The Autonomy Institute
@Autonomy_Inst
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Independent research institute rethinking economies in an age of crisis. Consultancy: helping firms run and evaluate shorter working week trials.
London, England
Joined November 2016
NEW investigation: We teamed up with @francesca_bria and her team to uncover tight links between military tech firms and the US government. We call it the Authoritarian Stack: https://t.co/ksnlbqwv2d
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NEW: public event 'Housing, Power and Property' A packed day with excellent speakers: + @AnnaMinton , author of Big Capital: Who is London For? +Isaac Rose, author of The Rentier City: Manchester and the Making of the Neoliberal Metropolis + @jemgilbert , author of Hegemony
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A symposium on the politics of housing, rent, urban space and tenants' organising
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Free event on the politics of housing https://t.co/YUDIjAoHzp Speakers from: @ACORNunion @LDNRentersUnion @Autonomy_Inst
@AnnaMinton @_isaacrose @abioconnor_ @beth_stratford
@cfwinstanley @NickBano @VersoBooks @PlutoPress
@RepeaterBooks @policypress @PenguinBooks Please share!
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Top tier email securer of choice 🤝 @Autonomy_Inst's investigations into the military industrial complex
America, say hello to your new state, ran by Palantir, SpaceX, and Anduril, hosted by Amazon & Microsoft. đź”— https://t.co/aqQYQ7rwmS
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* "Silicon Valley isn’t building apps anymore. It’s building empires." https://t.co/q6WevKmOqO "J.D. Vance, propelled to the vice-presidency by $15 million from Peter Thiel, became the face of tech-right governance. Behind him, Thiel’s network moved into the machinery of the
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America, say hello to your new state, ran by Palantir, SpaceX, and Anduril, hosted by Amazon & Microsoft. đź”— https://t.co/aqQYQ7rwmS
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Did you know that under Trump, the US Army created a new reserve unit called Detachment 201, which appointed tech executives -- one from Palantir, one from Meta, and two from OpenAI -- to the high rank of lieutenant colonel, despite them having no military experience? Not great!
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The Authoritarian Stack. How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next https://t.co/zEoXsX6FZ8
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Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it. It's the story of our time, one the press has failed to tell. The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next. 👉 https://t.co/0gxMF2qXew
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The Renters' Rights Act became law last week - the biggest change to private renting in a generation. Will it "transform the experience of private renting", like the government says? This week's New Economy Brief takes a closer look: https://t.co/uJAv2bS9uL
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Of course, working time is not considered in the Review. The review asks employers to do more (good), but there is only so much that can be done to 'support' persistent issues like stress, burnout if you keep the structure of work the same... #KeepBritainWorking
The UK is "sliding into an avoidable crisis" according to a major review into workplace sickness out this morning. The Keep Britain Working Review found that since 2019, 800,000 more people have left the workforce due to ill health, and the review warns that without action, it
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Today, I'm calling for the Two-Child Benefit Cap to be removed at the earliest possible opportunity. It's a Conservative policy that has kept too many families in poverty for too long, and scrapping it would lift thousands of children above the line.
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Anyone interested in #basicincome / #UBI can come over to @Reddit and the Ask Me Anything page now to ask me anything here https://t.co/NoxHjRPjXd
@BasicIncomeOrg @Autonomy_Inst @UBILabNetwork
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🚨 This week, the UN Special Rapporteur on Poverty and Human Rights, @srpoverty, presented a hugely important report to the @UN on the role of economic insecurity in giving rise to far right populists like @reformparty_uk and @TRobinsonNewEra. 1/🧵
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What just happened regarding the four-day week? The government made a huge misstep. Here's a quick explainer: @4Day_Week
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CONTEXT for the Labour's attack on the 4 day week: 1) 2023. The Tories tried to stop a pilot at the council, with the support of the dodgy @the_tpa. 2) 2024. They failed. Pilot is a success. 3) 2024 Labour announce that they won't stand in the way, like the Tories did..
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On the International Day of Care and Support, this week’s New Economy Brief explores what the Carer's Allowance scandal tells us about how our economy and society undervalue care: https://t.co/X50u5cLUBb
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A diverse range of voices for a new progressive policy platform Watch back all of our Forum 2029 events on YouTube 👇 #forum2029
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When did America's aggression towards China, re. the tech sector, begin? It wasn't with Trump.... Clip from our recent video essay with @nsrnicek on his fantastic new book. Full video here: https://t.co/jJbvUasCHQ
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The wealth gap between rich and poor increased by over 50% from 2011 to 2021, to over ÂŁ11.5 trillion. Find out more about the impacts on our society, economy, democracy and environment, and what we can do about it, from our updated Wealth Gap Risk Register
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An online resource that collates evidence about the impacts of wealth inequality, the solutions and public attitudes to all of the above
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