Solveig Degen
@solveigdegen.bsky.social
PhD student at @ktbberlin.bsky.social | working on democratisation of energy and socialisation of finance | (she/her)
“Cataclysm Capitalism” is a term that attempts to grapple with the dizzying speed and acceleration of today's fascist attacks on democracy and our shared environment
To learn more about its workings & functions read our newest f&l blog article by @jksteinberger.bsky.social and @celine.bsky.social!
To learn more about its workings & functions read our newest f&l blog article by @jksteinberger.bsky.social and @celine.bsky.social!
Read the latest Fascism & Liberalism blog by @jksteinberger.bsky.social and @celine.bsky.social
"Cataclysm Capitalism continues neoliberalism’s attack on democracy, and goes even further, dispensing with any illusion of serving the greater good."
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"Cataclysm Capitalism continues neoliberalism’s attack on democracy, and goes even further, dispensing with any illusion of serving the greater good."
➡️ tinyurl.com/4jj2zese
November 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
“Cataclysm Capitalism” is a term that attempts to grapple with the dizzying speed and acceleration of today's fascist attacks on democracy and our shared environment
To learn more about its workings & functions read our newest f&l blog article by @jksteinberger.bsky.social and @celine.bsky.social!
To learn more about its workings & functions read our newest f&l blog article by @jksteinberger.bsky.social and @celine.bsky.social!
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@cmmonwealth.bsky.social's Green Planning Commission launches today, focused on countering the failure of markets to address the twin crises of climate + affordability. I'm honoured to be one of its Commissioners.
Check it out and follow their work!
www.common-wealth.org/publications...
Check it out and follow their work!
www.common-wealth.org/publications...
Only Green Planning Can Address the Twin Crises of Climate and Cost of Living
Governments must look beyond the market to address era-defining challenges.
www.common-wealth.org
October 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
@cmmonwealth.bsky.social's Green Planning Commission launches today, focused on countering the failure of markets to address the twin crises of climate + affordability. I'm honoured to be one of its Commissioners.
Check it out and follow their work!
www.common-wealth.org/publications...
Check it out and follow their work!
www.common-wealth.org/publications...
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In 2008 our financial institutions collapsed under their weight of their incompetence and avarice. Rather than sending the people responsible to jail we bailed them out with taxpayer money and made massive spending cuts to pay for it.
And we’ve NEVER recovered.
And we’ve NEVER recovered.
Bonuses on Wall Street are expected to break records this year as big bank profits soar.
Bubbles are everywhere - from tech stocks, to corporate bonds - and the banks are profiting.
But they won't be the ones to pay when the crash finally comes.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/what-i-rea...
Bubbles are everywhere - from tech stocks, to corporate bonds - and the banks are profiting.
But they won't be the ones to pay when the crash finally comes.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/what-i-rea...
What I Read this Week
Booming bank profits, the race for critical minerals, and how climate breakdown is driving inflation.
graceblakeley.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
In 2008 our financial institutions collapsed under their weight of their incompetence and avarice. Rather than sending the people responsible to jail we bailed them out with taxpayer money and made massive spending cuts to pay for it.
And we’ve NEVER recovered.
And we’ve NEVER recovered.
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OK, a🧵: Our new paper studies workers' political consciousness in times of class demobilization.
We show there's more to workers' politics than right-wing resentment. Listening to workers, we reconstruct their moral critiques of money, power & recognition.
Link journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We show there's more to workers' politics than right-wing resentment. Listening to workers, we reconstruct their moral critiques of money, power & recognition.
Link journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
September 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
OK, a🧵: Our new paper studies workers' political consciousness in times of class demobilization.
We show there's more to workers' politics than right-wing resentment. Listening to workers, we reconstruct their moral critiques of money, power & recognition.
Link journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We show there's more to workers' politics than right-wing resentment. Listening to workers, we reconstruct their moral critiques of money, power & recognition.
Link journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Statt damit die Zukunft zu gestalten, bedient sich die Bundesregierung am Klimafonds um Stromnetz und Klimastrafen zu finanzieren.
