@hulya-dagdeviren.bsky.social
Prof of Economic Development Univ. of Hertfordshire. Editor-in-Chief of Competition & Change.
@CompChange
https://researchprofiles.herts.ac.uk/en/persons/hulya-dagdeviren
@CompChange
https://researchprofiles.herts.ac.uk/en/persons/hulya-dagdeviren
ETUC Report - Labour Squeezed, Investment Stalled: Hidden Cost of Financialisation:
• Dividends & share buybacks rose from 27% to 68% of net profit
• Investment fell from 18.9% to 7.4% of gross profit
• Most restructuring firms paid a dividend the same year
www.etuc.org/en/document/...
• Dividends & share buybacks rose from 27% to 68% of net profit
• Investment fell from 18.9% to 7.4% of gross profit
• Most restructuring firms paid a dividend the same year
www.etuc.org/en/document/...
www.etuc.org
July 3, 2026 at 9:18 AM
ETUC Report - Labour Squeezed, Investment Stalled: Hidden Cost of Financialisation:
• Dividends & share buybacks rose from 27% to 68% of net profit
• Investment fell from 18.9% to 7.4% of gross profit
• Most restructuring firms paid a dividend the same year
www.etuc.org/en/document/...
• Dividends & share buybacks rose from 27% to 68% of net profit
• Investment fell from 18.9% to 7.4% of gross profit
• Most restructuring firms paid a dividend the same year
www.etuc.org/en/document/...
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With the likely change in leadership to Andy Burnham and eyes on "Manchesterism" and the way municipal govt can contest privatisation, this is a good time to read our new paper on:
How places are contesting the privatisation of local public services academic.oup.com/cjres/articl...
How places are contesting the privatisation of local public services academic.oup.com/cjres/articl...
June 23, 2026 at 3:50 PM
With the likely change in leadership to Andy Burnham and eyes on "Manchesterism" and the way municipal govt can contest privatisation, this is a good time to read our new paper on:
How places are contesting the privatisation of local public services academic.oup.com/cjres/articl...
How places are contesting the privatisation of local public services academic.oup.com/cjres/articl...
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Corporate Welfare
In the last 3 yrs UK Govt gave £100bn subsidy to banks in the form of interest on central reserves.
Practice started in 2009 after govt created QE. It was supposed to compensate for ultra low interest rates.
EU mostly stopped such payments in 2023
What would you do with £100bn?
In the last 3 yrs UK Govt gave £100bn subsidy to banks in the form of interest on central reserves.
Practice started in 2009 after govt created QE. It was supposed to compensate for ultra low interest rates.
EU mostly stopped such payments in 2023
What would you do with £100bn?
Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament
Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.
questions-statements.parliament.uk
April 17, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Corporate Welfare
In the last 3 yrs UK Govt gave £100bn subsidy to banks in the form of interest on central reserves.
Practice started in 2009 after govt created QE. It was supposed to compensate for ultra low interest rates.
EU mostly stopped such payments in 2023
What would you do with £100bn?
In the last 3 yrs UK Govt gave £100bn subsidy to banks in the form of interest on central reserves.
Practice started in 2009 after govt created QE. It was supposed to compensate for ultra low interest rates.
EU mostly stopped such payments in 2023
What would you do with £100bn?
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With housing affordability one of the hattest topics of our times, this policy brief could not be more timely.
With the Progressive Politics Research Network, we have published 8 new research briefs on the politics of housing. What does a progressive agenda on housing look like? Which elements are important? What the hurdles are and how can they be overcome?
politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/progressive-...
politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/progressive-...
November 27, 2025 at 2:55 PM
With housing affordability one of the hattest topics of our times, this policy brief could not be more timely.
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Developers met ministers dozens of times over planning bill while ecologists were shut out
Developers met ministers dozens of times over planning bill while ecologists were shut out
Exclusive: Leading ecologists say warnings over threat to wildlife have been ignored in drive to build 1.5m new homes
The scale of lobbying of ministers by developers on Labour’s landmark planning changes, which seek to rip up environmental rules to boost growth, can be exposed as campaigners make last-ditch attempts to secure protections for nature.
