Sirisha Naidu
@sirishanaidu.bsky.social
Feminist political economist, radio host & producer, assoc prof of Economics. Ag studies, labor, environment, development
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Sirisha Naidu
@sirishanaidu.bsky.social
· Jun 25
Who gets credit for creating value?
Who gets ignored?
👉 youtu.be/kLVnNkimD4Q 👀
Professor @sirishanaidu.bsky.social explains how care work and home-based labor sustains economies and enables profit—but is systematically excluded from what we call "the economy."
Who gets ignored?
👉 youtu.be/kLVnNkimD4Q 👀
Professor @sirishanaidu.bsky.social explains how care work and home-based labor sustains economies and enables profit—but is systematically excluded from what we call "the economy."
INET interviewed me about my work on how social reproduction extends beyond care work, and why it matters more than GDP or 'the economy' for working people.
Famines are wars over the right to existence -- Mike Davis (2017)
August 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Famines are wars over the right to existence -- Mike Davis (2017)
Hah! Cutting resources for collection of price data, and now firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) over data of inadequate jobs creation in the economy. Could he be more transparent? Will the average person notice?
Breaking: Trump says he ordered the firing of Erika McEntarfer, accusing the labor statistics commissioner of manipulating jobs data.
Trump Says He’ll Fire Labor Statistics Head After Weak Jobs Data
President Donald Trump said he was directing officials to fire Erika McEntarfer, the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, hours after a report showed US job growth cooling sharply over the last three months.
bloom.bg
August 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Hah! Cutting resources for collection of price data, and now firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) over data of inadequate jobs creation in the economy. Could he be more transparent? Will the average person notice?
Price data collection is being cut? Convenient that it hits most US residents across the political spectrum?
"To align survey workload with resource levels, BLS suspended data collection for portions of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) sample in select areas across the country starting in April.
"To align survey workload with resource levels, BLS suspended data collection for portions of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) sample in select areas across the country starting in April.
August 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Price data collection is being cut? Convenient that it hits most US residents across the political spectrum?
"To align survey workload with resource levels, BLS suspended data collection for portions of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) sample in select areas across the country starting in April.
"To align survey workload with resource levels, BLS suspended data collection for portions of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) sample in select areas across the country starting in April.
“The idea is to put the Palestinians on a diet, but not to make them die of hunger,” a senior adviser to the then prime minister, Ehud Olmert, said in 2006.
These calculations were made long before October 2023. And well, they're dying of hunger now.
These calculations were made long before October 2023. And well, they're dying of hunger now.
The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza
Israel has calculated how many calories Palestinians need to stay alive. Its data shows only a fraction has been allowed in.
Horrifying story by Emma Graham Harrison
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Israel has calculated how many calories Palestinians need to stay alive. Its data shows only a fraction has been allowed in.
Horrifying story by Emma Graham Harrison
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
The mathematics of starvation: how Israel caused a famine in Gaza
Israel controls the flow of food into Gaza. It has calculated how many calories Palestinians need to stay alive. Its data shows only a fraction has been allowed in
www.theguardian.com
August 1, 2025 at 1:26 PM
“The idea is to put the Palestinians on a diet, but not to make them die of hunger,” a senior adviser to the then prime minister, Ehud Olmert, said in 2006.
These calculations were made long before October 2023. And well, they're dying of hunger now.
These calculations were made long before October 2023. And well, they're dying of hunger now.
The July 2025 episode of Economics for the People was devoted to cryptocurrency. Rohan Grey @rohangrey.bsky.social discusses how crypto and the recent legislations in the US Congress will affect working people & Jerry Epstein talks about the risks of crypto to the financial system.
EP20: Cryptocurrency • KKFI
Our July episode is all about crypto. We present two different perspectives on how to understand cryptocurrency. In our Dollars & Sense Debrief, Chris Sturr interviews economist Gerald Epstein from […...
kkfi.org
July 30, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The July 2025 episode of Economics for the People was devoted to cryptocurrency. Rohan Grey @rohangrey.bsky.social discusses how crypto and the recent legislations in the US Congress will affect working people & Jerry Epstein talks about the risks of crypto to the financial system.
