Verena Gradinger
@averenasour.bsky.social
🌚 26. She/her.
📌 Somewhere between Vienna and London.
📔 Political Economist in the making @SOAS University of London
Critical Macrofinance by day. Ecological Marxism by night.
📌 Somewhere between Vienna and London.
📔 Political Economist in the making @SOAS University of London
Critical Macrofinance by day. Ecological Marxism by night.
whats that? A response paper written by.... a human?
June 22, 2026 at 7:08 PM
whats that? A response paper written by.... a human?
The UK bond market is just Polymarket for men in suits
May 15, 2026 at 8:14 AM
The UK bond market is just Polymarket for men in suits
Reposted by Verena Gradinger
"Globalisation, far from producing peaceful economic competition and state cooperation, has given birth to new and virulent forms of imperialism... resting on the organisation of production across borders and the command of money and finance." #imperialism #capitalism
wearesparc.org/balancesheet...
wearesparc.org/balancesheet...
Imperialism Today: Production, Money and Power in a Fragmenting World -
Costas Lapavitsas SOAS Imperialist ascendancy The intensification of imperialism during the last two decades, with the USA in the lead, is beyond dispute.
wearesparc.org
April 23, 2026 at 8:11 AM
"Globalisation, far from producing peaceful economic competition and state cooperation, has given birth to new and virulent forms of imperialism... resting on the organisation of production across borders and the command of money and finance." #imperialism #capitalism
wearesparc.org/balancesheet...
wearesparc.org/balancesheet...
Reposted by Verena Gradinger
As put by JP Morgan: "In bear markets, stocks return to their rightful owners"
ie Only those w privileged access to credit & high quality collateral survive. With each financial crisis since 1980s there has been wave of consolidation across all industries, inc housing assets
bsky.app/profile/70sb...
ie Only those w privileged access to credit & high quality collateral survive. With each financial crisis since 1980s there has been wave of consolidation across all industries, inc housing assets
bsky.app/profile/70sb...
April 24, 2026 at 6:30 PM
As put by JP Morgan: "In bear markets, stocks return to their rightful owners"
ie Only those w privileged access to credit & high quality collateral survive. With each financial crisis since 1980s there has been wave of consolidation across all industries, inc housing assets
bsky.app/profile/70sb...
ie Only those w privileged access to credit & high quality collateral survive. With each financial crisis since 1980s there has been wave of consolidation across all industries, inc housing assets
bsky.app/profile/70sb...
Reposted by Verena Gradinger
April 25, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Let's fucking go
April 12, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Let's fucking go
We have extended the CfP until next week, April 17th
If you considered applying and haven't done so this far, this is your chance!
If you considered applying and haven't done so this far, this is your chance!
We are hosting a workshop on methodology, bringing together both qualitative and quantitative methods on balance sheets and money hierarchy.
12-13 June at FU.
Applications to [email protected]
12-13 June at FU.
Applications to [email protected]
📣 Call for Papers 📣
The OBFA-TRANSFORM research group is hosting a workshop on 12-13 June at the Freie Universität Berlin!
The title is "Monetary Architecture. Mapping the Web of Interlocking Balance Sheets in Times of Change".
See the CfP here: tinyurl.com/5n7aab2r
▶️ Apply by 10 April
The OBFA-TRANSFORM research group is hosting a workshop on 12-13 June at the Freie Universität Berlin!
The title is "Monetary Architecture. Mapping the Web of Interlocking Balance Sheets in Times of Change".
See the CfP here: tinyurl.com/5n7aab2r
▶️ Apply by 10 April
April 10, 2026 at 5:06 PM
We have extended the CfP until next week, April 17th
If you considered applying and haven't done so this far, this is your chance!
If you considered applying and haven't done so this far, this is your chance!
We are hosting a workshop on methodology, bringing together both qualitative and quantitative methods on balance sheets and money hierarchy.
12-13 June at FU.
Applications to [email protected]
12-13 June at FU.
Applications to [email protected]
📣 Call for Papers 📣
The OBFA-TRANSFORM research group is hosting a workshop on 12-13 June at the Freie Universität Berlin!
The title is "Monetary Architecture. Mapping the Web of Interlocking Balance Sheets in Times of Change".
See the CfP here: tinyurl.com/5n7aab2r
▶️ Apply by 10 April
The OBFA-TRANSFORM research group is hosting a workshop on 12-13 June at the Freie Universität Berlin!
The title is "Monetary Architecture. Mapping the Web of Interlocking Balance Sheets in Times of Change".
See the CfP here: tinyurl.com/5n7aab2r
▶️ Apply by 10 April
March 28, 2026 at 9:55 AM
We are hosting a workshop on methodology, bringing together both qualitative and quantitative methods on balance sheets and money hierarchy.
12-13 June at FU.
Applications to [email protected]
12-13 June at FU.