The government published its planning and infrastructure bill in March. Before and after the bill’s publication the chancellor, Rachel Reeves, and housing minister Matthew Pennycook have met dozens of developers in numerous meetings. The body representing professional ecologists, meanwhile, has not met one minister despite requests to do so. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Developers met ministers dozens of times over planning bill while ecologists were shut out
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Our article with @hulya-dagdeviren.bsky.social and Ben Tippet is out in Socio-Economic Review!
We examine pension financialisation and pension wealth inequality in the UK — focusing on how the rise of Defined Contribution (DC).
academic.oup.com/ser/advance-...
We examine pension financialisation and pension wealth inequality in the UK — focusing on how the rise of Defined Contribution (DC).
academic.oup.com/ser/advance-...
Pension financialization and workplace pension wealth inequality: evidence from Britain
Abstract. The growth of Defined Contribution (DC) pensions, in which retirement depends on individual savings and financial market investments, has been a
academic.oup.com
October 27, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Our article with @hulya-dagdeviren.bsky.social and Ben Tippet is out in Socio-Economic Review!
We examine pension financialisation and pension wealth inequality in the UK — focusing on how the rise of Defined Contribution (DC).
academic.oup.com/ser/advance-...
We examine pension financialisation and pension wealth inequality in the UK — focusing on how the rise of Defined Contribution (DC).
academic.oup.com/ser/advance-...
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Now open access on @tandfresearch.bsky.social!
Ní Chasaide, N., & Ó Riain, S. (2025). Tax games: the case of Ireland in the global dynamics of corporate taxation. Review of International Political Economy
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Ní Chasaide, N., & Ó Riain, S. (2025). Tax games: the case of Ireland in the global dynamics of corporate taxation. Review of International Political Economy
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Tax games: the case of Ireland in the global dynamics of corporate taxation
This article proposes a new analytical framework of ‘tax games’ providing fresh insights into the dynamics of global corporate taxation. Tax games are defined as institutionalised configurations of...
www.tandfonline.com
September 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Now open access on @tandfresearch.bsky.social!
Ní Chasaide, N., & Ó Riain, S. (2025). Tax games: the case of Ireland in the global dynamics of corporate taxation. Review of International Political Economy
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Ní Chasaide, N., & Ó Riain, S. (2025). Tax games: the case of Ireland in the global dynamics of corporate taxation. Review of International Political Economy
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Tesla has a clean energy arm and applied in July for a licence to supply power to British homes.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Block Elon Musk’s bid to supply UK home energy, Ed Davey urges
Exclusive: Lib Dem leader says giving Tesla a foothold in Britain’s energy market could be national security risk
www.theguardian.com
August 22, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Tesla has a clean energy arm and applied in July for a licence to supply power to British homes.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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New piece on Carbon Colonialism, net-zero nonsense, and how the UK Government's climate advisors (and many experts) shy away from speaking truth to power. We need a fundamental reboot of climate policy; - physics doesn't care about political sensibilities. theconversation.com/the-uks-year...
The UK’s year of climate U-turns exposes a deeper failure
Breaking free of the dangerous pretence that current efforts suffice demands a fundamental rethink of the UK’s climate policy consensus.
theconversation.com
August 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM
New piece on Carbon Colonialism, net-zero nonsense, and how the UK Government's climate advisors (and many experts) shy away from speaking truth to power. We need a fundamental reboot of climate policy; - physics doesn't care about political sensibilities. theconversation.com/the-uks-year...
David Lammy faces possible legal action over Foreign Office secondments. Placing staff from Shell and BAE Systems in ministries creates potential for improper influence. David Lammy faces possible legal action over Foreign Office secondments www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
David Lammy faces possible legal action over Foreign Office secondments
Campaigners say placing staff from Shell and BAE Systems in ministries creates potential for improper influence
www.theguardian.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:18 AM
David Lammy faces possible legal action over Foreign Office secondments. Placing staff from Shell and BAE Systems in ministries creates potential for improper influence. David Lammy faces possible legal action over Foreign Office secondments www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
British state, stripped of resources by 14 years of reckless rightwing government [is] contorting itself to maintain relations with ever more extreme regimes abroad... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
British state, stripped of resources by 14 years of reckless rightwing government [is] contorting itself to maintain relations with ever more extreme regimes abroad... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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We are delighted that our Special Issue on "The Politics of Growth, Stagnation and Upgrading in Peripheral Economies" coedited w/ @fbulfone.bsky.social & Aldo Madariaga is now out in Competition & Change @compchange.bsky.social, Vol. 29(3–4).
