Matt Sparke
@mattsparke.bsky.social
Distinguished Professor of Politics, Geographer and Global and Community Health collaborator at University of California Santa Cruz.
Branko Milanovic offers a superb analysis in Jacobin that makes an important distinction between tracking neoliberal policy-making nationally and transnationally. The resulting comparison of China and the US is extremely useful, offering fresh purchase on Trumpism too.
jacobin.com/2025/03/what...
jacobin.com/2025/03/what...
What Comes After Globalization?
The world as we know it is a product of globalization — and this era of globalization might be coming to a close.
jacobin.com
March 31, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Branko Milanovic offers a superb analysis in Jacobin that makes an important distinction between tracking neoliberal policy-making nationally and transnationally. The resulting comparison of China and the US is extremely useful, offering fresh purchase on Trumpism too.
jacobin.com/2025/03/what...
jacobin.com/2025/03/what...
0 to 1939 in 3 seconds! Talk about 'right wing accelerationism' (as so usefully outlined as part of the Trumpian Trinity by Quinn Slobodian on Democracy Now and in interview with Doug Henwood)
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘I felt nothing but disgust’: Tesla owners vent their anger at Elon Musk
The tycoon’s links with Donald Trump and Germany’s far-right AfD have slammed the brakes on sales and put the car’s owners in a spin
www.theguardian.com
February 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
0 to 1939 in 3 seconds! Talk about 'right wing accelerationism' (as so usefully outlined as part of the Trumpian Trinity by Quinn Slobodian on Democracy Now and in interview with Doug Henwood)
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
This great analysis of the Trump regime's NIH cuts highlights how they are going to create a eugenicist approach to health - replaying anew the ways we saw 'herd immunity' during COVID get reimagined on the right as the survival of a white supremacist national herd.
My latest for @thenation.com.
Pulling NIH funding from medical research, as Musk and his cronies are credibly threatening, is a not-so-sneaky return to eugenics-based health policy, writes Yale public health researcher @gregggonsalves.bsky.social.
February 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
This great analysis of the Trump regime's NIH cuts highlights how they are going to create a eugenicist approach to health - replaying anew the ways we saw 'herd immunity' during COVID get reimagined on the right as the survival of a white supremacist national herd.
Reposted by Matt Sparke
My latest for @thenation.com.
Pulling NIH funding from medical research, as Musk and his cronies are credibly threatening, is a not-so-sneaky return to eugenics-based health policy, writes Yale public health researcher @gregggonsalves.bsky.social.
Trump’s Plan to Defund the NIH Will Ruin a National Treasure
Trump, Musk, and Vought are purging institutions and cutting off access to educational and research opportunities for anyone who isn’t straight and white.
www.thenation.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
My latest for @thenation.com.
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This is how autocrats throughout history have endangered the people they govern by erasing factual information vital to health and well being
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
CDC Data Are Disappearing
The agency has already removed scientific data from public view. More could follow.
www.theatlantic.com
February 1, 2025 at 1:15 AM
This is how autocrats throughout history have endangered the people they govern by erasing factual information vital to health and well being
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Maybe, but the 10% tariffs on China come on top of preceding ones and will really hurt companies such as Apple
February 3, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Maybe, but the 10% tariffs on China come on top of preceding ones and will really hurt companies such as Apple
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Broligarchy gone wild
February 3, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Broligarchy gone wild
This appeal for a 'Spark' by Riley led me (with an 'e' - Sparke!) to another piece in NLR on the Trump-tech oligarch axis that ends with a note - 'Yet the tech billionaires have their own obstacles to confront' - that Trump's tariffs now make matter very materially! newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
February 3, 2025 at 12:47 AM
This appeal for a 'Spark' by Riley led me (with an 'e' - Sparke!) to another piece in NLR on the Trump-tech oligarch axis that ends with a note - 'Yet the tech billionaires have their own obstacles to confront' - that Trump's tariffs now make matter very materially! newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
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a nice piece by @dylanriley032571.bsky.social newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Dylan Riley, Fire and Spark — Sidecar
Capital’s fairytales.
newleftreview.org
February 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
a nice piece by @dylanriley032571.bsky.social newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
This points to some of the extreme inequalities in vulnerability and resilience we see in California. To map related risks and provide response resources for farmworkers specifically, our team at UCSC has created a risk map app and allied trainings for CHWs/promotoras: see farmworkerhealth.ucsc.edu
January 9, 2025 at 1:57 AM
This points to some of the extreme inequalities in vulnerability and resilience we see in California. To map related risks and provide response resources for farmworkers specifically, our team at UCSC has created a risk map app and allied trainings for CHWs/promotoras: see farmworkerhealth.ucsc.edu
A terrific take on the demise of neoliberal globalization of which Trump's geopolitics is just another symptom. But Milanovic does not delve into today's neoliberal continuities in the enduring support for plutocrats, monopolists, and investor class rentiers... except to critique the FT mainstream!
How the mainstream abandoned universal economic principles
(but forgot to mention it)
branko2f7.substack.com/p/how-the-ma...
(but forgot to mention it)
branko2f7.substack.com/p/how-the-ma...
