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Rodrigo Fernandez
@fernandezamsterdam.bsky.social
Political Economy | Senior researcher at SOMO | working on Financialization, Monopoly Capitalism & Decarbonization

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vuagMCAAAAAJ&hl=nl
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🔴 Monopoly Power and the cost of shareholder compensation

The trend of increasing shareholder payouts is particularly notable among the top 1%, highlighting the intersection between monopoly power and financialisation

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www.somo.nl/taking-stock...
Taking Stock: 50 Years of prioritising shareholders - SOMO
More information?
www.somo.nl
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The failure of the #Netherlands to disperse jobs beyond the #Randstad was more sociological than economic.
Resistance —as @michielvanmeeteren.bsky.social & @martijnjsmit.bsky.social argue in @tesg-journal.bsky.social— came from civil servant’s deep-seated space preferences.
doi.org/10.1111/tesg...
December 6, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Lobbyonderzoeker Olivier Hoedeman (Corporate Europe Observatory): ‘Ik hoor van bedrijfslobbyisten in Brussel dat hun politieke mogelijkheden groter zijn dan ooit’ www.mo.be/interview/be...
‘Ik hoor van bedrijfslobbyisten in Brussel dat hun politieke mogelijkheden groter zijn dan ooit’ – MO*
Het werk van waakhonden is volgens Olivier Hoedeman van CEO belangrijker dan ooit.
www.mo.be
December 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history

75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men

Is this what democracy looks like?

New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Universiteiten in crisis: hoe bezuinigingen het bedrijfsmodel ondermijnen

Dit is een hoofdstuk uit een bundel van de Burcht:

Publicatie nr. 28: 'Hoger onderwijs in verzet'; documentatie van de actiebeweging tegen de bezuinigingen 2024–2025
lnkd.in/efy2MQs8

www.linkedin.com/posts/rodrig...
Universiteiten in crisis | Rodrigo Fernandez
Universiteiten in crisis:  hoe bezuinigingen het bedrijfsmodel ondermijnen Dit is een hoofdstuk uit de volgende bundel van de Burcht: Publicatie nr. 28: 'Hoger onderwijs in verzet'; documentatie va...
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December 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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We too often look at prices when talking about affordability & not enough at wages. As Harold Meyerson explains, had the bottom 90% earned the same share of national income they did in 1975, by 2023 they would have made an additional $79 trillion!
prospect.org/2025/12/03/7...
The $79 Trillion Heist - The American Prospect
We’re in an affordability crisis because workers aren’t being paid at the same levels they earned in the past.
prospect.org
December 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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An absolute must read by colleagues at @somoamsterdam.bsky.social

Leaked lobby documents reveal how, under the pretext of the now-near-magical concept of ‘competitiveness’, US companies plotted to hijack democratically adopted EU laws.

This lobby campaign is ongoing www.somo.nl/the-secretiv...
December 3, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Fossiele subsidies kosten miljarden, verergeren de klimaatcrisis en staan in de weg van een gezonde toekomst.

✍️ Teken jij de petitie voor een stop op fossiele subsidies? www.brandbriefaanhetkabinet.nl
Brandbrief aan het kabinet | Stop fossiele subsidies
Brandbrief aan het kabinet: Fossiele subsidies kosten miljarden, verergeren de klimaatcrisis en staan in de weg van een gezonde toekomst. Stop fossiele subsidies.
www.brandbriefaanhetkabinet.nl
December 3, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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December 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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De ideologie van Rutte
December 2, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Paul is helaas veel te vroeg gestorven

In Memoriam: Paul Mepschen (1976-2025)

www.grenzeloos.org/content/memo...
In Memoriam: Paul Mepschen (1976-2025)
Op zes november overleed onze vriend en kameraad Paul Mepschen, veel te jong. Paul was lange tijd een van de centrale mensen in de SAP. Hij was een toegewijd socialist en wetenschapper in wiens werk e...
www.grenzeloos.org
November 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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It beggars belief that Labour are taxing universities’ most lucrative revenue streams at a time when three quarters of them are in the red
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Dit is hoe infrastructurele macht eruitziet
Schandalig dit: Franse rechter van het Internationaal Gerechtshof getroffen door Amerikaanse sancties. Hij heeft niet alleen toegang tot zijn Microsoft-account verloren, maar ook die tot Google, Amazon en Apple en kan zijn Amerikaanse creditcards niet gebruiken:
« Je suis le cobaye de la perte de souveraineté européenne ».

Il y a quelques jours, j’ai échangé avec Nicolas Guillou, le juge français à la Cour Pénale Internationale sanctionné par les États-Unis ↓

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November 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Clear-eyed analysis by @peterbrannen.bsky.social on what is meant by "climate realism"
Our Almost-Apocalyptic Climate Future
By shooting for 3 degrees Celsius of warming, the world could slide toward a more cataclysmic 4 degrees.
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Vanavond: 19.30

Boekpresentatie van Machtige Mythes.

Over hoe 21 economische sprookjes ons land steeds ongelijker maken (en wat daaraan te doen).

dezwijger.nl/programma/ma...
Economie van morgen Machtige Mythes
Boekpresentatie van Machtige Mythes. Over hoe 21 economische sprookjes ons land steeds ongelijker maken (en wat daaraan te doen).
dezwijger.nl
November 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Oligarchy
November 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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As projected here www.nature.com/articles/s41... we are steadily moving toward a situation where are major town or city runs out of water

There are early signs of this everywhere, right now Iran seems to be a hotspot at ~1.5ºC of heating

We are *utterly* unprepared for what comes at 1.6, 1.7 & 2ºC
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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"Elon Musk’s social media site X has rolled out a new feature in an effort to increase transparency — and unwittingly revealed that many of the site’s top MAGA influencers are actually foreign actors."

www.thedailybeast.com/top-maga-inf...
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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Big Oil is using native advertising to "disguise their ads in news outlets" and promote "controversial technologies like carbon capture as climate solutions, portray fossil fuel companies as climate-friendly, or misrepresent their role in the energy transition" finds author @commscholar.bsky.social.
These ads are poisoning trust in media
‘Native advertising' allows fossil fuel companies to disguise their ads in news outlets. A new book argues the practice undermines journalistic credibility.
www.exxonknews.org
November 22, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Monopoly Capitalism

www.somo.nl/redefining-m....
November 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Kinneging reageert op screenshot van titel van interview met PhD over haar (academisch legitieme) onderzoeksconclusies. Doet dan alsof heel de UvA dit vindt; loopt leeg over de Sovjet-Unie zonder letter van het proefschrift gelezen te hebben. Roept op tot sluiten van de UvA. 🥴Wetenschap onwaardig.
November 19, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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A Government of cowards.

Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.

They can't get away with this.

Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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New piece about MAGA's Fed strategy:

newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Martijn Konings, Fiscal Dominance? — Sidecar
Trump and the Federal Reserve.
newleftreview.org
November 12, 2025 at 8:38 PM