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/1024...
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/1024...
July 18, 2025 at 10:01 AM
We are delighted that our Special Issue on "The Politics of Growth, Stagnation and Upgrading in Peripheral Economies" coedited w/ @fbulfone.bsky.social & Aldo Madariaga is now out in Competition & Change @compchange.bsky.social, Vol. 29(3–4).
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/1024...
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/1024...
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♨️Hot off the press
The 3⃣rd article of our SI (w/ @elsaclaramassoc.bsky.social) on the Transformation of Banking @Competition is online
Fulya Apaydin, Dora Piroska & I study the various ways in which authoritarian leaders instrumentalise the banking sector 👇
doi.org/10.1177/1024...
The 3⃣rd article of our SI (w/ @elsaclaramassoc.bsky.social) on the Transformation of Banking @Competition is online
Fulya Apaydin, Dora Piroska & I study the various ways in which authoritarian leaders instrumentalise the banking sector 👇
doi.org/10.1177/1024...
August 6, 2025 at 5:38 AM
♨️Hot off the press
The 3⃣rd article of our SI (w/ @elsaclaramassoc.bsky.social) on the Transformation of Banking @Competition is online
Fulya Apaydin, Dora Piroska & I study the various ways in which authoritarian leaders instrumentalise the banking sector 👇
doi.org/10.1177/1024...
The 3⃣rd article of our SI (w/ @elsaclaramassoc.bsky.social) on the Transformation of Banking @Competition is online
Fulya Apaydin, Dora Piroska & I study the various ways in which authoritarian leaders instrumentalise the banking sector 👇
doi.org/10.1177/1024...
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Southern Water applies for permission to draw water from rare chalk stream.
Macquarie controlled company loses 91m litres of water per day to leaks.
No new reservoirs built since 1989.
Dumped sewage for 300,000 hours into rivers.
Customer bills up 47% this year.
End fleecing. Nationalise water.
Macquarie controlled company loses 91m litres of water per day to leaks.
No new reservoirs built since 1989.
Dumped sewage for 300,000 hours into rivers.
Customer bills up 47% this year.
End fleecing. Nationalise water.
Southern Water applies for permission to draw water from rare chalk stream
Environment secretary urged to stop drought order that could damage the ecology of River Test in Hampshire
www.theguardian.com
August 6, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Southern Water applies for permission to draw water from rare chalk stream.
Macquarie controlled company loses 91m litres of water per day to leaks.
No new reservoirs built since 1989.
Dumped sewage for 300,000 hours into rivers.
Customer bills up 47% this year.
End fleecing. Nationalise water.
Macquarie controlled company loses 91m litres of water per day to leaks.
No new reservoirs built since 1989.
Dumped sewage for 300,000 hours into rivers.
Customer bills up 47% this year.
End fleecing. Nationalise water.
A fair price to the public for water nationalisation | Letter www.theguardian.com/business/202...
A fair price to the public for water nationalisation | Letter
Letter: The government is wrong on the cost of bringing water back into public ownership, write Prof Becky Malby, Dr Kate Bayliss, Prof Frances Cleaver and Prof Ewan McGaughey
www.theguardian.com
August 4, 2025 at 9:19 AM
A fair price to the public for water nationalisation | Letter www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Interesting handbook on Degrowth here. Open access www.taylorfrancis.com/reader/downl...
e-Reader | Taylor & Francis Group eBooks, Reference Works and Collections
www.taylorfrancis.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Interesting handbook on Degrowth here. Open access www.taylorfrancis.com/reader/downl...
