The week in review: Sam Moyn and Jamelle Bouie respond to Beau Baumann's call for legislative supremacy, Mariano Féliz on Argentina’s debt sustainability, Ntina Tzvouala on dollar hegemony (x2), plus more!
The week in review: Sam Moyn and Jamelle Bouie respond to Beau Baumann's call for legislative supremacy, Mariano Féliz on Argentina’s debt sustainability, Ntina Tzvouala on dollar hegemony (x2), plus more!
Today, @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social and Jacob Udell explain why landlords nationwide are scrambling to repay their investors, and why confronting this growing financial distress is the first step toward solving our national housing nightmare.
Sam Moyn and Jamelle Bouie on legislative supremacy, Mariano Féliz on how Argentina's debt sustainability, Ntina Tzvouala on dollar hegemony (x2), Ivana Isailović on the LPE of Social Reproduction in…
Sam Moyn and Jamelle Bouie on legislative supremacy, Mariano Féliz on how Argentina's debt sustainability, Ntina Tzvouala on dollar hegemony (x2), Ivana Isailović on the LPE of Social Reproduction in…
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Unable to realize enough profit from their portfolios to repay their investors, landlords are turning the screws on tenants in the form of rising rents and declining conditions.
NEW: Greedy debt collectors are buying up decades-old mortgages that were thought to be forgiven, and forcing families to pay up hundreds of thousands of dollars.
600,000+ families could be blindsided with crushing debt.
A monstrously comprehensive nearly three hour long episode of @thedigradio.bsky.social examining the economic warfare dimensions of the US-Israeli war on Iran and Iran’s asymmetric response with Aslı Bâli, @yarbatman.bsky.social, and Nicholas Mulder. www.thedigradio.com/podcast/econ...
Good Analysis for Bad Times, an LPE Blog special.
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Once Again Families Pay When CFPB, America’s Would-Be Zombie Hunter, Goes Dark
Financial distress in the multifamily market is on the rise in the United States, with loan delinquencies nearly doubling in the last year alone and recently reaching their highest rate in the last 10...
"the crisis is slow-moving and hard to document, as landlords who bet enormously on their buildings squeeze every corner of their balance sheet to meet the rates of profit they promised to their sophisticated investors, maintaining the bubble on the backs of easily-ignored tenants."
Great piece!
A second dollar piece has hit the socials.This time alongside the inimitable @jessicawhyte.bsky.social: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... Using Guha's work, we trace the transition from dollar hegemony to dollar dominance and the attendant shift in legal forms underpinning currency power.
Today, @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social and Jacob Udell explain why landlords nationwide are scrambling to repay their investors, and why confronting this growing financial distress is the first step toward solving our national housing nightmare.
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This article describes and diagnoses a major shift in the modalities, uses and legal forms of the international role of the US dollar. Drawing from the work of
Unable to realize enough profit from their portfolios to repay their investors, landlords are turning the screws on tenants in the form of rising rents and declining conditions.
Today, @ruthygourevitch.bsky.social and Jacob Udell explain why landlords nationwide are scrambling to repay their investors, and why confronting this growing financial distress is the first step toward solving our national housing nightmare.
Unable to realize enough profit from their portfolios to repay their investors, landlords are turning the screws on tenants in the form of rising rents and declining conditions.
Second Carceral Political Economy conference happening Mar 27 & 28 @ The New School. Free to attend! *Register at the link.* And I’ll be moderating a great panel on labor/the carceral state on 3/28, in the morning.
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Inquest is cosponsoring this year’s Carceral Political Economy Conference at The New School for Social Research, New York City, March 27–28, 2026.
