Richard Bärnthaler
@rbaernthaler.bsky.social
Ecological political economist | @envleeds.bsky.social, SRI | Co-lead, Research Group: https://tiny.cc/leeds_econopol | Associate Editor: https://tiny.cc/s_spp | European Society for Ecological Economics I Webpage: www.richardbarnthaler.com
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Toward a post-growth industrial policy for Europe: navigating emerging tensions and long-term goals
Amid mounting geopolitical, socio-economic, and ecological crises, industrial policy has returned to the forefront of policy debates. However, the EU’s industrial policy framework – centerd on Sing...
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Our new article is out in Globalizations: Toward a post-growth industrial policy for Europe: navigating emerging tensions and long-term goals.
With @jasonhickel.bsky.social & @sebmang.bsky.social
@envleeds.bsky.social
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Our new article is out in Globalizations: Toward a post-growth industrial policy for Europe: navigating emerging tensions and long-term goals.
With @jasonhickel.bsky.social & @sebmang.bsky.social
@envleeds.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I was never entirely convinced by the TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out) thesis. It obscures that, even when the US jumps 10 steps forward & then retreats 8, concrete 'next best steps' are still made that reshape the terrain & create conditions for further shifts that extend US power & dominance. 1/2
January 19, 2026 at 8:16 AM
I was never entirely convinced by the TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out) thesis. It obscures that, even when the US jumps 10 steps forward & then retreats 8, concrete 'next best steps' are still made that reshape the terrain & create conditions for further shifts that extend US power & dominance. 1/2
Fully funded PhD in Political Economy of Production and Consumption Transformations @envleeds.bsky.social
The PhD is part of the PACT Centre (shorturl.at/XrzOi) & includes an optional secondment of up to six months at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
More info: shorturl.at/5GkEQ
The PhD is part of the PACT Centre (shorturl.at/XrzOi) & includes an optional secondment of up to six months at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
More info: shorturl.at/5GkEQ
January 6, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Fully funded PhD in Political Economy of Production and Consumption Transformations @envleeds.bsky.social
The PhD is part of the PACT Centre (shorturl.at/XrzOi) & includes an optional secondment of up to six months at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
More info: shorturl.at/5GkEQ
The PhD is part of the PACT Centre (shorturl.at/XrzOi) & includes an optional secondment of up to six months at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.
More info: shorturl.at/5GkEQ
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Bombing Venezuela while coordinating a genocide in Palestine while threatening to attack Iran (again) while destabillizing Somalia while carrying out a heist in the DRC...
US imperialism is the greatest threat to peace and security in our world today and it's not even close.
US imperialism is the greatest threat to peace and security in our world today and it's not even close.
January 3, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Bombing Venezuela while coordinating a genocide in Palestine while threatening to attack Iran (again) while destabillizing Somalia while carrying out a heist in the DRC...
US imperialism is the greatest threat to peace and security in our world today and it's not even close.
US imperialism is the greatest threat to peace and security in our world today and it's not even close.
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you could say unbelievable, our European leaders will not condemn Trump's flagrant breach of international laws, but we've all watched them cower on US/Israel impunity in Gaza.
January 3, 2026 at 11:15 AM
you could say unbelievable, our European leaders will not condemn Trump's flagrant breach of international laws, but we've all watched them cower on US/Israel impunity in Gaza.
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What struck me most on Europe wasn’t the focus on value, freedom of speech etc - again, very similar to Vance’s Munich speech - but how activist it is. This is about directly trying to influence what is going on in Europe:
December 5, 2025 at 10:17 AM
What struck me most on Europe wasn’t the focus on value, freedom of speech etc - again, very similar to Vance’s Munich speech - but how activist it is. This is about directly trying to influence what is going on in Europe:
Fixing housing means tackling the market shift that made homes tradeable assets tinyurl.com/4resamkz
Good comment but profit-driven artificial scarcity isn’t just about too few homes built but also about affordability & use of existing stock. Distribution & use matter as much as quantitative supply
Good comment but profit-driven artificial scarcity isn’t just about too few homes built but also about affordability & use of existing stock. Distribution & use matter as much as quantitative supply
What happens when housing supply is driven by markets not Main Street
Home prices in America won’t come down without systemic reform
www.ft.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Fixing housing means tackling the market shift that made homes tradeable assets tinyurl.com/4resamkz
Good comment but profit-driven artificial scarcity isn’t just about too few homes built but also about affordability & use of existing stock. Distribution & use matter as much as quantitative supply
Good comment but profit-driven artificial scarcity isn’t just about too few homes built but also about affordability & use of existing stock. Distribution & use matter as much as quantitative supply
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📌 Join us at @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics for a discussion with Richard Baernthaler (University of Leeds), Chaired by: Chandni Dwarkasing on:
🎤 Toward a post-growth industrial policy for Europe 🇪🇺
🗓️ 26 November, 5PM
📍 SOAS, B103
info and livestream🔗 www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
🎤 Toward a post-growth industrial policy for Europe 🇪🇺
🗓️ 26 November, 5PM
📍 SOAS, B103
info and livestream🔗 www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
November 5, 2025 at 9:48 AM
📌 Join us at @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics for a discussion with Richard Baernthaler (University of Leeds), Chaired by: Chandni Dwarkasing on:
🎤 Toward a post-growth industrial policy for Europe 🇪🇺
🗓️ 26 November, 5PM
📍 SOAS, B103
info and livestream🔗 www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
🎤 Toward a post-growth industrial policy for Europe 🇪🇺
🗓️ 26 November, 5PM
📍 SOAS, B103
info and livestream🔗 www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
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🛢️We cannot lose sight of phasing out fossil fuels.
