David Madden
@davidjmadden.bsky.social
Sociologist at LSE studying cities, housing, and social theory. Co-author, In Defense of Housing.
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Now out:
Special Issue: Value Theory in the Country and the City
Environment and Planning F
Ten articles by Dallas Rogers @monicaclua.bsky.social @chrishesketh.bsky.social @davidaviles.bsky.social @abieler.bsky.social @davidjmadden.bsky.social
@feministonmarx.bsky.social
and many more!
Special Issue: Value Theory in the Country and the City
Environment and Planning F
Ten articles by Dallas Rogers @monicaclua.bsky.social @chrishesketh.bsky.social @davidaviles.bsky.social @abieler.bsky.social @davidjmadden.bsky.social
@feministonmarx.bsky.social
and many more!
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September 8, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Now out:
Special Issue: Value Theory in the Country and the City
Environment and Planning F
Ten articles by Dallas Rogers @monicaclua.bsky.social @chrishesketh.bsky.social @davidaviles.bsky.social @abieler.bsky.social @davidjmadden.bsky.social
@feministonmarx.bsky.social
and many more!
Special Issue: Value Theory in the Country and the City
Environment and Planning F
Ten articles by Dallas Rogers @monicaclua.bsky.social @chrishesketh.bsky.social @davidaviles.bsky.social @abieler.bsky.social @davidjmadden.bsky.social
@feministonmarx.bsky.social
and many more!
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“Resolving the housing crisis depends upon reversing and replacing the changes to the British housing system and society that Right to Buy helped to bring about.”
Our latest report covered by @davidjmadden.bsky.social in @theguardian.com 🔗👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Our latest report covered by @davidjmadden.bsky.social in @theguardian.com 🔗👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Thatcher’s right to buy policy is celebrated but here’s the cost: losses to us all of £194bn and a fractured society | David Madden
A new report details the damage. This was an ideological ploy from which we have yet to recover, says LSE’s David Madden
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:35 PM
“Resolving the housing crisis depends upon reversing and replacing the changes to the British housing system and society that Right to Buy helped to bring about.”
Our latest report covered by @davidjmadden.bsky.social in @theguardian.com 🔗👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Our latest report covered by @davidjmadden.bsky.social in @theguardian.com 🔗👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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"Before the policy, social housing made up 31% of overall housing tenure in England. Today it is 16%, causing council housing waiting lists and homelessness to surge."
📰 Read @davidjmadden.bsky.social in @theguardian.com on the enduring impact of Thatcher's Right to Buy policy.
📰 Read @davidjmadden.bsky.social in @theguardian.com on the enduring impact of Thatcher's Right to Buy policy.
Thatcher’s right to buy policy is celebrated but here’s the cost: losses to us all of £194bn and a fractured society | David Madden
A new report details the damage. This was an ideological ploy from which we have yet to recover, says LSE’s David Madden
www.theguardian.com
August 7, 2025 at 7:57 AM
"Before the policy, social housing made up 31% of overall housing tenure in England. Today it is 16%, causing council housing waiting lists and homelessness to surge."
📰 Read @davidjmadden.bsky.social in @theguardian.com on the enduring impact of Thatcher's Right to Buy policy.
📰 Read @davidjmadden.bsky.social in @theguardian.com on the enduring impact of Thatcher's Right to Buy policy.
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My new article in @city-journal.bsky.social argues for a critical understanding of the meritocratic ideal among urban researchers. In particular, it explores the consequences of how this ideal is reproduced in stigmatised neighbourhoods:
doi.org/10.1080/1360.... @lsemethodology.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1360.... @lsemethodology.bsky.social
Meritocracy from below: dreams, divisions, and the struggle for merit in a stigmatised neighbourhood
The ideal of a meritocratic society continues to exert significant normative power in political and public discourse, including in discussions about marginalised spaces and neighbourhoods. However,...
doi.org
June 18, 2025 at 7:58 AM
My new article in @city-journal.bsky.social argues for a critical understanding of the meritocratic ideal among urban researchers. In particular, it explores the consequences of how this ideal is reproduced in stigmatised neighbourhoods:
doi.org/10.1080/1360.... @lsemethodology.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/1360.... @lsemethodology.bsky.social
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Join us at the @oxfordgeography.bsky.social for In Defense of Housing (2nd ed.) with @davidjmadden.bsky.social – reading group (1 July) + book launch (4 July). Organised by the Rent Cultures Network. Register: forms.gle/vYUf2F1ciPha...