Applications to [email protected]
I am teaching in 1 hour and my slides are not done wish me luck lol
March 26, 2026 at 10:37 AM
I am teaching in 1 hour and my slides are not done wish me luck lol
Put down social media.
Text your 5 best friends/group chats of choice that article you have been reading and get angry of them for not putting down everything and sending you an adequate response within 30 minutes.
Text your 5 best friends/group chats of choice that article you have been reading and get angry of them for not putting down everything and sending you an adequate response within 30 minutes.
March 4, 2026 at 10:42 AM
Put down social media.
Text your 5 best friends/group chats of choice that article you have been reading and get angry of them for not putting down everything and sending you an adequate response within 30 minutes.
Text your 5 best friends/group chats of choice that article you have been reading and get angry of them for not putting down everything and sending you an adequate response within 30 minutes.
Private credit people going to work on a random Tuesday
a man and a woman are walking through a clear bubble on a sidewalk with a no parking sign in the background
ALT: a man and a woman are walking through a clear bubble on a sidewalk with a no parking sign in the background
media.tenor.com
February 22, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Private credit people going to work on a random Tuesday
I love a good "see this problem is not new my dear pk friends" quote, especially when it concerns the role of the state and financial markets
Enough ‘now is the time of monsters’, in with ‘widespread participation in financial markets compels contradictory state action to backstop financial markets’ Gramsci.
January 20, 2026 at 1:50 PM
I love a good "see this problem is not new my dear pk friends" quote, especially when it concerns the role of the state and financial markets
Currently closely monitoring the gold price based on the line outside of the goldsmith's next to my therapist's office
January 19, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Currently closely monitoring the gold price based on the line outside of the goldsmith's next to my therapist's office
Me teaching dialectical materialism to the kids
it's about oil (superstructure), not oil (base), to put it in marxo terms
The amount of “this is clearly about oil” posting across all platforms as story after story comes out where the oil industry is saying that the oil isn’t worth extracting is making me feel a little insane
January 5, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Me teaching dialectical materialism to the kids
If you're only going to read one paper about the Eurocrisis in your entire life, it should be this one.
The devil's in the details, but what makes this paper so strong is that it once and for all disproves the way many economists and politicians alike talk about the Eurocrisis
The devil's in the details, but what makes this paper so strong is that it once and for all disproves the way many economists and politicians alike talk about the Eurocrisis
We recently published a study on the transformation of the Eurozone architecture (🔗 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers...., with Alex Goghie, Matteo Giordano & @rikereimer.bsky.social) and launched an accompanying interactive online tool (🔗 monetary-architecture.com).
This is how it came to be 👇
This is how it came to be 👇
December 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
If you're only going to read one paper about the Eurocrisis in your entire life, it should be this one.
The devil's in the details, but what makes this paper so strong is that it once and for all disproves the way many economists and politicians alike talk about the Eurocrisis
The devil's in the details, but what makes this paper so strong is that it once and for all disproves the way many economists and politicians alike talk about the Eurocrisis
Our website is refurbished, our datasets are online, and you can now see what we've been up to in applying Monetary Architecture to explain financial cycles and balance sheet expansion & contraction.
Very excited to have this out and looking forward to the many more things to come!
Very excited to have this out and looking forward to the many more things to come!
📣 News from the OBFA-TRANSFORM project 📣
Our Emmy Noether research group is fast approaching its halfway point and we’ve recently received confirmation of funding from @dfg.de for the second project period from 2026 to 2029 🎊
That's why we are launching our new website at obfa-transform.eu
Our Emmy Noether research group is fast approaching its halfway point and we’ve recently received confirmation of funding from @dfg.de for the second project period from 2026 to 2029 🎊
That's why we are launching our new website at obfa-transform.eu
November 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Our website is refurbished, our datasets are online, and you can now see what we've been up to in applying Monetary Architecture to explain financial cycles and balance sheet expansion & contraction.
Very excited to have this out and looking forward to the many more things to come!
Very excited to have this out and looking forward to the many more things to come!
Reposted by Verena Gradinger
📣 News from the OBFA-TRANSFORM project 📣
Our Emmy Noether research group is fast approaching its halfway point and we’ve recently received confirmation of funding from @dfg.de for the second project period from 2026 to 2029 🎊
That's why we are launching our new website at obfa-transform.eu
Our Emmy Noether research group is fast approaching its halfway point and we’ve recently received confirmation of funding from @dfg.de for the second project period from 2026 to 2029 🎊
That's why we are launching our new website at obfa-transform.eu
November 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
📣 News from the OBFA-TRANSFORM project 📣
Our Emmy Noether research group is fast approaching its halfway point and we’ve recently received confirmation of funding from @dfg.de for the second project period from 2026 to 2029 🎊
That's why we are launching our new website at obfa-transform.eu
Our Emmy Noether research group is fast approaching its halfway point and we’ve recently received confirmation of funding from @dfg.de for the second project period from 2026 to 2029 🎊
That's why we are launching our new website at obfa-transform.eu
POV: the deadline for the PhD proposal is in 52 hours and you are starting to question all your life decisions
October 31, 2025 at 7:26 PM
POV: the deadline for the PhD proposal is in 52 hours and you are starting to question all your life decisions
Me
"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"
October 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Me
Reposted by Verena Gradinger
SAPE 2 Imperialism: Economics of Re-armament and Militarism with Costas Lapavitsas and Clara Mattei, chaired by Hanin Khawaja is on 📍Wednesday 29 October 6-8pm UK time📍. Supported by @gftuet.org.uk
Please find the discussion topics below.
