Jayati Ghosh
@Jayati1609
Economist. Also on Bluesky @jayatighosh.bsky.social
NEW POST: @farwasial unpacks what the rise of private equity for the global South means, especially when it comes to indebtedness, public markets, and the public subsidy function of development finance. Locusts? Vampires? Have a read 👇 developingeconomics.org/2025/07/23/pri…
There is enough food to feed all of Gaza for three months, at the border of Gaza. But the Israeli occupation is blocking it from entering. Israel is deliberating starving Gaza to death.
The story is that 1000s of Bengali speaking migrant workers are fleeing cities fearing arbitrary detention, torture and deportation to Bangladesh. This is how our elite media reports it - a garbage collection problem. NO WORDS
New research published by the Lancet finds that economic sanctions imposed by the USA and EU are associated with more than 500,000 deaths per year since 1970, five times more than deaths by war. thelancet.com/journals/langl…
In Spain, traffic signs changed to show solidarity with the people of Gaza and horror and the ongoing genocide by Israel. Thank you Spain and #TheHagueGroup for showing that there are still some leaders with basic humanity.
Earlier, Voters used to choose the Government, Now the Government is choosing the Voters. - Tejashwi Yadav 🤣
Malaysian PM Anwar Ibrahim called on world leaders with influence, including US President Donald Trump, to restrain Israel from “indiscriminate killings” in Gaza.
John Mearsheimer today: "The more time goes by, and I am reluctant to say this but I believe it is true, the Israelis look like the Nazis. Their rhetoric, their behavior, it's truly appalling. A Jewish state is behaving like the Nazis did."
Anjali Bhardwaj on twitter: Modi’s New Data Protection Law: JOURNALISM IS NOW A CRIME Journalists Must now Take Permission From the Corrupt Before Exposing them. ₹500 Cr Fine if they Don't. -Anjali Bhardwaj @AnjaliB_
Under India’s new data protection law, journalists investigating corruption could be punished for using personal data - because there’s no exemption for journalism in the public interest. Privacy is being weaponized to silence the press.
Under India’s new data protection law, journalists investigating corruption could be punished for using personal data - because there’s no exemption for journalism in the public interest. Privacy is being weaponized to silence the press.
Brilliant and important analysis by Zoya Hasa: "What Happened to India’s Moral Compass on Palestine? m.thewire.in/article/govern… via @thewire_In
"Among the agreed initiatives, we highlight the support for the initiative to form a coalition that promotes and facilitates the establishment of progressive and fair taxation" Great support for the coalition to tax the super rich at #DemocraciaSiempre gov.br/mre/pt-br/cana…
‘They could not penetrate the streets, so they used helicopters to throw tear gas’ Today Israel simply flattens the whole of Gaza - turning it into rubble. It does so using arms supplied by the UK, Europe and the USA. 5/
Listen to @Raksha_Kumar in conversation with @ieuditmisra and @Jayati1609 Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and of The Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation 🎧🎧🎧 podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/sil…
To all the people asking: What has India got to do with the genocide in Gaza? Why should we care? In case the information/ connection is lost on Indian people, we repeat: India enabling this GENOCIDE by supplying arms to Israel Our workers are being sent to Israel in this state.
Every line has been crossed, 100 times. What now?
The Israeli occupation targeted a kindergarten in Gaza while the children were receiving their lessons.
🚨 URGENT The Israeli military is publicly inciting against Palestinian journalist Anas Al-Sharif after his latest report documented the real-time effects of Israel’s starvation siege on Gaza—scenes of mass hunger, child deaths, and the collapse of the health system. An IDF…
Silence or Death. The Israeli army is once again threatening journalists for exposing the truth from Gaza. After I reported live on civilians collapsing from hunger, I was directly targeted with public incitement by the army’s spokesperson. This is an attempt to silence us—and…