gavinfridell.bsky.social
Professor of Politics and Global Development Studies, coauthor of Trade Fetishism @Routledge, Rethinking Development Politics @ElgarPublishing and Global Libidinal Economy @SUNYPress || https://www.smu.ca/researchers/arts/profiles/gavin-fridell
👤 Joined on 20 November 2024
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@gavinfridell.bsky.socialQuick q for anyone teaching intro to politics courses. I am writing an intro text for @sagepub.com out of the course I used to teach at Ottawa. It has a big picture focus on key concepts: the state, power, legitimacy, democracy, politics itself. If such a book might be of interest, then let me know!
Show PostTOMORROW (Thursday) : Join our discussion of the ways psychology and fantasy affect how we think about and talk about trade and trade agreements. Book launch for @gavinfridell.bsky.social's "Trade Fetishism" (with Patrick Clark). www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Show PostWrote on the twilight of independent central banking (always a myth, but a plausible one for some time) for Jacobin. While central bankers "may want to stay out of politics, they simply have no moves left that do not contradict the neutrality they profess." jacobin.com/2026/05/wars...
Show PostWith the CUSMA review set to begin on June 1, here's what Trump and the Democrats agree about the future of North American trade By Stuart Trew @ccpa-tirp.bsky.social #cdnpoli www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...
Show PostAn interesting event on trade policy in June
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