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Please find the discussion topics below.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:56 AM
SAPE 2 Imperialism: Economics of Re-armament and Militarism with Costas Lapavitsas and Clara Mattei, chaired by Hanin Khawaja is on 📍Wednesday 29 October 6-8pm UK time📍. Supported by @gftuet.org.uk
Please find the discussion topics below.
Sign up to receive Zoom link: bit.ly/47u3rZb
Please find the discussion topics below.
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Join us at this year's Historical Materialism Conference - to discuss pressing issues such as rising authoritarianism and climate breakdown, the new age of Imperialism and the social foundations of AI.
If you're lucky you might even get to fight some cultural Marxists after a few drinks ;)
If you're lucky you might even get to fight some cultural Marxists after a few drinks ;)
BADA BOOM! The HM London Conference programme is now online!
Online registrations close Tuesday 4 November at midnight GMT!
Online registrations close Tuesday 4 November at midnight GMT!
Twenty-Second Annual Conference - Historical Materialism
Deadline extended to 27 May! Resurgent Reaction: Marxist Strategies at the End of the Liberal Order 6-9 November 2025, SOAS, Russell Square, Central London Deadline for abstracts: Friday 16 May 2025
www.historicalmaterialism.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Join us at this year's Historical Materialism Conference - to discuss pressing issues such as rising authoritarianism and climate breakdown, the new age of Imperialism and the social foundations of AI.
If you're lucky you might even get to fight some cultural Marxists after a few drinks ;)
If you're lucky you might even get to fight some cultural Marxists after a few drinks ;)
Thank you so much for organising this! Not only were the presentations amazing, but also very helpful in finding inspiration for my PhD proposal.
Plus I am now convinced that Leeds has by far one of the coolest PhD cohorts in the field of Economics
Plus I am now convinced that Leeds has by far one of the coolest PhD cohorts in the field of Economics
On Tuesday, we hosted a workshop on Global Banking and Global Stability (one of my favorite topics and the focus of my PhD) at the University of Leeds with many of my favorite researchers in the field.
Porque los gustos hay que dárselos en vida (y antes que se termine el doctorado).
Porque los gustos hay que dárselos en vida (y antes que se termine el doctorado).
October 24, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Thank you so much for organising this! Not only were the presentations amazing, but also very helpful in finding inspiration for my PhD proposal.
Plus I am now convinced that Leeds has by far one of the coolest PhD cohorts in the field of Economics
Plus I am now convinced that Leeds has by far one of the coolest PhD cohorts in the field of Economics
Reposted by Verena Gradinger
On Tuesday, we hosted a workshop on Global Banking and Global Stability (one of my favorite topics and the focus of my PhD) at the University of Leeds with many of my favorite researchers in the field.
Porque los gustos hay que dárselos en vida (y antes que se termine el doctorado).
Porque los gustos hay que dárselos en vida (y antes que se termine el doctorado).
October 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
On Tuesday, we hosted a workshop on Global Banking and Global Stability (one of my favorite topics and the focus of my PhD) at the University of Leeds with many of my favorite researchers in the field.
Porque los gustos hay que dárselos en vida (y antes que se termine el doctorado).
Porque los gustos hay que dárselos en vida (y antes que se termine el doctorado).
This is quite frankly so much worse than I imagined...
Former Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz: ‘I will remain someone with a political opinion’ - on.ft.com/47mmHWV via @FT
Former Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz: ‘I will remain someone with a political opinion’ - on.ft.com/47mmHWV via @FT
Former Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz: ‘I will remain someone with a political opinion’
The politician-turned-entrepreneur on his cyber security start-up, why Europe risks missing out on AI innovation — and his dealings with Peter Thiel
on.ft.com
October 24, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This is quite frankly so much worse than I imagined...
Former Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz: ‘I will remain someone with a political opinion’ - on.ft.com/47mmHWV via @FT
Former Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz: ‘I will remain someone with a political opinion’ - on.ft.com/47mmHWV via @FT
Every day I wake up and wonder if there will be any "safe assets" left to analyse by the time I start my PhD
October 23, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Every day I wake up and wonder if there will be any "safe assets" left to analyse by the time I start my PhD