Stromnetzfinanzierung aus KTF: Schwarz-Rot plündert die Zukunft
Statt damit die Zukunft zu gestalten, bedient sich die Bundesregierung am Klimafonds um Stromnetz und Klimastrafen zu finanzieren.
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September 4, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Statt damit die Zukunft zu gestalten, bedient sich die Bundesregierung am Klimafonds um Stromnetz und Klimastrafen zu finanzieren.
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Economic liberalism and fascism often present themselves as opposites..
Yet, beneath their apparent contradictions lies a shared foundation, argues @nataschastrobl.bsky.social in the latest f&l blog piece!
➡️Find out more following the link below
#fascism #flblog #liberalism #antifascisteconomics
Yet, beneath their apparent contradictions lies a shared foundation, argues @nataschastrobl.bsky.social in the latest f&l blog piece!
➡️Find out more following the link below
#fascism #flblog #liberalism #antifascisteconomics
August 28, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Economic liberalism and fascism often present themselves as opposites..
Yet, beneath their apparent contradictions lies a shared foundation, argues @nataschastrobl.bsky.social in the latest f&l blog piece!
➡️Find out more following the link below
#fascism #flblog #liberalism #antifascisteconomics
Yet, beneath their apparent contradictions lies a shared foundation, argues @nataschastrobl.bsky.social in the latest f&l blog piece!
➡️Find out more following the link below
#fascism #flblog #liberalism #antifascisteconomics
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In the @financialtimes.com today on green planning and decommodification of life's essentials or bust post-IRA and Bidenomics. www.ft.com/content/dda5...
August 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
In the @financialtimes.com today on green planning and decommodification of life's essentials or bust post-IRA and Bidenomics. www.ft.com/content/dda5...
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Organizing this workshop with @solveigdegen.bsky.social and @cominsitu.bsky.social, in case you'd like to join via zoom:
hu-berlin.zoom-x.de/j/6969547647...
Meeting ID: 696 9547 6478
Passcode: 800441
registration here: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/democr...
hu-berlin.zoom-x.de/j/6969547647...
Meeting ID: 696 9547 6478
Passcode: 800441
registration here: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/democr...
August 26, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Organizing this workshop with @solveigdegen.bsky.social and @cominsitu.bsky.social, in case you'd like to join via zoom:
hu-berlin.zoom-x.de/j/6969547647...
Meeting ID: 696 9547 6478
Passcode: 800441
registration here: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/democr...
hu-berlin.zoom-x.de/j/6969547647...
Meeting ID: 696 9547 6478
Passcode: 800441
registration here: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/democr...
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Everyone talks about the Religious Right + white supremacy when it comes to fascism - but what about the billionaire-funded libertarian right quietly reshaping politics?
That’s the focus of our new f&l blog entry by @nancymaclean.bsky.social !
📖here: www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2025/08/21/f...
That’s the focus of our new f&l blog entry by @nancymaclean.bsky.social !
📖here: www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2025/08/21/f...
August 21, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Everyone talks about the Religious Right + white supremacy when it comes to fascism - but what about the billionaire-funded libertarian right quietly reshaping politics?
That’s the focus of our new f&l blog entry by @nancymaclean.bsky.social !
📖here: www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2025/08/21/f...
That’s the focus of our new f&l blog entry by @nancymaclean.bsky.social !
📖here: www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2025/08/21/f...
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Registration now open for our mini-workshop on "Democratizing Finance" with Michael A. McCarthy (UC Santa Cruz), author of "The Master’s Tools: How Finance Wrecked Democracy (And a Radical Plan to Rebuild It)".
criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/democr...
criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/democr...
August 14, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Registration now open for our mini-workshop on "Democratizing Finance" with Michael A. McCarthy (UC Santa Cruz), author of "The Master’s Tools: How Finance Wrecked Democracy (And a Radical Plan to Rebuild It)".
criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/democr...
criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/democr...
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Die International Karl Polanyi Society (IKPS) hat einen neuen Blog mit dem Titel "Fascism and Liberalism – Today and Yesterday" gestartet. Der erste Beitrag steht schon zum Lesen bereit. Wir wünschen einen guten Start!