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I cannot get over how no one in mainstream politics even disputes factual claims like this. Everyone admits that Israel is starving children and murdering desperate civilians. The only ‘debate’ is about what to call it and whether the motives of people protesting it are pure enough.
"I witnessed the Israeli Defense Forces shooting at the crowds of Palestinians," a retired US special forces officer told the BBC when asked he resigned from his work with US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution centres. www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
Gaza: 'I witnessed war crimes,' former worker at GHF aid site tells BBC
A retired US soldier reveals why he quit working at Israel and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid hubs.
www.bbc.com
July 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I cannot get over how no one in mainstream politics even disputes factual claims like this. Everyone admits that Israel is starving children and murdering desperate civilians. The only ‘debate’ is about what to call it and whether the motives of people protesting it are pure enough.
Economics for the People in the June episode discussed socialism in Seattle and beyond with Kshama Sawant @workersstrikeback.bsky.social & Amanda Page-Hoongrajok discussed wildcat strikes in the garment industry in Asia.
EP19: Wildcat strikes in Asia, Socialism in Seattle • KKFI
In our June episode, we spoke with Kshama Sawant about her campaign to win the House seat in Seattle’s 9th Congressional district. Kshama was a member of city council in […]
kkfi.org
July 29, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Economics for the People in the June episode discussed socialism in Seattle and beyond with Kshama Sawant @workersstrikeback.bsky.social & Amanda Page-Hoongrajok discussed wildcat strikes in the garment industry in Asia.
Looking forward to listening to this episode.
The WPA instituted a landmark ruling forbidding sexual discrimination. As a result, between thirty and forty percent of newly hired artists on federal projects were women.
Women in the Federal Arts Project with Lauren Arrington
We speak with Lauren Arrington about her forthcoming book on women artists in the Federal Arts Project. The Great Depression rendered 140,000 women and girls across the United States homeless. In 1…
moneyontheleft.org
July 22, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Looking forward to listening to this episode.
Reposted by Sirisha Naidu
Who gets credit for creating value?
Who gets ignored?
👉 youtu.be/kLVnNkimD4Q 👀
Professor @sirishanaidu.bsky.social explains how care work and home-based labor sustains economies and enables profit—but is systematically excluded from what we call "the economy."
Who gets ignored?
👉 youtu.be/kLVnNkimD4Q 👀
Professor @sirishanaidu.bsky.social explains how care work and home-based labor sustains economies and enables profit—but is systematically excluded from what we call "the economy."
June 25, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Who gets credit for creating value?
Who gets ignored?
👉 youtu.be/kLVnNkimD4Q 👀
Professor @sirishanaidu.bsky.social explains how care work and home-based labor sustains economies and enables profit—but is systematically excluded from what we call "the economy."
Who gets ignored?
👉 youtu.be/kLVnNkimD4Q 👀
Professor @sirishanaidu.bsky.social explains how care work and home-based labor sustains economies and enables profit—but is systematically excluded from what we call "the economy."
We're living in times when it's particularly important to understand " monetary arrangements, knowledges, and cultures with the aim of promoting ecosocial justice".
We seek submissions from across the humanities and social sciences and we are especially keen to hear from authors from under-represented groups (both within the academy in general and within economic discourse in particular).
Call for Papers
We are pleased to invite contributions to Money on the Left: History, Theory, Practice. Money on the Left publishes peer-reviewed articles about monetary arrangements, knowledges, and cultures with…
moneyontheleft.org
July 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
We're living in times when it's particularly important to understand " monetary arrangements, knowledges, and cultures with the aim of promoting ecosocial justice".
In today's episode of Economics for The People, Taki and I discuss imperialism and workers' struggles for a decent life with Kshama Sawant.
June 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
In today's episode of Economics for The People, Taki and I discuss imperialism and workers' struggles for a decent life with Kshama Sawant.
Reposted by Sirisha Naidu
INET interviewed me about my work on how social reproduction extends beyond care work, and why it matters more than GDP or 'the economy' for working people.
Who gets credit for creating value?
Who gets ignored?
👉 youtu.be/kLVnNkimD4Q 👀
Professor @sirishanaidu.bsky.social explains how care work and home-based labor sustains economies and enables profit—but is systematically excluded from what we call "the economy."
Who gets ignored?