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🚨New article out with @mattvermeir.bsky.social in @compchange.bsky.social: "Rolling out the Wall Street Consensus? MDBs & the Trilemma of Private Capital Mobilization"
We examine why MDBs are failing to deliver on the promise of "mobilizing trillions" for the SDGs👇
Here:
We examine why MDBs are failing to deliver on the promise of "mobilizing trillions" for the SDGs👇
Here:
Rolling out the Wall Street Consensus? Multilateral development banks and the trilemma of private capital mobilization - Anissa Bougrea, Mattias Vermeiren, 2025
This article offers the first comprehensive account of the challenges Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) face in implementing the Wall Street Consensus, a fi...
journals.sagepub.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:33 AM
🚨New article out with @mattvermeir.bsky.social in @compchange.bsky.social: "Rolling out the Wall Street Consensus? MDBs & the Trilemma of Private Capital Mobilization"
We examine why MDBs are failing to deliver on the promise of "mobilizing trillions" for the SDGs👇
Here:
We examine why MDBs are failing to deliver on the promise of "mobilizing trillions" for the SDGs👇
Here:
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🚨 New publication out: “The Anatomy of Chinese Capitalism” (Competition & Change / Köncke, Erlbacher & Schmalz, 2025)
How and to what extent does the party-state govern top Chinese firms?
We unpack this with new data and a sectoral lens.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/1024...
@sfb294.bsky.social
How and to what extent does the party-state govern top Chinese firms?
We unpack this with new data and a sectoral lens.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/1024...
@sfb294.bsky.social
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July 30, 2025 at 7:29 AM
🚨 New publication out: “The Anatomy of Chinese Capitalism” (Competition & Change / Köncke, Erlbacher & Schmalz, 2025)
How and to what extent does the party-state govern top Chinese firms?
We unpack this with new data and a sectoral lens.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/1024...
@sfb294.bsky.social
How and to what extent does the party-state govern top Chinese firms?
We unpack this with new data and a sectoral lens.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/1024...
@sfb294.bsky.social
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Are you ready to hand more than £1,000bn to England's privatised water companies by 2050?
Shareholders don't invest. Money will be extracted from customers, shareholders will own the resulting assets and income streams and collect dividends.
Public ownership is the only sane way.
Shareholders don't invest. Money will be extracted from customers, shareholders will own the resulting assets and income streams and collect dividends.
Public ownership is the only sane way.
Public ownership is the only way to save the water industry
Public ownership is the only viable alternative but is opposed by the government
leftfootforward.org
July 27, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Are you ready to hand more than £1,000bn to England's privatised water companies by 2050?
Shareholders don't invest. Money will be extracted from customers, shareholders will own the resulting assets and income streams and collect dividends.
Public ownership is the only sane way.
Shareholders don't invest. Money will be extracted from customers, shareholders will own the resulting assets and income streams and collect dividends.
Public ownership is the only sane way.
📢New book on the block📢 curious and looking forward to checking this out. www.routledge.com/Realizing-an...
Realizing an Alternative Political Economy of Sustainability: The Contributions of Radical Ecology and Heterodox Economics
Engagement with and between a plurality of progressive, non-neoclassical traditions is an important step in fostering a more capacious understanding of sustainability – both as a concept and as a poli...
www.routledge.com
July 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
📢New book on the block📢 curious and looking forward to checking this out. www.routledge.com/Realizing-an...
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I'm very happy to be joining the editorial board of Competition & Change, a journal which has become home to some of the best and most stimulating interdisciplinary research in political economy and socioeconomics. Give us a follow and stay tuned for updates!
Hello! 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 has joined Bsky. We'll be sharing new articles and other journal-related updates.
To start, excellent news: Our 2024 impact factor is up four points: 3.4.
This reflects the high-quality work of our authors, reviewers, and editors—thank you, and keep them coming! 🙏
To start, excellent news: Our 2024 impact factor is up four points: 3.4.
This reflects the high-quality work of our authors, reviewers, and editors—thank you, and keep them coming! 🙏
June 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I'm very happy to be joining the editorial board of Competition & Change, a journal which has become home to some of the best and most stimulating interdisciplinary research in political economy and socioeconomics. Give us a follow and stay tuned for updates!
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Look who's here, and doing very well 👇
Hello! 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 has joined Bsky. We'll be sharing new articles and other journal-related updates.
To start, excellent news: Our 2024 impact factor is up four points: 3.4.
This reflects the high-quality work of our authors, reviewers, and editors—thank you, and keep them coming! 🙏
To start, excellent news: Our 2024 impact factor is up four points: 3.4.
This reflects the high-quality work of our authors, reviewers, and editors—thank you, and keep them coming! 🙏
June 19, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Look who's here, and doing very well 👇