Mehr Informationen gibt es hier: www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2025/07/31/f...
Mehr Informationen gibt es hier: www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2025/07/31/f...
F&L Blog Launch Announcement - International Karl Polanyi Society
Blog Launch: Fascism and Liberalism – Yesterday and Today Solveig Degen, Maie Klingenberg & Andreas Novy 31.07.2025 One hundred years ago, Austro-Hungarian economist Karl Polanyi witnessed the collaps...
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August 11, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Die International Karl Polanyi Society (IKPS) hat einen neuen Blog mit dem Titel "Fascism and Liberalism – Today and Yesterday" gestartet. Der erste Beitrag steht schon zum Lesen bereit. Wir wünschen einen guten Start!
Mehr Informationen gibt es hier: www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2025/07/31/f...
Mehr Informationen gibt es hier: www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2025/07/31/f...
The first F&L blog piece by Clara Mattei and Aditya Singh is out now!
„Just as Hitler advanced a militarized version of the austerity regime […] today’s European agenda of growing militarization at the expense of social welfare reveals a chillingly similar logic“ ▶️ see full text below
„Just as Hitler advanced a militarized version of the austerity regime […] today’s European agenda of growing militarization at the expense of social welfare reveals a chillingly similar logic“ ▶️ see full text below
Austerity.Fascism.Capitalist Militarization.Genocide
In the first F&L blog piece, Clara Mattei and Aditya Singh trace a disturbing continuity: from Hitler‘s war economy to today‘s EU military buildup.
📖 Read the full piece here: www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2025/08/07/f...
In the first F&L blog piece, Clara Mattei and Aditya Singh trace a disturbing continuity: from Hitler‘s war economy to today‘s EU military buildup.
📖 Read the full piece here: www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2025/08/07/f...
August 7, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The first F&L blog piece by Clara Mattei and Aditya Singh is out now!
„Just as Hitler advanced a militarized version of the austerity regime […] today’s European agenda of growing militarization at the expense of social welfare reveals a chillingly similar logic“ ▶️ see full text below
„Just as Hitler advanced a militarized version of the austerity regime […] today’s European agenda of growing militarization at the expense of social welfare reveals a chillingly similar logic“ ▶️ see full text below
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🚨Exciting News! 🚨 We just launched our new blog “Fascism and Liberalism - Yesterday and Today” which will be published weekly on Thursdays starting with a great piece by Clara Mattei and Aditya Singh next week!
Learn more here and stay tuned!
www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2025/07/31/f...
Learn more here and stay tuned!
www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2025/07/31/f...
July 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM
🚨Exciting News! 🚨 We just launched our new blog “Fascism and Liberalism - Yesterday and Today” which will be published weekly on Thursdays starting with a great piece by Clara Mattei and Aditya Singh next week!
Learn more here and stay tuned!
www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2025/07/31/f...
Learn more here and stay tuned!
www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2025/07/31/f...
I am speaking at a #KPÖ Vienna workshop on democratic economic planning on May 10th - Registration still open until Sunday!
@kpoe.bsky.social
@kpoe.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I am speaking at a #KPÖ Vienna workshop on democratic economic planning on May 10th - Registration still open until Sunday!
@kpoe.bsky.social
@kpoe.bsky.social
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For the first time since WWII an extreme right party is #1 in the German polls. Anti-fascist economic policy is urgently needed.
Instead the new coalition agenda entails:
- cut profit tax
- end 8 hr workday
- open tap for defense, austerity for the rest
- weaken social security
Instead the new coalition agenda entails:
- cut profit tax
- end 8 hr workday
- open tap for defense, austerity for the rest
- weaken social security
April 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
For the first time since WWII an extreme right party is #1 in the German polls. Anti-fascist economic policy is urgently needed.
Instead the new coalition agenda entails:
- cut profit tax
- end 8 hr workday
- open tap for defense, austerity for the rest
- weaken social security
Instead the new coalition agenda entails:
- cut profit tax
- end 8 hr workday
- open tap for defense, austerity for the rest
- weaken social security
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NEW: White House says the arrest and deportation of student activist & legal US resident, Mahmoud Khalil, is a blueprint for more.
