pleased to announce the merger of @erikpeinert.bsky.social (antitrust) and my (corporate organization / franchise) interests in a paper on what the end of regulation banning vertical restraints meant for the US political economy = not good !
academic.oup.com/ser/advance-...
What does the evidence say about taxing the super-rich in #Denmark? 🇩🇰
In a recent webinar, @gabrielzucman.bsky.social & other researchers examined wealth tax myths and discussed how taxing the super-rich can support public investment and promote economic fairness.
📺 fho.dk/blog/2026/03...
The Irish Times reports that staff at University of Galway were “blindsided” by proposed Arts reforms.
IFUT has convened well-attended meetings and raised concerns about consultation and data framing.
Structural change deserves proper engagement.
Read more:
tinyurl.com/57fzcwnu
It’s exactly a month until my book publishes on 9 April! THE ASSET CLASS is a narrative investigation of private equity, a relentlessly destructive wing of finance that infiltrates almost every corner of modern life. Here are some of the very generous things that people have said about it so far…
An intersection that counts: Gender studies & economic sociology.
In the new issue of "economic sociology. perspectives and conversations", editor Jeanne Lazarus and contributors show how attention to gender reveals economic dynamics that often remain invisible within mainstream economic sociology.
"Don't Forget Gaza and the Palestinians"
"Israel is using the illegal war on Iran to continue to kill and starve Gaza, steal more Palestinian land, and restrict movement in the West Bank, writes Diana Buttu for Zeteo. "Don't look away."
Interesting. The ambiguity of centrism by @karlpike.bsky.social. Blog below & full paper here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
📢 Call for Papers – Accra, Ghana | 11–12 June 2026
Workshop: Administrative Data & Tax Policy in Africa
Focus: African administrative datasets → revenues, compliance, taxpayer behaviour, efficiency
Deadline: 31 March 2026
👉For more info: bit.ly/40EL4fH
I really enjoyed doing this @identitiesjournal.bsky.social Podcast episode (9) on Researching Extremism and Risky Material with Shereen Fernandez and @rizwaansabir.bsky.social. 1/
open.spotify.com/episode/3Bpn...
Important.
"Rather than collapsing, Iran is adapting.. illustrating... that war can indeed reinforce state structures, even under extreme external pressure" by Ali Ghareh Daghi
@musociology.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social
Employers won’t be ‘penalised’ as Ireland to miss deadline to introduce pay transparency law. But women workers and the country* will.
*Only six months ago the EU Court of Justice fined Ireland €1.54m for delays in fully introducing new work-life balance rules.
Statement by President Connolly on International Women’s Day 2026
president.ie/en/media-lib...
Westminster Meeting House raided by Metropolitan Police again. Statement: “For Quakers, faith and action are inseparable. Peaceful protest, prayer and nonviolent action are integral parts of many Quakers' religious life. Whilst we take the planning of criminal acts very seriously, we believe that this incident is a deliberate targeting of committed young people who want to make our country a more equitable place. This raid is part of a systematic stifling of dissent. That this is the second time in a year that the police have raided our meeting house dramatically illuminates the broader trend in the UK of cracking down on those who disagree with the government. The right to protest is fundamental to our democracy. It's a key part of how people make their voices heard between elections.” – Oliver Robertson, Head of Witness and Worship Quakers in Britain, 5 March 2026
Yesterday evening, for the second time in a year, the Met Police raided Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrested a number of young nonviolent activists.
STATEMENT: www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...
🌍"There is still more possibility for progressive outcomes in the #UNTaxConvention than in any other intl' negotiation right now", @jayatighosh.bsky.social at IDEAs webinar.
2 key battles to:
→Ensure fair taxation of digital services based on formulaic methods
→Reforming unfair dispute mechanisms
👇
From the Archive: Michèle Lamont and Sada Aksartova, 'Ordinary Cosmopolitanisms: Strategies for Bridging Racial Boundaries among Working-class Men' - analyzes how ordinary people bridge racial boundaries. (2002) journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
What keeps men out of frontline care work? - Our new paper in @bjsociology.bsky.social suggests problem is less masculine identity anxieties & more low pay, insecure hours, limited progression & poor public understanding of care work onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#gender
New on Critical Takes:
UN independent expert Attiya Waris explains why talks on a UN tax convention are going unexpectedly well.
criticaltakes.org/tax-and-prof...
A recommended read for anyone in civil society whose work deals with the UN.
Doing Industrial Policy in a Geotech World: Challenges and Opportunities.
New Special Issue eds Salih Işık Bora, @fbulfone.bsky.social & Timo Seidl
www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...
@palmapolyak.bsky.social ’s work on EU battery policy is electrifying! No, seriously it is the best stuff you can read on this sector.
Winter in America
Gill Scott Heron, 1974
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2zK...
The road to 80% #CollectiveBargaining: where do we stand?
📜 Under the EU Minimum Wages Directive, countries below 80% coverage must adopt action plans. Only 9 of 18 countries required have submitted plans.
This week's ETUI conference explored how to turn commitments into real structural reform.
From South Africa to trains, how boycotts have shaped Irish sport. The public profile of sports events makes them a valuable forum for pursuing and drawing attention to social justice issues and other matters, writes Siobhán Doyle www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
NLR 157 is out now.
Featuring an interview with Ervand Abrahamian on Iran and Susan Watkins on Trump.
Also in NLR 157: Costas Lapavitsas on dollar imperialism, Xi Ruochen on Sinosphere publishing, Tony Wood on the Latin American ‘boom’ and much more.
newleftreview.org/issues/ii157
"Noëlle Rohde's book offers a rich and compellingly argued account of the problems and pitfalls associated with the megatrend of quantification."
— @steffenmau.bsky.social, Professor of Sociology, @humboldtuni.bsky.social
Marked will be free to read and download June 2026📝 doi.org/10.31389/lse...
Deeply informative piece by Nazanin Shahrokni
'Who speaks for Iran?—and from where?'
via @journalspectre.bsky.social
spectrejournal.com/who-speaks-f...
Piper's Corner, pub on Marlboro Street.
Blue sky over Dublin.
"Netanyahu is a much bigger player in this conflict than the American press is reporting, and Netanyahu is committed to destroying all of Iran’s ballistic missile capabilities, which will require far more extensive bombardment, perhaps continuing for months."
by @rbreich.bsky.social
Profit and Power by Ronen Palan.
Explores how MNCs use arbitrage to legally strengthen their position, minimizing obligations and maximizing wealth, power, and influence.
📚 https://cup.org/4t49TOO
V interesting. Stability-change dialectic by @jptilsted.bsky.social @peternewell.bsky.social & Oliver Bugge Hunt
