Jeff Powell
@powelljr.bsky.social
Senior lecturer in economics, University of Greenwich; political economist, fascinated by all things finance & development; he/him
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Overall, a good budget.
But: mostly small changes. End of two-child cap essential but overdue. Plenty of risks to headroom. Arguably not enough done on cost of living.
But: mostly small changes. End of two-child cap essential but overdue. Plenty of risks to headroom. Arguably not enough done on cost of living.
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Overall, a good budget.
But: mostly small changes. End of two-child cap essential but overdue. Plenty of risks to headroom. Arguably not enough done on cost of living.
But: mostly small changes. End of two-child cap essential but overdue. Plenty of risks to headroom. Arguably not enough done on cost of living.
The fatal flaw in using bitcoin as a currency - on.ft.com/4otSNqo via @FT
The fatal flaw in using bitcoin as a currency
There is a crypto parallel in the aftermath of Europe’s 14th century bubonic plague
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November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Women in economics, Mon 8 Dec 6.30 pm LSE api-eu.targetx.com/email-intera...
Women in economics | Insights from the field
6.30pm Mon 8 Dec | Almudena Sevilla, Clare Lombardelli | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE
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November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Women in economics, Mon 8 Dec 6.30 pm LSE api-eu.targetx.com/email-intera...
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November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Financialization in Peripheral Countries: Insights from the Marxist Dependency Theory, Francisco Luiz de Andrade Neto journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Andrew Trigg's 'Heterodox Economics' out this week from @agendapub.bsky.social @rethinkecon.bsky.social @economicsinten.bsky.social @unlearnecon.bsky.social www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...
Heterodox Economics
Andrew Trigg traces the heterodox tradition in economics from its origins in the anti-capitalism ideas of the first half of the nineteeth century, through to Keynes and the present day and considers t...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Andrew Trigg's 'Heterodox Economics' out this week from @agendapub.bsky.social @rethinkecon.bsky.social @economicsinten.bsky.social @unlearnecon.bsky.social www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...
Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik
‘She is the daughter of immigrants,’ supporters of her cruel asylum policies say. ‘How can she be wrong?’ Let me put them straight, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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November 24, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Has Intergenerational Progress Stalled?
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Has Intergenerational Progress Stalled?
Evidence of regression from IPUMS
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November 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Has Intergenerational Progress Stalled?
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Many English universities to report deficits despite rise in tuition fees - on.ft.com/4o99dE5 via @FT
Many English universities to report deficits despite rise in tuition fees
Continued funding squeeze and volatile student enrolment will continue to hit finances, regulator warns
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November 20, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Many English universities to report deficits despite rise in tuition fees - on.ft.com/4o99dE5 via @FT
Should the UK have a wealth tax? | The viability of wealth tax www.lse.ac.uk/events/the-w...
Should the UK have a wealth tax? | The viability of wealth tax
6.30pm Mon 1 Dec | Arun Advani, Emma Chamberlain, Andy Summers | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE
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November 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Should the UK have a wealth tax? | The viability of wealth tax www.lse.ac.uk/events/the-w...
The Fed’s delicate balancing act over liquidity - on.ft.com/3M6d4o5 via @FT
The Fed’s delicate balancing act over liquidity
Optimism and greed complicate the central bank’s decisions during market disruptions
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November 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The Fed’s delicate balancing act over liquidity - on.ft.com/3M6d4o5 via @FT
One Piece isn't right-wing: The Gen Z march that wasn't www.laizquierdadiario.mx/La-marcha-de...
One Piece no es de derecha: La marcha de la Generación Z que no fue
Aprovechando el descontento con la inseguridad y la violencia que se vive en el país, particularmente utilizando el asesinato de Carlos Manzo, la derecha convocó de forma velada la marcha de la “Gener...
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November 18, 2025 at 9:29 AM
One Piece isn't right-wing: The Gen Z march that wasn't www.laizquierdadiario.mx/La-marcha-de...
