Rob Hawkes
@robbhawkes.bsky.social
Money happens; @moneyontheleft.bsky.social editorial collective; Past Chair @modernistudies.bsky.social; credit @wherecreditsdue.bsky.social; researching literature, money, and trust; he/him; https://linktr.ee/robhawkesMotL
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Rob Hawkes
@robbhawkes.bsky.social
· Jan 31
UK Universities in Crisis? Time to Transform Higher Ed Finance
by Rob Hawkes and Scott Ferguson Universities in the UK are in crisis. Job cuts in the sector are reaching ‘cataclysmic’ levels, with an estimated 10,000 already lost and many more at risk. Just da…
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“Unless we are open to new approaches to university finance, we will remain trapped by the austere logics that are destroying our cherished institutions.
Unless we are willing to act imaginatively and fearlessly to save our universities now, we will soon find that there is nothing left to save.”
Unless we are willing to act imaginatively and fearlessly to save our universities now, we will soon find that there is nothing left to save.”
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"According to [Democratic Public Finance], money is public credit, a capacious tool for mobilizing everyone’s capacities to meet our needs and build a desirable future."
Democratic Public Finance: A Radical Vision for Mamdani’s New York City
Summary This document elaborates an emerging economic paradigm that is already latent in Zohran Mamdani’s plans and practices. The paradigm, which we call Democratic Public Finance (DPF), reframes …
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November 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
"According to [Democratic Public Finance], money is public credit, a capacious tool for mobilizing everyone’s capacities to meet our needs and build a desirable future."
This #modwrite I’ve been putting the finishing touches to ‘“I’ve got an unfortunate talent for figures”: Queering Literary and Monetary Genres in The Talented Mr Ripley,’ which I’m presenting online on Wednesday - hit me up if you’d like the link!
November 24, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This #modwrite I’ve been putting the finishing touches to ‘“I’ve got an unfortunate talent for figures”: Queering Literary and Monetary Genres in The Talented Mr Ripley,’ which I’m presenting online on Wednesday - hit me up if you’d like the link!
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this carries over to today’s #ModWrite as i comb through other weird treasures gleaned from the BBC Written Archives Centre, & a related plea for anyone interested in media history and/or archival freedom to sign the petition for unfettered access to these resources:
tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign
tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign
November 24, 2025 at 2:50 PM
this carries over to today’s #ModWrite as i comb through other weird treasures gleaned from the BBC Written Archives Centre, & a related plea for anyone interested in media history and/or archival freedom to sign the petition for unfettered access to these resources:
tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign
tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign
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✨New transcript!✨
Ears tired? Hate listening to podcasts?
Well, now you can *read* our latest episode outlining the stakes & principles of Democratic Public Finance.
moneyontheleft.org/2025/11/01/d...
How lucky for you!
Ears tired? Hate listening to podcasts?
Well, now you can *read* our latest episode outlining the stakes & principles of Democratic Public Finance.
moneyontheleft.org/2025/11/01/d...
How lucky for you!
November 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
✨New transcript!✨
Ears tired? Hate listening to podcasts?
Well, now you can *read* our latest episode outlining the stakes & principles of Democratic Public Finance.
moneyontheleft.org/2025/11/01/d...
How lucky for you!
Ears tired? Hate listening to podcasts?
Well, now you can *read* our latest episode outlining the stakes & principles of Democratic Public Finance.
moneyontheleft.org/2025/11/01/d...
How lucky for you!
Join us on the BAMS committee, and we can rule the galaxy together! Oh no wait… I mean, we can support, foster, celebrate, and champion modernist studies together!
📣 BAMS 2026 election is now open!
📌 5 vacant senior positions on the Committee and 2 open positions for PG reps.
📅 Important date: Please send a brief biography and a 250-word proposal to Barbara Cooke ([email protected]) by 9am (GMT) 30 January 2026.
bams.ac.uk/2025/11/19/b...
📌 5 vacant senior positions on the Committee and 2 open positions for PG reps.
📅 Important date: Please send a brief biography and a 250-word proposal to Barbara Cooke ([email protected]) by 9am (GMT) 30 January 2026.
bams.ac.uk/2025/11/19/b...
