Anthropologist @Stockholm_uni, previously at @TheNewSchool. Co-creator of The First & Last Bank: https://teapawt.org/t.co/OwiLmJcJtv
Joined August 2011
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Gustav Peebles retweeted
"In the 1950s, the Iowa Writers Workshop received funding from the CIA to push a writing style that centered the emotional life of the individual while decentering the social and political forces that shape human behavior."
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Join us on 28th April, 12-1 pm BST for the next @theasainfo climate anthropology book talk with @GustavPeebles speaking on his recent book, 'The First and Last Bank' @mitpress
I was today’s years old when I learned that JM Keynes only had a bachelor’s degree. What a wild indicator of academic institutional change.
Gustav Peebles retweeted
It would be nice if people remembered this piece of wisdom from the greatest economics tweet in history (and the one I am most insanely jealous of not having written, especially because it was a reply to me).
Gustav Peebles retweeted
''When Small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set.' - Lin Yutang
PhD student openings (salaried and with benefits) in our department. Pls spread the word. su.varbi.com/en/what:job/job…
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We will only use it's biological name
If you think Denmark’s claims on Greenland are dicey, wait till you read the reams of incontestable evidence that shows how the US claim on Hawaii is entirely groundless. All gathered by a group of tireless Native Hawaiian scholars at UH, and easy to find. 🤯
With the latest CBS News farce, it feels more and more like someone needs to revive [More]: nytimes.com/2026/01/02/busin…
As my father-in-law, he was a colossal figure in our family too— showering love and inspiration on us all. Thx so much for posting this tribute, @jackshafer
Dick Pollak, the founder of the colossal 1970s journalism review MORE, has died. Read Kevin Lerner's @cjr piece and book on MORE for the backstory. Everything I know about press criticism I learned from his magazine. cjr.org/the_profile/more-jou…
Super excited to read this review of our book, The First and Last Bank, by finance writer Mike Mechanic from @MotherJones. motherjones.com/politics/202…
I'm thrilled to announce that today is publication day for The First & Last Bank: Climate Change, Currency, and a New Carbon Commons, out from MIT Press and its One Planet Series. Kirkus Reviews called it “ingenious" and "audacious."
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