My review of The Technological Republic by Palantir CEO Alex Karp and exec Nicholas Zamiska is out. They call for Silicon Valley to re-align with the Pentagon, where democracy is obsolete, engineers shift from apps to weapons, and code becomes law. Tech is no longer just for profit. It’s for war.

As part of PERC's Silicon Valley Ideology series, @alirizataskale.bsky.social reviews The Technological Republic, by Palantir's CEO Alex Karp and Nicholas Zamiska. The books is an unapologetic blueprint for a militarised tech oligarchy that threatens democracy and needs to be resisted.

The (Not So) Hidden Bias in the UK Pension System by Ariane Agunsoye for @goldperc.bsky.social. Those with interrupted & varied work trajectories suffer in an unequal system, built for the "ideal" full-time, well-paid worker.

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📢🔔 ICYMI - this at 1989 views in less than a month is By FAR our fastest moving article ‘Founder as Victim, Founder as God’: Peter Thiel, Elon Musk and the two bodies of the entrepreneur - @cibled.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The PERC blog is back and we celebrate with a new piece for the Silicon Valley series by Anna Rohmann. Anna delves into the pronatalist philosophy that Musk and SV tech elites have advocated for - a vision the Trump administration is gleefully supporting through the implementation of Project 2025

Hi Ann, just a quick word to say the website is back on and that Inga's piece is now a accessible again. Thanks for your patience!

The PERC blog is back and we celebrate with a new piece for the Silicon Valley series by Anna Rohmann. Anna delves into the pronatalist philosophy that Musk and SV tech elites have advocated for - a vision the Trump administration is gleefully supporting through the implementation of Project 2025

Great to see @cibled.bsky.social very relevant article on Peter Thiel, Elon Musk and the ideology of the 'founder' appear in @jcultecon.bsky.social - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We are pleased to say that, somewhat mysteriously, www.perc.org.uk is now up and running again, after some domain name registration problems

Great to see @cibled.bsky.social very relevant article on Peter Thiel, Elon Musk and the ideology of the 'founder' appear in @jcultecon.bsky.social - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Next Tuesday, come to the launch of Finance Aesthetics hosted by @goldsmithspress.bsky.social w/ @maxhaiven.bsky.social @erosamon.bsky.social @adriennebuller.bsky.social @mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social & Emma Sofie Brogaard - all welcome but registration required www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/finance-ae...

Next Tuesday, come to the launch of Finance Aesthetics hosted by @goldsmithspress.bsky.social w/ @maxhaiven.bsky.social @erosamon.bsky.social @adriennebuller.bsky.social @mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social & Emma Sofie Brogaard - all welcome but registration required www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/finance-ae...

'Finance Aesthetics: A Critical Glossary' is the latest publication from the @goldsmithspress.bsky.social PERC series, with a stellar lineup of contributors www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p...

Launch of Finance Aesthetics - 8th April 5-7pm, @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social w/ @mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social @erosamon.bsky.social @maxhaiven.bsky.social @adriennebuller.bsky.social & Emma Sofie Brogaard - register here - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/finance-ae... @goldsmithspress.bsky.social

New OA article by Will Davies in @theoryculturesociety.org 'Another Age of Anxiety: psychological distress and the 'asset economy'' - journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

'Finance Aesthetics: A Critical Glossary' is the latest publication from the @goldsmithspress.bsky.social PERC series, with a stellar lineup of contributors www.gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-p...

Launch of Finance Aesthetics - 8th April 5-7pm, @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social w/ @mikkelkfrantzen.bsky.social @erosamon.bsky.social @maxhaiven.bsky.social @adriennebuller.bsky.social & Emma Sofie Brogaard - register here - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/finance-ae... @goldsmithspress.bsky.social

Hi Ann, yes it has, unfortunately! We didn't receive any prior notice, and it is proving harder to get it back than we expected. But we are working on it. It might take a couple of weeks but the website will hopefully be back online soon.

2025 seems the right moment to have PERC's 'Silicon Valley Ideology' series back on! We start with @alirizataskale.bsky.social 's reflections on SV tech giants' calculated embrace of Trump and the Right, their hatred of democracy and the reactionary tech future they have in store for us. More below👇

We inaugurate our brand new bluesky account with a new post by @ingarade.bsky.social on capital controls. Drawing on Keynes, Inga argues that capital controls might be essential to the economic and democratic management of Western societies. More below 👇

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In this blogpost at @goldperc.bsky.social I discuss why Keynes believed that capital controls were essential to the economic and democratic management of Western societies