Ann Pettifor
@annpettifor.bsky.social
Coming in January, 2026: The Global Casino: How Wall St Gambles with People and Planet. In the meantime check out my newsletter: System Change, https://annpettifor.substack.com/
I am in Ghana to deliver a speech on Africa's worst ever sovereign debt crisis.. at the Ghana International Trade and Finance Conference...
November 27, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I am in Ghana to deliver a speech on Africa's worst ever sovereign debt crisis.. at the Ghana International Trade and Finance Conference...
I was chuffed to join a panel at the launch of Michael Taylor's uplifting book on the story of Christian Aid - 80 years old this year. The event was at Southwark Cathedral. Millions benefitted from CA's advocacy and funding - including the Jubilee 2000 debt cancellation campaign.. Get the book.
November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
I was chuffed to join a panel at the launch of Michael Taylor's uplifting book on the story of Christian Aid - 80 years old this year. The event was at Southwark Cathedral. Millions benefitted from CA's advocacy and funding - including the Jubilee 2000 debt cancellation campaign.. Get the book.
The 1% are fretting...
November 12, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The 1% are fretting...
London’s trees are glorious this autumn….and serve as backdrop to a sculpture exhibition in Regent’s Park.
November 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
London’s trees are glorious this autumn….and serve as backdrop to a sculpture exhibition in Regent’s Park.
That blue box towering over the city of New York is Zuckerberg’s illustration of the massive size of a data centre - ‘Hyperion’ - Meta have invested in.
Used to generate so-called AGI, it could power five million American homes.
Great piece by @robinwigglesworth.ft.com www.ft.com/content/d034...
Used to generate so-called AGI, it could power five million American homes.
Great piece by @robinwigglesworth.ft.com www.ft.com/content/d034...
November 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
That blue box towering over the city of New York is Zuckerberg’s illustration of the massive size of a data centre - ‘Hyperion’ - Meta have invested in.
Used to generate so-called AGI, it could power five million American homes.
Great piece by @robinwigglesworth.ft.com www.ft.com/content/d034...
Used to generate so-called AGI, it could power five million American homes.
Great piece by @robinwigglesworth.ft.com www.ft.com/content/d034...
Our co- chair of Scottish Just Transition Commission, Dave Reay - a Jobs & Skills expert - wraps up the day saying that for all of us - "this is personal" incl climate anxiety, highlighted by young people. .He thanks everyone for the quality of the discussion... "We must make the transition fair".
October 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Our co- chair of Scottish Just Transition Commission, Dave Reay - a Jobs & Skills expert - wraps up the day saying that for all of us - "this is personal" incl climate anxiety, highlighted by young people. .He thanks everyone for the quality of the discussion... "We must make the transition fair".
The final panel is on People and Places - led by Stephen Smellie a Just Transition Commissioner with Calum McDonald who runs a community owned wind farm on the Isle of Lewis, Manira Ahmed from Public Health Scotland, Marnie Forster, CVS Falkirk, Neil Osborne, Highland Council, Finlay Carson, MSP.
October 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The final panel is on People and Places - led by Stephen Smellie a Just Transition Commissioner with Calum McDonald who runs a community owned wind farm on the Isle of Lewis, Manira Ahmed from Public Health Scotland, Marnie Forster, CVS Falkirk, Neil Osborne, Highland Council, Finlay Carson, MSP.
The final keynote is from Nigel Topping - Chair of the Climate Change Committee
October 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
The final keynote is from Nigel Topping - Chair of the Climate Change Committee
Young people from Shetland comment on impact of energy transition on families and communities, mental health, jobs and education.
October 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Young people from Shetland comment on impact of energy transition on families and communities, mental health, jobs and education.
Michael Shanks -the UK government Minister for Energy now addresses the Just Transition Commission Summit.
October 29, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Michael Shanks -the UK government Minister for Energy now addresses the Just Transition Commission Summit.
Now listening to panel on investment in the Just Transition.. chaired by Nick Robins, World Resources Institute, and inc Dan McGrail, Great British Energy, Laurie MacFarlane, Future Economy Scotland, Mark Munro, Scottish National Investment Bank,Tara Schmidt, Transition Finsnce & Ian Douglas, XLCC.
October 29, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Now listening to panel on investment in the Just Transition.. chaired by Nick Robins, World Resources Institute, and inc Dan McGrail, Great British Energy, Laurie MacFarlane, Future Economy Scotland, Mark Munro, Scottish National Investment Bank,Tara Schmidt, Transition Finsnce & Ian Douglas, XLCC.
