Simon Arthur
@simonarthur.bsky.social
In search of long walks and a post doc. Political economy maybe? Trying to write a book about the bank of England and become a real academic. Do I need to say I have a PhD? I have a PhD. Just recently!
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Views + reviews: our June issue gets the measure of six new books.
Steven Brown @academicdiary.bsky.social Stuti Roy @simonarthur.bsky.social Rachele Reschiglian @caryshill.bsky.social on PhDs, @thewhitepube.bsky.social, class, neoliberal universities + more.
thesociologicalreview.org/reviews/
Steven Brown @academicdiary.bsky.social Stuti Roy @simonarthur.bsky.social Rachele Reschiglian @caryshill.bsky.social on PhDs, @thewhitepube.bsky.social, class, neoliberal universities + more.
thesociologicalreview.org/reviews/
June 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Views + reviews: our June issue gets the measure of six new books.
Steven Brown @academicdiary.bsky.social Stuti Roy @simonarthur.bsky.social Rachele Reschiglian @caryshill.bsky.social on PhDs, @thewhitepube.bsky.social, class, neoliberal universities + more.
thesociologicalreview.org/reviews/
Steven Brown @academicdiary.bsky.social Stuti Roy @simonarthur.bsky.social Rachele Reschiglian @caryshill.bsky.social on PhDs, @thewhitepube.bsky.social, class, neoliberal universities + more.
thesociologicalreview.org/reviews/
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“The purpose of education is so you can get a good job”
No it’s not…. Nooooooo it’s not
The purpose of education is so you won’t be a dumb ass
No it’s not…. Nooooooo it’s not
The purpose of education is so you won’t be a dumb ass
May 13, 2025 at 12:39 PM
“The purpose of education is so you can get a good job”
No it’s not…. Nooooooo it’s not
The purpose of education is so you won’t be a dumb ass
No it’s not…. Nooooooo it’s not
The purpose of education is so you won’t be a dumb ass
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Augar is right that new regulations should include claw back pay from vice-chancellors in the event of financial catastrophe (defined as?). But is wrong to tie employment outcomes to tuition. At no point is there any mention of how basic and non-goal oriented research is an essential public good.
The English higher education market is broken
New regulator powers should include the ability to claw back pay from vice-chancellors in the event of financial catastrophe
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May 6, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Augar is right that new regulations should include claw back pay from vice-chancellors in the event of financial catastrophe (defined as?). But is wrong to tie employment outcomes to tuition. At no point is there any mention of how basic and non-goal oriented research is an essential public good.
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This is literally how toddlers act
May 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This is literally how toddlers act
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Ronan the head-bobbing sea lion proves animals can keep a beat: ‘No human was better’
Ronan the head-bobbing sea lion proves animals can keep a beat: ‘No human was better’
Sea lion grooving along to hits such as Boogie Wonderland helps show scientists rhythm is not exclusive to humans
Ronan the sea lion can still keep a beat after all these years.
She can groove to rock and electronica. But the 15-year-old California sea lion’s talent shines most in bobbing to disco hits such as Boogie Wonderland. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Ronan the head-bobbing sea lion proves animals can keep a beat: ‘No human was better’
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This is the graph I've wanted to see all day... governments get kickings but this shouldn't be happening to an *opposition party*
The other hand to Reform's gains are the Tories' horrific losses (41% of all seats). Not just poor for the opposition, but relative to total seats, it is the worst set of local election results for any party in British history, surpassing the Tory result in 1971 (losses at 38% of all borough seats).
May 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This is the graph I've wanted to see all day... governments get kickings but this shouldn't be happening to an *opposition party*
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Hans Poelzig’s Sulphuric Acid Factory in Luboń, Poland (1911-1912) #germanexpressionism
April 18, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Hans Poelzig’s Sulphuric Acid Factory in Luboń, Poland (1911-1912) #germanexpressionism
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You can’t argue with the peer review method. The conclusions are unanimous that Giorgia Meloni is a racist piece of sh
April 18, 2025 at 9:04 AM
You can’t argue with the peer review method. The conclusions are unanimous that Giorgia Meloni is a racist piece of sh
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#Crypto began as an anti-state, anti-credit project. Now it's an integral part of the state-backed credit system - just think of Trump’s 'Bitcoin Reserve'. How and why did this happen?
Find answers in our new open-access article in @ripejournal.bsky.social:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Find answers in our new open-access article in @ripejournal.bsky.social:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A credit theory of anti-credit money: How the cryptocurrency sphere turned into a shadow banking system
Cryptocurrencies were designed to function as money without banks. How, then, could they run into a banking crisis in 2022? We argue that the evolution of the crypto sphere into a credit based syst...
www.tandfonline.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
#Crypto began as an anti-state, anti-credit project. Now it's an integral part of the state-backed credit system - just think of Trump’s 'Bitcoin Reserve'. How and why did this happen?
Find answers in our new open-access article in @ripejournal.bsky.social:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Find answers in our new open-access article in @ripejournal.bsky.social:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Trump on why he announced a tariffs pause: "I thought people were jumping a bit out of line. They were getting a little bit yipee."