The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law.
No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.
The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law.
No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.
March 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
NEW: White House says the arrest and deportation of student activist & legal US resident, Mahmoud Khalil, is a blueprint for more.
The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law.
No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.
The final line here is chilling. The White House specifically says Khalil was not breaking the law.
No evidence, no due process, no crime. He was just disappeared.
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Vor einer Woche fuhr ein Neonazi in #Mannheim in eine Menschenmenge und ermordete zwei Menschen. Viele mehr wurden verletzt. Das Interesse der herrschenden Politik geht inzwischen gegen Null. Das Sicherheitsgefühl von Menschen ist egal, sobald die Täter weiße deutsche Neonazis sind.
March 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Vor einer Woche fuhr ein Neonazi in #Mannheim in eine Menschenmenge und ermordete zwei Menschen. Viele mehr wurden verletzt. Das Interesse der herrschenden Politik geht inzwischen gegen Null. Das Sicherheitsgefühl von Menschen ist egal, sobald die Täter weiße deutsche Neonazis sind.
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It’s now official, in written words, the oligarchs want to exterminate the rest of us.
March 1, 2025 at 4:50 PM
It’s now official, in written words, the oligarchs want to exterminate the rest of us.
The recordings of our expert workshop on democratic economic planning #DEP from last November are now online! If you missed it, check them out below👇
Were you unable to attend our expert workshop on democratic economic planning last November? No problem! The full recordings of all three public events are now online! ▶️View them here: youtube.com/playlist?lis... #DEP #planning #transformation #WUVienna (1/3)
Democratic Economic Planning Workshop - YouTube
This expert workshop on "Democratic Economic Planning in Times of Planetary Crises", which took place at the Vienna University of Economics and Business from...
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February 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
The recordings of our expert workshop on democratic economic planning #DEP from last November are now online! If you missed it, check them out below👇
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Musk making 2 unmistakable Nazi salutes back-to-back, having the ADL and so many others cover for him, while German police arrests students in Munich for discussing university ties with Israel, and Palestinians search their destroyed neighborhoods for the remains of their families. Welcome to 2025.
January 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Musk making 2 unmistakable Nazi salutes back-to-back, having the ADL and so many others cover for him, while German police arrests students in Munich for discussing university ties with Israel, and Palestinians search their destroyed neighborhoods for the remains of their families. Welcome to 2025.
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Join our webinar on Shaping Provisioning Systems for Eco-Social Transformation! I’ll introduce the topic, followed by Ian Gough on production corridors, Halliki Kreinin & Doris Fuchs on structural barriers, and @colleenschneider.bsky.social on monetary systems.
Register here: invt.io/1exbwyou6up
Register here: invt.io/1exbwyou6up
I'm speaking in this webinar, and you're invited to attend!
Register now
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January 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Join our webinar on Shaping Provisioning Systems for Eco-Social Transformation! I’ll introduce the topic, followed by Ian Gough on production corridors, Halliki Kreinin & Doris Fuchs on structural barriers, and @colleenschneider.bsky.social on monetary systems.
Register here: invt.io/1exbwyou6up
Register here: invt.io/1exbwyou6up
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On December 18th 2024, Solveig Degen and me held a presentation on "#Banks in the #DemocraticEconomicPlanning Debate" at the Workshop "Banks and #PostGrowth" from Center for Sustainable Economic and Corporate Policy (ZNWU). Thanks Janina Urban for inviting us!
Presentation "Banks in the Democratic Economic Planning", Solveig Degen & Walther Zeug
A Presentation on "Banks in the Democratic Economic Planning Debate" from Solveig Degen & Walther Zeug, held at the Workshop "Banks and Post-Growth" from Cen...
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January 6, 2025 at 11:37 AM
On December 18th 2024, Solveig Degen and me held a presentation on "#Banks in the #DemocraticEconomicPlanning Debate" at the Workshop "Banks and #PostGrowth" from Center for Sustainable Economic and Corporate Policy (ZNWU). Thanks Janina Urban for inviting us!