BAMS Elections 2026
Call for Nominations for the 2026 Election of the Executive Steering Committee of the British Association for Modernist Studies (BAMS) There are five vacant senior positions on the Committee. The C…
bams.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Join us on the BAMS committee, and we can rule the galaxy together! Oh no wait… I mean, we can support, foster, celebrate, and champion modernist studies together!
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📣 BAMS 2026 election is now open!
📌 5 vacant senior positions on the Committee and 2 open positions for PG reps.
📅 Important date: Please send a brief biography and a 250-word proposal to Barbara Cooke ([email protected]) by 9am (GMT) 30 January 2026.
bams.ac.uk/2025/11/19/b...
📌 5 vacant senior positions on the Committee and 2 open positions for PG reps.
📅 Important date: Please send a brief biography and a 250-word proposal to Barbara Cooke ([email protected]) by 9am (GMT) 30 January 2026.
bams.ac.uk/2025/11/19/b...
BAMS Elections 2026
Call for Nominations for the 2026 Election of the Executive Steering Committee of the British Association for Modernist Studies (BAMS) There are five vacant senior positions on the Committee. The C…
bams.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
📣 BAMS 2026 election is now open!
📌 5 vacant senior positions on the Committee and 2 open positions for PG reps.
📅 Important date: Please send a brief biography and a 250-word proposal to Barbara Cooke ([email protected]) by 9am (GMT) 30 January 2026.
bams.ac.uk/2025/11/19/b...
📌 5 vacant senior positions on the Committee and 2 open positions for PG reps.
📅 Important date: Please send a brief biography and a 250-word proposal to Barbara Cooke ([email protected]) by 9am (GMT) 30 January 2026.
bams.ac.uk/2025/11/19/b...
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Regrettably evergreen
The Dangerous Myth of 'Taxpayer Money'
Splinter is your home for news and opinions that challenge power in our political and economic system that's becoming more unhinged each and every day.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Regrettably evergreen
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“Money [is] a capacious tool for mobilizing everyone’s capacities to meet our needs and build a desirable future. DPF redefines politics as the process of coordinating our abundant human and material resources within ecological limits, rather than as a competition for scarce funds.”
Billy Saas and Scott Ferguson are joined by Will Beaman to discuss Money on the Left’s framework for what we call “Democratic Public Finance”
moneyontheleft.org/2025/11/01/d...
moneyontheleft.org/2025/11/01/d...
November 20, 2025 at 6:14 PM
“Money [is] a capacious tool for mobilizing everyone’s capacities to meet our needs and build a desirable future. DPF redefines politics as the process of coordinating our abundant human and material resources within ecological limits, rather than as a competition for scarce funds.”
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this is absolutely fascinating and worth a read:
"To accept private money’s veto is to naturalize political sabotage. What was once presented as adaptation to markets has become collaboration with authoritarianism."
The Case for Fiscal Insurgency
by Will Beaman A common refrain keeps surfacing among prominent journalists- and commentators-in-digital-exile on BlueSky. Commenting on the emergence of yet another shadowy centrist think tank, Ne…
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November 20, 2025 at 8:13 PM
this is absolutely fascinating and worth a read:
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Important news: the deadline for the joint BAMS/MSA conference in Loughborough has been extended to December 29, 2025! You can review the CFP, and find links to the submission platform, here. www.moderniststudies.org/conference/M...
The Modernist Studies Association is devoted to the study of the arts in their social, political, cultural, and intellectual contexts from the later nineteenth through the mid-twentieth century. The o...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Important news: the deadline for the joint BAMS/MSA conference in Loughborough has been extended to December 29, 2025! You can review the CFP, and find links to the submission platform, here. www.moderniststudies.org/conference/M...
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Let’s go all the way through the looking-glass:
Employment should be designed in the image of education as a public good.
Education should never be designed in the image of employment as a scarce private privilege.
moneyontheleft.org/2025/10/10/d...
Employment should be designed in the image of education as a public good.
Education should never be designed in the image of employment as a scarce private privilege.
moneyontheleft.org/2025/10/10/d...