April 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Trump on why he announced a tariffs pause: "I thought people were jumping a bit out of line. They were getting a little bit yipee."
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"...as of 7 am on Wednesday, the signs are not good. There is good reason to think that we may be entering fullblown bond market meltdown. The headlines of Bloomberg and the FT and the WSJ all concur. The bond market is the story." -
@adamtooze.bsky.social
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
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Chartbook 370: Is a "Treasury market unwind" in progress? Wednesday morning and the overnight fin-fi panic. (Part 2)
A specter is stalking global financial markets.
adamtooze.substack.com
April 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
"...as of 7 am on Wednesday, the signs are not good. There is good reason to think that we may be entering fullblown bond market meltdown. The headlines of Bloomberg and the FT and the WSJ all concur. The bond market is the story." -
@adamtooze.bsky.social
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
@adamtooze.bsky.social
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It's a good book!
Is a world democratic state possible? Though often dismissed as utopian, & despite rising political isolationism, a new book argues for the idea's feasibility & shares evidence of public support.
@lsegovernment.bsky.social @lseir.bsky.social @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social @simonarthur.bsky.social
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The universal republic – a utopian ideal or a feasible mode of global governance? - LSE Review of Books
The Universal Republic: A Realistic Utopia? by Mathias Koenig-Archibugi explores the value and feasibility of a global government, an Enlightenment idea often dismissed as utopian and impracticable.…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
April 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It's a good book!
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Economic crisis, a recession looming. We all know what comes next...
Articles in the financial press asking if Marx was right
Articles in the financial press asking if Marx was right
April 7, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Economic crisis, a recession looming. We all know what comes next...
Articles in the financial press asking if Marx was right
Articles in the financial press asking if Marx was right
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NEW✨ The universal republic – a utopian ideal or a feasible mode of global governance?
The Universal Republic: A Realistic Utopia? by Mathias Koenig-Archibugi @lsegovernment.bsky.social revisits an often-dismissed Enlightenment idea of a world democratic state.
Review by @simonarthur.bsky.social
The Universal Republic: A Realistic Utopia? by Mathias Koenig-Archibugi @lsegovernment.bsky.social revisits an often-dismissed Enlightenment idea of a world democratic state.
Review by @simonarthur.bsky.social
The universal republic – a utopian ideal or a feasible mode of global governance? - LSE Review of Books
The Universal Republic: A Realistic Utopia? by Mathias Koenig-Archibugi explores the value and feasibility of a global government, an Enlightenment idea often dismissed as utopian and impracticable.…
blogs.lse.ac.uk
April 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
NEW✨ The universal republic – a utopian ideal or a feasible mode of global governance?
The Universal Republic: A Realistic Utopia? by Mathias Koenig-Archibugi @lsegovernment.bsky.social revisits an often-dismissed Enlightenment idea of a world democratic state.
Review by @simonarthur.bsky.social
The Universal Republic: A Realistic Utopia? by Mathias Koenig-Archibugi @lsegovernment.bsky.social revisits an often-dismissed Enlightenment idea of a world democratic state.
Review by @simonarthur.bsky.social
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@dkthomp.bsky.social: “The notion that taxing Lesotho gemstones is necessary for the U.S. to add steel jobs in Ohio is so absurd that I briefly lost consciousness in the middle of writing this sentence.”
There Is Only One Way to Make Sense of the Tariffs
The policy is absurd. It’s also an extension of Trump’s chaotic personality.
www.theatlantic.com
April 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
@dkthomp.bsky.social: “The notion that taxing Lesotho gemstones is necessary for the U.S. to add steel jobs in Ohio is so absurd that I briefly lost consciousness in the middle of writing this sentence.”
I have just signed the contract to publish the book based on my PhD thesis, with R outledge books!! Titled "A Sociology of Institutional Banking Power: Elite Power at the Heart of British Banking" which I need to submit in October 2026. I am both excited and terrified!!
April 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I have just signed the contract to publish the book based on my PhD thesis, with R outledge books!! Titled "A Sociology of Institutional Banking Power: Elite Power at the Heart of British Banking" which I need to submit in October 2026. I am both excited and terrified!!
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Concerning New Study Finds Nation’s Poverty Growing Faster Than Officials Can Build Prisons
theonion.com/concern...
theonion.com/concern...
April 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Concerning New Study Finds Nation’s Poverty Growing Faster Than Officials Can Build Prisons
theonion.com/concern...
theonion.com/concern...
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It's only runaway inflation with a Democratic president; otherwise, it's sparkling positional gain.
April 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
It's only runaway inflation with a Democratic president; otherwise, it's sparkling positional gain.
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Bruce MacKinnon, the editorial cartoonist at the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, drew this last November.
No newspaper would print it.
It now deserves an outing.
No newspaper would print it.
It now deserves an outing.
February 3, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Bruce MacKinnon, the editorial cartoonist at the Halifax Chronicle-Herald, drew this last November.
No newspaper would print it.
It now deserves an outing.
No newspaper would print it.
It now deserves an outing.