Stephan Gruber
@stephangruber.bsky.social
Post Doctoral Researcher @MPIfG_Cologne . Economic Sociology / Political Economy / Economic Thought / Social Change / Central Banks / Latin-America
Reposted by Stephan Gruber
Deutschland ist ein Paradies für Milliardäre: 156 leben jetzt in Deutschland. Das ist ein Drittel mehr als im Vorjahr. Ihr Vermögen wuchs um 21 Prozent auf 691 Milliarden Dollar.
December 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Deutschland ist ein Paradies für Milliardäre: 156 leben jetzt in Deutschland. Das ist ein Drittel mehr als im Vorjahr. Ihr Vermögen wuchs um 21 Prozent auf 691 Milliarden Dollar.
Reposted by Stephan Gruber
The deadline has now been extended to December 15, 2025. Esperamos sus contribuciones!
Información detallada aquí: tinyurl.com/3s8ddkt2
Información detallada aquí: tinyurl.com/3s8ddkt2
December 4, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The deadline has now been extended to December 15, 2025. Esperamos sus contribuciones!
Información detallada aquí: tinyurl.com/3s8ddkt2
Información detallada aquí: tinyurl.com/3s8ddkt2
Reposted by Stephan Gruber
The AxPo Observatory of Market Society Polarization at Sciences Po in Paris invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher who hold a PhD in one of the following areas: Economic Sociology, Political Economy, Economic History, or related fields.
Apply by Jan 5th
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Apply by Jan 5th
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The AxPo Observatory of Market Society Polarization at Sciences Po in Paris invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher who hold a PhD in one of the following areas: Economic Sociology, Political Economy, Economic History, or related fields.
Apply by Jan 5th
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Apply by Jan 5th
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Reposted by Stephan Gruber
This is fascinating and disturbing from @jburnmurdoch.ft.com on rise of 'financial nihilism' (cc @aminsamman.bsky.social !) in the asset economy www.ft.com/content/c17a...
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
www.ft.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:04 AM
This is fascinating and disturbing from @jburnmurdoch.ft.com on rise of 'financial nihilism' (cc @aminsamman.bsky.social !) in the asset economy www.ft.com/content/c17a...
Reposted by Stephan Gruber
Very sorry to hear that Rosemary Thorp has passed away. She was a wonderful mentor and a top scholar. Her economic history of Peru (with Geoffrey Bertram) is one of the most important works of Peruvian history written to date. She will be missed.
November 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Very sorry to hear that Rosemary Thorp has passed away. She was a wonderful mentor and a top scholar. Her economic history of Peru (with Geoffrey Bertram) is one of the most important works of Peruvian history written to date. She will be missed.
Reposted by Stephan Gruber
Today is the official UK publication day for Silicon Empires! I'm excited to have it out and hear what people think.
There's an enormous amount happening every day in AI, and it's difficult to gain a stable perspective. I wrote the book to try and get some secure hold on that constant flux. 🧵
There's an enormous amount happening every day in AI, and it's difficult to gain a stable perspective. I wrote the book to try and get some secure hold on that constant flux. 🧵
October 31, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Today is the official UK publication day for Silicon Empires! I'm excited to have it out and hear what people think.
There's an enormous amount happening every day in AI, and it's difficult to gain a stable perspective. I wrote the book to try and get some secure hold on that constant flux. 🧵
There's an enormous amount happening every day in AI, and it's difficult to gain a stable perspective. I wrote the book to try and get some secure hold on that constant flux. 🧵
Reposted by Stephan Gruber
When central banks were asked to "do smth" about climate, the Fed sat it out, the ECB experimented then retreated but the PBOC planned green and brown money at scale. geoeconomic.substack.com/p/central-ba...
Central Banking for the End of Times
Frankfurt measured the risk, Beijing moved the money, and Washington looked away.
geoeconomic.substack.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
When central banks were asked to "do smth" about climate, the Fed sat it out, the ECB experimented then retreated but the PBOC planned green and brown money at scale. geoeconomic.substack.com/p/central-ba...
Reposted by Stephan Gruber
*Call for Applications*
We’re excited to announce the Fourth Doctoral Conference on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy!
Abstract Deadline: December 1, 2025
Link to the conference website: www.mpifg.de/1432364/2026...
Please share widely!
@mpifg.bsky.social
We’re excited to announce the Fourth Doctoral Conference on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy!
Abstract Deadline: December 1, 2025
Link to the conference website: www.mpifg.de/1432364/2026...
