Thomas Stubbs
@thomstubbs.bsky.social
Reader in Global Political Economy | Royal Holloway, University of London | International political economy, international public policy, global health, climate | https://www.tstubbs.net/
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Thomas Stubbs
@thomstubbs.bsky.social
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Greening the International Monetary Fund
Cambridge Core - American Government, Politics and Policy - Greening the International Monetary Fund
doi.org
Our new book — Greening the International Monetary Fund (Cambridge University Press, 2025) — examines how climate change has become embedded within the IMF’s operations, and what this means for global economic governance.
📖 Open access: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
📖 Open access: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Our new book — Greening the International Monetary Fund (Cambridge University Press, 2025) — examines how climate change has become embedded within the IMF’s operations, and what this means for global economic governance.
📖 Open access: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
📖 Open access: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Greening the International Monetary Fund
Cambridge Core - American Government, Politics and Policy - Greening the International Monetary Fund
doi.org
October 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Our new book — Greening the International Monetary Fund (Cambridge University Press, 2025) — examines how climate change has become embedded within the IMF’s operations, and what this means for global economic governance.
📖 Open access: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
📖 Open access: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
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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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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
bit.ly
October 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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
🧵1/9
Read more in our new @re-course.org report: bit.ly/IMFsurveillance
🧵1/9
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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
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
October 7, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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
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
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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...
@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
April 30, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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...
@ipsunbureau.bsky.social @endausterity.bsky.social
#FfD4 #EndAusterity #UniversalSocialProtection #RighttoSocialSecurity #Inequality
www.ipsnews.net/2025/04/fina...
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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...
@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
March 27, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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...
@uofgsocsci.bsky.social
www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...
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"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.
—Noam Chomsky
And then it gets worse.
Almost half of England’s councils ‘could face bankruptcy over £4.6bn deficit’
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
February 28, 2025 at 6:54 AM
"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.
—Noam Chomsky
And then it gets worse.
This is a must-read.
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....
Here's a 🧵 on the result of @danielagabor.bsky.social and I wrecking our brains for four years.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
February 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
This is a must-read.
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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...
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.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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...
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
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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
polisky
Portal für Politikwissenschaft – Alexandros Kentikelenis, Thomas Stubbs: A Thousand Cuts. Social Protection in the Age of Austerity
www.pw-portal.de
February 6, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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
polisky
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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
February 1, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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.
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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 🧐
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 🧐
January 3, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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 🧐
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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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
#polisky #internationalrelations #econsky #internationalpolitics
December 28, 2024 at 10:43 AM
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
#polisky #internationalrelations #econsky #internationalpolitics
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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...
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/mar...
I presented at G20 Rio
YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY6Z...
December 3, 2024 at 9:17 PM
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...
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/mar...
I presented at G20 Rio
YT: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY6Z...
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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
December 12, 2024 at 1:03 PM
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...
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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
December 6, 2024 at 11:49 AM
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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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
go.bsky.app/CnXtPpK
November 28, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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
go.bsky.app/CnXtPpK
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A wave of new social protection people joining overnight and this morning! Added to this starter pack
go.bsky.app/FP9qJZV
I am also adding the same people to this list which you can pin as a feed: bsky.app/profile/did:... (or you can just make your own custom one!)
go.bsky.app/FP9qJZV
I am also adding the same people to this list which you can pin as a feed: bsky.app/profile/did:... (or you can just make your own custom one!)
November 22, 2024 at 9:42 AM
A wave of new social protection people joining overnight and this morning! Added to this starter pack
go.bsky.app/FP9qJZV
I am also adding the same people to this list which you can pin as a feed: bsky.app/profile/did:... (or you can just make your own custom one!)
go.bsky.app/FP9qJZV
I am also adding the same people to this list which you can pin as a feed: bsky.app/profile/did:... (or you can just make your own custom one!)
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So, to everyone who thought the Bessent pick meant that Trump would be reasonable on economic policy: I hope you enjoyed your vacation from reality 1/ www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/b...