@freddiedaley.bsky.social and @peternewell.bsky.social have a piece in The National Interest pushing back on the “build now, break later” mantra in the energy transition.
nationalinterest.org/blog/energy-...
A 🧵 on why that approach is risky👇
@freddiedaley.bsky.social and @peternewell.bsky.social have a piece in The National Interest pushing back on the “build now, break later” mantra in the energy transition.
nationalinterest.org/blog/energy-...
A 🧵 on why that approach is risky👇
We Cannot Lose Sight of Phasing Out Fossil Fuels
Phasing out the use of fossil fuels, not just simply rebuilding low-carbon systems, should be the goal of COP30.
nationalinterest.org
November 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
🛢️We cannot lose sight of phasing out fossil fuels.
@freddiedaley.bsky.social and @peternewell.bsky.social have a piece in The National Interest pushing back on the “build now, break later” mantra in the energy transition.
nationalinterest.org/blog/energy-...
A 🧵 on why that approach is risky👇
@freddiedaley.bsky.social and @peternewell.bsky.social have a piece in The National Interest pushing back on the “build now, break later” mantra in the energy transition.
nationalinterest.org/blog/energy-...
A 🧵 on why that approach is risky👇
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I really enjoyed this long debate with Andy Haldane on the state of Britain's macrofinancial politics and who are the real bond vigilantes
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On Politics: Do bond markets and the Bank of England run Britain?
Andy Burnham recently said that the government is ‘in hock to the bond markets’, and the political turbulence of the past few years, not least the downfall of Liz Truss following her ‘mini-budget’, wo...
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October 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I really enjoyed this long debate with Andy Haldane on the state of Britain's macrofinancial politics and who are the real bond vigilantes
www.podbean.com/media/share/...
www.podbean.com/media/share/...
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How do we make progress towards a sustainable future? 🛤️
The SRI@21 research agenda explores questions that still need addressing, such as:
❓ How do we envision sustainable futures?
❓ Who makes decisions about sustainability?
❓ How should we measure our goals?
SRI@21 launches 19 November 2025.
The SRI@21 research agenda explores questions that still need addressing, such as:
❓ How do we envision sustainable futures?
❓ Who makes decisions about sustainability?
❓ How should we measure our goals?
SRI@21 launches 19 November 2025.
October 30, 2025 at 10:00 AM
How do we make progress towards a sustainable future? 🛤️
The SRI@21 research agenda explores questions that still need addressing, such as:
❓ How do we envision sustainable futures?
❓ Who makes decisions about sustainability?
❓ How should we measure our goals?
SRI@21 launches 19 November 2025.
The SRI@21 research agenda explores questions that still need addressing, such as:
❓ How do we envision sustainable futures?
❓ Who makes decisions about sustainability?
❓ How should we measure our goals?
SRI@21 launches 19 November 2025.
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Extraordinary Mamdani speech defending Muslim life in the US. a breath of fresh air to see a politician standing up for principles. Standards in the US have fallen so low lately…
STARTING SOON: Zohran Mamdani gives remarks about Islamophobia outside the Islamic Cultural Center of the Bronx
LIVE | Zohran Mamdani gives remarks on Islamophobia outside a mosque in the Bronx, NYC
YouTube video by Eyewitness News ABC7NY
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October 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Extraordinary Mamdani speech defending Muslim life in the US. a breath of fresh air to see a politician standing up for principles. Standards in the US have fallen so low lately…
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Karl Polanyi identifizierte den Wirtschaftsliberalismus als Wurzel reaktionären Denkens. Seine Theorie der »entbetteten« Märkte ist so aktuell wie nie.
