great new article from Development and Change . can't be more timely when everyone is talking about China's overcapacity. this one traces when and how Chinese economy moved from scarcity to overproduction and waves of gov't industrial policy that aggravate the trend onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

The answer is that the Israelis leading this genocide are not descendants of Holocaust survivors.

Netanyahu's family wasn't even in Europe during the Holocaust. Ben Gvir's family wasn't in Europe. Smotrich's family wasn't in Europe. All of their families were settlers in

Columbus Police exactly one year ago when dealing with armed neo nazis vs today when dealing with college protesters.

Among those arrested today were Noelle McAfee, Chair of the Philosophy Department at Emory University.

In case you are wondering if the police officer has been reprimanded for what he did to this professor.

No. The professor has been charged with battery against the police officer.

Emory's Caroline Fohlin is knocked down by the police while shouting: “I’m a professor!!” Hear the disbelief in her voice. She never expected to be treated like this by her own university for protesting Israel's slaughter.

But remember, democracy is on the ballot in Nov...

Middle East Eye Here’s Emory University economics professor Caroline Fohlin knocked to the ground with her head on the concrete. Her glasses are thrown off. She shouts “I’m a professor”
#Gaza #Protesters

Where’s the labour, let alone forced labour?

This happened to Economics Professor Caroline Fohin. Anybody in AEA Information International Association for Feminist Economics
Eastern Economic Journal patty wyatt and other associations going to say something about this? #EconTwitter

As brilliantly discussed by Nandini Sundar in an article just published, hindutva ideologues consider colonisation started over 800 years ago, & thus things like temple restitutions are counted as decolonisation.

Meaning is relative to your ideology.

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1. This (recent) History Thread is an overview of the trajectory of armed resistance to the Myanmar (Burma) 2021 coup as it has evolved into a relentlessly effective nationwide revolution. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar 🌿

Excellent analysis by Ken Opalo. It is also very Lewisian (as in Arthur), who consistently argued for the development imperative of improving the productivity of small hold farmers in domestic staple food production.

open.substack.com/pub/kenopalo/p…

Is that time of the year when flowers bloom 🌻, sun shines 🌞, and global economic outlooks get published 📈. UN Trade and Development TDR update is out and here are some highlights from the debt section 🧵unctad.org/publication/tr…

The main driver of this dynamic are the dynamics of the private sector. While debt service to private sector remained stable at US$ 300 billion, disbursements collapsed. Net negative transfers to private creditors reached US$ 90 billion in 2022.

UN Trade and Development What matters for development is the net transfer of resources to developing countries. The debt system is failing on that account, draining a record amount of resources from development of close to US$ 50 billion.

At least 10% of women suffer from endometriosis & endure severe pain every month.

I’m one of them & just recovered from surgery.

Patriarchy tells us: Get used to periods being painful & keep quiet. Most of us aren’t diagnosed for about a decade.

Sharing to fight the silence.