Trump Plans Tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico That Could Cripple Trade
The president-elect said that he would impose the across-the-board tariffs on Day 1 and that they would stay in place until Canada, Mexico and China halted the flow of drugs and migrants.
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2024 at 12:33 PM
So, to everyone who thought the Bessent pick meant that Trump would be reasonable on economic policy: I hope you enjoyed your vacation from reality 1/ www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/b...
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November 24, 2024 at 1:04 PM
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Hiya Bluesky! I'm new here, but this is the kind of thing I think about: climate justice requires local environmental justice, which requires an end to austerity, which requires debt justice. Can we do all of that? Yes! #COP16 #COP29
www.bu.edu/gdp/2024/10/...
www.bu.edu/gdp/2024/10/...
From Vicious to Virtuous: Understanding and Re-imagining the Relationships between Debt, Climate and Nature at COP16 | Global Development Policy Center
www.bu.edu
November 19, 2024 at 2:55 AM
Hiya Bluesky! I'm new here, but this is the kind of thing I think about: climate justice requires local environmental justice, which requires an end to austerity, which requires debt justice. Can we do all of that? Yes! #COP16 #COP29
www.bu.edu/gdp/2024/10/...
www.bu.edu/gdp/2024/10/...
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All IPE scholars!!! 👀 15th Annual Australian International Political Economy Network (AIPEN) workshop.
Adelaide University / Flinders University, February 6-7 2025
Full call here: www.ppesydney.net/2025-aipen-w...
Paper/panel proposals to Len Seabrooke, [email protected], by 30 November 2024.
Adelaide University / Flinders University, February 6-7 2025
Full call here: www.ppesydney.net/2025-aipen-w...
Paper/panel proposals to Len Seabrooke, [email protected], by 30 November 2024.
2025 AIPEN Workshop: Call for papers - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)
15th Annual Australian International Political Economy Network (AIPEN) Workshop Adelaide University / Flinders University, February 6-7 2025 The world economy is increasingly challenged by wicked pro...
www.ppesydney.net
November 13, 2024 at 7:43 AM
All IPE scholars!!! 👀 15th Annual Australian International Political Economy Network (AIPEN) workshop.
Adelaide University / Flinders University, February 6-7 2025
Full call here: www.ppesydney.net/2025-aipen-w...
Paper/panel proposals to Len Seabrooke, [email protected], by 30 November 2024.
Adelaide University / Flinders University, February 6-7 2025
Full call here: www.ppesydney.net/2025-aipen-w...
Paper/panel proposals to Len Seabrooke, [email protected], by 30 November 2024.
Start pack of Royal Holloway Politics & International Relations academic staff and PhD students! go.bsky.app/EyuS68d
Royal Holloway Politics & International Relations
Join the conversation
go.bsky.app
November 22, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Start pack of Royal Holloway Politics & International Relations academic staff and PhD students! go.bsky.app/EyuS68d
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The work of Kentikelenis & @thomstubbs.bsky.social on IMF & austerity is unparalleled. For a brief intro, check out this webinar, where I was honored to spend an hour interviewing them about this impressive new book. www.youtube.com/live/lL7NwQV...
November 21, 2024 at 3:02 PM
The work of Kentikelenis & @thomstubbs.bsky.social on IMF & austerity is unparalleled. For a brief intro, check out this webinar, where I was honored to spend an hour interviewing them about this impressive new book. www.youtube.com/live/lL7NwQV...
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Bluesky is growing so quickly—it is hard to keep track of everyone joining! Are there any new sovereign debt nerds here I might have missed in this starter pack I have put together?
go.bsky.app/Cw8ufrd
go.bsky.app/Cw8ufrd
November 19, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Bluesky is growing so quickly—it is hard to keep track of everyone joining! Are there any new sovereign debt nerds here I might have missed in this starter pack I have put together?
go.bsky.app/Cw8ufrd
go.bsky.app/Cw8ufrd