Solveig Degen
@solveigdegen.bsky.social
PhD student at @ktbberlin.bsky.social | working on democratisation of energy and socialisation of finance | (she/her)
https://socializationproject.de/
https://socializationproject.de/
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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟵𝟯𝟬𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗻 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀?
In this timely article, Claus Thomasberger discusses the new book by #Palantir executives Karp & Zamiska drawing on insights from Polanyi and David Graeber
👉Read here: www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2026/01/29/f...
In this timely article, Claus Thomasberger discusses the new book by #Palantir executives Karp & Zamiska drawing on insights from Polanyi and David Graeber
👉Read here: www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2026/01/29/f...
January 29, 2026 at 3:16 PM
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟵𝟯𝟬𝘀 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗻 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀?
In this timely article, Claus Thomasberger discusses the new book by #Palantir executives Karp & Zamiska drawing on insights from Polanyi and David Graeber
👉Read here: www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2026/01/29/f...
In this timely article, Claus Thomasberger discusses the new book by #Palantir executives Karp & Zamiska drawing on insights from Polanyi and David Graeber
👉Read here: www.karlpolanyisociety.com/2026/01/29/f...
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studying the history of electricity can lead to positive impacts on society
January 16, 2026 at 12:13 PM
studying the history of electricity can lead to positive impacts on society
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Daniela Russ - Working Nature
A History of the Energy Economy
À paraître en avril chez Verso
A History of the Energy Economy
À paraître en avril chez Verso
November 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Daniela Russ - Working Nature
A History of the Energy Economy
À paraître en avril chez Verso
A History of the Energy Economy
À paraître en avril chez Verso
January 15, 2026 at 3:20 PM
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𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗳𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘁?
👉 In this new F&L blog piece, Andreas Novy explains why both “green” and “de-” growth agendas have so far proved unsuccessful in meeting climate targets - and he outlines 4 cornerstones of an anti-fascist climate politics
👉 In this new F&L blog piece, Andreas Novy explains why both “green” and “de-” growth agendas have so far proved unsuccessful in meeting climate targets - and he outlines 4 cornerstones of an anti-fascist climate politics
January 15, 2026 at 3:01 PM
𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶-𝗳𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲 𝗶𝘁?
👉 In this new F&L blog piece, Andreas Novy explains why both “green” and “de-” growth agendas have so far proved unsuccessful in meeting climate targets - and he outlines 4 cornerstones of an anti-fascist climate politics
👉 In this new F&L blog piece, Andreas Novy explains why both “green” and “de-” growth agendas have so far proved unsuccessful in meeting climate targets - and he outlines 4 cornerstones of an anti-fascist climate politics
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An epidemic of workforce demoralization? "Intensive AI use is demotivating and deskilling, fuelling boredom and mediocrity. We could even see a reverse ‘productivity J-curve’: short-term productivity gains rapidly overwhelmed by a deterioration in labour quality" newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Cédric Durand, After AI — Sidecar
Legacies of the bubble.
newleftreview.org
January 15, 2026 at 2:47 PM
An epidemic of workforce demoralization? "Intensive AI use is demotivating and deskilling, fuelling boredom and mediocrity. We could even see a reverse ‘productivity J-curve’: short-term productivity gains rapidly overwhelmed by a deterioration in labour quality" newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
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Finally made it to bluesky, just to share my conversation with Jan Groos about socialisation as transformation strategy 🙂
A new episode of Future Histories Live!
This time I talk to Rabea Berfelde ( @ktbberlin.bsky.social, @humboldtuni.bsky.social) about socialisation, its history, and contemporary movements.
Recorded during the 2025 Rethinking Economics Summer School Switzerland.
Full Episode: buff.ly/EeUb9Wj
This time I talk to Rabea Berfelde ( @ktbberlin.bsky.social, @humboldtuni.bsky.social) about socialisation, its history, and contemporary movements.
Recorded during the 2025 Rethinking Economics Summer School Switzerland.
Full Episode: buff.ly/EeUb9Wj
January 7, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Finally made it to bluesky, just to share my conversation with Jan Groos about socialisation as transformation strategy 🙂
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4 Learnings about the interconnection of fascism and liberalism: A thread 🧵
To bring the year to an end, Maie Klingenberg, @solveigdegen.bsky.social and Andreas Novy wrote a summary of all F&L blog articles that were published this year. Here are the four learnings:
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To bring the year to an end, Maie Klingenberg, @solveigdegen.bsky.social and Andreas Novy wrote a summary of all F&L blog articles that were published this year. Here are the four learnings:
(1/6)
F&L Blog - Four Learnings about the Interconnection of Fascism and Liberalism - International Karl Polanyi Society
Four Learnings About the Interconnection of Fascism and Liberalism: Yesterday and Today Maie Klingenberg, Solveig Degen, and Andreas Novy 19.12.2025 Over the past months, a dozen articles on our newly...
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December 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
4 Learnings about the interconnection of fascism and liberalism: A thread 🧵
To bring the year to an end, Maie Klingenberg, @solveigdegen.bsky.social and Andreas Novy wrote a summary of all F&L blog articles that were published this year. Here are the four learnings:
(1/6)
To bring the year to an end, Maie Klingenberg, @solveigdegen.bsky.social and Andreas Novy wrote a summary of all F&L blog articles that were published this year. Here are the four learnings:
(1/6)
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Man könnte ja zur Erkenntnis kommen, dass Profitorientierung bei Grundbedürfnissen wie Energie (Wasser, Gesundheit) prinzipiell eine schlechte Idee sind - anstatt das Aktienrecht zu "korrigieren."