If private credit breaks, insurers will fall under the microscope - on.ft.com/3LCuVDb via @FT
If private credit breaks, insurers will fall under the microscope
Rising holdings of the asset class could lead to problems when the next downturn comes
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November 17, 2025 at 7:29 AM
If private credit breaks, insurers will fall under the microscope - on.ft.com/3LCuVDb via @FT
What happens when housing supply is driven by markets not Main Street - on.ft.com/43ANqOq via @FT
What happens when housing supply is driven by markets not Main Street
Home prices in America won’t come down without systemic reform
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November 17, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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The irresistible rise of libertarian eugenics - on.ft.com/3LF3Krg via @FT
The irresistible rise of libertarian eugenics
Social Darwinism is making a comeback in the US — this time wrapped in the language of freedom
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November 15, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Proud to have signed letter from 600+ economists & inequality experts from 70 countries supporting the call for a new Independent Panel on Inequality- an Inequality IPCC- to tackle the inequality emergency- G20 leaders must support this. #G20SouthAfrica www.independent.co.uk/news/south-a...
Top economists call on world leaders to set up an international panel on inequality
Hundreds of top economists and other experts including former U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen are calling for the world to set up an independent international panel on income and wealth inequalit...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Proud to have signed letter from 600+ economists & inequality experts from 70 countries supporting the call for a new Independent Panel on Inequality- an Inequality IPCC- to tackle the inequality emergency- G20 leaders must support this. #G20SouthAfrica www.independent.co.uk/news/south-a...
500 economists and inequality experts from seventy countries support call for new ‘IPCC for inequality’
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500 economists and inequality experts from seventy countries support call for new ‘IPCC for inequality’
Former finance ministers, World Bank and IMF chief economists, Former US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, and 2024 Nobel Economics Laureate Daron Acemoglu, join Thomas Piketty, Gabriel Zucman, Ha-Joon...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
500 economists and inequality experts from seventy countries support call for new ‘IPCC for inequality’
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Why Trump’s team is betting on stablecoins - on.ft.com/48eg8qU via @FT
Why Trump’s team is betting on stablecoins
The administration sees these digital assets as a tool in the fight against de-dollarisation
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November 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Young adults are growing increasingly economically dislocated - on.ft.com/4qTjjvv via @FT
Young adults are growing increasingly economically dislocated
A disconnected class is taking shape, but is absent from the headline statistics
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November 14, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Young adults are growing increasingly economically dislocated - on.ft.com/4qTjjvv via @FT
In charts: ten years since the Paris climate accord - on.ft.com/4nQFAHR via @FT
In charts: ten years since the Paris climate accord
In 2015 nearly 200 countries signed a historic agreement to fight climate change. What has changed in that time?
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November 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
In charts: ten years since the Paris climate accord - on.ft.com/4nQFAHR via @FT
The real Reform voters have been revealed – it’s a slapdash coalition Farage will struggle to hold together | Aditya Chakrabortty www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The real Reform voters have been revealed – it’s a slapdash coalition Farage will struggle to hold together | Aditya Chakrabortty
This is no single bloc marching under one ideology, or even a mass of ‘red-wall’ voters. What unites them is a desire for something different, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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November 13, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The real Reform voters have been revealed – it’s a slapdash coalition Farage will struggle to hold together | Aditya Chakrabortty www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The new crop of rating agencies behind the private credit boom
Regulators and bankers are sounding the alarm about an explosion in privately-rated securities
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November 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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The upcoming SASE conference will feature a mini-conference on International Financial Subordination (IFS). How does IFS evolve in the current context of climate crisis and geopolitical tensions?
More info here 👉 sase.org/events/2026-...
November 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Join Us at SASE 2026 in Bordeaux!
The upcoming SASE conference will feature a mini-conference on International Financial Subordination (IFS). How does IFS evolve in the current context of climate crisis and geopolitical tensions?
More info here 👉 sase.org/events/2026-...
The upcoming SASE conference will feature a mini-conference on International Financial Subordination (IFS). How does IFS evolve in the current context of climate crisis and geopolitical tensions?
More info here 👉 sase.org/events/2026-...