Karl Polanyi: Der entfesselte Markt führt zum Faschismus
Karl Polanyi identifizierte den Wirtschaftsliberalismus als Wurzel reaktionären Denkens. Seine Theorie der »entbetteten« Märkte ist so aktuell wie nie.
www.surplusmagazin.de
October 25, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Karl Polanyi identifizierte den Wirtschaftsliberalismus als Wurzel reaktionären Denkens. Seine Theorie der »entbetteten« Märkte ist so aktuell wie nie.
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BIG launch this week--the book is available, free, online at our @cssn.org website:
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cssn.org/news-researc...
October 16, 2025 at 11:36 AM
BIG launch this week--the book is available, free, online at our @cssn.org website:
cssn.org/news-researc...
cssn.org/news-researc...
This is precisely why (a) ESG has always been problematic by turning public policy issues into profit-making ventures & (b) credit guidance is necessary to direct commercial bank and non-bank financial sector finance toward public purpose
(Screenshot from R. Armstrong’s FT “Unhedged” newsletter)
(Screenshot from R. Armstrong’s FT “Unhedged” newsletter)
October 16, 2025 at 7:16 AM
This is precisely why (a) ESG has always been problematic by turning public policy issues into profit-making ventures & (b) credit guidance is necessary to direct commercial bank and non-bank financial sector finance toward public purpose
(Screenshot from R. Armstrong’s FT “Unhedged” newsletter)
(Screenshot from R. Armstrong’s FT “Unhedged” newsletter)
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Zohran Mamdani will die Daseinsvorsorge in New York neu aufstellen. Die Idee von »Öffentlichem Luxus« könnte auch die Politik in Deutschland inspirieren.
Öffentlicher Luxus für alle: Mamdani zeigt, wie es geht
Zohran Mamdani will die Daseinsvorsorge in New York neu aufstellen. Die Idee von »Öffentlichem Luxus« könnte auch die Politik in Deutschland inspirieren.
www.surplusmagazin.de
October 14, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Zohran Mamdani will die Daseinsvorsorge in New York neu aufstellen. Die Idee von »Öffentlichem Luxus« könnte auch die Politik in Deutschland inspirieren.
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📌 Join us for the @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics Seminar Series — bringing together leading scholars to discuss global challenges in political economy, sustainability, and development ‼️
📅 upcoming events 🔗 www.soas.ac.uk/about/colleg...
📅 upcoming events 🔗 www.soas.ac.uk/about/colleg...
October 9, 2025 at 11:12 AM
📌 Join us for the @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics Seminar Series — bringing together leading scholars to discuss global challenges in political economy, sustainability, and development ‼️
📅 upcoming events 🔗 www.soas.ac.uk/about/colleg...
📅 upcoming events 🔗 www.soas.ac.uk/about/colleg...
Worth watching the Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab’s (@bentleyallan.bsky.social) presentation of “China’s Green Leap Outward” by @70sbachchan.bsky.social, @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social & Xiaokang Xue
youtu.be/Pc2eu6YT2O0?...
Some key takeaways, and a broader question that deserves more attention: 1/7
youtu.be/Pc2eu6YT2O0?...
Some key takeaways, and a broader question that deserves more attention: 1/7
China’s Green Leap Outward: The rapid scale- up of Chinese clean-tech manufacturing FDI
YouTube video by Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab
youtu.be
October 6, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Worth watching the Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab’s (@bentleyallan.bsky.social) presentation of “China’s Green Leap Outward” by @70sbachchan.bsky.social, @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social & Xiaokang Xue
youtu.be/Pc2eu6YT2O0?...
Some key takeaways, and a broader question that deserves more attention: 1/7
youtu.be/Pc2eu6YT2O0?...
Some key takeaways, and a broader question that deserves more attention: 1/7
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Nachdem die EU im Juni eine norwegische Kupfermine als »strategisch« wichtig deklariert hat, spitzt sich die Lage für die indigenen Sámi drastisch zu.
Ein norwegischer Fjord im Zentrum europäischer Rohstoffpolitik
Nachdem die EU im Juni eine norwegische Kupfermine als »strategisch« wichtig deklariert hat, spitzt sich die Lage für die indigenen Sámi drastisch zu.
www.surplusmagazin.de
October 5, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Nachdem die EU im Juni eine norwegische Kupfermine als »strategisch« wichtig deklariert hat, spitzt sich die Lage für die indigenen Sámi drastisch zu.
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Israel attacks the Global Sumud Flotilla, continues to starve Palestinians in Gaza.
Escalate peaceful disruptive action now.
#DisruptComplicity now!
Escalate peaceful disruptive action now.
