipartisan WPS architecture: foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/13/t...
Trump Erases Women From Foreign Policy
The White House has overturned the decades-old bipartisan policy consensus that female empowerment serves U.S. interests.
foreignpolicy.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
a must read from Rebecca Turkington and Saskia Brechenmacher on the dismantling of the bipartisan WPS architecture: foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/13/t...
This was a brilliant event with @lalehkhalili.bsky.social @iliasalami.bsky.social @triofrancos.bsky.social @stephensemler.bsky.social
Podcast recording coming next week on @macrodosepod.bsky.social
Podcast recording coming next week on @macrodosepod.bsky.social
While the US & Europe ramp up military spending, millions live in poverty.
Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵
transitionsecurity.org
Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵
transitionsecurity.org
Transition Security Project
transitionsecurity.org
October 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
This was a brilliant event with @lalehkhalili.bsky.social @iliasalami.bsky.social @triofrancos.bsky.social @stephensemler.bsky.social
Podcast recording coming next week on @macrodosepod.bsky.social
Podcast recording coming next week on @macrodosepod.bsky.social
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echoing praise for @susglickman.bsky.social 's recent NYRB article on DoD, private equity, and silicon valley. pair with @hozic.bsky.social 's earlier piece on hollywood, the valley and DoD -> comprehensive picture.
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
The War Over Defense Tech | Susannah Glickman
Last October, on a Martin Luther–inspired website called www.18theses.com, a software executive named Shyam Sankar published a four-thousand-word polemic
www.nybooks.com
October 7, 2025 at 12:45 PM
echoing praise for @susglickman.bsky.social 's recent NYRB article on DoD, private equity, and silicon valley. pair with @hozic.bsky.social 's earlier piece on hollywood, the valley and DoD -> comprehensive picture.
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
The developing world that could not afford green transition is doing it; the world that had all the money and alleged industrial policies for greening is back to fossil fuels and militarization.
October 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The developing world that could not afford green transition is doing it; the world that had all the money and alleged industrial policies for greening is back to fossil fuels and militarization.
Larry Ellison is funding Tony Blair’s Institute. No surprise Blair is President Trump’s choice for the Viceroy of Gaza.
Inside the Tony Blair Institute
Who really benefits from the former PM’s tech evangelism?
www.newstatesman.com
September 27, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Larry Ellison is funding Tony Blair’s Institute. No surprise Blair is President Trump’s choice for the Viceroy of Gaza.
With immense gratitude to @chris-clarke.bsky.social and @benclift.bsky.social for bringing to light this edited volume honouring the work and legacy of Timothy J. Sinclair. The contributions demonstrate that Tim’s research shaped understandings of finance and economic knowledge well beyond CRAs.
Just arrived:
The Social Foundations of Global Finance
edited by @chris-clarke.bsky.social & @benclift.bsky.social
Chapters by @johannespetry.bsky.social, @hozic.bsky.social, Randall Germain, Magnus Ryner, Matthew Watson & others...
#OpenAccess eBook available 👇
www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...
The Social Foundations of Global Finance
edited by @chris-clarke.bsky.social & @benclift.bsky.social
Chapters by @johannespetry.bsky.social, @hozic.bsky.social, Randall Germain, Magnus Ryner, Matthew Watson & others...
#OpenAccess eBook available 👇
www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...
September 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
With immense gratitude to @chris-clarke.bsky.social and @benclift.bsky.social for bringing to light this edited volume honouring the work and legacy of Timothy J. Sinclair. The contributions demonstrate that Tim’s research shaped understandings of finance and economic knowledge well beyond CRAs.
@edwardluce.bsky.social in FT is spot on. Combine his analysis with the revised job data from the BLS today and it becomes easier to understand why Bidenomics failed so spectacularly. European elites still wiggling in the grip of the Third Way should pay notice. The rest of us may be doomed.
September 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
@edwardluce.bsky.social in FT is spot on. Combine his analysis with the revised job data from the BLS today and it becomes easier to understand why Bidenomics failed so spectacularly. European elites still wiggling in the grip of the Third Way should pay notice. The rest of us may be doomed.
Traveling authoritarianism.
Belgium eyes using army to fight Brussels drug violence
The Belgian capital has been plagued by a spate of drug-related shootings.
www.politico.eu
September 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Traveling authoritarianism.
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“In 2024 alone, developing countries paid a staggering $921bn in interest, with African nations among the hardest hit.
