Ann Pettifor
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Ann Pettifor
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· Jul 15
After doing several laps we're now on the last editing lap - and getting ready for take-off - in January 2026.
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Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵
December 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Disappointed to see this. 160 union workers are fighting for a fair contract at Individualized Shirts, a US factory that makes high-end men's button-ups. The managers there have rejected the union's request for fair wages and health insurance. The union is asking for support 🧵
Trump sons’ bitcoin venture sheds almost 40% of its value in crypto turmoil
December 3, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Trump sons’ bitcoin venture sheds almost 40% of its value in crypto turmoil
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We now know that the 2010s were a lost decade for economic growth and productivity - characterised by low public and private investment.
As my former Treasury Committee colleague says, our economic forecasts should properly count the benefits of spending and the damage of cuts.
As my former Treasury Committee colleague says, our economic forecasts should properly count the benefits of spending and the damage of cuts.
The OBR has been making us poorer for over a decade.
They've underestimated the impact of public spending (cuts) on growth.
That has helped lead to a doom loop:
Cuts -> Lower growth -> lower revenues -> missed borrowing target -> more cuts etc.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
They've underestimated the impact of public spending (cuts) on growth.
That has helped lead to a doom loop:
Cuts -> Lower growth -> lower revenues -> missed borrowing target -> more cuts etc.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
The OBR is pushing us into a doom loop
It has been making us poorer for 14 years
www.newstatesman.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
We now know that the 2010s were a lost decade for economic growth and productivity - characterised by low public and private investment.
As my former Treasury Committee colleague says, our economic forecasts should properly count the benefits of spending and the damage of cuts.
As my former Treasury Committee colleague says, our economic forecasts should properly count the benefits of spending and the damage of cuts.
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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The worst part about the boat strikes - regardless of who ordered what and besides the ultimate tragedy of lives lost - is they’re forever a stain on the professionalism and dignity of the United States military.
They’re an insult to every American who ever sacrificed to do the right thing.
They’re an insult to every American who ever sacrificed to do the right thing.
December 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The worst part about the boat strikes - regardless of who ordered what and besides the ultimate tragedy of lives lost - is they’re forever a stain on the professionalism and dignity of the United States military.
They’re an insult to every American who ever sacrificed to do the right thing.
They’re an insult to every American who ever sacrificed to do the right thing.
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Look how visibly excited Robert Jenrick is by his brilliance as a statesman; how high on his own supply.
It is astonishing that this bitter, angry, talentless bingo-caller is considered a serious prospect in a major party. If he or Badenoch are the best they can do, what does it say about the rest?
It is astonishing that this bitter, angry, talentless bingo-caller is considered a serious prospect in a major party. If he or Badenoch are the best they can do, what does it say about the rest?
December 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Look how visibly excited Robert Jenrick is by his brilliance as a statesman; how high on his own supply.
It is astonishing that this bitter, angry, talentless bingo-caller is considered a serious prospect in a major party. If he or Badenoch are the best they can do, what does it say about the rest?
It is astonishing that this bitter, angry, talentless bingo-caller is considered a serious prospect in a major party. If he or Badenoch are the best they can do, what does it say about the rest?
1/2 Gianluco Benigno: "Unlike in the United States, where higher interest spending does not automatically force fiscal consolidation, the UK’s legally binding fiscal rules channel monetary tightening straight into the deficit.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Interest Rate Politics II: the Fiscal Footprint of UK Monetary Policy
Through its fiscal rules and institutional constraints, UK fiscal policy depends mechanically on monetary policy.
substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:56 AM
1/2 Gianluco Benigno: "Unlike in the United States, where higher interest spending does not automatically force fiscal consolidation, the UK’s legally binding fiscal rules channel monetary tightening straight into the deficit.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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My wife has been HIV+ for 34 years. She’s alive today b/c work of activists who destigmatized the virus, pushed medical science to adapt & find ways to treat it, & advocated for gov health programs that helped fund her care. The current U.S. regime may want to go back in time, but we won’t let them.
December 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
My wife has been HIV+ for 34 years. She’s alive today b/c work of activists who destigmatized the virus, pushed medical science to adapt & find ways to treat it, & advocated for gov health programs that helped fund her care. The current U.S. regime may want to go back in time, but we won’t let them.
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“There’s no economic reason why Scotland shouldn’t have more borrowing powers.”
Our co-director @lmacfarlane.bsky.social spoke to The National about the Scottish Government’s plan to issue bonds:
Our co-director @lmacfarlane.bsky.social spoke to The National about the Scottish Government’s plan to issue bonds:
Does the Scottish Government issuing bonds make sense? Expert gives verdict
AN economic expert has claimed the Scottish Government issuing bonds is “more about politics than economics”, questioning claims it would lead…
www.thenational.scot
December 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
“There’s no economic reason why Scotland shouldn’t have more borrowing powers.”