#DisruptComplicity now!
October 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Israel attacks the Global Sumud Flotilla, continues to starve Palestinians in Gaza.
Escalate peaceful disruptive action now.
#DisruptComplicity now!
Escalate peaceful disruptive action now.
#DisruptComplicity now!
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Zohran Mamdani will die Daseinsvorsorge in New York neu aufstellen. Die Idee von »Öffentlichem Luxus« könnte auch die Politik in Deutschland inspirieren, schreiben @rbaernthaler.bsky.social und Lukas Warning.
Öffentlicher Luxus für alle: Mamdani zeigt, wie es geht
Zohran Mamdani will die Daseinsvorsorge in New York neu aufstellen. Die Idee von »Öffentlichem Luxus« könnte auch die Politik in Deutschland inspirieren.
www.surplusmagazin.de
October 1, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Zohran Mamdani will die Daseinsvorsorge in New York neu aufstellen. Die Idee von »Öffentlichem Luxus« könnte auch die Politik in Deutschland inspirieren, schreiben @rbaernthaler.bsky.social und Lukas Warning.
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The genocidal state of Israel is intercepting the Global Sumud flotilla - shame on Spain and Italy who abandoned these brave people but grandstand at the UN. Shame!
October 1, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The genocidal state of Israel is intercepting the Global Sumud flotilla - shame on Spain and Italy who abandoned these brave people but grandstand at the UN. Shame!
„Öffentlicher Luxus für alle“ – Beitrag von Lukas Warning und mir im @surplusmagazin.bsky.social
Was Mamdani vorschlägt, steht für ein neues Verständnis von Daseinsvorsorge. Nicht nur Verteidigung, sondern Weiterentwicklung öffentlicher Infrastruktur. 1/6
www.surplusmagazin.de/offentlicher...
Was Mamdani vorschlägt, steht für ein neues Verständnis von Daseinsvorsorge. Nicht nur Verteidigung, sondern Weiterentwicklung öffentlicher Infrastruktur. 1/6
www.surplusmagazin.de/offentlicher...
Öffentlicher Luxus für alle: Mamdani zeigt, wie es geht
Zohran Mamdani will die Daseinsvorsorge in New York neu aufstellen. Die Idee von »Öffentlichem Luxus« könnte auch die Politik in Deutschland inspirieren.
www.surplusmagazin.de
October 1, 2025 at 7:27 AM
„Öffentlicher Luxus für alle“ – Beitrag von Lukas Warning und mir im @surplusmagazin.bsky.social
Was Mamdani vorschlägt, steht für ein neues Verständnis von Daseinsvorsorge. Nicht nur Verteidigung, sondern Weiterentwicklung öffentlicher Infrastruktur. 1/6
www.surplusmagazin.de/offentlicher...
Was Mamdani vorschlägt, steht für ein neues Verständnis von Daseinsvorsorge. Nicht nur Verteidigung, sondern Weiterentwicklung öffentlicher Infrastruktur. 1/6
www.surplusmagazin.de/offentlicher...
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When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Israel’s ecocide in Gaza sends this message: even if we stopped dropping bombs, you couldn’t live here | George Monbiot
Consider the annihilation of agricultural land alongside the genocide – and grasp the chilling totality of this attempt to eliminate all life, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 6:59 AM
When you consider the *ecocide* alongside the genocide being perpetrated in Gaza, you begin to grasp the totality of the Israeli state’s attempt to eliminate both the Palestinians and their homeland.
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My column today.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Spain has implemented an arms embargo against Israel, showing how it’s done. Every other state that does not follow suit, and which continues to supply arms to the Zionists, must be understood as not only complicit but a partner in the genocide.
September 26, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Spain has implemented an arms embargo against Israel, showing how it’s done. Every other state that does not follow suit, and which continues to supply arms to the Zionists, must be understood as not only complicit but a partner in the genocide.
Israel’s colonial planners are dismantling Palestinian political economy through incursions into formerly autonomous areas & targeted economic measures (labour bans, tax revenue restrictions, banking constraints), shrinking the economy by 1/3 & accelerating institutional collapse
on.ft.com/3IyhbrF
on.ft.com/3IyhbrF
How Israel is dismantling the dream of a Palestinian state
While attention has been focused on Gaza, Israel has undermined the delicate architecture of governance in the West Bank built up over three decades
on.ft.com
September 24, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Israel’s colonial planners are dismantling Palestinian political economy through incursions into formerly autonomous areas & targeted economic measures (labour bans, tax revenue restrictions, banking constraints), shrinking the economy by 1/3 & accelerating institutional collapse
on.ft.com/3IyhbrF
on.ft.com/3IyhbrF