Ulas Karakoc
@ulisas.bsky.social
Asst. prof in Economics at Kadir Has Uni. Development, agriculture, economic history, applied statistics/econometrics. Previously at LSE and Humboldt Uni Berlin. www.ulaskarakoc.com
I really like @thomaspiketty.bsky.social’s paper Brahman Left, Merchant right.
Idea is simple yet profound: the political orientation of the rich has shifted from right to left after 1990s.
Idea is simple yet profound: the political orientation of the rich has shifted from right to left after 1990s.
August 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I really like @thomaspiketty.bsky.social’s paper Brahman Left, Merchant right.
Idea is simple yet profound: the political orientation of the rich has shifted from right to left after 1990s.
Idea is simple yet profound: the political orientation of the rich has shifted from right to left after 1990s.
This pretty much defines all right-wing movements of the last decades. Turkey’s Erdogan is exception though. He built lots of roads. Not much else than roads, though.
July 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This pretty much defines all right-wing movements of the last decades. Turkey’s Erdogan is exception though. He built lots of roads. Not much else than roads, though.
Rereading the old classic Markets and States in Tropical Africa by Robert Bates.
A book written such clarity. No mumbo jumbo.
Yet the book is old. Any recommendation for the political economy of African agriculture in the recent periods?
A book written such clarity. No mumbo jumbo.
Yet the book is old. Any recommendation for the political economy of African agriculture in the recent periods?
November 14, 2024 at 11:03 AM
Rereading the old classic Markets and States in Tropical Africa by Robert Bates.
A book written such clarity. No mumbo jumbo.
Yet the book is old. Any recommendation for the political economy of African agriculture in the recent periods?
A book written such clarity. No mumbo jumbo.
Yet the book is old. Any recommendation for the political economy of African agriculture in the recent periods?