Jeff Powell
@powelljr.bsky.social
Senior lecturer in economics, University of Greenwich; political economist, fascinated by all things finance & development; he/him
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📺Catch up and share our third session of the #tradeunion and working-class #history series 2025-2026, featuring @louiseraw.bsky.social and Bob Kelly.
This series is delivered in partnership with Marx Memorial Library & @wcmlibrary.bsky.social.
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#TUed #TradeUnionEducation
This series is delivered in partnership with Marx Memorial Library & @wcmlibrary.bsky.social.
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#TUed #TradeUnionEducation
The Matchwomen’s Strike with Louise Raw
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November 28, 2025 at 7:38 AM
📺Catch up and share our third session of the #tradeunion and working-class #history series 2025-2026, featuring @louiseraw.bsky.social and Bob Kelly.
This series is delivered in partnership with Marx Memorial Library & @wcmlibrary.bsky.social.
youtu.be/5pBcng9BTjM?...
#TUed #TradeUnionEducation
This series is delivered in partnership with Marx Memorial Library & @wcmlibrary.bsky.social.
youtu.be/5pBcng9BTjM?...
#TUed #TradeUnionEducation
The housing crisis is pushing Gen Z into crypto and economic nihilism - on.ft.com/4pCsOhj via @FT
The housing crisis is pushing Gen Z into crypto and economic nihilism
Locked out of home ownership, young adults are turning to risky financial behaviour
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November 28, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The housing crisis is pushing Gen Z into crypto and economic nihilism - on.ft.com/4pCsOhj via @FT
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This Government has hugely increased public spending, which will have large in-kind benefits for households.
Families across the income distribution will benefit, but poorer households will benefit more as they use public services more, and these represent a larger proportion of their income.
Families across the income distribution will benefit, but poorer households will benefit more as they use public services more, and these represent a larger proportion of their income.
November 27, 2025 at 12:15 PM
This Government has hugely increased public spending, which will have large in-kind benefits for households.
Families across the income distribution will benefit, but poorer households will benefit more as they use public services more, and these represent a larger proportion of their income.
Families across the income distribution will benefit, but poorer households will benefit more as they use public services more, and these represent a larger proportion of their income.
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We couldn't have said it better ourselves @libdemdaisy.bsky.social 👏
A windfall tax on banks was a sensible policy.
There's only one reason it didn't happen: "intense and ultimately successful" lobbying from the banks 👉 www.politico.eu/arti...
A windfall tax on banks was a sensible policy.
There's only one reason it didn't happen: "intense and ultimately successful" lobbying from the banks 👉 www.politico.eu/arti...
November 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
We couldn't have said it better ourselves @libdemdaisy.bsky.social 👏
A windfall tax on banks was a sensible policy.
There's only one reason it didn't happen: "intense and ultimately successful" lobbying from the banks 👉 www.politico.eu/arti...
A windfall tax on banks was a sensible policy.
There's only one reason it didn't happen: "intense and ultimately successful" lobbying from the banks 👉 www.politico.eu/arti...
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The OBR’s careless leak has damaged us all on.ft.com/48DvyFi
The OBR’s careless leak has damaged us all
The fiscal watchdog’s error is worse than other Budget leaks because it exists solely to improve the process
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November 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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NEW: The Treasury could save almost £5bn a year by ending interest payments to Bank of England - enough to scrap the two-child benefit limit.
"The Osborne-era policy of the Treasury covering the Bank of England’s losses makes no economic sense," says @DominicCaddick 1/3
"The Osborne-era policy of the Treasury covering the Bank of England’s losses makes no economic sense," says @DominicCaddick 1/3
November 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
NEW: The Treasury could save almost £5bn a year by ending interest payments to Bank of England - enough to scrap the two-child benefit limit.
"The Osborne-era policy of the Treasury covering the Bank of England’s losses makes no economic sense," says @DominicCaddick 1/3
"The Osborne-era policy of the Treasury covering the Bank of England’s losses makes no economic sense," says @DominicCaddick 1/3
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The Chancellor's tax rises will be vastly outsized by the cost of covering Bank of England losses.
Reforming our approach to this could free up billions to spend on public services.
Reforming our approach to this could free up billions to spend on public services.
November 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The Chancellor's tax rises will be vastly outsized by the cost of covering Bank of England losses.
Reforming our approach to this could free up billions to spend on public services.
Reforming our approach to this could free up billions to spend on public services.
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1/5 Government recognising this budget that the Bank of England can't solve inflation alone is a step towards stronger monetary-fiscal coordination that NEF has been calling for some time: t.co/yc4IEFFamD
November 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
1/5 Government recognising this budget that the Bank of England can't solve inflation alone is a step towards stronger monetary-fiscal coordination that NEF has been calling for some time: t.co/yc4IEFFamD
Holy cow, the OBR finally used timely data in its QT forecast - on.ft.com/4omdx3b via @FT
Holy cow, the OBR finally used timely data in its QT forecast
On Wednesdays, we accidentally share links
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November 27, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Holy cow, the OBR finally used timely data in its QT forecast - on.ft.com/4omdx3b via @FT
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Overall, a good budget.
