David Fields
@profdavidfields.bsky.social
Classical-Keynesian Institutionalist Political Economist.
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New co-authored paper with Adem Elveren. www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) The Capitalogenic Security Trilemma: Ecological (In)security as a Structural Condition of the Modern World-System
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September 3, 2026 at 5:22 AM
New co-authored paper with Adem Elveren. www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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Measure for Measure: A Shakespearean Defense of the NYC Tenants’ Rights Movement
Measure for Measure: A Shakespearean Defense of the NYC Tenants’ Rights Movement
by Antonia Marrero On July 16, 2026, Mayor Zohran Mamdani gathered at the historic Tenement Museum alongside housing advocates and organizers to release New York City’s landmark Rental Ripoff…
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July 25, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Measure for Measure: A Shakespearean Defense of the NYC Tenants’ Rights Movement
New co-authored paper with Adem Elveren and Ünal Töngür. We present an empirical examination of the impact of neoliberalism, operationalized through profit share, on human security. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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July 21, 2026 at 5:32 PM
New co-authored paper with Adem Elveren and Ünal Töngür. We present an empirical examination of the impact of neoliberalism, operationalized through profit share, on human security. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
One of the most expensive markets nationwide, failing to deliver any trickle down benefits to the broader population from excess supply. YIMBY is an illusion, nothing short of purposeful deception.
Apartment availability in Boston climbs to the highest level in years #news
https://www.boston.com/real-estate/renting/2026/05/06/apartment-availability-in-boston-climbs-to-the-highest-level-in-years/
https://www.boston.com/real-estate/renting/2026/05/06/apartment-availability-in-boston-climbs-to-the-highest-level-in-years/
Apartment availability in Boston climbs to the highest level in years
Boston.com
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May 7, 2026 at 3:06 PM
One of the most expensive markets nationwide, failing to deliver any trickle down benefits to the broader population from excess supply. YIMBY is an illusion, nothing short of purposeful deception.
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#OtD 6 May 1919 Alejandro Finisterre, anarchist poet and inventor of the Spanish version of foosball was born. He invented the game after seeing children who'd been injured during the Spanish revolution. More about him here: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1064...
May 6, 2026 at 6:40 AM
#OtD 6 May 1919 Alejandro Finisterre, anarchist poet and inventor of the Spanish version of foosball was born. He invented the game after seeing children who'd been injured during the Spanish revolution. More about him here: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1064...
The Fed held today. It will probably hold again or may lower rates….the question that its sterile communiqués will never concretely answer is: for whom? But, that’s the point. utahvanguard.medium.com/the-feds-fro...
The Fed’s Frozen Hand?
By David Fields,
utahvanguard.medium.com
April 29, 2026 at 8:10 PM
The Fed held today. It will probably hold again or may lower rates….the question that its sterile communiqués will never concretely answer is: for whom? But, that’s the point. utahvanguard.medium.com/the-feds-fro...
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57 of my fellow students were arrested, academically disciplined, and barred from campus 2 weeks before finals.
And then the visas of some of those students were quietly revoked.
And then the DEI office was killed.
And then we watched our mentors’ grants evaporate over “woke”.
And then the visas of some of those students were quietly revoked.
And then the DEI office was killed.
And then we watched our mentors’ grants evaporate over “woke”.
March 25, 2026 at 9:41 PM
57 of my fellow students were arrested, academically disciplined, and barred from campus 2 weeks before finals.
And then the visas of some of those students were quietly revoked.
And then the DEI office was killed.
And then we watched our mentors’ grants evaporate over “woke”.
And then the visas of some of those students were quietly revoked.
And then the DEI office was killed.
And then we watched our mentors’ grants evaporate over “woke”.
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this Tuesday I will be speaking about my book, The Future That Was, with fabulous responses from Adom Getachew, Pratap B Mehta, and Camille Robcis at Columbia Law School at 6 PM
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March 22, 2026 at 7:53 PM
this Tuesday I will be speaking about my book, The Future That Was, with fabulous responses from Adom Getachew, Pratap B Mehta, and Camille Robcis at Columbia Law School at 6 PM
register here:
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Hot off the press! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
For Whom Does One Toil? Time Use Differentials, Social Reproduction, and Occupational Prestige
Social reproduction theory builds upon Marxist theories that center on the extent to which labor power is the source of capital’s growth through the exploitation of the working class, providing a u...
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March 12, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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YIMBY is the empirically untenable belief that housing needs can be met by market demand. The latter is about buyers/investors who can afford to buy or rent. The former is actually securing socially equitable housing for which the market cannot do. assets.ctfassets.net/6sxvmndnpn0s...
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February 19, 2026 at 7:58 PM
YIMBY is the empirically untenable belief that housing needs can be met by market demand. The latter is about buyers/investors who can afford to buy or rent. The former is actually securing socially equitable housing for which the market cannot do. assets.ctfassets.net/6sxvmndnpn0s...
To effect genuine change, it is imperative that ICE, and by definition, DHS, along with the police and prison industry of which they are deeply embedded, be systematically dismantled.
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A Crimmigration Crucible: The Bipartisan Roots and Evolution of DHS and ICE
By David Fields,
utahvanguard.medium.com
January 26, 2026 at 7:41 PM
To effect genuine change, it is imperative that ICE, and by definition, DHS, along with the police and prison industry of which they are deeply embedded, be systematically dismantled.
