Eliot Tretter

Best book I've read this year: Matteo Pasquinelli's Eye of the Master. It's just a fantastically interesting account of the social history AI and makes a timely contribution many recent discussions and debates in radical political economy. @versobooks.bsky.social @mttpsq.bsky.social

10.09.2025 22:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

ICE documents reveal plan to double immigrant detention space this year Internal documents reveal ICE’s plans to double immigrant detention to more than 100,000 beds, including new detention centers for families.

Internal documents reveal ICE’s plans to double immigrant detention to more than 100,000 beds, including new detention centers for families.

www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

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15.08.2025 13:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

The U.S. Marches Toward State Capitalism With American Characteristics President Trump is imitating the Chinese Communist Party by extending political control ever deeper into the economy.

The U.S. Marches Toward State Capitalism With American Characteristics.

President Trump is imitating the Chinese Communist Party by extending political control ever deeper into the economy, Greg Ip writes

12.08.2025 04:25 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 2

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26.06.2025 12:45 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

More than a rough sleeper: Framing and examining holistic approaches to poverty alleviation at The University of Manchester on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - More than a rough sleeper: Framing and examining holistic approaches to poverty alleviation at The University of Manchester, listed on FindAPhD.com

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03.06.2025 13:24 — 👍 16    🔁 23    💬 0    📌 1

The rate of refinancing the national debt is connected to the 10yr bond, borrowing costs are going up.

09.04.2025 03:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Texans grapple with rising toxic pollution as oil, gas production booms This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part three in a four-part series. Read part one here and part two here. ODESSA, Texas — For retired pastor Colu…

Texans grapple with rising toxic pollution as oil, gas production booms. thehill.com/policy/energ...

17.03.2025 13:11 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

NSERC - Latest News - Launch of the new Harmonized Tri-agency Scholarship and Fellowship programs As announced in Budget 2024, the scholarship and fellowship programs administered by the three federal research funding agencies – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) – have been streamlined into a new harmonized talent program called the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) that will open for applications in summer 2025.

Hey! Are you an American considering a PhD or a postdoc, and the funding / academic situation just went absolutely bonkers?

Canada's federal funding awards just added eligibility for international applicants if at Cdn institutions.

www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/NewsDetail-D...

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Yes. I read the news only once a day in the evening.

25.01.2025 13:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

New paper with Eliot Tretter published today. We raise an overlooked issue with the use of Mission Innovation to address climate change (the "Climate Moonshot") that threatens the mission if not addressed - missions don't historically disrupt incumbents.
www.policyschool.ca/wp-content/u...

06.09.2023 14:29 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0