👉 youtu.be/kLVnNkimD4Q 👀
Professor @sirishanaidu.bsky.social explains how care work and home-based labor sustains economies and enables profit—but is systematically excluded from what we call "the economy."
June 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
INET interviewed me about my work on how social reproduction extends beyond care work, and why it matters more than GDP or 'the economy' for working people.
INET interviewed me about my work on how social reproduction extends beyond care work, and why it matters more than GDP or 'the economy' for working people.
Who gets credit for creating value?
Who gets ignored?
👉 youtu.be/kLVnNkimD4Q 👀
Professor @sirishanaidu.bsky.social explains how care work and home-based labor sustains economies and enables profit—but is systematically excluded from what we call "the economy."
Who gets ignored?
👉 youtu.be/kLVnNkimD4Q 👀
Professor @sirishanaidu.bsky.social explains how care work and home-based labor sustains economies and enables profit—but is systematically excluded from what we call "the economy."
June 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
INET interviewed me about my work on how social reproduction extends beyond care work, and why it matters more than GDP or 'the economy' for working people.
Taki & I discussed American finance and the role of the state with Stephen Maher (co-editor of Socialist Register) in the May episode of Economics for the People on 90.1 FM KKFI Kansas City. And in the D&S de-brief discusses short staffing.
EP18: Fusion of state and finance, work intensification • KKFI
In the May edition of our podcast, Chris Sturr speaks with Mike Prokosch about the widespread practice of short staffing, which is basically polite language for work intensification. Mike gives […]
kkfi.org
June 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Taki & I discussed American finance and the role of the state with Stephen Maher (co-editor of Socialist Register) in the May episode of Economics for the People on 90.1 FM KKFI Kansas City. And in the D&S de-brief discusses short staffing.
This is long overdue but here's the recording of my talk for the Social Reproduction Theory (SRT) Lab organized by Tithi Bhattacharya and others.
SRT Lab session 4 | Sirisha Naidu | The Crisis of Social Reproduction and Capitalism
YouTube video by SRT Lab
www.youtube.com
June 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This is long overdue but here's the recording of my talk for the Social Reproduction Theory (SRT) Lab organized by Tithi Bhattacharya and others.
In Episode 18 of Economics for the People, our special guest was Prof. Adam Hanieh from University of Exeter. We discussed the political economy of the Middle East, dissecting class, Arab nationalism, and imperialism.
EP18: The Political Economy of the Middle East • KKFI
In our feature segment this month, Taki and Sirisha have a wide-ranging conversation with Professor Adam Hanieh about the Gulf Countries. We spoke about class, highlighting that these countries are […...
kkfi.org
April 16, 2025 at 12:47 AM
In Episode 18 of Economics for the People, our special guest was Prof. Adam Hanieh from University of Exeter. We discussed the political economy of the Middle East, dissecting class, Arab nationalism, and imperialism.
Reposted by Sirisha Naidu
@sirishanaidu.bsky.social brings ecological concerns into discussions of social reproduction in today's blog: "The ecology of capitalism represents crises for the working classes imposed by and within capitalism." Read the blog post here bit.ly/43Ny9L2
April 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
@sirishanaidu.bsky.social brings ecological concerns into discussions of social reproduction in today's blog: "The ecology of capitalism represents crises for the working classes imposed by and within capitalism." Read the blog post here bit.ly/43Ny9L2
90.1 FM KKFI is the radio station that hosts our show Economics For the People, and other shows like Heartland Labor, Understanding Israel-Palestine, KC Tenants' People Power Hour. It's Pledge Drive right now and if you can spare a few dollars, please make a donation. Thanks!
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Your choice for local music and public affairs radio shows broadcast on KKFI 90.1 FM, Kansas City Community Radio
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March 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
90.1 FM KKFI is the radio station that hosts our show Economics For the People, and other shows like Heartland Labor, Understanding Israel-Palestine, KC Tenants' People Power Hour. It's Pledge Drive right now and if you can spare a few dollars, please make a donation. Thanks!
kkfi.org
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Join the Social Reproduction Lab series. The second in the series in today, Feb 19 at 11 CT/ 12 ET.
February 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Join the Social Reproduction Lab series. The second in the series in today, Feb 19 at 11 CT/ 12 ET.
Between bird flu and anti-immigration policies, we'd better prepare for a new diet.
