Pavlos Roufos
@proufos.bsky.social
Dr.rer.pol | Political Economy | Ordo-Neoliberalism | Central Banks | Constitutional Law | European Integration | Author of: “A Happy Future is a Thing of the Past” https://t.co/b2V9WrgpFT | Berlin.
Damn, I remember the good old days when they were “enthusiastic” about abandoning a system based on profit maximization and their eagerness to give up their short-term goal of excessive wealth built on the back of workers and an arrogant disregard for the environment. What happened?
November 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Damn, I remember the good old days when they were “enthusiastic” about abandoning a system based on profit maximization and their eagerness to give up their short-term goal of excessive wealth built on the back of workers and an arrogant disregard for the environment. What happened?
I know translate “recent events” as chronic infrastructural underinvestment coupled with a “we don’t care anymore” attitude.
November 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I know translate “recent events” as chronic infrastructural underinvestment coupled with a “we don’t care anymore” attitude.
Closing the seminar on 100 years of Neoliberalism, it was an absolute pleasure to include and teach this text by @will-davies.bsky.social. Published in 2016, it is still remarkably (and unfortunately) prescient. newleftreview.org/issues/ii101...
November 9, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Closing the seminar on 100 years of Neoliberalism, it was an absolute pleasure to include and teach this text by @will-davies.bsky.social. Published in 2016, it is still remarkably (and unfortunately) prescient. newleftreview.org/issues/ii101...
“Can you think of another period of time where such characteristics prevailed?”
November 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
“Can you think of another period of time where such characteristics prevailed?”
Always love to teach the Weimar Republic 😊
November 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Always love to teach the Weimar Republic 😊
Totally excited to be teaching parts of Amy Offner's Sorting Out the Mixed Economy this week! An absolutely brilliant book that is not remotely appreciated as much as it should be. 1/
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Totally excited to be teaching parts of Amy Offner's Sorting Out the Mixed Economy this week! An absolutely brilliant book that is not remotely appreciated as much as it should be. 1/
Learning about his passing just now, I went back to the last emails we exchanged & his kindness and generosity sprang out again. I cannot describe what it means for a young scholar to read such words about their phd from such an important thinker...that was Christian. He will be terribly missed ❤️😢
November 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Learning about his passing just now, I went back to the last emails we exchanged & his kindness and generosity sprang out again. I cannot describe what it means for a young scholar to read such words about their phd from such an important thinker...that was Christian. He will be terribly missed ❤️😢
Historical snapshot of the 'left behind' expressing 'legitimate concerns'.
November 4, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Historical snapshot of the 'left behind' expressing 'legitimate concerns'.
There is only a handful of contemporary musicians that I like - but Micah P Hinson is at the top of this list. A truly amazing concert last night in Berlin.
November 4, 2025 at 7:27 AM
There is only a handful of contemporary musicians that I like - but Micah P Hinson is at the top of this list. A truly amazing concert last night in Berlin.
Spending millions to build a bridge to nowhere is truly an apt metaphor for the overall contemporary experience. A wonderful tale of insanity right here. martinrobbins.substack.com/p/how-hs2-bu...
November 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Spending millions to build a bridge to nowhere is truly an apt metaphor for the overall contemporary experience. A wonderful tale of insanity right here. martinrobbins.substack.com/p/how-hs2-bu...
And here I was thinking that it was the UN, the ICC, international human rights organizations, Doctors Without Borders etc etc who were leading the propaganda machine against the state of Israel but it turns out it was the IDF’s own prosecutor. 🧐
November 3, 2025 at 7:46 AM
And here I was thinking that it was the UN, the ICC, international human rights organizations, Doctors Without Borders etc etc who were leading the propaganda machine against the state of Israel but it turns out it was the IDF’s own prosecutor. 🧐
November 1, 2025 at 3:17 PM
"The man dependent on his wife to drive him to work finds increasingly that she refuses to do so".
Anthony King (1976) reflecting on the crisis of governability of the 1970s.
Anthony King (1976) reflecting on the crisis of governability of the 1970s.