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Rest in Peace and in Power, Alex Jeffery Pretti, America’s son, brother, and Helper. Condolences to your friends and family. You deserve Justice, and I believe Americans will Demand It! It is time to dismantle the criminal regime who bear responsibility!
January 25, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Rest in Peace and in Power, Alex Jeffery Pretti, America’s son, brother, and Helper. Condolences to your friends and family. You deserve Justice, and I believe Americans will Demand It! It is time to dismantle the criminal regime who bear responsibility!
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“This is not just a local struggle,” Betancourt said. “It is a test of who we are as a nation and what kind of future we will build together.”
“We’ll All Go Down to Jail”: January 23 Minnesota Shutdown Begins With Civil Disobedience
Some 100 faith leaders are braving freezing temperatures to block a key road outside of the Minneapolis–St. Paul Airport to protest ICE.
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January 23, 2026 at 5:51 PM
“This is not just a local struggle,” Betancourt said. “It is a test of who we are as a nation and what kind of future we will build together.”
This is not driven by the so-called forces of supply & demand. To counteract losses due to increased credit costs resulting from a long period of monetary austerity, landlords are lowering top-tier rents to attract tenants and fill vacant units. YIMBY is nothing but a scam.
Salt Lake City has seen lower rents in recent months due to a surplus of apartments coming onto the market.
Surplus of apartments creates competition among landlords, driving rent prices down
Salt Lake City has seen lower rents in recent months due to a surplus of apartments coming onto the market.The surplus has created more competition among landlo
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January 23, 2026 at 5:45 PM
This is not driven by the so-called forces of supply & demand. To counteract losses due to increased credit costs resulting from a long period of monetary austerity, landlords are lowering top-tier rents to attract tenants and fill vacant units. YIMBY is nothing but a scam.
I'm thrilled to announce that the chapter I co-authored with @nakedkeynes.bsky.social and Nathaniel Cline has been officially published in "Deweaponizing Interdependence", a book edited by Jamie Morgan and Heikki Patomaki www.bloomsbury.com/uk/deweaponi...
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January 16, 2026 at 4:55 PM
I'm thrilled to announce that the chapter I co-authored with @nakedkeynes.bsky.social and Nathaniel Cline has been officially published in "Deweaponizing Interdependence", a book edited by Jamie Morgan and Heikki Patomaki www.bloomsbury.com/uk/deweaponi...
The current political turmoil in Iran can only be fully understood within a longue durée context of US imperialism.
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The Bipartisan US Resource War on Iran: A Longue Durée Imperialism
By David Fields
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January 12, 2026 at 11:42 PM
The current political turmoil in Iran can only be fully understood within a longue durée context of US imperialism.
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He is correct in pointing out the issue of intimidation, but his claim that he and the Fed have set interest rates based on principles of public interest and empirical rationality is utterly absurd.
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
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January 12, 2026 at 4:52 AM
He is correct in pointing out the issue of intimidation, but his claim that he and the Fed have set interest rates based on principles of public interest and empirical rationality is utterly absurd.
My entry on central banking and social conflict for the recently published second edition of the Elgar Encyclopedia of Central Banking www.researchgate.net/publication/...
(PDF) Central banking and social conflict
PDF | On Dec 16, 2025, David M. Fields published Central banking and social conflict | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
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January 6, 2026 at 9:32 PM
My entry on central banking and social conflict for the recently published second edition of the Elgar Encyclopedia of Central Banking www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Trump’s direct military offensive against Venezuela is the culmination of a 30 year bipartisan process of regime change. utahvanguard.medium.com/on-venezuela...
On Venezuela: A Three-Decade US Campaign for Regime Change
By David Fields,
utahvanguard.medium.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Trump’s direct military offensive against Venezuela is the culmination of a 30 year bipartisan process of regime change. utahvanguard.medium.com/on-venezuela...
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BREAKING: Explosions have been heard and smoke is rising over the Venezuelan capital, according to Al Jazeera correspondent, as tensions with the US spiral. Parts of the city’s south, near a major military base, have reportedly lost power aje.io/pv5l3e
January 3, 2026 at 6:48 AM
BREAKING: Explosions have been heard and smoke is rising over the Venezuelan capital, according to Al Jazeera correspondent, as tensions with the US spiral. Parts of the city’s south, near a major military base, have reportedly lost power aje.io/pv5l3e
If Mamdani is indeed as progressive as he says he is then he would realize that YIMBY is a total scam. utahvanguard.medium.com/mamdanis-yim...
January 3, 2026 at 1:10 AM
If Mamdani is indeed as progressive as he says he is then he would realize that YIMBY is a total scam. utahvanguard.medium.com/mamdanis-yim...
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#OtD 2 Jan 1905 @IWW union was conceived in the US at the Conference of Industrial Unionists in Chicago. Formally constituted at a subsequent conference in June, the IWW was a new kind of revolutionary, multi-racial union to unite all workers. Learn more: workingclasshistory.com/2018/05/23/w...
January 2, 2026 at 5:10 PM
#OtD 2 Jan 1905 @IWW union was conceived in the US at the Conference of Industrial Unionists in Chicago. Formally constituted at a subsequent conference in June, the IWW was a new kind of revolutionary, multi-racial union to unite all workers. Learn more: workingclasshistory.com/2018/05/23/w...
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January 2, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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