Comparative & Multi-Method Approaches within Political Economy Research | Apply Here Join us for an in-person workshop held during the 2024 APSA Annual Meeting, on Wednesday, September 4, in Philadelphia, PA. Co-Leaders: Deadline: Sunday, May 19, 2024. Click here to apply →  Workshop Description: Comparative scholars increasingly draw upon a variety of methods to investigate key questions raised by political economies

Image credit: John Fornander on Unsplash As co-coordinators of the US Solidarity Economy Network (USSEN), we routinely face the joys and challenges of working with a wide range of social change agents and organizations to advance an explicitly post-capitalist framework. We’ve been at this for a while. USSEN was formed in 2007 at the first US Social

The German government slightly increased its 2024 growth forecast Wednesday, saying there were signs Europe’s beleaguered top economy was at a “turning point” after battling through a period of weakness. Output is expected to expand 0.3 percent this year, the economy ministry said, up from a prediction of 0.2 percent in February. sr/mfp/lth … The

I’m Chris Anstey, a senior editor in Boston, and today we’re looking at Russian economic resilience. Send us feedback and tips to ecodaily@bloomberg.net or get in touch on X via @economics. And if you aren’t yet signed up to receive this newsletter, you can do so here. Russia’s government touted robust domestic demand in boosting

Wall Street stalwart Jamie Dimon is concerned history may be repeating itself with the U.S. economy returning to the embedded stagflation it battled fifty years ago. Speaking at the Economic Club of New York on Tuesday, JPMorgan CEO Dimon said now more so than ever the economy is resembling the 1970s, when both inflation and

The cycle has started to turn for the better. Today’s Ifo index provides further evidence of a bottoming out of the German economy. Hard data for the first two months of the quarter already suggested it could have left recession behind earlier than expected. Strong activity in the construction sector on the back of mild

Key findings of a productivity report launched today show that the UK economy has suffered a loss of £17.6 billion in economic output over the past 12 months due to connectivity outages. The total for London was £5.7 billion, representing just over 1% of London’s GDP. The productivity report – commissioned by Vorboss, a provider

A TikTok content creator, speaks to reporters outside the US Capitol on 23 April, 2024. AP The US Senate on Tuesday approved a bill requiring TikTok’s Chinese parent company ByteDance to sell the popular social media platform or risk a ban. This decision, a source of contention among US lawmakers, is likely to encounter legal

Ben Haklai (Photo: Oz Moalem) “AI is going to transform our economies, our societies, and practically everything we’re doing,” says Ben Haklai, National Technology Officer at Microsoft. “This event is the launch of Microsoft’s initiative in Israel to build national capacities around AI and Generative AI specifically. To take Microsoft, take the economy in Israel,

Tourism is a cornerstone of our economy and a major success story for Scotland. It not only creates jobs, but spreads wealth and boosts wellbeing in all corners of the country, from cities to rural areas and our islands.  A strong visitor economy helps to position Scotland on the world stage, whilst the economic impact