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The Autonomy Institute
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Independent research institute rethinking economies in an age of crisis.
Consultancy: helping firms run and evaluate shorter working week trials.
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NEW clip from our new video essay with @nsrnicek.bsky.social.

Essential viewing for understanding the AI economy.

Full video here:

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October 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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event: xenofeminism @ 10 years

tues 7th oct, 18:30 (london)

@reproutopia.bsky.social | @helenhester.bsky.social

tickets: buff.ly/kHeUXUN
September 29, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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"The issue with this kind of investment is that we only get the stack above the critical infrastructure"

Our AI and Tech Lead Bhargav Srinivasa Desikan spoke to @novaramedia.com about the problems with detaching public control from newly-announced AI investment 👇
September 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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TODAY – #forum2029 is back with @macrodosepod.bsky.social live: 'the policies and politics we need' 🚨

Weds 17th Sept, 18:30
Oxford House, Bethnal Green

Speakers: James Schneider / Ayeisha Thomas-Smith / John McTernan / Antonia Jennings / Asad Rehman

Tickets: buff.ly/HL0dIzk
September 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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SPEAKERS: John McTernan (@johnmct.bsky.social) will be joining us in London for our final #forum2029 panel 🎉

Weds 17th September – recorded live for @macrodosepod.bsky.social 🎤

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September 15, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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SPEAKERS: James Schneider from @progintl.bsky.social will be joining us for our final #forum2029 panel in London 🎉

Weds 17th September – recorded live for @macrodosepod.bsky.social 🎤

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September 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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SPEAKERS: Asad Rehman from @friends-earth.bsky.social will be joining us for our final #forum2029 panel in London 🎉

Weds 17th September – recorded live for @macrodosepod.bsky.social 🎤

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September 13, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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NEW SPEAKER: Antonia Jennings (@antoniajennings.bsky.social) will be joining us for our final #forum2029 panel in London 🎉

Weds 17th September – recorded live for @macrodosepod.bsky.social 🎤

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September 12, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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NEW SPEAKER: Ayeisha Thomas-Smith from @neonuk.bsky.social will be joining us for our final #forum2029 panel in London 🎉

Weds 17th September – recorded live for @macrodosepod.bsky.social 🎤

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September 11, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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THIS WEEK: Forum 2029 – 'UK policy and the crisis in Global South living standards'

Weds 10th Sept, 18:30 (Online)
Speakers: @devikadutt.bsky.social // @nickdearden.bsky.social // @alexcobham.bsky.social // Jerome Phelps

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September 8, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Join Autonomy TOMORROW 🚨

'Tax, work, incomes: building a fairer system'

📆 Weds 3rd September, 18:30 (Online)
📣 Caitlin Boswell (Tax Justice), Rebecca Gowland (Partiotic Millionaires), Sara Reis (Women’s Budget Group), Alfie Stirling (Joseph Rowntree Foundation)

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September 2, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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THIS WEEK 🚨

'Tax, work, incomes: building a fairer system'

📆 Weds 3rd September, 18:30 (Online)
📣 Caitlin Boswell (Tax Justice), Rebecca Gowland (Partiotic Millionaires), Sara Reis (Women’s Budget Group), Alfie Stirling (Joseph Rowntree Foundation)

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September 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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🚨SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT🚨

We're excited to welcome John McTernan (@johnmct.bsky.social) to our in-person #forum2029 @macrodosepod.bsky.social live event on Weds 17th September 🎉

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August 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Our new #UBSHub podcast series exploring 'Public Luxury' has launched ⏳

Here's a taster of an upcoming episode with Hugh Smith from Camden Council talking about their approach to #UBS at the municipal level👇

Listen to the first episode: buff.ly/AWMYSVo
August 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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🚨 From our #UBS Hub

“Cooperative Public Services in Practice: Lessons from Argentina's Empresa Pública de Alimentos (EPA)”

How a grassroots movement and a network of cooperatives built a self-sustaining food system in Argentina 🇦🇷👇

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August 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Catch up on the latest from our #UBS Hub: “The Future of Tourism: Holidays as Public Luxury” 🏖️

Tourism today is extractive, unequal, and unsustainable. We imagine what it could be instead: a public good, democratically owned and ecologically viable👇
August 18, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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By 2050, climate crisis could push nearly 1 million more people in the UK into poverty through soaring food prices 🚨

We set out the impact of climateflation in the recent research from our #UBS Hub👇

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August 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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With temperatures rising today, Jack Kellam spoke to Aaron Paul on BBC London about our research into the effects of extreme heat on the UK workforce – and the need for a legal maximum temperature 📈 🌡️
August 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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New report from our #UBS Hub: “The Future of Tourism: Holidays as Public Luxury” 🏖️

Tourism today is extractive, unequal, and unsustainable. We imagine what it could be instead: a public good, democratically owned and ecologically viable👇
August 6, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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Major hikes in food prices are baked in. What should we do about it?

Quick explainer:
July 28, 2025 at 12:24 PM