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The Value of a Whale: on the illusions of green capitalism—@Nicklaus_Taylor speaking to @AdriBuller about her latest book. 🗓17 Nov 6-7.30pm, London Goldsmiths PERC → cusp.ac.uk/themes/aetw/ev… All welcome. cc #GreenCapitalism #Neoliberalism #PostGrowth

The UK is *not* in a fiscal crisis. Our deficit in 2023 will be the second lowest in the G7. We can afford to support public services rather than cut them. More detail on how much 'fiscal space' we have in Carys Roberts & my paper out next week.

"The powerful can kill one, two, or 100 roses, but they'll never stop the arrival of spring. And our fight is in search of spring!" - Lula da Silva, the next President of Brazil 🌹

Lula winning may well be better news for the climate than anything that’ll happen at COP 27

“Let’s fight for zero deforestation,” Lula says in first speech as president-elect. “Brazil is ready to resume its leading role in the fight against the climate crisis, protecting all our biomes, especially the Amazon Forest.”

“Capital is dead labor, which, vampire-like, lives only by sucking living labor, and lives the more, the more labor it sucks” - Happy Halloween haunting from Capital Volume 1 👻🧛‍♀️💀🎃🌹

If you thought Canada was only bad at reducing CO2 emissions, here's how it has performed on methane when compared with other G7 countries. Story with Aaron Clark & Zahra Hirji bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

In NSW, Australia, you can eradicate living organisms, as long as you purchase "species credits" of all the things you killed building your highway or gas plant or whatever Koalas go for $600 AUD (~$380USD / EUR) app.powerbi.com/view?r=eyJrIjo… Via Polly Hemming

FT: Indonesia is studying the establishment of an Opec-like cartel for nickel & other key battery metals, highlighting geopolitical confidence of nations that are rich in resources discussed in Polycrisis "Geopolitics of Stuff" phenomenalworld.org/interviews/geo… x.com/70sbachchan/st…

Yet again, sovereign debt incentivizes extractivism. Here, Colombia’s recently elected Left president is walking back promises to ban new oil exploration. Increasingly clear there is no climate justice without lowering or cancelling Global South debt loads reuters.com/world/americas…

NEW: in Q3, for every $1 BP invest in low-carbon, it is investing $26 in fossil fuels. BP’s Q3 results confirm the company is a ‘cash machine’: 🤑Profits $8.2bn, more than double Q3 2021 💰 Dividends up 10% 📈 Share buybacks $2.5bn

My article on Chinese SOEs is out in the latest issue of CJS. I take a deep dive into two massive Chinese SOEs that are behind many infrastructure projects around the world and operate through a system of “managed competition.” journals.sagepub.com/share/I3Y6DDGN…

A few words about decoupling of CO2 emissions from GDP. Lots of people are sharing this plot as evidence that economic growth is universally compatible with emissions reductions. And let's be clear: emissions reductions here are real AND good news. However ...

Unions have been making this argument for some time. Interesting to see the chief economist at UBS Global Wealth Management saying the same.

Come work with us in our ever-expanding department ✨😊🔥 Now we're hiring a Senior Lecturer "whose research is interdisciplinary with a focus on racial, economic and social justice, including the question of reparations." Spread the word far and wide! jobs.kcl.ac.uk/gb/en/job/0572…

Coming up @ King's International Development: On the Illusions of Green Capitalism with Adrienne Buller! Buller discusses limits to market-based solutions to the environmental crisis, taking how IMF estimates the monetary value of a whale as example. Organized by Devika Dutt, Nithya Natarajan as discussant.👇

one of Hunt's economic advisors on BBC Radio 4 Today has just spent 3 minutes talking about inflation in UK as a wage phenomenon, without mentioning for one second corporate profits, energy/supply shocks or the basic fact that we've had 10 years of real wage contraction in UK

"Evidence shows that indigenous peoples and local communities with secure land rights vastly outperform both governments and private landholders in preventing deforestation, conserving biodiversity, and producing food sustainably."

🚨📢Join us for the launch of Owning the Future: Power and Prosperity in an Age of Crisis📕🚀 Feat. authors Adrienne Buller & Mathew Lawrence + discussant Hettie O'Brien Wednesday 7 December from 6-7:30pm Registration and details here: city.ac.uk/news-and-event…