Giorgos Galanis
@ggalanis.bsky.social
Reader in Applied Economics at Queen Mary, interested in economics, climate, social justice and how these interact. He/him
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Just out in the New York Times:
My op-ed on the limits of data-privacy and the need for democratic control in the age of AI.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/o...
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My op-ed on the limits of data-privacy and the need for democratic control in the age of AI.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/o...
@nytimes.com @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Opinion | A.I. Is Deciding Who You Are
In the age of A.I., personal data is anything but personal.
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Just out in the New York Times:
My op-ed on the limits of data-privacy and the need for democratic control in the age of AI.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/o...
@nytimes.com @nytopinion.nytimes.com
My op-ed on the limits of data-privacy and the need for democratic control in the age of AI.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/02/o...
@nytimes.com @nytopinion.nytimes.com
I wrote this review for @maxkasy.bsky.social book for the @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social jacobin.com/2025/11/ai-i....
Short summary: The objectives encoded in AI systems ultimately mirror the priorities of those who control the “means of prediction”
Short summary: The objectives encoded in AI systems ultimately mirror the priorities of those who control the “means of prediction”
Humanity Needs Democratic Control of AI
The danger from artificial intelligence isn’t a Terminator-style robot uprising but tech capitalists using the technology to push their own interests. Seizing control from them is the best way to ensu...
jacobin.com
November 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I wrote this review for @maxkasy.bsky.social book for the @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social jacobin.com/2025/11/ai-i....
Short summary: The objectives encoded in AI systems ultimately mirror the priorities of those who control the “means of prediction”
Short summary: The objectives encoded in AI systems ultimately mirror the priorities of those who control the “means of prediction”
Cool title for a great book!
October 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Cool title for a great book!
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📢 #29FMM Conference (23–25 Oct 2025, Berlin)
We just released the program of this year's FMM conference "Gendering Macroeconomics".
💡Topics: Macroeconomic inequalities, gender gaps, labor markets & globalization...
Do you want to listen to interesting research? Register here: tinyurl.com/y98k5fea
We just released the program of this year's FMM conference "Gendering Macroeconomics".
💡Topics: Macroeconomic inequalities, gender gaps, labor markets & globalization...
Do you want to listen to interesting research? Register here: tinyurl.com/y98k5fea
Gendering Macroeconomics
Die Hans-Böckler-Stiftung ist das Mitbestimmungs-, Forschungs- und Studienförderungswerk des DGB. Sie ist in allen ihren Aufgabenfeldern der Mitbestimmung als Gestaltungsprinzip einer demokratischen G...
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September 22, 2025 at 7:41 PM
📢 #29FMM Conference (23–25 Oct 2025, Berlin)
We just released the program of this year's FMM conference "Gendering Macroeconomics".
💡Topics: Macroeconomic inequalities, gender gaps, labor markets & globalization...
Do you want to listen to interesting research? Register here: tinyurl.com/y98k5fea
We just released the program of this year's FMM conference "Gendering Macroeconomics".
💡Topics: Macroeconomic inequalities, gender gaps, labor markets & globalization...
Do you want to listen to interesting research? Register here: tinyurl.com/y98k5fea
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Why we should all be Marxists by Robin Lane Fox. The combination of title and author intrigued me - it’s not the same Marx, but a remote cousin. Still, a great article. Brazil is an amazing place. on.ft.com/4irIjFL Why we should all be Marxists
Why we should all be Marxists
Admirers of Roberto Burle Marx, that is — the Brazilian landscape designer who is honoured in a Royal Academy exhibition
on.ft.com
March 22, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Why we should all be Marxists by Robin Lane Fox. The combination of title and author intrigued me - it’s not the same Marx, but a remote cousin. Still, a great article. Brazil is an amazing place. on.ft.com/4irIjFL Why we should all be Marxists
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The legacy of Thatcherism and Blairism: ‘Experts added the fire underscores the need for the government to oversee critical infrastructure in the UK, more of which is privately owned than in any other country worldwide.’ on.ft.com/4bMPRAl
Heathrow’s shutdown fuels questions about UK’s infrastructure resilience
Within hours of a fire at a power substation, one of the world’s busiest airports was closed to all flights
on.ft.com
March 22, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The legacy of Thatcherism and Blairism: ‘Experts added the fire underscores the need for the government to oversee critical infrastructure in the UK, more of which is privately owned than in any other country worldwide.’ on.ft.com/4bMPRAl
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We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
Overflow crowd for Bernie/AOC rally in Greeley, CO — the small one today, big one is in Denver later
March 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
11,000 people showed up.
Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
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🗣️ EVENT: Join us at CLaSP on 13 March for a dialogue between two leading scholars of the global fossil fuel economy - Alice Mah & Adam Hanieh - on 'Petrochemical Transitions'. Register for a free ticket:
www.claspblog.org/events/petro...
www.claspblog.org/events/petro...
Petrochemical transitions: a dialogue on industrial, geopolitical & sustainability transformations with Alice Mah and Adam Hanieh — CLaSP Blog
Petrochemical transitions: a dialogue on industrial, geopolitical and sustainability transformations The event brings together two leading scholars – Adam Hanieh and Alice Mah – whose shared focus on...
www.claspblog.org
February 26, 2025 at 11:22 AM
🗣️ EVENT: Join us at CLaSP on 13 March for a dialogue between two leading scholars of the global fossil fuel economy - Alice Mah & Adam Hanieh - on 'Petrochemical Transitions'. Register for a free ticket:
www.claspblog.org/events/petro...
www.claspblog.org/events/petro...
28th Annual Workshop on Economics with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents call for papers extension until 23/3!
www.qmul.ac.uk/sbm/research...
www.qmul.ac.uk/sbm/research...
March 12, 2025 at 3:09 PM
28th Annual Workshop on Economics with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents call for papers extension until 23/3!
www.qmul.ac.uk/sbm/research...
www.qmul.ac.uk/sbm/research...
Check out this very interesting event from a research unit at Queen Mary with the coolest name ever.
On May 20th, AARG is organizing a round table about the multiple crisis of higher education. This event aims to reposition this specific crisis in relation to other crises, students’ debts, cost of living crisis, University governance crisis, crisis of the welfare state … registration link 👇
March 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Check out this very interesting event from a research unit at Queen Mary with the coolest name ever.
Check out our paper with Giorgio Ricchiuti and Ben Tippet on Heterogeneity and Climate Action. This reformulated model builds on our previous work studying the dynamics of the global political economy of climate action warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
warwick.ac.uk
February 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Check out our paper with Giorgio Ricchiuti and Ben Tippet on Heterogeneity and Climate Action. This reformulated model builds on our previous work studying the dynamics of the global political economy of climate action warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ...
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Good piece by Judith Butler, www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Trump is unleashing sadism upon the world. But we cannot get overwhelmed | Judith Butler
Those who celebrate his defiance and sadism are as claimed by his logic as those who are paralyzed with outrage
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Good piece by Judith Butler, www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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(1/2)⏳Only 3 days to go! Join me this Monday (Feb 10) for a lunch seminar session on #atlasoffinance, co-organized by
www.kuleuven.be/lusi & urbanstudies.brussels
📍QDV Quadrivium, Heverlee
⏰12:00
🔗Details: atlasoffinance.com/events/
www.kuleuven.be/lusi & urbanstudies.brussels
📍QDV Quadrivium, Heverlee
⏰12:00
🔗Details: atlasoffinance.com/events/
February 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
(1/2)⏳Only 3 days to go! Join me this Monday (Feb 10) for a lunch seminar session on #atlasoffinance, co-organized by
www.kuleuven.be/lusi & urbanstudies.brussels
📍QDV Quadrivium, Heverlee
⏰12:00
🔗Details: atlasoffinance.com/events/
www.kuleuven.be/lusi & urbanstudies.brussels
📍QDV Quadrivium, Heverlee
⏰12:00
🔗Details: atlasoffinance.com/events/
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‘Hours after the judge’s decision, 25-year-old coder Marko Elez, who was working for Doge at the Treasury, abruptly resigned after apparently racist comments from a dormant social media account were unearthed. The Wall Street Journal first reported on the social media posts.’ on.ft.com/40Hkv94
Elon Musk barred from accessing US Treasury payments data
Judge issues temporary order restricting access by ‘Doge’ to multitrillion-dollar system
on.ft.com
February 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
‘Hours after the judge’s decision, 25-year-old coder Marko Elez, who was working for Doge at the Treasury, abruptly resigned after apparently racist comments from a dormant social media account were unearthed. The Wall Street Journal first reported on the social media posts.’ on.ft.com/40Hkv94
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Trump claims he’s on the side of the working class. Really?
February 7, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Trump claims he’s on the side of the working class. Really?