November 1, 2025 at 10:11 AM
"The man dependent on his wife to drive him to work finds increasingly that she refuses to do so".
Anthony King (1976) reflecting on the crisis of governability of the 1970s.
Anthony King (1976) reflecting on the crisis of governability of the 1970s.
Legal theorists and friends should come clean and admit that the suspension of the rule of law is *not* a matter of law but of an authoritative political decision - it cannot, therefore, be reversed by relying on ... the rule of law. Schmitt articulated it first but everyone knows it.
October 31, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Legal theorists and friends should come clean and admit that the suspension of the rule of law is *not* a matter of law but of an authoritative political decision - it cannot, therefore, be reversed by relying on ... the rule of law. Schmitt articulated it first but everyone knows it.
Karl Polanyi, 1944.
October 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Karl Polanyi, 1944.
Το σίγουρο πάντως είναι πως πλήρωσαν ακριβά για την στάση τους εφόσον πολλές/οι κατέληξαν στα κρεματόρια του Άουσβιτς, μια μοίρα που βίωσαν μέσα από την γενναιότητα/αντίφαση της θρησκευτικής τους θεώρησης.
October 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Το σίγουρο πάντως είναι πως πλήρωσαν ακριβά για την στάση τους εφόσον πολλές/οι κατέληξαν στα κρεματόρια του Άουσβιτς, μια μοίρα που βίωσαν μέσα από την γενναιότητα/αντίφαση της θρησκευτικής τους θεώρησης.
Περιγράφει πολύ καλά τόσο το μίσος των Ναζι απέναντι τους, και τις φρικαλεότητες που πέρασαν, όσο και τις αντιφάσεις τους. Ενδιαφέρον παραλληλισμός επίσης (μιλώντας για Μακρόνησο) το γεγονός πως αρκούσε μια "δήλωση μετάνοιας" για να γλιτώσουν. >>
October 27, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Περιγράφει πολύ καλά τόσο το μίσος των Ναζι απέναντι τους, και τις φρικαλεότητες που πέρασαν, όσο και τις αντιφάσεις τους. Ενδιαφέρον παραλληλισμός επίσης (μιλώντας για Μακρόνησο) το γεγονός πως αρκούσε μια "δήλωση μετάνοιας" για να γλιτώσουν. >>
H Margarete Buber-Neumann, που έζησε τόσο τα γκούλαγκ όσο και τα ναζιστικά στρατόπεδα, πέρασε ένα σημαντικό διάστημα στο στρατόπεδο συγκέντρωσης γυναικων Ravensbrück ως block leader ενός τμήματος με μάρτυρες του Ιεχωβά (bible students ονομάζονταν τότε). >>
October 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
H Margarete Buber-Neumann, που έζησε τόσο τα γκούλαγκ όσο και τα ναζιστικά στρατόπεδα, πέρασε ένα σημαντικό διάστημα στο στρατόπεδο συγκέντρωσης γυναικων Ravensbrück ως block leader ενός τμήματος με μάρτυρες του Ιεχωβά (bible students ονομάζονταν τότε). >>
"I dont have a car but if you need a driver, I can help"
October 27, 2025 at 12:42 AM
"I dont have a car but if you need a driver, I can help"
People have developed weird priorities I think
October 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
People have developed weird priorities I think
found it - so true
October 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
found it - so true
Day two 🫣 If my friend Daniel Zamoras wasn’t there to bring me to my senses, I would have probably bought more. Now I just need a bigger suitcase to carry everything.
October 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Day two 🫣 If my friend Daniel Zamoras wasn’t there to bring me to my senses, I would have probably bought more. Now I just need a bigger suitcase to carry everything.
Ok Trumps new “ballroom” (a fascinating concept in itself) looks like it’s going to be entirely gold and I think people don’t talk enough about that fact. Not in terms of cost but in terms of everything else.
October 22, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Ok Trumps new “ballroom” (a fascinating concept in itself) looks like it’s going to be entirely gold and I think people don’t talk enough about that fact. Not in terms of cost but in terms of everything else.