Reader in Development Studies, SOAS University of London.
Author of Public Banks: Decarbonisation, Definancialisation, and Democratisation. CUP 2021. #Publicbanks.
Interested in public finance for green & just transitions.
ErdoÄan has always been more concerned with building palaces for his ego than safe housing for the poor. This is the result.
ErdoÄan under fire as shoddy Turkish building standards exposed by quake - https://on.ft.com/3XvRvO3 via @FT
Shameful abuse of public provisioning of essential services, enabled by market ideologues.
âA public sector pay rise is not in itself inflationaryâ as, unlike in the private sector, there are no prices to rise. And the private sector has seen wages rise far faster than for public servants.
'of full-time teachers doing weekend shifts on the checkout at Tesco ...
Can't recommend this episode enough. Really thoughtful and thought provoking.
MEDIA INDIGENA : Indigenous current affairs | A Seminar in Settlerology (ep 301) on Podbean, check it out! https://www.podbean.com/ea/dir-tists-1526ee21
On this week's collected, connected conversations (the sixth in our Summer '22 series): Settlerology. Thatâs right: our chance to turn that gaze around, to peer deep into the soul of settler society! Heck, who better to lead a course on colonial culture than Indigenous people? Featured voices this podcast include (in order of appearance): ⢠Brock Pitawanakwat, Associate Professor of Indigenous Studies at York University ⢠Christohper Powell, Associate Professor of Sociology at Toronto Metropolitan University ⢠Candis Callison, Associate Professor in the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies and the Graduate School of Journalism at UBC ⢠Kim TallBear, Professor in the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience and Society // CREDITS: Creative Commons music in this episode includes âLittle Green (Alt Take)â by Wax Lyricist and âMr Paillettes Themeâ by Komiku. Our opening theme is âBad Nostalgia (Instrumental)â by Anthem of Rain; our closing theme is âGarden Tigerâ by Pictures of the Floating World. This episode was hosted/produced/edited by Rick Harp; production assistance by Courteney Morin.
Oh my, is the FT going rogue? Good piece.
'Most of all, beware corporate science that seems truer to the profit motive than to science itself.'
ExxonMobil shows the perils of corporate science - https://on.ft.com/3kLJpCY via @FT
'GFANZ members are acting as climate arsonists.'
Any surprise it's the Department for Business putting the shackles on UK workers?
Rumor is Sunak has invested in firms producing shackles specially fitted to public sector workers.
True story.
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