November 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Let’s go all the way through the looking-glass:
Employment should be designed in the image of education as a public good.
Education should never be designed in the image of employment as a scarce private privilege.
moneyontheleft.org/2025/10/10/d...
Employment should be designed in the image of education as a public good.
Education should never be designed in the image of employment as a scarce private privilege.
moneyontheleft.org/2025/10/10/d...
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How can novels help us think about money … and maybe even save the planet?
How can novels help us think about money … and maybe even save the planet? (Guest Lecture)
Can novels and, by extension, other works of art help us to think about money and trust in new ways? Could embracing alternative perspectives on trust and money help us to avoid climate catastrophe…
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November 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
How can novels help us think about money … and maybe even save the planet?
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"In view of the cataclysmic failures of the present system and the dearth of alternative proposals, it is time to unleash the public credit that has always been at the heart of higher education and to recognise its potential to arrest the current crisis and to advance the public purpose."
The Uni Currency Project: Resource Page
Since 2020, the Money on the Left Editorial Collective has been arguing for a new approach to university finance that we call the ‘uni’ proposal. Below are links to our essays and interviews relate…
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November 18, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"In view of the cataclysmic failures of the present system and the dearth of alternative proposals, it is time to unleash the public credit that has always been at the heart of higher education and to recognise its potential to arrest the current crisis and to advance the public purpose."
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"While the credit theory explains the mechanics of how all banks create money, current law is designed to punish institutions that act on this reality for the public good; therefore, we must redesign the legal framework to make public grant-making possible."
Beyond Loans: The Public Grant-Making Bank
By the Money on the Left Editorial Collective Public banking has been gaining traction for years, driven by a growing recognition that our current financial system often fails to serve the public g…
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November 17, 2025 at 12:20 PM
"While the credit theory explains the mechanics of how all banks create money, current law is designed to punish institutions that act on this reality for the public good; therefore, we must redesign the legal framework to make public grant-making possible."
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I really like @moneyontheleft.bsky.social's interview with Caroline Levine for how she talks about validation in the guise of questioning/challenge.
moneyontheleft.org/2025/10/02/t...
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The Activist Humanist with Caroline Levine
We speak with Caroline Levine, Ryan Professor of the Humanities in the Department of Literatures in English at Cornell University, about her important book The Activist Humanist: Form and Method in…
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November 16, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I really like @moneyontheleft.bsky.social's interview with Caroline Levine for how she talks about validation in the guise of questioning/challenge.
moneyontheleft.org/2025/10/02/t...
moneyontheleft.org/2025/10/02/t...
I’m looking forward to exploring affinities between the neurodiversity & public money paradigms - via @dr-nicky.bsky.social on neuroqueering and @dramypearson.bsky.social & @kieranrose.bsky.social on masking - in this upcoming talk. Who knew heterodox economics and neuroqueer theory were connected?
On Weds 26 November from 3.30-4.30pm GMT @robynollett.bsky.social and I will be sharing some of our latest research via MS Teams as part of @teessideuni.bsky.social’s English & Creative Writing Research Seminar series. Why not join us online?
November 16, 2025 at 10:30 AM
I’m looking forward to exploring affinities between the neurodiversity & public money paradigms - via @dr-nicky.bsky.social on neuroqueering and @dramypearson.bsky.social & @kieranrose.bsky.social on masking - in this upcoming talk. Who knew heterodox economics and neuroqueer theory were connected?
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Great insights! "The Ministry for the Future" explores MMT brilliantly. As Frank says, “We have to make the future.” How do you think MMT could reshape our world? 🪐📚 #MMT #Scifi
Money’s Place: Science Fiction, Realism & MMT in The Ministry for the Future
Money’s Place: Science Fiction, Realism & MMT in The Ministry for the Future
Money on the Left: History, Theory, PracticeVol. 1, No. 1 (2023)ISSN 2833-051X Money’s Place: Science Fiction, Realism & Modern Monetary Theory in Kim Stanley Robinson’s The Ministr…
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November 16, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Great insights! "The Ministry for the Future" explores MMT brilliantly. As Frank says, “We have to make the future.” How do you think MMT could reshape our world? 🪐📚 #MMT #Scifi
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In this special episode, Rob Hawkes joins Scott Ferguson and Will Beaman to discuss his new article “(Un)conditional Openness: Towards a Neochartalist Theory of Money and Trust.”
