Ian Bruff
@ianbruff.bsky.social
Critical political economist, University of Manchester.
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www.bloomsbury.com
Rowman & Littlefield was recently taken over by Bloomsbury. I am very pleased to see that the 'Transforming Capitalism' book series, of which I was Managing Editor from 2014-23, now has a webpage again: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/series/tr...
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
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November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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We need to combat the Big Lie about neoliberalism. It was not about the free market, it's about redistributing income upward cepr.net/publications...
New York Times Pushes Blatant Lies About Neoliberalism
The notion that economic policy over recent decades was about leaving things to the market is a sick lie that obscures the real drivers of inequality.
cepr.net
November 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
We need to combat the Big Lie about neoliberalism. It was not about the free market, it's about redistributing income upward cepr.net/publications...
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Reading about how one motivation for younger people to get involved in the Mamdani campaign was loneliness and a desire to find community brought me back to thinking about alchemizing the loneliness pandemic into social action. Wrote about that a few years ago: anticiplay.medium.com/heart-conste...
Heart constellations: killing the capitalist god of loneliness
How can loneliness be the starting point of social change? And how can games help?
anticiplay.medium.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Reading about how one motivation for younger people to get involved in the Mamdani campaign was loneliness and a desire to find community brought me back to thinking about alchemizing the loneliness pandemic into social action. Wrote about that a few years ago: anticiplay.medium.com/heart-conste...
Seeing Kerbdog live this evening >>>>>>>>> Celebrity Traitors
November 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Seeing Kerbdog live this evening >>>>>>>>> Celebrity Traitors
Another essential paper by Carla. I scribbled lots of sweary notes when going through Becker's stuff on suicide, so it's good to see someone has properly held this nonsense to account
My new article with @econsocjournal.bsky.social on Gary Becker's analyses on suicide is out! I use Becker's assertion that ‘Most (if not all!) deaths are to some extent suicides’ to reflect on how the late Chicago School framed death and mortality as a choice, thus normalising mortality inequality
‘Most (if not all!) deaths are to some extent suicides’: Human capital and endogenous mortality in Gary Becker’s work
Chicago School economist and Nobel Memorial Prize winner Gary Becker writes that ‘most (if not all!) deaths are to some extent “suicides” in the sense that they could have been postponed if more re...
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November 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Another essential paper by Carla. I scribbled lots of sweary notes when going through Becker's stuff on suicide, so it's good to see someone has properly held this nonsense to account
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Unsurprised to hear any politics that looks to address inequalities, looks to centre the poorest in our societies, anything that challenges the unsustainable status quo, dismissed as 'radical socialism'.
Political analysis/commentary is pretty poor globally but in the UK it is in the sewer.
Political analysis/commentary is pretty poor globally but in the UK it is in the sewer.
It's not just about the messenger.
You've got to have the right message.
You've got to have the right message.
November 6, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Unsurprised to hear any politics that looks to address inequalities, looks to centre the poorest in our societies, anything that challenges the unsustainable status quo, dismissed as 'radical socialism'.
Political analysis/commentary is pretty poor globally but in the UK it is in the sewer.
Political analysis/commentary is pretty poor globally but in the UK it is in the sewer.
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Enjoying the irony of Norway's oil investment fund having "ethics rules". An oil fund!
It's like a serial killer having ethics rules about where he can and can't bury the bodies.
It's like a serial killer having ethics rules about where he can and can't bury the bodies.
Norway suspends $2.1tn oil fund’s ethics rules to avoid selling Big Tech stakes
Jens Stoltenberg says move will avoid forced sale of shares in Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet over their work for Israel
www.ft.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Enjoying the irony of Norway's oil investment fund having "ethics rules". An oil fund!
It's like a serial killer having ethics rules about where he can and can't bury the bodies.
It's like a serial killer having ethics rules about where he can and can't bury the bodies.
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Happy to have been part of this collective endeavour to understand what's happening in the EU's political economy - check out our chapter: "A lasting legacy? A critical political economy perspective on
Berlusconism and its afterlives"
Berlusconism and its afterlives"
Great to see this collective volume edited with @abieler.bsky.social published! It critically engages with the concept of polycrisis, while building on the illustrious tradition of critical political economy of European integration
The book is available here: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/cri...
The book is available here: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/cri...