Please share widely!
@mpifg.bsky.social
Fourth Doctoral Conference on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy
The Fourth Doctoral Conference on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy aims at building bridges and finding commonalities among young scholars whose research is addressing the complex ...
www.mpifg.de
October 23, 2025 at 7:37 AM
*Call for Applications*
We’re excited to announce the Fourth Doctoral Conference on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy!
Abstract Deadline: December 1, 2025
Link to the conference website: www.mpifg.de/1432364/2026...
Please share widely!
@mpifg.bsky.social
We’re excited to announce the Fourth Doctoral Conference on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy!
Abstract Deadline: December 1, 2025
Link to the conference website: www.mpifg.de/1432364/2026...
Please share widely!
@mpifg.bsky.social
Reposted by Stephan Gruber
📌 Join us TOMORROW at @soasuni.bsky.social #Economics for a discussion with @devikadutt.bsky.social , @cacrisalves.bsky.social , @surbhikesar.bsky.social , Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven on:
🌍 Decolonizing Economics: An Introduction 📚
Info and livestream 🔗 www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
🌍 Decolonizing Economics: An Introduction 📚
Info and livestream 🔗 www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...
October 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Reposted by Stephan Gruber
📢 Applications are open for the MPIfG Visiting Researchers Program 2026 in Cologne.
Scholars in economic sociology and comparative & international political economy are invited to apply for 2–12 month research stays.
🗓 Deadline: October 31, 2025
🔗 More details: sase.org/career-oppor...
Scholars in economic sociology and comparative & international political economy are invited to apply for 2–12 month research stays.
🗓 Deadline: October 31, 2025
🔗 More details: sase.org/career-oppor...
Visiting Researchers Program – Postdoctoral Opportunities 2026 | Opportunities for SASE Members
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG)
sase.org
September 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
📢 Applications are open for the MPIfG Visiting Researchers Program 2026 in Cologne.
Scholars in economic sociology and comparative & international political economy are invited to apply for 2–12 month research stays.
🗓 Deadline: October 31, 2025
🔗 More details: sase.org/career-oppor...
Scholars in economic sociology and comparative & international political economy are invited to apply for 2–12 month research stays.
🗓 Deadline: October 31, 2025
🔗 More details: sase.org/career-oppor...
Reposted by Stephan Gruber
No pun intended!
September 21, 2025 at 9:10 AM
No pun intended!
Reposted by Stephan Gruber
Oh…
My prediction is that in that scenario, he blames the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which puts out employment data. Calls them corrupt, run by Democrats, out to get him. Fires people there, insists their numbers cannot be trusted, White House puts out its own fictitious data to make Trump look good
August 1, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Oh…
Reposted by Stephan Gruber
I wrote this piece with my friend and colleague @vanessa endrejat on the conflict between Germany and EU fiscal rules.
Check it out!
Check it out!
💥 New: Germany, EU fiscal rules and the illusion of objectivity
✍️ @cami34.bsky.social & Vanessa Endrejat
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
✍️ @cami34.bsky.social & Vanessa Endrejat
blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
Germany, EU fiscal rules and the illusion of objectivity
German defence spending risks breaking EU fiscal rules. But while the rules are presented as a technical calculation, they are less objective than it appears.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
July 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I wrote this piece with my friend and colleague @vanessa endrejat on the conflict between Germany and EU fiscal rules.
Check it out!
Check it out!
Reposted by Stephan Gruber
We are very happy to announce the publication of our edited volume ‘State, Capitalism & Finance in Emerging Markets: Between Subordination and Statecraft’ (/w Andreas Nölke) with @brisunipress.bsky.social! 🥳
Check out the book here:
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/edcollbook/b...
1/
Check out the book here:
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/edcollbook/b...
1/
June 27, 2025 at 10:59 AM
We are very happy to announce the publication of our edited volume ‘State, Capitalism & Finance in Emerging Markets: Between Subordination and Statecraft’ (/w Andreas Nölke) with @brisunipress.bsky.social! 🥳
Check out the book here:
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/edcollbook/b...
1/
Check out the book here:
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/edcollbook/b...
1/
Reposted by Stephan Gruber
Excited to share this paper because it does something new: We're testing the implicit coordination hypothesis proposed by Weber & Wasner. Analyzing earnings calls, we find that large, economy-wide costs shocks make executives feel very good indeed. Open access:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
NEW PAPER
Oil, shipping, tariffs: We are back in a world of cost shocks.