@potentiaspace.bsky.social
@potentiaspace.bsky.social
June 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Join us at the @oxfordgeography.bsky.social for In Defense of Housing (2nd ed.) with @davidjmadden.bsky.social – reading group (1 July) + book launch (4 July). Organised by the Rent Cultures Network. Register: forms.gle/vYUf2F1ciPha...
@potentiaspace.bsky.social
@potentiaspace.bsky.social
Worst musician-wanted ad on Gumtree
May 13, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Worst musician-wanted ad on Gumtree
Imagine what the political and economic landscape would look like if, at any point since 1999, instead of pushing the Washington Consensus, the Democrats and similar parties worldwide had actually listened to the alter-globalization movement and the left critique of free trade
April 3, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Imagine what the political and economic landscape would look like if, at any point since 1999, instead of pushing the Washington Consensus, the Democrats and similar parties worldwide had actually listened to the alter-globalization movement and the left critique of free trade
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Who runs Britain—its people or the markets & oligarchs?
Reeves is boxed in by bond yields.
But the truth is: we all are.
Democracy has two paths:
1. Obey markets, accept decline and creeping fascism.
2. Disrupt their power. Deepen economic & social democracy.
There is no ‘third way’ this time.
Reeves is boxed in by bond yields.
But the truth is: we all are.
Democracy has two paths:
1. Obey markets, accept decline and creeping fascism.
2. Disrupt their power. Deepen economic & social democracy.
There is no ‘third way’ this time.
March 24, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Who runs Britain—its people or the markets & oligarchs?
Reeves is boxed in by bond yields.
But the truth is: we all are.
Democracy has two paths:
1. Obey markets, accept decline and creeping fascism.
2. Disrupt their power. Deepen economic & social democracy.
There is no ‘third way’ this time.
Reeves is boxed in by bond yields.
But the truth is: we all are.
Democracy has two paths:
1. Obey markets, accept decline and creeping fascism.
2. Disrupt their power. Deepen economic & social democracy.
There is no ‘third way’ this time.
This month is giving serious March 2020 vibes—same pervasive feeling of anxiety and sense that the world is accelerating towards unknown disaster
March 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This month is giving serious March 2020 vibes—same pervasive feeling of anxiety and sense that the world is accelerating towards unknown disaster
My editorial in the newest issue of CITY: Analysis of urban change, theory, action www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
There is no alternative to creating an alternative: critical urban studies in the authoritarian moment
Published in City: Analysis of Urban Change, Theory, Action (Ahead of Print, 2025)
www.tandfonline.com
March 6, 2025 at 10:05 AM
My editorial in the newest issue of CITY: Analysis of urban change, theory, action www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
London twilight never gets old
March 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
London twilight never gets old
tbh I’m starting to think that this Trump fellow might not be totally on the level
February 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
tbh I’m starting to think that this Trump fellow might not be totally on the level
What happens when you try to report a post over on the Hell Site. At this rate, this may soon be what happens when Americans dial 911
February 3, 2025 at 11:40 PM
What happens when you try to report a post over on the Hell Site. At this rate, this may soon be what happens when Americans dial 911
Hot off the digital press, my article in @antipodeonline.bsky.social on Social Reproduction and the Housing Question onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Social Reproduction and the Housing Question
There is broad recognition today that there is a link between the crisis of social reproduction and the housing problem. But their precise relationship is not always clear. This paper is an attempt t...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Hot off the digital press, my article in @antipodeonline.bsky.social on Social Reproduction and the Housing Question onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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How has the battle for housing shifted away from traditional political arenas onto private crevices of the city?
At this event, Sarah El-Kazaz, @davidjmadden.bsky.social and Mai Taha will explore the world of urban planning and design practices in Istanbul and Cairo.
At this event, Sarah El-Kazaz, @davidjmadden.bsky.social and Mai Taha will explore the world of urban planning and design practices in Istanbul and Cairo.
Politics in the crevices
Join this free LSE event discussing Politics in the Crevices by Sarah El-Kazaz.
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January 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
How has the battle for housing shifted away from traditional political arenas onto private crevices of the city?
At this event, Sarah El-Kazaz, @davidjmadden.bsky.social and Mai Taha will explore the world of urban planning and design practices in Istanbul and Cairo.
