Jeff Powell
@powelljr.bsky.social
Senior lecturer in economics, University of Greenwich; political economist, fascinated by all things finance & development; he/him
Financialization of and by international organizations, by Ewa Karwowski doi.org/10.1111/dech...
Financialization of and by International Organizations: The United Nations and the Global Climate Finance Architecture
This contribution uses a discussion of the global climate finance architecture to put forward and illustrate a conceptualization of the financialization of and by international organizations. It high....
doi.org
November 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Financialization of and by international organizations, by Ewa Karwowski doi.org/10.1111/dech...
Gulf between rich and poor risks US downturn, Fed official warns - on.ft.com/43Otjwc via @FT
Gulf between rich and poor risks US downturn, Fed official warns
John Williams suggests poorer Americans’ mounting problems could be a factor in whether the central bank cuts rates next month
on.ft.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Gulf between rich and poor risks US downturn, Fed official warns - on.ft.com/43Otjwc via @FT
What we still get wrong about women’s role in global economics - on.ft.com/4olyOut via @FT
What we still get wrong about women’s role in global economics
From the Enlightenment to today’s ‘tradwives’, three books look at the tension between production and reproduction
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November 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
What we still get wrong about women’s role in global economics - on.ft.com/4olyOut via @FT
Maybe some repo ructions could be a good thing? - on.ft.com/4oWd4W3 via @FT
Maybe some repo ructions could be a good thing?
A defence of even more quantitative tightening
on.ft.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Maybe some repo ructions could be a good thing? - on.ft.com/4oWd4W3 via @FT
Pressure on the Fed - on.ft.com/3WFoeT5 via @FT
Pressure on the Fed
More on why the central bank’s balance sheet is likely to grow again, and soon
on.ft.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Pressure on the Fed - on.ft.com/3WFoeT5 via @FT
The AI Shift: should LLMs be allowed in the classroom? - on.ft.com/3JlFnOJ via @FT
The AI Shift: should LLMs be allowed in the classroom?
Is the technology a dangerous crutch or a personal tutor?
on.ft.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM
The AI Shift: should LLMs be allowed in the classroom? - on.ft.com/3JlFnOJ via @FT
The cable news-ification of everything - on.ft.com/49LNvCy via @FT
The cable news-ification of everything
New research shows how incentives in the modern media ecosystem help explain rising polarisation and negativity
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November 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The cable news-ification of everything - on.ft.com/49LNvCy via @FT
Beware the three Ls: leverage, liquidity and lunacy - on.ft.com/491k2Ey via @FT
Beware the three Ls: leverage, liquidity and lunacy
In the long run bubbles always deflate, often when least expected
on.ft.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Beware the three Ls: leverage, liquidity and lunacy - on.ft.com/491k2Ey via @FT
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🚨New publication with Kristijan Kotarski:
Enduring Structural Power? Assessing the Dominance of the Anglosphere in Global Finance Before the Trump Turn
Includes novel visualizations of global finance (banking, portfolio inv & FDI) showing persistent US centrality
hrcak.srce.hr/clanak/487488
Enduring Structural Power? Assessing the Dominance of the Anglosphere in Global Finance Before the Trump Turn
Includes novel visualizations of global finance (banking, portfolio inv & FDI) showing persistent US centrality
hrcak.srce.hr/clanak/487488
October 30, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🚨New publication with Kristijan Kotarski:
Enduring Structural Power? Assessing the Dominance of the Anglosphere in Global Finance Before the Trump Turn
Includes novel visualizations of global finance (banking, portfolio inv & FDI) showing persistent US centrality
hrcak.srce.hr/clanak/487488
Enduring Structural Power? Assessing the Dominance of the Anglosphere in Global Finance Before the Trump Turn
Includes novel visualizations of global finance (banking, portfolio inv & FDI) showing persistent US centrality
hrcak.srce.hr/clanak/487488
🤣🤣🤣🤣If an ex-chancellor pumps crypto and no one notices, does it make a noise? - on.ft.com/43SCETD
If an ex-chancellor pumps crypto and no one notices, does it make a noise?