Our co-director @lmacfarlane.bsky.social spoke to The National about the Scottish Government’s plan to issue bonds:
Our co-director @lmacfarlane.bsky.social spoke to The National about the Scottish Government’s plan to issue bonds:
The world's elites - the top 10% that are the biggest emitters of toxic greenhouse gases - this is on you.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Death toll from Indonesia floods passes 750 as one million evacuated
About 3.2 million people have been affected by the floods, while 2,600 have been injured and 504 people remain missing
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
The world's elites - the top 10% that are the biggest emitters of toxic greenhouse gases - this is on you.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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"We can not expect people who are poorer, already struggling to heat their homes & use their cars, we can't expect those people to be cutting their energy use. We have to expect that from the wealthy of us." @kevinclimate.bsky.social speaking at @nebriefing.bsky.social
Kevin Anderson - Professor of energy and climate change - National Emergency Briefing 2025
YouTube video by We Don't Have Time
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 6:42 AM
"We can not expect people who are poorer, already struggling to heat their homes & use their cars, we can't expect those people to be cutting their energy use. We have to expect that from the wealthy of us." @kevinclimate.bsky.social speaking at @nebriefing.bsky.social
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Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
BOSTON—Stressing that the move would help keep digital currencies liquid through the coming year, crypto leaders called for an infusion of 20 million dopes Thursday to stabilize the market. “We’re cal...
theonion.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Crypto Leaders Call For Infusion Of 20 Million Dopes To Stabilize Market
Does Evan Davis enjoy dominating and silencing elected politicians (like the leader of the Lib Dems) to his 5 pm program in the BBC Radio 4? He certainly gives the appearance of relishing his ability to overwhelm a politician trying to get a message across..
December 1, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Does Evan Davis enjoy dominating and silencing elected politicians (like the leader of the Lib Dems) to his 5 pm program in the BBC Radio 4? He certainly gives the appearance of relishing his ability to overwhelm a politician trying to get a message across..
The Virus That Took My Father Could Become a Greater Threat - thanks to RFK.. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
Opinion | The Virus That Took My Father Could Become a Greater Threat
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The Virus That Took My Father Could Become a Greater Threat - thanks to RFK.. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/o...
Floods Have Killed at Least 1,200 in Southern Asia. Here’s What to Know. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/w...
Floods Have Killed at Least 1,200 in Southern Asia. Here’s What to Know.
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Floods Have Killed at Least 1,200 in Southern Asia. Here’s What to Know. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/w...
Sri Lanka is ‘a Disaster Zone,’ as Cyclone Deaths Surpass 350 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/w...
Sri Lanka is ‘a Disaster Zone,’ as Cyclone Deaths Surpass 350
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Sri Lanka is ‘a Disaster Zone,’ as Cyclone Deaths Surpass 350 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/w...
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It's been a wet start to December for many of us, with up to 80 mm of rain having already fallen in the wettest parts of Wales since yesterday evening 🌧️🌧️
Here's the latest on where it's raining now 👇
Here's the latest on where it's raining now 👇
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 PM
It's been a wet start to December for many of us, with up to 80 mm of rain having already fallen in the wettest parts of Wales since yesterday evening 🌧️🌧️
Here's the latest on where it's raining now 👇
Here's the latest on where it's raining now 👇
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"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
—FDR, 1944
—FDR, 1944
November 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.”
—FDR, 1944
—FDR, 1944
Mark E. Thomas: "this is a compromise Budget which will enable Labour to get many smaller things right, but condemn it to fail on the biggest issues if it does not challenge its fiscal rules ..(which) prevent economic renewal".
99-percent.org/will-this-bu...
99-percent.org/will-this-bu...
Will this Budget Keep Labour’s Promises? - 99%
Backbench rebels have made this a better Budget than it would have been, but they have more to do to prevent the UK having the Biden experience Labour made several […]
99-percent.org
December 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Mark E. Thomas: "this is a compromise Budget which will enable Labour to get many smaller things right, but condemn it to fail on the biggest issues if it does not challenge its fiscal rules ..(which) prevent economic renewal".
99-percent.org/will-this-bu...
99-percent.org/will-this-bu...
China’s Treasury holdings as a % of all foreign holdings is down to 7.6%, the lowest in 23 years.This % has declined -20 points over the last 14 years.
China now ranks as the world’s 3rd-largest foreign Treasury holder, after holding the top spot.
meaninginhistory.substack.com/p/pardon-me-...
China now ranks as the world’s 3rd-largest foreign Treasury holder, after holding the top spot.
meaninginhistory.substack.com/p/pardon-me-...
December 1, 2025 at 12:38 PM
China’s Treasury holdings as a % of all foreign holdings is down to 7.6%, the lowest in 23 years.This % has declined -20 points over the last 14 years.
China now ranks as the world’s 3rd-largest foreign Treasury holder, after holding the top spot.
meaninginhistory.substack.com/p/pardon-me-...
China now ranks as the world’s 3rd-largest foreign Treasury holder, after holding the top spot.
meaninginhistory.substack.com/p/pardon-me-...
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Don’t forget LBJ and the war on poverty. If the Dems could just divorce themselves from wall street and dirty money, grow a spine and a set of cajones, and walk the walk, that’d be super.
November 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Don’t forget LBJ and the war on poverty. If the Dems could just divorce themselves from wall street and dirty money, grow a spine and a set of cajones, and walk the walk, that’d be super.
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#GVerse The man who shoot those two West Virginia National Guard in DC was working with the CIA. He was vetted by #Shit4Brain's administration. #Shitface is lying about everything.
November 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
#GVerse The man who shoot those two West Virginia National Guard in DC was working with the CIA. He was vetted by #Shit4Brain's administration. #Shitface is lying about everything.
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MSCI's consultation on companies that exist basically to buy digital assets closes this month. Anyone whose total assets are +50% made up of digital assets would be excluded from their indices.. yet another thing that could see things unravel further
December 1, 2025 at 12:21 PM
MSCI's consultation on companies that exist basically to buy digital assets closes this month. Anyone whose total assets are +50% made up of digital assets would be excluded from their indices.. yet another thing that could see things unravel further