November 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Happy to have been part of this collective endeavour to understand what's happening in the EU's political economy - check out our chapter: "A lasting legacy? A critical political economy perspective on
Berlusconism and its afterlives"
Berlusconism and its afterlives"
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New CPERN online workshop: Coloniality dressed in green
Join us on 27 November to discuss how climate finance risks becoming a new tool for colonial rule
With author @stefanzylinski.bsky.social and discussants Johannes Jaeger and Ewa Dziwok
Register on zoom: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us on 27 November to discuss how climate finance risks becoming a new tool for colonial rule
With author @stefanzylinski.bsky.social and discussants Johannes Jaeger and Ewa Dziwok
Register on zoom: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CPERN monthly workshop - November 2025. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Stefan Zyinski will present his article 'Coloniality dressed in Green'
available: https://bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/gpe/3/2/article-p315.xml
Discussants are Johannes Jaeger and...
bham-ac-uk.zoom.us
November 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
New CPERN online workshop: Coloniality dressed in green
Join us on 27 November to discuss how climate finance risks becoming a new tool for colonial rule
With author @stefanzylinski.bsky.social and discussants Johannes Jaeger and Ewa Dziwok
Register on zoom: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us on 27 November to discuss how climate finance risks becoming a new tool for colonial rule
With author @stefanzylinski.bsky.social and discussants Johannes Jaeger and Ewa Dziwok
Register on zoom: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Brilliant piece by @alfnilsen.bsky.social on Stuart Hall as a master dialectician from and for the Global South @dukepress.bsky.social
@versobooks.bsky.social
@chrishesketh.bsky.social
@abieler.bsky.social
@ingridhk.bsky.social
@versobooks.bsky.social
@chrishesketh.bsky.social
@abieler.bsky.social
@ingridhk.bsky.social
Stuart Hall and Us in the Global South - Progress in Political Economy (PPE)
How does reading and rereading Stuart Hall’s work bring out his stunning intellectual agility and the “this-worldliness” of his thinking for the Global South as a master dialectician?
www.ppesydney.net
November 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Brilliant piece by @alfnilsen.bsky.social on Stuart Hall as a master dialectician from and for the Global South @dukepress.bsky.social
@versobooks.bsky.social
@chrishesketh.bsky.social
@abieler.bsky.social
@ingridhk.bsky.social
@versobooks.bsky.social
@chrishesketh.bsky.social
@abieler.bsky.social
@ingridhk.bsky.social
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I am pleased to announce the book Capitalism at the Limit. A Political Ecology of a World in Crisis by Markus Wissen and myself has been published with @politybooks.bsky.social.
🙏🏾 order copies for libraries, review the book, use it in teaching, and disseminate.
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
🙏🏾 order copies for libraries, review the book, use it in teaching, and disseminate.
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
November 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I am pleased to announce the book Capitalism at the Limit. A Political Ecology of a World in Crisis by Markus Wissen and myself has been published with @politybooks.bsky.social.
🙏🏾 order copies for libraries, review the book, use it in teaching, and disseminate.
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
🙏🏾 order copies for libraries, review the book, use it in teaching, and disseminate.
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
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A good article on what is going on in Serbia, feat. your favourite sociology and philosophy professor explaining why there has, historically, been only one way for a true system change ;) www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
After a year of street protests, Serbia’s students split on what should come next
As a radicalised generation presses its calls for political change, a debate has opened up over whether to join battle by the ballot box
www.theguardian.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:52 AM
A good article on what is going on in Serbia, feat. your favourite sociology and philosophy professor explaining why there has, historically, been only one way for a true system change ;) www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
Looks like an excellent and important collection!
Great to see this collective volume edited with @abieler.bsky.social published! It critically engages with the concept of polycrisis, while building on the illustrious tradition of critical political economy of European integration
The book is available here: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/cri...
The book is available here: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/cri...
October 31, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Looks like an excellent and important collection!
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Our gratitude & appreciation for the work the editors from Rowman & Littlefield did to create the serie 'Transforming Capitalism' and to @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social for publishing 'The Limits to Capitalist Nature'. Thank you.
You can order the book here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/limits-to...
You can order the book here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/limits-to...
October 31, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Our gratitude & appreciation for the work the editors from Rowman & Littlefield did to create the serie 'Transforming Capitalism' and to @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social for publishing 'The Limits to Capitalist Nature'. Thank you.
You can order the book here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/limits-to...
You can order the book here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/limits-to...
Looking forward to reading this! Very timely
🚨New paper alert🚨 My analysis of the energy crisis in Britain for @geographers.bsky.social as one of a transition between capitalism based on fossil capital to one based on electrify capital, which calls for a new accumulation regime of higher co-ordination and discipline for capital.
October 31, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Looking forward to reading this! Very timely
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Was vom „Linkskonservatismus“ Wagenknechts übrig bleibt.
October 30, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Was vom „Linkskonservatismus“ Wagenknechts übrig bleibt.
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Ich habe kürzlich in der Jour Fixe-Reihe der AkG mein Buch "Exiting the Factory: Strikes and Class Formation beyond the Industrial Sector" vorgestellt, das 2024 bei @brisunipress.bsky.social erschienen ist. Der @mosaikblog.bsky.social hat einen Mitschnitt der Veranstaltung veröffentlicht.
