Political economic research, commentary and events. Blog and @ManchesterUP book series. Co-editors: Adam David Morton (defected to Bluesky) and @garethjbryant
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Progress in Political Economy (PPE) retweeted
14 Oct 2025
The third installment of the Cultivating Socialism symposium at @ppesydney is here!
@ArmandoRankin digs into the edifice of sovereignty and its place in the historical sociology of state-formation.
13 Oct 2025
Very happy to share my article with @ppesydney, where I revisit Lubbock’s (@bolshierowbot) theoretical contributions to the edifice of sovereignty.
The Scaffolding of Disputed Sovereignty: Fantasy and Fragility in the Latin American Großraum ppesydney.net/the-scaffoldin… vía @WPCrumbs
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Wonderful to host @IliasAlami here at USyd talking on state capitalism and Trump 2.0 as the great accelerator of 21st-century state capitalism, a historically specific form of capitalism whereby the fusion of private and state capital reaches new heights
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Short blog summary available here!
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27 May 2025
"Hothousing for development: Sorting out the mixed economy in Mexico and Chile" by David Avilés and Adam David Morton:
#importsubstitutionindustrialisation #LatinAmerica #mixedeconomy #primitiveaccumulation #statecapitalism
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Just as Mario Tronti wanted to engage with Marx in his own time, how do we approach Operai e capitale (Workers and Capital) on the basis of capitalism today? Great new post from Laisrian Flynn for the Past & Present Reading Group @VersoBooks
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27 May 2025
New post by Adam Morton and David Avilés on their article in @envplana on what's at stake in the mixed economy and state capitalism debates - arguing for a "dash of Dobb" to get to direct on-the-nose class connections
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Congrats to @EDolanEvans, winner of the 2024 Higgott AIPEN journal article prize! ppesydney.net/winner-of-the-…
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Progress in Political Economy (PPE) retweeted
14 Oct 2024
Misogyny, hatred and fear of women manifest in violence against women, is a political force to be reckoned with, and political economists should reckon with it in their analyses.
We put this argument to Tom et al. in this blog celebrating 10 years of @ppesydney 🥳
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Your appointment reading for this week from the brightest and best feminists in political economy.
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Progress in Political Economy (PPE) retweeted
25 Sep 2024
AIPEN members: Vote for for the shortlist for the 2024 Higgott Journal Article Prize ppesydney.net/longlist-for-t…
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Progress in Political Economy (PPE) retweeted
25 Sep 2024
Join us on 29 October @Gleebooks to talk our books, both out now with @ManchesterUP !!
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Progress in Political Economy (PPE) retweeted
25 Sep 2024
Congratulations to @CaitSchroering on the publication of her book on struggles against water grabbing. @BlueCommunityZH @mooremadelainef @gemmagasseau @AndreaMuehleba1 @AdamDavidMorton @right2water @euwm
25 Sep 2024
Now published!
People are coming together to fight for control of their water. @CaitSchroering examines how movements are organizing against water privatization and other forms of water grabbing, providing a feminist and anticolonial analysis.
📘tinyurl.com/35aeevab
#waterjustice #globaljustice #SDG6
@ASAnews @MYBISA @ManchesterSCI @watergrabbing @OU_GCSJ @GlobalJusticeUK
@GlobalDevInst @globalexchange @GEJGroup_UEA
@Prof_FSultana @WaterJusticeHub @emilygrubert
@Katselenataylor @GraftonQuentin
ALT Book cover image for 'Global solidarities against water grabbing: Without water, we have nothing' by Caitlin Schroering, published by Manchester University Press.
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11 Sep 2024
Celebrating the worldliness of political economy with reflections on Grundrisse and its enduring relevance with @hesketh1981 — plus 10 years of PPE!
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Progress in Political Economy (PPE) retweeted
10 Sep 2024
Happy to contribute and celebrate such a brilliant resource. Happy 10th year of existence to @ppesydney and testament to the great work of @AdamDavidMorton and @garethjbryant
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Progress in Political Economy (PPE) retweeted
11 Sep 2024
🚨🚨 Make sure you get your nominations in for the 2024 AIPEN Prize for the best IPE article written by an Australian-based scholar by this Friday, 13 September! More details 👇
ppesydney.net/call-for-nomin… via @ppesydney @AdamDavidMorton @ShaharHameiri @SaraMeger @drMelJohnston
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Award-winning coverage of the worldliness of critical political economy celebrates 10 years of blogging this month. Commencing with Claire Parfitt blogging on her new book @Usyd_ssps @AzriniWahidin
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10 Sep 2024
Our series celebrating 10 years of blogging at Progress in Political Economy (PPE) continues. The Past & Present Reading Group recently completed Marx’s *Grundrisse*. Here is an overview from @Hesketh1981
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Progress in Political Economy (PPE) retweeted
3 Sep 2024
The @ppesydney blog is celebrating 10 years 🎉 of hosting exciting debates in political economy and I’m honoured to be among its authors. This week, writing about my new book: False profits of ethical capital
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PPE@10
Award-winning coverage of the worldliness of critical political economy celebrates 10 years of blogging this month. Commencing with Claire Parfitt blogging on her new book @Usyd_ssps @AzriniWahidin
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Progress in Political Economy (PPE) retweeted
3 Sep 2024
This Thursday at Sydney Uni: Launch of "Captured: How Neoliberalism Transformed the Australian State" with Mike Rafferty and Phil Toner ppesydney.net/launch-of-capt…
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Progress in Political Economy (PPE) retweeted
3 Sep 2024
NEXT WEEK: Wheelwright Lecture with @ntinatzouvala on the how the US Dollar shapes the rules of global capitalism ppesydney.net/2024-wheelwrig…
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