UNCTAD warns that rising global interest rates and a fundamentally unjust financial architecture are entrenching a cycle of dependency and underdevelopment.”
UNCTAD warns that rising global interest rates and a fundamentally unjust financial architecture are entrenching a cycle of dependency and underdevelopment.”
September 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
“In 2024 alone, developing countries paid a staggering $921bn in interest, with African nations among the hardest hit.
UNCTAD warns that rising global interest rates and a fundamentally unjust financial architecture are entrenching a cycle of dependency and underdevelopment.”
UNCTAD warns that rising global interest rates and a fundamentally unjust financial architecture are entrenching a cycle of dependency and underdevelopment.”
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and see @jonathonpsine.bsky.social 's precise & illuminating (and lengthy, but a good thing) review of the book:
www.cogitations.co/p/litigation...
www.cogitations.co/p/litigation...
August 31, 2025 at 7:47 AM
and see @jonathonpsine.bsky.social 's precise & illuminating (and lengthy, but a good thing) review of the book:
www.cogitations.co/p/litigation...
www.cogitations.co/p/litigation...
After days of discussing European dependency at #EISA2025 with @dorobohle.bsky.social & @thunen.bsky.social, I laughed seeing this line: “Europeans have a sense of optimism only about the past, stuck in their mausoleum economy because they are too sniffy to embrace American or Chinese practices.”
August 30, 2025 at 7:19 PM
After days of discussing European dependency at #EISA2025 with @dorobohle.bsky.social & @thunen.bsky.social, I laughed seeing this line: “Europeans have a sense of optimism only about the past, stuck in their mausoleum economy because they are too sniffy to embrace American or Chinese practices.”
Perhaps the Dutch learned something from Srebrenica?
Dutch foreign minister resigns over Israel policy, rocking caretaker government
Casper Veldkamp’s resignation further weakens the Netherlands’ government after it collapsed in June.
www.politico.eu
August 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Perhaps the Dutch learned something from Srebrenica?
Fascinating how men/economists write about demography and fertility as if children are all born in vitro, as if social reproduction was genderless, as if population changes are not reflective of social relations.
The Debate over Falling Fertility
A decline in global population later this century may threaten human progress, or it may lead to better lives
www.imf.org
August 11, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Fascinating how men/economists write about demography and fertility as if children are all born in vitro, as if social reproduction was genderless, as if population changes are not reflective of social relations.
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RIPE had 194695 downloads in Q2 2025, as opposed to 143240 in Q2 2024, an increase of 35.92%. Thanks to our authors, reviewers and readers!
August 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
RIPE had 194695 downloads in Q2 2025, as opposed to 143240 in Q2 2024, an increase of 35.92%. Thanks to our authors, reviewers and readers!
Perhaps the text should be: “Thanks to the efforts of international organizations, Bosnia and Herzegovina remains a country deeply divided …”
August 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Perhaps the text should be: “Thanks to the efforts of international organizations, Bosnia and Herzegovina remains a country deeply divided …”
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RIPE Editor @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social reflects on the history of IPEG at @mybisa.bsky.social - which was often entwined with the growth and development of our journal.
BISA at 50: Reflections and perspectives – IPEG turns 54!- International Political Economy (IPEG) | BISA
- International Political Economy (IPEG) Working Group
www.bisa.ac.uk
July 31, 2025 at 9:32 PM
RIPE Editor @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social reflects on the history of IPEG at @mybisa.bsky.social - which was often entwined with the growth and development of our journal.
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"Around 55 percent of arms imports by European states between 2019–2023 came from the US, up from 35 percent between 2014–2018."
NEW @dzurstrassen.bsky.social reviews the persistent obstacles of European defense policy, from the EU's founding to the SAFE program.
NEW @dzurstrassen.bsky.social reviews the persistent obstacles of European defense policy, from the EU's founding to the SAFE program.
Military Unification? | Dimitri Zurstrassen
A critical juncture for a common European defense policy
www.phenomenalworld.org
July 31, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"Around 55 percent of arms imports by European states between 2019–2023 came from the US, up from 35 percent between 2014–2018."
NEW @dzurstrassen.bsky.social reviews the persistent obstacles of European defense policy, from the EU's founding to the SAFE program.
NEW @dzurstrassen.bsky.social reviews the persistent obstacles of European defense policy, from the EU's founding to the SAFE program.