Kwasi be stacking, no one be caring
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November 6, 2025 at 8:37 AM
🤣🤣🤣🤣If an ex-chancellor pumps crypto and no one notices, does it make a noise? - on.ft.com/43SCETD
Why the Fed’s balance sheet may grow again - on.ft.com/485k0JR via @FT
Why the Fed’s balance sheet may grow again
Keeping up with repo demand
on.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Why the Fed’s balance sheet may grow again - on.ft.com/485k0JR via @FT
‘There is no money’: As carbon markets collapse, what happens to the forests they promised to protect? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘There is no money’: As carbon markets collapse, what happens to the forests they promised to protect?
After it was found most offsets did not represent real carbon reductions, the money dried up. But successful schemes such as Kasigau in Kenya now face a stark future
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:48 AM
‘There is no money’: As carbon markets collapse, what happens to the forests they promised to protect? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"I think if Starmer doesn’t move in this direction [towards greater taxation of wealth], it looks as if he’s going to destroy the Labour party even more successfully than Hollande destroyed the French Socialist party, which is setting the standard at a very high level." www.ft.com/content/860f...
Thomas Piketty: ‘The left has been a victim of its own success’
The economist on populism, fiscal debt and the long-term trend of economic equality
www.ft.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:17 PM
"I think if Starmer doesn’t move in this direction [towards greater taxation of wealth], it looks as if he’s going to destroy the Labour party even more successfully than Hollande destroyed the French Socialist party, which is setting the standard at a very high level." www.ft.com/content/860f...
RIP US QT?
Abundant reserves —> ample reserves —> adequate reserves —> 💥 on.ft.com/48QQ3iG
Abundant reserves —> ample reserves —> adequate reserves —> 💥 on.ft.com/48QQ3iG
October 29, 2025 at 2:57 PM
RIP US QT?
Abundant reserves —> ample reserves —> adequate reserves —> 💥 on.ft.com/48QQ3iG
Abundant reserves —> ample reserves —> adequate reserves —> 💥 on.ft.com/48QQ3iG
Reposted by Jeff Powell
The wealth gap between rich and poor increased by over 50% from 2011 to 2021, to over £11.5 trillion. Find out more about the impacts on our society, economy, democracy and environment, and what we can do about it, from our updated Wealth Gap Risk Register.
Wealth Gap Risk Register 2025
An online resource that collates evidence about the impacts of wealth inequality, the solutions and public attitudes to all of the above
fairnessfoundation.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The wealth gap between rich and poor increased by over 50% from 2011 to 2021, to over £11.5 trillion. Find out more about the impacts on our society, economy, democracy and environment, and what we can do about it, from our updated Wealth Gap Risk Register.
Federal Reserve nears end of QT amid signs of stress in money markets - on.ft.com/4qt8QGS via @FT
Federal Reserve nears end of QT amid signs of stress in money markets
US central bank to begin debate on halting three-year phase of shrinking its balance sheet
on.ft.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Federal Reserve nears end of QT amid signs of stress in money markets - on.ft.com/4qt8QGS via @FT
Overseas renminbi lending surges as China steps up campaign to de-dollarise - on.ft.com/4hw9Sy4 via @FT
Overseas renminbi lending surges as China steps up campaign to de-dollarise
Beijing’s push will speed moves to multi-polar monetary system, analysts say
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October 27, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Overseas renminbi lending surges as China steps up campaign to de-dollarise - on.ft.com/4hw9Sy4 via @FT
"Faced with the upheavals of a system [Aghion] struggles to decipher, he twists and turns to preserve the chimera of a utopian capitalism in which inequality is the acceptable upshot of innovation." From @cedricdurand.bsky.social in @newleftreview.bsky.social newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Cédric Durand, Neo-Schumpeterian — Sidecar
On Philippe Aghion.
newleftreview.org
October 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
"Faced with the upheavals of a system [Aghion] struggles to decipher, he twists and turns to preserve the chimera of a utopian capitalism in which inequality is the acceptable upshot of innovation." From @cedricdurand.bsky.social in @newleftreview.bsky.social newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...