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A reminder of how incredibly fluid politics was in 2019: The day Dominic Cummings offered to make Jeremy Corbyn PM www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
The day Dominic Cummings offered to make Jeremy Corbyn PM
In their inside story of Starmer’s rise, which we serialise this weekend, Patrick Maguire and Gabriel Pogrund reveal how the strategist courted the hard left to save Brexit
www.thetimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
A reminder of how incredibly fluid politics was in 2019: The day Dominic Cummings offered to make Jeremy Corbyn PM www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
What’s happening in the US: youtube.com/watch?v=mL0c...
youtube.com
January 31, 2025 at 7:42 PM
What’s happening in the US: youtube.com/watch?v=mL0c...
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Know Your Rights: Voices from the Frontlines of Immigrant Communities
Know Your Rights: Voices from the Frontlines of Immigrant Communities
By Amy Goodman & Denis Moynihan Years of organizing, educating and empowering people to defend themselves from racist immigration policies are showing results.
www.democracynow.org
January 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Know Your Rights: Voices from the Frontlines of Immigrant Communities
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With DeepSeek, China innovates and the US imitates on.ft.com/4jDNRh7
With DeepSeek, China innovates and the US imitates
The start-up’s breakthrough confounds outworn prejudices about the two countries
on.ft.com
January 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
With DeepSeek, China innovates and the US imitates on.ft.com/4jDNRh7
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I have never seen anyone flip as quickly as Robert F. Kennedy did on the question of whether a woman has the right to control her own body.
January 29, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I have never seen anyone flip as quickly as Robert F. Kennedy did on the question of whether a woman has the right to control her own body.
CfP: 28th Workshop in Economics with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents @qmul.ac.uk with a great lineup of invited speakers:
Antonio Cabrales, @maxkasy.bsky.social, Lllia Maliar, Friederike Mengel, Peter Skott, @mtsvetkova.bsky.social and Arzu Uluc.
www.qmul.ac.uk/sbm/research...
Antonio Cabrales, @maxkasy.bsky.social, Lllia Maliar, Friederike Mengel, Peter Skott, @mtsvetkova.bsky.social and Arzu Uluc.
www.qmul.ac.uk/sbm/research...
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www.qmul.ac.uk
January 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
CfP: 28th Workshop in Economics with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents @qmul.ac.uk with a great lineup of invited speakers:
Antonio Cabrales, @maxkasy.bsky.social, Lllia Maliar, Friederike Mengel, Peter Skott, @mtsvetkova.bsky.social and Arzu Uluc.
www.qmul.ac.uk/sbm/research...
Antonio Cabrales, @maxkasy.bsky.social, Lllia Maliar, Friederike Mengel, Peter Skott, @mtsvetkova.bsky.social and Arzu Uluc.
www.qmul.ac.uk/sbm/research...
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The Trump Administration’s action to suspend all federal grants & loans will have a devastating impact on the health and well-being of millions of children, seniors on fixed incomes, and the most vulnerable people in our country.
It is a dangerous move towards authoritarianism.
It is a dangerous move towards authoritarianism.
January 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The Trump Administration’s action to suspend all federal grants & loans will have a devastating impact on the health and well-being of millions of children, seniors on fixed incomes, and the most vulnerable people in our country.
It is a dangerous move towards authoritarianism.
It is a dangerous move towards authoritarianism.
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“Where we are in the cycle right now is very similar to where we were between 1998 or 1999 … there’s a major new technology that certainly will change the world and be successful. But some people are confusing that with the investments being successful.” on.ft.com/4hbEhRa
Wall Street’s AI ‘bubble’ echoes dotcom excesses, Ray Dalio warns
Billionaire investor says US stocks are in ‘very similar’ position as lead-up to internet bust at turn of millennium
on.ft.com
January 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
“Where we are in the cycle right now is very similar to where we were between 1998 or 1999 … there’s a major new technology that certainly will change the world and be successful. But some people are confusing that with the investments being successful.” on.ft.com/4hbEhRa
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Paul Krugman on leaving the New York Times www.cjr.org/analysis/pau...
Paul Krugman on Leaving the New York Times
The paper wanted to take away his newsletter or make him write less frequently, he says.
www.cjr.org
January 25, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Paul Krugman on leaving the New York Times www.cjr.org/analysis/pau...
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Your holiday season read is here! The Spectre of State Capitalism is free to download: academic.oup.com/book/57552
December 24, 2024 at 9:35 AM
Your holiday season read is here! The Spectre of State Capitalism is free to download: academic.oup.com/book/57552