Now discussing Jobs and Skills with @tessakhan.bsky.social, Richard Hardy of TU Prospect, Kenny MacInnis, Forth Valley College & Claire Mack of Scottish Renewables...
October 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Now discussing Jobs and Skills with @tessakhan.bsky.social, Richard Hardy of TU Prospect, Kenny MacInnis, Forth Valley College & Claire Mack of Scottish Renewables...
Now Scottish Just Commission Summit addressed by John Swinney MSP... leader of the SNP.
October 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Now Scottish Just Commission Summit addressed by John Swinney MSP... leader of the SNP.
Jim Skea - the Just Transition Commission's first Chair, and now head of the IPCC ... addresses the Summit.
October 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Jim Skea - the Just Transition Commission's first Chair, and now head of the IPCC ... addresses the Summit.
Great excitement as the Scottish government's Just Transition Commission Summit opens at Edinburgh's Dynamic Earth venue...with @satwatr.bsky.social - chair of the Commission. Proud to be a commissioner.
October 29, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Great excitement as the Scottish government's Just Transition Commission Summit opens at Edinburgh's Dynamic Earth venue...with @satwatr.bsky.social - chair of the Commission. Proud to be a commissioner.
My latest post: annpettifor.substack.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:15 AM
My latest post: annpettifor.substack.com
And by the way..that Guardian search sends me to this page on Google…not to one on the Guardian website - which is weird.
October 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
And by the way..that Guardian search sends me to this page on Google…not to one on the Guardian website - which is weird.
Yours truly quoted in a Guardian story by Heather Stewart that questions whether populists always crash the economy......https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2025/oct/26/do-populists-always-crash-the-economy
October 26, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Yours truly quoted in a Guardian story by Heather Stewart that questions whether populists always crash the economy......https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2025/oct/26/do-populists-always-crash-the-economy
Walked the Sandlings and woods around Minsmere yesterday...
and found exotic mushrooms..
and found exotic mushrooms..
October 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Walked the Sandlings and woods around Minsmere yesterday...
and found exotic mushrooms..
and found exotic mushrooms..
From Mark Wauck on Substack: Kushner and Witkoff’s interview on 60 Minutes. Priceless.
October 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
From Mark Wauck on Substack: Kushner and Witkoff’s interview on 60 Minutes. Priceless.
The FT Chancellor's Budget game..is based on the 'cage' erected by the OBR and 'fiscal rules' - a 'cage' buried in a 'black hole.' No escape possible. It's just one big doom loop. The economics of defeatism.
October 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The FT Chancellor's Budget game..is based on the 'cage' erected by the OBR and 'fiscal rules' - a 'cage' buried in a 'black hole.' No escape possible. It's just one big doom loop. The economics of defeatism.
NYT on George Osborne and Britain’s phone theft crisis:
"many experts blame a specifically British issue: the impact of years of austerity imposed by Conservative-led governments in the 2010s, which led to cuts in the number of police officers and their budgets.
"many experts blame a specifically British issue: the impact of years of austerity imposed by Conservative-led governments in the 2010s, which led to cuts in the number of police officers and their budgets.
October 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
NYT on George Osborne and Britain’s phone theft crisis:
"many experts blame a specifically British issue: the impact of years of austerity imposed by Conservative-led governments in the 2010s, which led to cuts in the number of police officers and their budgets.
"many experts blame a specifically British issue: the impact of years of austerity imposed by Conservative-led governments in the 2010s, which led to cuts in the number of police officers and their budgets.
Really enjoying this book..mainstream "macroeconomic theory.. suggests monetary not fiscal dominance is the optimal approach to economic governance... monetary policy neutrality and .. the defense of central bank independence - are foundational to the depoliticisation of monetary policy."
October 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Really enjoying this book..mainstream "macroeconomic theory.. suggests monetary not fiscal dominance is the optimal approach to economic governance... monetary policy neutrality and .. the defense of central bank independence - are foundational to the depoliticisation of monetary policy."
Crypto: "most top coins down a mere fifth or so over the 24 hours to noonish London time, wiping a mere $388bn off the market cap of the top 100 non-stablecoin cryptocurrencies”
www.ft.com/content/75fa...
www.ft.com/content/75fa...
October 12, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Crypto: "most top coins down a mere fifth or so over the 24 hours to noonish London time, wiping a mere $388bn off the market cap of the top 100 non-stablecoin cryptocurrencies”
www.ft.com/content/75fa...
www.ft.com/content/75fa...
The Sparrowhawk has devoured a victim in our courtyard. Was it a collared dove or pigeon?
October 11, 2025 at 8:10 AM
The Sparrowhawk has devoured a victim in our courtyard. Was it a collared dove or pigeon?