How the mainstream abandoned universal economic principles
(but forgot to mention it)
branko2f7.substack.com
January 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
A terrific take on the demise of neoliberal globalization of which Trump's geopolitics is just another symptom. But Milanovic does not delve into today's neoliberal continuities in the enduring support for plutocrats, monopolists, and investor class rentiers... except to critique the FT mainstream!
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"Access to essential medicines remains a global challenge. Medicines consistently display high prices, low affordability, and poor availability"
Sobering study with data from 54 low-income and middle-income countries
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Sobering study with data from 54 low-income and middle-income countries
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
December 27, 2024 at 2:06 PM
"Access to essential medicines remains a global challenge. Medicines consistently display high prices, low affordability, and poor availability"
Sobering study with data from 54 low-income and middle-income countries
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Sobering study with data from 54 low-income and middle-income countries
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
At just under 2.5K words, Eliot Weinberger's indictment of the incoming Trump administration is a critical primer to share with anyone who cares about our collective future. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Eliot Weinberger · Incoming!
They vow to cut two trillion dollars from the federal budget – five times the combined annual salaries of all federal...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 16, 2024 at 5:55 PM
At just under 2.5K words, Eliot Weinberger's indictment of the incoming Trump administration is a critical primer to share with anyone who cares about our collective future. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Reposted by Matt Sparke
Welcoming postdoc applications from scholars from any field whose research relates to the theme of the Pembroke Seminar, "The Civic Work of Monuments.” Learn more: https://buff.ly/44G5BA6. Apps due 11/25. Led by Juliet Hooker, Political Science. @juliethooker.bsky.social @brownupolisci.bsky.social
October 24, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Welcoming postdoc applications from scholars from any field whose research relates to the theme of the Pembroke Seminar, "The Civic Work of Monuments.” Learn more: https://buff.ly/44G5BA6. Apps due 11/25. Led by Juliet Hooker, Political Science. @juliethooker.bsky.social @brownupolisci.bsky.social
From me: Trump announced Lina Khan's replacement on Tuesday. The same day, Khan's FTC blocked a giant grocery merger. The key here is the second thing: Khan and her colleagues are starting to convince the judiciary of their theories, and that's not going to end.
prospect.org/economy/2024...
prospect.org/economy/2024...
The End and Beginning of the Lina Khan Era
The FTC chair lost her job on the same day she added another legal victory. The neo-Brandeisian efforts to convince judges to revive antitrust could have staying power.
prospect.org
December 12, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Great new article on "Philanthrocapitalism, Neoliberalism, and the University," focused on the object (and landscaping) lessons of the failed Munger Hall project at UCSB. Its by my partner Katharyne Mitchell and Greg Woolston and can be found open access at doi.org/10.1177/1942...
December 11, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Great new article on "Philanthrocapitalism, Neoliberalism, and the University," focused on the object (and landscaping) lessons of the failed Munger Hall project at UCSB. Its by my partner Katharyne Mitchell and Greg Woolston and can be found open access at doi.org/10.1177/1942...
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This is spot on
December 5, 2024 at 8:29 AM
This is spot on
Reposted by Matt Sparke
I'll be speaking on an online panel for the transform! europe webinar "Trumpism as the New Normal?" on Wednesday, Dec 11, 2024 12:00 PM [ET].
Free but registration required:
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Free but registration required:
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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Trumpism as the New Normal? Understanding It Means Defeating It. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
In the aftermath of the US presidential election, it is more vital than ever to understand the reasons for Donald Trump's victory. The fact that the far-right can still win elections after governing a...
us02web.zoom.us
December 9, 2024 at 5:58 PM
I'll be speaking on an online panel for the transform! europe webinar "Trumpism as the New Normal?" on Wednesday, Dec 11, 2024 12:00 PM [ET].
Free but registration required:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Free but registration required:
us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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MAGA 2.0 w/ Quinn Slobodian & Wendy Brown
The Dig · Episode
open.spotify.com
December 3, 2024 at 10:17 PM
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CFP: Ideational economic geographies
Global Conference on Economic Geography #GCEG2025
What does it mean to prioritize and problematize the role of ideas in the making and remaking of economic geographies?
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Jamie Peck, Chris Meulbroek & Rachel Phillips
Global Conference on Economic Geography #GCEG2025
What does it mean to prioritize and problematize the role of ideas in the making and remaking of economic geographies?
aag.secure-platform.com/gceg2025/org...
Jamie Peck, Chris Meulbroek & Rachel Phillips
7th Global Conference on Economic Geography -
Governance Challenges for A Sustainable and Inclusive Future Globally, we are witnessing an urgent need for new forms of governance and institutional transformations that can improve development outco...
gceg.org
December 3, 2024 at 5:10 PM
CFP: Ideational economic geographies
Global Conference on Economic Geography #GCEG2025
What does it mean to prioritize and problematize the role of ideas in the making and remaking of economic geographies?
aag.secure-platform.com/gceg2025/org...
Jamie Peck, Chris Meulbroek & Rachel Phillips
Global Conference on Economic Geography #GCEG2025
What does it mean to prioritize and problematize the role of ideas in the making and remaking of economic geographies?
aag.secure-platform.com/gceg2025/org...
Jamie Peck, Chris Meulbroek & Rachel Phillips