Anna Pick

New piece with @MazzucatoM and @AnnaHopeEmerson on the history of failed privatisation of British Steel + challenges of 'greening' steel

Really enjoyed writing about this week’s headlines on the nationalisation of British Steel with @MazzucatoM and @annapick_ 🏭. Link below.

In Barcelona for the @GPMobilisation this weekend, where we'll be launching a global council for new economic thinking - more details to follow. Our new @IIPP_UCL working paper with @LaraMerling assesses what a mission-aligned @WorldBankGroup would require — but the lessons apply across the multilateral architecture. In @ForeignPolicy I set out four principles for a global economy grounded in a progressive multilateralism. Links below.

Earlier this week, I welcomed the UK's Public Interest Test for procurement and new insourcing strategies. But procurement reform needs to go much further to become a true lever for economic transformation. New piece with @annapick_, @IIPP_UCL Policy Fellow, identifies three shifts required to turn procurement from a cost centre into an engine of inclusive growth—supporting missions (not just sectors), maximising public value (not just social value), and building state capacity to direct growth and take risks. UK procurement: £341 billion annually. That's enormous leverage to shape markets if designed right. LINK IN NEXT POST

Procurement isn't sexy. But £341 billion spent strategically? That can transform an economy. Great piece by @MazzucatoM and @annapick_ on UK procurement changes this week and next steps This isn't yet another comms reset, but maybe a sign of a more interventionist Labour govt?

New piece with @MazzucatoM on how the gov't could be making full use of procurement (public buying power) as a tool of economic transformation - responding to Reeves' announcement that departments will prioritise British suppliers in 'vital' sectors and reduce outsourcing 👇

Bancorp: Company Faces Potential Headwinds to Fintech Growth as Chime Tightens Payday Loan Limits $CHYM $TBBK library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/8quhzcfnc… h/t @LisaEpst and @annapick_

@TomG84 @Chime Hi, I'm a reporter with The Capitol Forum - looking to speak to people who use Chime credit. Please DM if you're open to sharing your experience. Thanks!

@Chime why is MyPay on chime now drastically reduced from $300 to 80? I paid off and now I’m being restricted from borrowing again?? Rude!

@Zack23__ @Chime Hi, I'm a reporter with The Capitol Forum - looking to speak to people who use Chime credit. Please DM if you're open to sharing your experience. Thanks!

I really wish I knew how @Chime calculates your MyPay limit. Because this is the second time my limit has dropped and my recent pays have been higher than normal. Don’t make sense. Tried to ask support before and they ended up removing my access so I had to start fresh smh.

@RNBSNMPH @Chime Hi, I'm a reporter with The Capitol Forum - looking to speak to people who use Chime credit. Please DM if you're open to sharing your experience. Thanks!

@Chime you've lost yourself a long time customer. Been with you all for almost six years. I've had the same MyPay limit since the programs inception and now you want to cut it in half? I'm on a fixed income and you just surprise me with this. I'm done. No more.

Life360: Family Safety App Selling Datasets Based on Users' Personal Information on LiveRamp's Data Marketplace $RAMP library.thecapitolforum.com/docs/8ptbqa74p… h/t @EthanEhrenhaft & @annapick_

@JMBrand2025 @ChimeHelps Hi, I'm a reporter with The Capitol Forum - I'm looking to speak to people who use Chime credit. Please DM if you're open to sharing your experience. Thanks!

@ChimeHelps I've talked to a couple of other people and no one has gotten their mypay increase for today. Is there an outage?

@acethetrainer23 @Chime @DeionSanders Hi, I'm a reporter with The Capitol Forum - I'm looking to speak to people who use Chime credit. Please DM if you're open to sharing your experience. Thanks!

@Chime @DeionSanders I’m currently experiencing my first horrible experience with the Chime Online banking. I’ve been calling the customer service number and every live agent has not gave me answers to why my MY PAY feature $500 has disappeared. I need to talk to a manager.

It’s Financial Progress Month and @DeionSanders aka Coach Chime has a message for you – You’re Making It. Stay tuned all month long for all the ways we're celebrating YOU 👀

@springwick @Chime Hi, I'm a reporter with The Capitol Forum - I'm looking to speak to people who use Chime credit. Please DM if you're open to sharing your experience. Thanks!

Just got a $1000 deposit and my “my pay “ is at $0??? Weird @Chime chime what’s tea ? 💅🏾💅🏾

@jeffwickham9 @ChimeHelps Hi, I'm a reporter with The Capitol Forum - I'm looking to speak to people who use Chime credit. Please DM if you're open to sharing your experience. Thanks!

@ChimeHelps honestly am thinking about closing my chime account. The my pay feature is a complete scam. I don’t understand how my borrow limit can drop from 330 to 120 when I’ve received the same amount of money in direct deposits and paid back the full balance every time un real

My conversation with @NSSRNews' Mark Setterfield is up on @PublicSeminar. We talked about radical uncertainty, debt & crisis, Trumpism, (de)growth, heterodoxy & synthesis as method. Featuring Mark's book (with @CR_Proano & @KraemerHagen) @Elgar_Economics. publicseminar.org/2024/09/social…

Great Interview with Mark Setterfield (@NSSRNews) amon other things about our coauthored book with @KraemerHagen! @DAAD_Germany @uni_bamberg_of @Plural_Bamberg @PluralEcon @dgb_news @DezernatZ @KeynesGesellsc1 @IMKFlash @BAGSS5 @CAMacroAnalysis @Wirtschaft_SPD #EconTwitter

"The problem is not what the Federal Reserve does or doesn't do, or who lobbies it, but the system that it's embedded in." —@SteveMaher18 and Scott Aquanno chat with @annapick_ about The Fall and Rise of American Finance (@VersoBooks). @NSSRNews publicseminar.org/2024/06/stephe…

And their book, "The Fall and Rise of American Finance" is available from Verso here: versobooks.com/en-gb/products…

It was a pleasure to meet @SteveMaher18 and Scott Aquanno at @NSSRNews, and to talk with them about their new critical history of American financialization. The conversation is up on @PublicSeminar here: publicseminar.org/2024/06/stephe…