Went down this rabbit hole yesterday, insane stuff. The Jamaican CAT bond includes a set of zones, which trigger payout in case Hurricane-induced pressure falls below a certain threshold. 1/2

A Bitcoinbro has been protesting in front of the ECB for three weeks - I really hope he doesn't know BIS, otherwise there might be grim days ahead for @aldasoro.bsky.social

Excellent from @ingridhk.bsky.social on @thomaspiketty.bsky.social & Nievas' foray into unequal exchange www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...

Wall Street consensus, yet here we are, JPMorgan - Antifa @danielagabor.bsky.social

Vor 35 Jahren ist die DDR-Mark verschwunden - naja fast. Die Restbestände wurden in Sachsen-Anhalt eingemauert und zur Zielscheibe von Räubern. Mehr über die irre Geschichte zum Währungswechsel gibt's im nd. www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1192...

this is the funniest thing I've seen on the internet today

some comedy going on at the fed hq

Ha-Joon Chang on the neglect of climate and the environment in today's economics degree @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/9aab...

Researching rather niche topics like South Korean credit policy in the 1960s really makes you appreciate the resources at SOAS library

José Antonio Kast, possible future president of Chile, has 1) a father who was Nazi Party member and served in the Wehrmacht 2) a brother who was part of the Chicago Boys and served as labor minister & central bank president under Pinochet WOW

thanks to a hilarious review at my local chemist, @averenasour.bsky.social and I discovered that Scottish bank notes exist, issued by the Bank of Scotland, which is legal tender in the UK! Also, the Bank of Ireland, with HQ in Dublin, is allowed to issue bank notes on British soil apparently??

today's FT homepage: main article describing how Palestinians are getting shot while queuing at aid sites, while the top right article is about how well Israel's stock market has been doing since October 7

FT comment section on fire

reading this 1987 world bank report on Korea is kinda hilarious, I'm sure this very positive stance on the liberalization policies did not result in any major crisis 10 years later, right??

Wild how the Fed chair saying that *entire regions of the United States* won’t be able to get a mortgage in the next decade barely registered as a news event

amazing headline

Crazy lineup today at LSE!

breaking news, piketty just discovered dependency theory

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Mit einem breiten Bündnis haben wir deshalb eine Aktion vor der SuperReturn veranstaltet. Gemeinsam fordern der @dmbmieterbund.bsky.social, die Gewerkschaft #Verdi, die Arbeitsgemeinschaft bäuerliche Landwirtschaft (AbL) und Finanzwende: 👉 Finanzinvestoren raus aus der Daseinsvorsorge!

The UK section of FT never fails to deliver

"the same factory worker left behind by globalisation can be an investor, too" (sic)

Larry Fink's article in the FT is a crazy read: liberalized capital markets will save us!: www.ft.com/content/a348...

had a lovely day at cambridge uni, listening to a panel on governing finance with @iliasalami.bsky.social, @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social, @stomarova.bsky.social & Anush Kapadia. Seeing my undergrad thesis supervisor Barbara Fritz quoted on slide 2 of Ilias' presentation was the cherry on top ^^

Excited to share details about workshop on “Labour, Informal Economy, and Structural Transformation under Post-Colonial Capitalism”, Anush Kapadia & I are organising. Fantastic scholars join us on June 4-5 June @soasuni.bsky.social, supported by @soaseconomics.bsky.social & New Political Economy.

Podcasts mit Haltung? Yes, please! Gerade in der Ökonomik wächst eine plurale Szene jenseits des Mainstreams. Wir haben einen Wegweiser bei Exploring Economics durch den Podcast-Dickicht erstellt. Ein Thread mit pluralen Podcast-Tipps 🧵 (0/16) www.exploring-economics.org/de/entdecken...

Insane to see how our politicians frame Germany as a safe haven for academics/students under attack from the Trump regime, given how the same politicians undermine free speech on Gaza. As if we haven't massively lost credibility here: www.deutschlandfunk.de/kulturstaats...

not me following FT Alphaville's "Bloomberg Terminal Outage Support Thread" instead of studying for exams: www.ft.com/content/8167...

🚨 Publication Alert 🚨 Out now in @jei-publication.bsky.social with @steffenmurau.bsky.social @agutersandu.bsky.social and Armin Haas: Issuing EU debt despite fiscal rules, what we can learn from the limitations of the EU covid recovery fund, and what it all has to do with a famous cat ⬇️ 🧵

I am afraid I can not keep this a secret from you. You should be aware that this what SOAS student group chats during exam season look like. @anninak.bsky.social @iliasalami.bsky.social @bbonizzi.bsky.social @ingridhk.bsky.social @cacrisalves.bsky.social

Our book is *finally* available for pre-order! It'll ship next week on May 30th 😱 Been a long time coming, very curious about what you all will think. @devikadutt.bsky.social @cacrisalves.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social

Found his absolute gem from amartya sen's Wikipedia article

so an investment banker will be central to labours new growth strategy? we're in for a treat

Come listen to @quinnslobodian.com discuss his latest book with @tilley101.bsky.social @brosef-stalin.bsky.social and @emilhth.bsky.social on Wednesday, May 7th, at KLT, SOAS from 12-13:30 Please register here: www.soas.ac.uk/about/event/...

is there any work out there on how many UK pub chains are owned by private equity firms?? Post-work beer as an asset class, huh

look what arrived in the mail today, happy may day everyone @quinnslobodian.com

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insane to see the opinion polls ahead of the Canadian election on Monday

I'll take an international finance exam next month, reading FT articles like this is a main part of my exam prep at this point omg

The prospect of getting taught by Ha-Joon Chang was one of the reasons I joined @soaseconomics.bsky.social . Since he doesn't have social media, making his voice heard is ever so important in these times. Some highlights:

Today I learned that the stock market is closed on Labour Day but I have to go to university

i am reading old lunch with the ft interviews and this from mark carney in 2022 is crazy foresight, especially now that he's canadian PM

Turkish central bank running a 24 per cent inflation target

haven't been this hyped for a book launch in quite some time! join us at @soaseconomics.bsky.social for the launch of @quinnslobodian.com 's new book "Hayek's Bastards", discussing how the contemporary far right emerged within the neoliberal era

Ricarda Lang cited in FT before GTA6

Join us for a book launch with the author @quinnslobodian.com to discuss his latest book, 'Hayek’s Bastards: The Neoliberal Roots of the Populist Right' 🗓️ May 7th 📍 Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS ⏰ 12 noon to 1:30 PM Please register here: forms.office.com/e/0F7RF8cKxk

"financial crisis is kicking in" - meanwhile the UK:

recycling memes from the SVB collapse 🥰