Our AI/LLM analysis of 138,962 corporate earnings calls shows how economy-wide cost shocks let large firms raise prices & increase profits—triggering sellers' inflation. 🧵
Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Oil, shipping, tariffs: We are back in a world of cost shocks.
Our AI/LLM analysis of 138,962 corporate earnings calls shows how economy-wide cost shocks let large firms raise prices & increase profits—triggering sellers' inflation. 🧵
Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
June 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Excited to share this paper because it does something new: We're testing the implicit coordination hypothesis proposed by Weber & Wasner. Analyzing earnings calls, we find that large, economy-wide costs shocks make executives feel very good indeed. Open access:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Stephan Gruber
It’s out! I’m deeply proud and grateful for this book — especially for the chance to collaborate with such brilliant & bold minds.
Here’s to hoping its ideas spark fresh conversations and inspire meaningful change in our field. #economics #eurocentrism #decolonisation
Here’s to hoping its ideas spark fresh conversations and inspire meaningful change in our field. #economics #eurocentrism #decolonisation
Economics obscures or is oblivious to the politics embedded in theorization itself. In this book, @devikadutt.bsky.social, @cacrisalves.bsky.social, @surbhikesar.bsky.social & @ingridhk.bsky.social return political questions to the heart of economic theorizing.
See more: www.politybooks.com/...
See more: www.politybooks.com/...
May 31, 2025 at 12:36 PM
It’s out! I’m deeply proud and grateful for this book — especially for the chance to collaborate with such brilliant & bold minds.
Here’s to hoping its ideas spark fresh conversations and inspire meaningful change in our field. #economics #eurocentrism #decolonisation
Here’s to hoping its ideas spark fresh conversations and inspire meaningful change in our field. #economics #eurocentrism #decolonisation
Reposted by Stephan Gruber
Our book is *finally* available for pre-order! It'll ship next week on May 30th 😱 Been a long time coming, very curious about what you all will think.
@devikadutt.bsky.social
@cacrisalves.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social
@devikadutt.bsky.social
@cacrisalves.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Our book is *finally* available for pre-order! It'll ship next week on May 30th 😱 Been a long time coming, very curious about what you all will think.
@devikadutt.bsky.social
@cacrisalves.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social
@devikadutt.bsky.social
@cacrisalves.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social
Reposted by Stephan Gruber
Looking forward to what promises to be a fantastic & timely event @mpifg.bsky.social
Huge thanks to @stephangruber.bsky.social & Elizabeth Soer for bringing together such an inspiring group of scholars. Grateful for the opportunity! ✨
@iipp-ucl.bsky.social @ucl-ccs.bsky.social
Huge thanks to @stephangruber.bsky.social & Elizabeth Soer for bringing together such an inspiring group of scholars. Grateful for the opportunity! ✨
@iipp-ucl.bsky.social @ucl-ccs.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Looking forward to what promises to be a fantastic & timely event @mpifg.bsky.social
Huge thanks to @stephangruber.bsky.social & Elizabeth Soer for bringing together such an inspiring group of scholars. Grateful for the opportunity! ✨
@iipp-ucl.bsky.social @ucl-ccs.bsky.social
Huge thanks to @stephangruber.bsky.social & Elizabeth Soer for bringing together such an inspiring group of scholars. Grateful for the opportunity! ✨
@iipp-ucl.bsky.social @ucl-ccs.bsky.social
Reposted by Stephan Gruber
Visit our new website for research, events, announcements and more.
And subscribe to our newsletter: levyinstitute.org/newsletter-s...
And subscribe to our newsletter: levyinstitute.org/newsletter-s...
April 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Visit our new website for research, events, announcements and more.
And subscribe to our newsletter: levyinstitute.org/newsletter-s...
And subscribe to our newsletter: levyinstitute.org/newsletter-s...
Reposted by Stephan Gruber
re-reading Kalecki on nazism:
'The dislike of government spending policy as such is overcome under fascism by the fact that the state machinery is under the direct control of a partnership of big business with fascism.'
'The dislike of government spending policy as such is overcome under fascism by the fact that the state machinery is under the direct control of a partnership of big business with fascism.'
March 25, 2025 at 6:39 AM
re-reading Kalecki on nazism:
'The dislike of government spending policy as such is overcome under fascism by the fact that the state machinery is under the direct control of a partnership of big business with fascism.'