At this event, Sarah El-Kazaz, @davidjmadden.bsky.social and Mai Taha will explore the world of urban planning and design practices in Istanbul and Cairo.
Tonight! ⤵️
Next week we will hear from @graceblakeley.bsky.social and @michaelvaughan.bsky.social about Grace's recent book, Vulture Capitalism.
They will join @davidjmadden.bsky.social to discuss how the causes of our modern crises are the result of the economic system we have built.
They will join @davidjmadden.bsky.social to discuss how the causes of our modern crises are the result of the economic system we have built.
Vulture capitalism
6.30pm Mon 13 Jan | Vulture Capitalism book launch | Grace Blakeley, Dr Michael Vaughan | Free public event at LSE
buff.ly
January 13, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Tonight! ⤵️
Where is Jean Baudrillard when we, improbably, actually need him
but anyhow...this (using X's image generator to do AI looting photos) is, in my mind, some of the grimmest shit imaginable.
January 8, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Where is Jean Baudrillard when we, improbably, actually need him
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Next week we will hear from @graceblakeley.bsky.social and @michaelvaughan.bsky.social about Grace's recent book, Vulture Capitalism.
They will join @davidjmadden.bsky.social to discuss how the causes of our modern crises are the result of the economic system we have built.
They will join @davidjmadden.bsky.social to discuss how the causes of our modern crises are the result of the economic system we have built.
Vulture capitalism
6.30pm Mon 13 Jan | Vulture Capitalism book launch | Grace Blakeley, Dr Michael Vaughan | Free public event at LSE
buff.ly
January 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Next week we will hear from @graceblakeley.bsky.social and @michaelvaughan.bsky.social about Grace's recent book, Vulture Capitalism.
They will join @davidjmadden.bsky.social to discuss how the causes of our modern crises are the result of the economic system we have built.
They will join @davidjmadden.bsky.social to discuss how the causes of our modern crises are the result of the economic system we have built.
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📖 El lunes 13 de enero tenemos la primera sesión del año del 'Club de Lectura Capitán Barrio'.
En esta ocasión trataremos 'En defensa de la vivienda', de @davidjmadden.bsky.social y Peter Marcuse y nos acompañarán @javigil.bsky.social, académico y activista en defensa del derecho a la vivienda
En esta ocasión trataremos 'En defensa de la vivienda', de @davidjmadden.bsky.social y Peter Marcuse y nos acompañarán @javigil.bsky.social, académico y activista en defensa del derecho a la vivienda
December 31, 2024 at 9:20 AM
📖 El lunes 13 de enero tenemos la primera sesión del año del 'Club de Lectura Capitán Barrio'.
En esta ocasión trataremos 'En defensa de la vivienda', de @davidjmadden.bsky.social y Peter Marcuse y nos acompañarán @javigil.bsky.social, académico y activista en defensa del derecho a la vivienda
En esta ocasión trataremos 'En defensa de la vivienda', de @davidjmadden.bsky.social y Peter Marcuse y nos acompañarán @javigil.bsky.social, académico y activista en defensa del derecho a la vivienda
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“…it is the first case in 20 or 30 years that Mexico has broken with the neoliberal dogma that there is no money for this.
‘This is living proof that if you want to, you can spend money on the poor.’”
‘This is living proof that if you want to, you can spend money on the poor.’”
“You know the programme is working when the rich are complaining that the poor have a gym and a swimming pool.” Utopías now! www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘Living proof that you can spend money on the poor’: Utopia comes to Mexico City
A visionary mayor has harnessed her imagination to promote health, wellbeing and culture in one of the Mexican capital’s most impoverished neighbourhoods
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2024 at 5:41 PM
“…it is the first case in 20 or 30 years that Mexico has broken with the neoliberal dogma that there is no money for this.
‘This is living proof that if you want to, you can spend money on the poor.’”
‘This is living proof that if you want to, you can spend money on the poor.’”
“You know the programme is working when the rich are complaining that the poor have a gym and a swimming pool.” Utopías now! www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘Living proof that you can spend money on the poor’: Utopia comes to Mexico City
A visionary mayor has harnessed her imagination to promote health, wellbeing and culture in one of the Mexican capital’s most impoverished neighbourhoods
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2024 at 2:45 PM
“You know the programme is working when the rich are complaining that the poor have a gym and a swimming pool.” Utopías now! www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Very Christmasy in Camden Passage
December 21, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Very Christmasy in Camden Passage