Jason Jackson
Associate Professor of Political Economy || Director, Political Economy Lab ||
Department of Urban Studies and Planning ||
MIT
jasonjackson.net
- Reposted by Jason JacksonThe Dig you’ve been waiting for to understand the political economy of AI as it becomes fulcrum of global contests and conflicts over economic and military dominance. My interview w/ @nsrnicek.bsky.social on his book Silicon Empires: The Fight for the Future of AI www.thedigradio.com/podcast/sili...
- Reposted by Jason JacksonCorporations are extracting billions from America’s safety net and their payday is about to be supercharged by new rules. I lay out how programs like Medicaid have become vulnerable to corporate capture and what we need to build to stop it. @lpeblog.bsky.social lpeproject.org/blog/the-mea...
- Excited for this talk on my new book “Traders, Speculators, and Captains of Industry” (@HarvardPress.bsky.social), hosted by the UC Berkeley Inst. for South Asia Studies w/discussants @marionf.bsky.social & David Singh Grewal & moderator Sai Balakrishnan. Livestream www.facebook.com/ISASatUCBerk...
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- Reposted by Jason JacksonIf reading more is a 2026 resolution, let our upcoming Virtual Warehouse Sale get you started! We're throwing open our online doors at HBSWarehouseSale.com from Jan.16-18; the warehouse is full of thousands of new books at 40-80% off their list price, and remember when a title sell out, it's gone!
- Reposted by Jason JacksonToday, our ten most read posts of 2025! What good is policy-adjacent scholarship? Does the 1st Amendment protect the economic infrastructure of speech? Can Trump grant Texas 40 Senators through executive order? Our brilliant authors answered these and other questions during this annus horribilis.
- Reposted by Jason Jackson1/2 🧵 🚨 Just in time for the holidays! We’re thrilled to share ROAPE Special Issue 186, Vol. 52, celebrating the centenary of Frantz Fanon’s radical life, work and legacy 🎄🔥 Editorial: #Fanon100: Class Struggle and the Future of African Liberation buff.ly/gASaoZD
- Reposted by Jason Jackson2/2 🧵 ✨ The entire Frantz Fanon special issue is available to read and download for free — the perfect festive deep dive 🎄🔥 👉 buff.ly/6ZACRRN 💡 You can also suscribe to support #ROAPE as an fully open-access journal. #Fanon100 #AfricanLiberation #Decolonisation
- Reposted by Jason JacksonIt was an honor to be interviewed in-depth by @lalehkhalili.bsky.social @proteanmag.com A key theme: how to analyze “extractive frontiers” from a world-systemic perspective attentive to both the structures of colonialism and capitalism—and to socio-ecological struggle proteanmag.com/2025/12/22/e...
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- I’m happy to share that my book “Traders, Speculators and Captains of Industry: How Capitalist Legitimacy Shaped Foreign Investment Policy in India,” published by @harvardpress.bsky.social is out!
- The book identifies the moral underpinnings of contemporary #capitalism through the case of #FDI policy in India. It shows how perspectives on domestic and foreign capital have long been shaped by moral beliefs about capitalist legitimacy, from the late colonial period to the present.
- The book is animated by the following tensions and questions: Is foreign capital an agent of economic growth in developing countries or a vehicle of extraction? And crucially, is domestic capital always seen as viable alternative?
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View full thread"Traders, Speculators, and Captains of Industry" is currently available on the @harvardpress.bsky.social website at a 30% discount (use code HOL25) and can also be found at your favorite booksellers. Thanks for reading and happy holidays to all!
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- Reposted by Jason Jacksonfresh audio product: • Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social , author of Extraction, on the complexities of lithium • Alyssa Battistoni @alybatt.bsky.social, author of Free Gifts, on the weird relationship between capitalism and Nature www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S...
- Reposted by Jason JacksonToday, @rohangrey.bsky.social kicks off a series on the law and political economy of cryptocurrency, by considering the Left's missed opportunities and explaining how it can reclaim control over the future of money.
- Really enjoyed sharing thoughts on Aditi Dey’s & Charli Muller’s excellent papers!
- Reposted by Jason JacksonWe are thrilled to host our fourth annual grantee conference – Two, Three, Many Developmentalisms – today and tomorrow at @bupardeeschool.bsky.social.
- Very excited that we have made this announcement as an LPE community!