‘We’ll all have to go vegan’: Wisconsin dairy farmers fret over immigration crackdown
Business groups warn agriculture sector will collapse without foreign labour
www.ft.com
February 12, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Between bird flu and anti-immigration policies, we'd better prepare for a new diet.
Reposted by Sirisha Naidu
Get to know some of the people behind your favorite Labor radio shows and podcasts with our #LaborRadioPod hosts starter pack!
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Know someone we should add? Let us know!
#1u #unionstrong #unionsky
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Know someone we should add? Let us know!
#1u #unionstrong #unionsky
#LaborRadioPod Hosts
Join the conversation
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February 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Get to know some of the people behind your favorite Labor radio shows and podcasts with our #LaborRadioPod hosts starter pack!
go.bsky.app/6CWV7Yr
Know someone we should add? Let us know!
#1u #unionstrong #unionsky
go.bsky.app/6CWV7Yr
Know someone we should add? Let us know!
#1u #unionstrong #unionsky
A hit and run :( How devastating!
Heartbroken and shocked by the untimely death of Michael Burawoy. Rest In Power, comrade.
February 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
A hit and run :( How devastating!
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Join the inauguration of our new Center for Heterodox Exonomics (CHE)!
📅 Feb 6th 5p.m. - 7p.m., Feb 7th/8th 9a.m -7p.m.
📍101 Archer, Tulsa
🖥 Online participation: www.youtube.com/@CHE-tulsa
📧 che@utulsa.edu
🌐 sites.utulsa.edu/chetu/
📅 Feb 6th 5p.m. - 7p.m., Feb 7th/8th 9a.m -7p.m.
📍101 Archer, Tulsa
🖥 Online participation: www.youtube.com/@CHE-tulsa
📧 che@utulsa.edu
🌐 sites.utulsa.edu/chetu/
January 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Join the inauguration of our new Center for Heterodox Exonomics (CHE)!
📅 Feb 6th 5p.m. - 7p.m., Feb 7th/8th 9a.m -7p.m.
📍101 Archer, Tulsa
🖥 Online participation: www.youtube.com/@CHE-tulsa
📧 che@utulsa.edu
🌐 sites.utulsa.edu/chetu/
📅 Feb 6th 5p.m. - 7p.m., Feb 7th/8th 9a.m -7p.m.
📍101 Archer, Tulsa
🖥 Online participation: www.youtube.com/@CHE-tulsa
📧 che@utulsa.edu
🌐 sites.utulsa.edu/chetu/
The conference will take place from Feb 6-8. There are some great panels on Palestine, Marx, Sraffa, and Labor Organizing. I'll be on a Saturday panel discussing the crises of care and climate. If you can't join in person, the conference will be livestreamed at www.youtube.com/@CHE-tulsa
📆 February 8th, Saturday
⏰️ 5 - 7 p.m.
📍101 Archer, Tulsa
Mark your calendar for CHE Inaugural Conference! Suzi Weissman, Anamary M Linares, Sirisha Naidu, Debora M Nunes, and Luiza N Pires will talk about crises of CARE and CLIMATE under capitalism.
linktr.ee/CHEutulsa
⏰️ 5 - 7 p.m.
📍101 Archer, Tulsa
Mark your calendar for CHE Inaugural Conference! Suzi Weissman, Anamary M Linares, Sirisha Naidu, Debora M Nunes, and Luiza N Pires will talk about crises of CARE and CLIMATE under capitalism.
linktr.ee/CHEutulsa
February 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The conference will take place from Feb 6-8. There are some great panels on Palestine, Marx, Sraffa, and Labor Organizing. I'll be on a Saturday panel discussing the crises of care and climate. If you can't join in person, the conference will be livestreamed at www.youtube.com/@CHE-tulsa
Federal workers response to the 'buyout' offer. I don't know how many will fight back, but we need a ''chingari', a spark to light a fire. Keep loving, keep fighting!
newrepublic.com/post/190844/...
newrepublic.com/post/190844/...
January 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Federal workers response to the 'buyout' offer. I don't know how many will fight back, but we need a ''chingari', a spark to light a fire. Keep loving, keep fighting!
newrepublic.com/post/190844/...
newrepublic.com/post/190844/...