In der neuen Podcast-Folge hört ihr einen Beitrag von und mit Alexander Gallas. Im Rahmen der Reihe „Kritische Gesellschaftsforschung“ hat er sein zweiteiliges Buch „Jenseits der Fabrik. Streiks und Klassenbildung über den industrielles Sektor hinaus“ vorgestellt.
mosaik-blog.at/jenseits-der...
mosaik-blog.at/jenseits-der...
Jenseits der Fabrik
Ein Mitschnitt der Jour Fixe-Reihe „Kritische Gesellschaftsforschung“ vom 8. Oktober 2025. Herzlich Willkommen zu einer neuen Folge des mosaik Podcast. Diesmal hört ihr einen Beitrag von und mit Alexa...
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October 30, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Ich habe kürzlich in der Jour Fixe-Reihe der AkG mein Buch "Exiting the Factory: Strikes and Class Formation beyond the Industrial Sector" vorgestellt, das 2024 bei @brisunipress.bsky.social erschienen ist. Der @mosaikblog.bsky.social hat einen Mitschnitt der Veranstaltung veröffentlicht.
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We take no joy criticising a young left-wing UK political figure who has often spoken up for workers' rights and progressive causes. But these barely coherent comments from Zarah Sultana on Ukraine sum up much of what is wrong with her wing of the left www.instagram.com/reel/DQT62ys...
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October 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
We take no joy criticising a young left-wing UK political figure who has often spoken up for workers' rights and progressive causes. But these barely coherent comments from Zarah Sultana on Ukraine sum up much of what is wrong with her wing of the left www.instagram.com/reel/DQT62ys...
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After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
October 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
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In der neuen Podcast-Folge hört ihr einen Beitrag von und mit Alexander Gallas. Im Rahmen der Reihe „Kritische Gesellschaftsforschung“ hat er sein zweiteiliges Buch „Jenseits der Fabrik. Streiks und Klassenbildung über den industrielles Sektor hinaus“ vorgestellt.
mosaik-blog.at/jenseits-der...
mosaik-blog.at/jenseits-der...
Jenseits der Fabrik
Ein Mitschnitt der Jour Fixe-Reihe „Kritische Gesellschaftsforschung“ vom 8. Oktober 2025. Herzlich Willkommen zu einer neuen Folge des mosaik Podcast. Diesmal hört ihr einen Beitrag von und mit Alexa...
mosaik-blog.at
October 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
In der neuen Podcast-Folge hört ihr einen Beitrag von und mit Alexander Gallas. Im Rahmen der Reihe „Kritische Gesellschaftsforschung“ hat er sein zweiteiliges Buch „Jenseits der Fabrik. Streiks und Klassenbildung über den industrielles Sektor hinaus“ vorgestellt.
mosaik-blog.at/jenseits-der...
mosaik-blog.at/jenseits-der...
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It's quite clear that Lisa Nandy sought to misrepresent police intelligence if not outright mislead the House of Commons on this issue. Will she correct the record?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Intelligence on ‘extreme’ Maccabi fans with history of violence led to Villa Park ban
Exclusive: West Midlands police were told supporters randomly attacked Muslims in Amsterdam last year
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:11 AM
It's quite clear that Lisa Nandy sought to misrepresent police intelligence if not outright mislead the House of Commons on this issue. Will she correct the record?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Nvidia invests in OpenAI, OpenAI rents compute from Oracle, Oracle buys Nvidia’s hardware, and Nvidia records huge sales.
Everyone in the circle reports rising revenue, rising valuations, and surging share prices, but the cash is largely moving in circles.
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Everyone in the circle reports rising revenue, rising valuations, and surging share prices, but the cash is largely moving in circles.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-ai-cir...
The AI Circular Economy
Big tech companies and wealthy investors are driving an AI bubble - but they won't be the ones feeling the pain when it bursts.
graceblakeley.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Nvidia invests in OpenAI, OpenAI rents compute from Oracle, Oracle buys Nvidia’s hardware, and Nvidia records huge sales.
Everyone in the circle reports rising revenue, rising valuations, and surging share prices, but the cash is largely moving in circles.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-ai-cir...
Everyone in the circle reports rising revenue, rising valuations, and surging share prices, but the cash is largely moving in circles.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-ai-cir...
Rowman & Littlefield was recently taken over by Bloomsbury. I am very pleased to see that the 'Transforming Capitalism' book series, of which I was Managing Editor from 2014-23, now has a webpage again: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/series/tr...
www.bloomsbury.com
October 20, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Rowman & Littlefield was recently taken over by Bloomsbury. I am very pleased to see that the 'Transforming Capitalism' book series, of which I was Managing Editor from 2014-23, now has a webpage again: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/series/tr...