Ein liberalisierter Energiemarkt stellt weder leistbare Grundversorgung noch die Energiewende sicher.
Ein liberalisierter Energiemarkt stellt weder leistbare Grundversorgung noch die Energiewende sicher.
December 12, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Man könnte ja zur Erkenntnis kommen, dass Profitorientierung bei Grundbedürfnissen wie Energie (Wasser, Gesundheit) prinzipiell eine schlechte Idee sind - anstatt das Aktienrecht zu "korrigieren."
Ein liberalisierter Energiemarkt stellt weder leistbare Grundversorgung noch die Energiewende sicher.
Ein liberalisierter Energiemarkt stellt weder leistbare Grundversorgung noch die Energiewende sicher.
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John O’Neill on Neurath’s critique of pseudorationalism in the socialist calculate debate
December 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
John O’Neill on Neurath’s critique of pseudorationalism in the socialist calculate debate
Great piece by @proufos.bsky.social on the historical trajection of central bank independence! 🏦
👇Read below to understand why we should not defend it as the base of economic stability and democracy
👇Read below to understand why we should not defend it as the base of economic stability and democracy
December 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Great piece by @proufos.bsky.social on the historical trajection of central bank independence! 🏦
👇Read below to understand why we should not defend it as the base of economic stability and democracy
👇Read below to understand why we should not defend it as the base of economic stability and democracy
had a great time at the labour environmentalism conference today at @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social
- learned a lot from my fellow panellists Ralf Hoffrogge and Jary Koch in our panel discussion on socialisation struggles in the coal, steel and chemical industries! ⛏️🏔️🏭👩🔬✊
- learned a lot from my fellow panellists Ralf Hoffrogge and Jary Koch in our panel discussion on socialisation struggles in the coal, steel and chemical industries! ⛏️🏔️🏭👩🔬✊
December 2, 2025 at 11:35 PM
had a great time at the labour environmentalism conference today at @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social
- learned a lot from my fellow panellists Ralf Hoffrogge and Jary Koch in our panel discussion on socialisation struggles in the coal, steel and chemical industries! ⛏️🏔️🏭👩🔬✊
- learned a lot from my fellow panellists Ralf Hoffrogge and Jary Koch in our panel discussion on socialisation struggles in the coal, steel and chemical industries! ⛏️🏔️🏭👩🔬✊
Excited for this one! ✨ with keynotes by John O’Neill and @abenanav.bsky.social
For the first days we will read classic texts by Otto Neurath and Friedrich Hayek. Sign-up ist not required - the texts can be accessed following the link below ⬇️
For the first days we will read classic texts by Otto Neurath and Friedrich Hayek. Sign-up ist not required - the texts can be accessed following the link below ⬇️
Save the Date: In a two-day workshop on December 4th & 5th we will bring together scholars working at the intersection of philosophy, political economy, and critical theory to reflect on the contested rationality of economic planning.
More information: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-gr...
More information: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/the-gr...
November 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Excited for this one! ✨ with keynotes by John O’Neill and @abenanav.bsky.social
For the first days we will read classic texts by Otto Neurath and Friedrich Hayek. Sign-up ist not required - the texts can be accessed following the link below ⬇️
For the first days we will read classic texts by Otto Neurath and Friedrich Hayek. Sign-up ist not required - the texts can be accessed following the link below ⬇️
First @histmat.bsky.social conference – but definitely not the last!
I had a great time in London last wknd with my team @cominsitu.bsky.social and Rabea Berfelde – many thx to all who came to our panel and gave feedback! already looking forward to next year - hopefully take better photos then (:
I had a great time in London last wknd with my team @cominsitu.bsky.social and Rabea Berfelde – many thx to all who came to our panel and gave feedback! already looking forward to next year - hopefully take better photos then (:
November 12, 2025 at 1:43 PM
First @histmat.bsky.social conference – but definitely not the last!
I had a great time in London last wknd with my team @cominsitu.bsky.social and Rabea Berfelde – many thx to all who came to our panel and gave feedback! already looking forward to next year - hopefully take better photos then (:
I had a great time in London last wknd with my team @cominsitu.bsky.social and Rabea Berfelde – many thx to all who came to our panel and gave feedback! already looking forward to next year - hopefully take better photos then (:
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If guaranteeing essentials sounds radical, it speaks to how far we have drifted from democracy‘s core promises. Markets will not beat back the far right. An antifascist economics might. Mamdani provides a playbook for democrats around the world.
My latest
My latest
Zohran Mamdani shows how Democrats can defeat authoritarians like Trump | Isabella Weber
Democrats have two choices: fight to make life affordable again for ordinary people or watch voters embrace authoritarians
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November 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
If guaranteeing essentials sounds radical, it speaks to how far we have drifted from democracy‘s core promises. Markets will not beat back the far right. An antifascist economics might. Mamdani provides a playbook for democrats around the world.
My latest
My latest
“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.
taz.de
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...