But: mostly small changes. End of two-child cap essential but overdue. Plenty of risks to headroom. Arguably not enough done on cost of living.
But: mostly small changes. End of two-child cap essential but overdue. Plenty of risks to headroom. Arguably not enough done on cost of living.
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Overall, a good budget.
But: mostly small changes. End of two-child cap essential but overdue. Plenty of risks to headroom. Arguably not enough done on cost of living.
But: mostly small changes. End of two-child cap essential but overdue. Plenty of risks to headroom. Arguably not enough done on cost of living.
The fatal flaw in using bitcoin as a currency - on.ft.com/4otSNqo via @FT
The fatal flaw in using bitcoin as a currency
There is a crypto parallel in the aftermath of Europe’s 14th century bubonic plague
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November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The fatal flaw in using bitcoin as a currency - on.ft.com/4otSNqo via @FT
Women in economics, Mon 8 Dec 6.30 pm LSE api-eu.targetx.com/email-intera...
Women in economics | Insights from the field
6.30pm Mon 8 Dec | Almudena Sevilla, Clare Lombardelli | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE
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November 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Women in economics, Mon 8 Dec 6.30 pm LSE api-eu.targetx.com/email-intera...
Financialization in Peripheral Countries: Insights from the Marxist Dependency Theory, Francisco Luiz de Andrade Neto journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Financialization in Peripheral Countries: Insights from the Marxist Dependency Theory, Francisco Luiz de Andrade Neto journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Andrew Trigg's 'Heterodox Economics' out this week from @agendapub.bsky.social @rethinkecon.bsky.social @economicsinten.bsky.social @unlearnecon.bsky.social www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...
Heterodox Economics
Andrew Trigg traces the heterodox tradition in economics from its origins in the anti-capitalism ideas of the first half of the nineteeth century, through to Keynes and the present day and considers t...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Andrew Trigg's 'Heterodox Economics' out this week from @agendapub.bsky.social @rethinkecon.bsky.social @economicsinten.bsky.social @unlearnecon.bsky.social www.agendapub.com/page/detail/...
Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik
‘She is the daughter of immigrants,’ supporters of her cruel asylum policies say. ‘How can she be wrong?’ Let me put them straight, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
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November 24, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Shabana Mahmood is an avatar of open Britain – that’s what makes her fable about immigration so seductive | Nesrine Malik www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Has Intergenerational Progress Stalled?
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Has Intergenerational Progress Stalled?
Evidence of regression from IPUMS
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November 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Has Intergenerational Progress Stalled?
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Many English universities to report deficits despite rise in tuition fees - on.ft.com/4o99dE5 via @FT
Many English universities to report deficits despite rise in tuition fees
Continued funding squeeze and volatile student enrolment will continue to hit finances, regulator warns
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November 20, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Many English universities to report deficits despite rise in tuition fees - on.ft.com/4o99dE5 via @FT
Should the UK have a wealth tax? | The viability of wealth tax www.lse.ac.uk/events/the-w...
Should the UK have a wealth tax? | The viability of wealth tax
6.30pm Mon 1 Dec | Arun Advani, Emma Chamberlain, Andy Summers | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE
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November 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Should the UK have a wealth tax? | The viability of wealth tax www.lse.ac.uk/events/the-w...
The Fed’s delicate balancing act over liquidity - on.ft.com/3M6d4o5 via @FT
The Fed’s delicate balancing act over liquidity
Optimism and greed complicate the central bank’s decisions during market disruptions
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November 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The Fed’s delicate balancing act over liquidity - on.ft.com/3M6d4o5 via @FT
One Piece isn't right-wing: The Gen Z march that wasn't www.laizquierdadiario.mx/La-marcha-de...
One Piece no es de derecha: La marcha de la Generación Z que no fue
Aprovechando el descontento con la inseguridad y la violencia que se vive en el país, particularmente utilizando el asesinato de Carlos Manzo, la derecha convocó de forma velada la marcha de la “Gener...
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November 18, 2025 at 9:29 AM
One Piece isn't right-wing: The Gen Z march that wasn't www.laizquierdadiario.mx/La-marcha-de...
If private credit breaks, insurers will fall under the microscope - on.ft.com/3LCuVDb via @FT
If private credit breaks, insurers will fall under the microscope
Rising holdings of the asset class could lead to problems when the next downturn comes
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November 17, 2025 at 7:29 AM
If private credit breaks, insurers will fall under the microscope - on.ft.com/3LCuVDb via @FT
What happens when housing supply is driven by markets not Main Street - on.ft.com/43ANqOq via @FT
What happens when housing supply is driven by markets not Main Street
Home prices in America won’t come down without systemic reform
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November 17, 2025 at 7:10 AM
What happens when housing supply is driven by markets not Main Street - on.ft.com/43ANqOq via @FT