Benjamin Braun
@benbraun.bsky.social
Political economist @ LSE | Finance, central banking & more | benjaminbraun.org
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I recommend @benbraun.bsky.social's Exit, Control, and Politics to anyone who hasn't been following this day-to-day.
"the largest asset managers are engaged in a multilevel game that, besides corporate governance, also comprises regulatory politics and the market for asset management services"
"the largest asset managers are engaged in a multilevel game that, besides corporate governance, also comprises regulatory politics and the market for asset management services"
Exit, Control, and Politics: Structural Power and Corporate Governance under Asset Manager Capitalism* - Benjamin Braun, 2022
The power of finance vis-à-vis the nonfinancial sector is changing. Macroeconomic developments and financial innovations have reduced financial actors’ exit opt...
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November 26, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I recommend @benbraun.bsky.social's Exit, Control, and Politics to anyone who hasn't been following this day-to-day.
"the largest asset managers are engaged in a multilevel game that, besides corporate governance, also comprises regulatory politics and the market for asset management services"
"the largest asset managers are engaged in a multilevel game that, besides corporate governance, also comprises regulatory politics and the market for asset management services"
The story of Rockefeller bankrolling the establishment of the University of Chicago is fascinating (he paid for everything). He generally abstained from meddling but somewhow the one guy who got fired was a political economists who advocated for ... public ownership of the energy infrastructure.
November 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The story of Rockefeller bankrolling the establishment of the University of Chicago is fascinating (he paid for everything). He generally abstained from meddling but somewhow the one guy who got fired was a political economists who advocated for ... public ownership of the energy infrastructure.
We'll have to go back to studying history and institutions don't we. Even elites, Lord help us. Like in the Dark Ages.
November 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
We'll have to go back to studying history and institutions don't we. Even elites, Lord help us. Like in the Dark Ages.