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Federico Sibaja @federicosibaja.bsky.social · 4d

The US Treasury has put the ongoing IMF Surveillance review at the top of the agenda as they want to stop the Fund’s work on climate. But what’s the IMF’s track record since the 2021 Climate Strategy?

Read more in our new @re-course.org report: bit.ly/IMFsurveillance
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IMF surveillance and climate action — Report by Recourse

Report: IMF surveillance falls short in addressing climate threats

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Recourse @re-course.org · 3d

Only 4 years ago, the IMF recognised that climate change poses risks to macroeconomic stability.

It cannot be ignored.

Our new report shows how and why the #IMF can't give up on climate, with recommendations for its Surveillance review.

👉 bit.ly/IMFsurveilla... #IMFmeetings

Teal blue background, white text. Heading says "IMF climate action: green rhetoric, grey reality?" Subheading says "Read our assessment of IMF surveillance and climate action,
with recommendations for the current surveillance policy review". Screenshot of report cover page showing a grey building covered by green vines. White background at the bottom with logos of Recourse and four co-publishing organisations.

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Isabel Ortiz GSJ @isabelortiz.bsky.social · Apr 30

Read my article with Sakiko Fukuda-Parr on #FinancingForDevelopment - Financing for whom?

@ipsunbureau.bsky.social @endausterity.bsky.social
#FfD4 #EndAusterity #UniversalSocialProtection #RighttoSocialSecurity #Inequality
www.ipsnews.net/2025/04/fina...

Financing for Whom? The Financing for Development Summit Must Address Social Dimensions

The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) will bring world leaders together to forge a new international consensus on how to finance a better future for all. Yet, in prac...

www.ipsnews.net

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Thomas Stubbs @thomstubbs.bsky.social · Apr 7

I agree with the sentiment entirely. I do it for free because it's - at least indirectly - required for promotion to professor (i.e. evidence of respect within the field and also fills 'external service'). (More) free labour not accounted for in our workload model. My heart is now full of hate.

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UofG School of Social & Political Sciences @uofgsps.bsky.social · Mar 27

You may have seen @gerrymccartney1.bsky.social quoted in the media talking about the implications of the Chancellor's Spring Statement. He's part of a group of experts who have warned that welfare cuts could cause more deaths in @bmj.com

@uofgsocsci.bsky.social

www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

Experts issue warnings on social security cuts in Spring Statement

University of Glasgow academics have joined leading public health experts in warning of likely consequence of cuts to social security in the Chancellor’s Spring Statement.

www.gla.ac.uk

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Marwood @andmarwood.bsky.social · Feb 28

"That’s the standard technique of privatization: defund, make sure things don’t work, people get angry, you hand it over to private capital"
—Noam Chomsky

And then it gets worse.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Feb 28

Almost half of England’s councils ‘could face bankruptcy over £4.6bn deficit’

Damning National Audit Office report says action is needed to address deficit accumulated under Tory-era policy Almost half of councils in England risk falling into bankruptcy without action to address a £4.6bn deficit amassed under a Conservative-era…

www.theguardian.com

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Thomas Stubbs @thomstubbs.bsky.social · Feb 26

Awesome!

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Thomas Stubbs @thomstubbs.bsky.social · Feb 12

This is a must-read.

Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · Feb 12

As the Trusk regime is wrecking the state apparatus that brought us the IRA, it's more urgent than ever to understand the politics of green macrofinancial regimes.

Here's a 🧵 on the result of @danielagabor.bsky.social and I wrecking our brains for four years.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Screenshot of the abstract of the linked paper.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · Feb 9

Whenever you hear someone sneer about scientific research that seems useless to them — “they’re studying the spit of lizards?!” — remind them that’s exactly how we got Ozempic.

globalnews.ca/news/9793403...

How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca

In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.

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pw-portal @pw-portal.bsky.social · Feb 6

Verschärft der IWF durch verordnete Austerität die Ungleichheit? @akentikelenis.bsky.social & @thomstubbs.bsky.social präsentieren die bislang umfassendste empirische Analyse der sozialen Auswirkungen von IWF-Krediten. Henning Schmidtke vom GIGA Institut lobt das Buch als „Meilenstein“.
polisky

Portal für Politikwissenschaft – Alexandros Kentikelenis, Thomas Stubbs: A Thousand Cuts. Social Protection in the Age of Austerity

www.pw-portal.de

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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · Feb 1

The government’s overall Oh well that’s how it is now attitude when one of the main pillars of your economy crumbles right there for everyone to see is quite difficult to comprehend.

Quarter of leading UK universities cutting staff due to budget shortfalls

Up to 10,000 redundancies or job losses feared as institutes undergo restructuring

www.theguardian.com

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Thomas Stubbs @thomstubbs.bsky.social · Jan 22

added @jeanmonnetrhul.bsky.social

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Rosie Collington @rosiecollington.bsky.social · Jan 3

Each for very different reasons, these were my fave books of 2024 📚

Happy new year friends ✨🍻

ps. Emma’s book (on the political economy of care & its value, second most sold in DK last year) will be out in English in Spring 2025. Keep an eye out 🧐

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Thomas Stubbs @thomstubbs.bsky.social · Jan 10

Added @uhackett.bsky.social @jseglow.bsky.social and @jamessloam.bsky.social

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Felipe Balcazar @cfbalcazar.bsky.social · Jan 1

Following the example of @rickyclark.bsky.social and @lisadellmuth.bsky.social I have put together an International Political Economy starter pack. Please answer this post if you want to be included in a second starter pack! (I exhausted all 150 slots for this pack 😅) go.bsky.app/JQeggfC

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Lisa Dellmuth @lisadellmuth.bsky.social · Dec 28

Here's my International Relations starter pack - just answer this post if you want to be included! go.bsky.app/GHjHQu3
#polisky #internationalrelations #econsky #internationalpolitics

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Thomas Stubbs @thomstubbs.bsky.social · Dec 29

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Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · Dec 3

Lula at UN: “African countries borrow at rates up to 8 times higher than Germany and 4 times higher than the United States. It’s a Marshall Plan in reverse, in which the poorest finance the richest.”
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/mar...
I presented at G20 Rio
YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY6Z...

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · Dec 12

For those who missed it, my Substack has gone live, and I expect to be posting several times a week. Today's entry is (almost) non-political; tomorrow's won't be 1/ open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

Why Does U.S. Technology Rule?

Maybe it's just in the right place

open.substack.com

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Thomas Stubbs @thomstubbs.bsky.social · Dec 11

Black Mirror prescient with that 'Beth' dog looking thing.

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · Dec 6

Sometimes the combination of arrogance and ignorance is breathtaking. Yes, US health care has high admin costs; that's because it relies so much on private insurers. Govt-run health insurance has much lower overhead

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Thomas Stubbs @thomstubbs.bsky.social · Dec 5

I use owlstown. It’s specifically for academics and doesn’t require me to know things. @owlstown.com

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Thomas Stubbs @thomstubbs.bsky.social · Nov 29

u wot m8. Do elaborate!

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Jon Sward @jonsward.bsky.social · Nov 28

Re-upping this with more additions of civil society advocates and academics working on IFIs, including @katemac.bsky.social, @isabelortiz.bsky.social, @akentikelenis.bsky.social… and many more

go.bsky.app/CnXtPpK

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Thomas Stubbs @thomstubbs.bsky.social · Nov 28

Now this is what I call a slam-dunc!!!!!!!!

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