(Un)conditional Openness: Towards a Neochartalist Theory of Money and Trust
In this special episode, Rob Hawkes joins Scott Ferguson and Will Beaman to discuss his new article “(Un)conditional Openness: Towards a Neochartalist Theory of Money and Trust,” which was recently…
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November 14, 2025 at 5:17 PM
In this special episode, Rob Hawkes joins Scott Ferguson and Will Beaman to discuss his new article “(Un)conditional Openness: Towards a Neochartalist Theory of Money and Trust.”
Wait, what’s that you say? MIMA Talks About Trust has whetted your appetite for conversation about trust and money? Well, you’re in luck because I had an equally enjoyable chat with @videotroph.bsky.social and @greenbackbetter.bsky.social for @moneyontheleft.bsky.social back in July!
November 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Wait, what’s that you say? MIMA Talks About Trust has whetted your appetite for conversation about trust and money? Well, you’re in luck because I had an equally enjoyable chat with @videotroph.bsky.social and @greenbackbetter.bsky.social for @moneyontheleft.bsky.social back in July!
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It was such a pleasure to discuss the endlessly fascinating topic of trust - from Raya and the Last Dragon to the shape of trust, via my research on literature, trust, and money - with @alisonreidoceans.bsky.social for this new podcast series, MIMA Talks About Trust!
mima.art/project/mima...
mima.art/project/mima...
MIMA — MIMA Talks About Trust
MIMA Talks About Trust is MIMA’s new series of podcasts, recorded in 2025 and 2026. Trust is often unspoken. In this series, we begin to explore the concept and power of trust in the contemporary worl...
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November 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Wonderful kickoff!
It was such a pleasure to discuss the endlessly fascinating topic of trust - from Raya and the Last Dragon to the shape of trust, via my research on literature, trust, and money - with @alisonreidoceans.bsky.social for this new podcast series, MIMA Talks About Trust!
mima.art/project/mima...
mima.art/project/mima...
MIMA — MIMA Talks About Trust
MIMA Talks About Trust is MIMA’s new series of podcasts, recorded in 2025 and 2026. Trust is often unspoken. In this series, we begin to explore the concept and power of trust in the contemporary worl...
mima.art
November 14, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Wonderful kickoff!
It was such a pleasure to discuss the endlessly fascinating topic of trust - from Raya and the Last Dragon to the shape of trust, via my research on literature, trust, and money - with @alisonreidoceans.bsky.social for this new podcast series, MIMA Talks About Trust!
mima.art/project/mima...
mima.art/project/mima...
MIMA — MIMA Talks About Trust
MIMA Talks About Trust is MIMA’s new series of podcasts, recorded in 2025 and 2026. Trust is often unspoken. In this series, we begin to explore the concept and power of trust in the contemporary worl...
mima.art
November 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
It was such a pleasure to discuss the endlessly fascinating topic of trust - from Raya and the Last Dragon to the shape of trust, via my research on literature, trust, and money - with @alisonreidoceans.bsky.social for this new podcast series, MIMA Talks About Trust!
mima.art/project/mima...
mima.art/project/mima...
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I’m excited to see @zackpolanski.bsky.social and Cory Dotorow @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy on @novaramedia.com next week.
Relatedly, hope Zack reads this from Cory for its framing & spirit:
“Private debt is a drag on the debtor. State debt is generative…”
doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
Relatedly, hope Zack reads this from Cory for its framing & spirit:
“Private debt is a drag on the debtor. State debt is generative…”
doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
November 13, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I’m excited to see @zackpolanski.bsky.social and Cory Dotorow @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy on @novaramedia.com next week.
Relatedly, hope Zack reads this from Cory for its framing & spirit:
“Private debt is a drag on the debtor. State debt is generative…”
doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...
Relatedly, hope Zack reads this from Cory for its framing & spirit:
“Private debt is a drag on the debtor. State debt is generative…”
doctorow.medium.com/https-plural...