'The dislike of government spending policy as such is overcome under fascism by the fact that the state machinery is under the direct control of a partnership of big business with fascism.'
Reposted by Stephan Gruber
Hello world! 🐣
This is the economic sociology section of the German Sociological Association @dgsoziologie.bsky.social
We would like to build an econ soc community here, and for this we'll need your help.
So pls follow & repost - and link us with relevant infos.
Thank you 🫶
#EconSoc #WiSoz
This is the economic sociology section of the German Sociological Association @dgsoziologie.bsky.social
We would like to build an econ soc community here, and for this we'll need your help.
So pls follow & repost - and link us with relevant infos.
Thank you 🫶
#EconSoc #WiSoz
March 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Hello world! 🐣
This is the economic sociology section of the German Sociological Association @dgsoziologie.bsky.social
We would like to build an econ soc community here, and for this we'll need your help.
So pls follow & repost - and link us with relevant infos.
Thank you 🫶
#EconSoc #WiSoz
This is the economic sociology section of the German Sociological Association @dgsoziologie.bsky.social
We would like to build an econ soc community here, and for this we'll need your help.
So pls follow & repost - and link us with relevant infos.
Thank you 🫶
#EconSoc #WiSoz
Reposted by Stephan Gruber
We’re beyond thrilled to launch the 2nd Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy
If you’re a fellow political economist annoyed by all-male rooms & gendered comments— join us & share!
🗓️ 22-25 Sept, 2025 in Cologne
🚨 Apply by 25 Apr, 2025
www.mpifg.de/1343511/2025...
If you’re a fellow political economist annoyed by all-male rooms & gendered comments— join us & share!
🗓️ 22-25 Sept, 2025 in Cologne
🚨 Apply by 25 Apr, 2025
www.mpifg.de/1343511/2025...
*Call for Applications*
We’re excited to announce the Second Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy!
Link to the conference website: www.mpifg.de/1343511/2025...
Please share widely!
@mpifg.bsky.social @palmapolyak.bsky.social
We’re excited to announce the Second Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy!
Link to the conference website: www.mpifg.de/1343511/2025...
Please share widely!
@mpifg.bsky.social @palmapolyak.bsky.social
Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy
www.mpifg.de
March 14, 2025 at 11:37 AM
We’re beyond thrilled to launch the 2nd Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy
If you’re a fellow political economist annoyed by all-male rooms & gendered comments— join us & share!
🗓️ 22-25 Sept, 2025 in Cologne
🚨 Apply by 25 Apr, 2025
www.mpifg.de/1343511/2025...
If you’re a fellow political economist annoyed by all-male rooms & gendered comments— join us & share!
🗓️ 22-25 Sept, 2025 in Cologne
🚨 Apply by 25 Apr, 2025
www.mpifg.de/1343511/2025...
Reposted by Stephan Gruber
Lots of great positions at @mpifg.bsky.social, pls share!
- 2yr postdoc in wealth research
- 2yr postdoc in technology & sovereignty
- 3+3yr senior researcher in political economy
- 3+3yr senior researcher in economic sociology
- tenure/director-track group leader digitalization & society
- 2yr postdoc in wealth research
- 2yr postdoc in technology & sovereignty
- 3+3yr senior researcher in political economy
- 3+3yr senior researcher in economic sociology
- tenure/director-track group leader digitalization & society
Job Openings
www.mpifg.de
March 10, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Lots of great positions at @mpifg.bsky.social, pls share!
- 2yr postdoc in wealth research
- 2yr postdoc in technology & sovereignty
- 3+3yr senior researcher in political economy
- 3+3yr senior researcher in economic sociology
- tenure/director-track group leader digitalization & society
- 2yr postdoc in wealth research
- 2yr postdoc in technology & sovereignty
- 3+3yr senior researcher in political economy
- 3+3yr senior researcher in economic sociology
- tenure/director-track group leader digitalization & society
Reposted by Stephan Gruber
I always struggle a little to explain my students why Marxists are right about freedom in the capitalist state. Jeff Bezos does it so much better.
New: Jeff Bezos emailed staff at the Washington Post this morning announcing that the Post opinion pages going forward were largely going to focus on defending personal liberties and free markets. Current opinion section editor David Shipley is out.
February 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I always struggle a little to explain my students why Marxists are right about freedom in the capitalist state. Jeff Bezos does it so much better.
Just in case neoliberalism was dying!
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos just emailed the paper's staff to announce a "change coming to our opinion pages."
February 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Just in case neoliberalism was dying!