Jonathan Derbyshire
@jderbyshire.ft.com
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US opinion editor at the Financial Times. Moynihan Center Public Scholar, 2025-26, CCNY
Trump's war is delivering a gut punch to the US economy, argues
@warren.senate.gov
for
@financialtimes.com
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Trumpâs war is delivering a gut punch to the US economy
[FREE TO READ] A supply chain crisis will hit ordinary Americans with higher prices at a time when they are already feeling stretched
https://as.ft.com/r/54fd3b40-7091-43ee-a88e-55692a27195b
4 days ago
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Reading
@willoyd.bsky.social
âs excellent profile of Ed Miliband, which rightly stresses the influence on him of his father, reminded me of this piece about Miliband pĂšre that I wrote for the NS in 2010, during that yearâs Labour leadership campaign
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The NS Profile: Ralph Miliband
Ralph Miliband, father of the Labour leadership rivals David and Ed, is remembered as a great teache
https://www.newstatesman.com/uncategorized/2010/08/ralph-miliband-labour-party
6 days ago
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My review of Heather Ann Thompsonâs book about the Bernie Goetz shootings and the politics of law and order in Eighties America
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Fear and Fury â law, disorder and white rage in 1980s America
[FREE TO READ] Heather Ann Thompsonâs history returns to the Goetz shootings that divided New York â and continue to cast a long shadow today
https://as.ft.com/r/d4142f72-45ce-4dba-89ac-878a003d994b
6 days ago
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My review of Heather Ann Thompsonâs book about the Bernie Goetz shootings and the politics of law and order in Eighties America
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Fear and Fury â law, disorder and white rage in 1980s America
[FREE TO READ] Heather Ann Thompsonâs history returns to the Goetz shootings that divided New York â and continue to cast a long shadow today
https://as.ft.com/r/d4142f72-45ce-4dba-89ac-878a003d994b
6 days ago
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As my colleague Alex Barker argues here, you can find the entire Trump worldview in utero in the late 1980s - including the obsession with taking Kharg Island
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Trumpâs Iran playbook was written in the 1980s
[FREE TO READ] From oil threats to ultimatums, the US president has a decades-old view of how to confront Tehran
https://as.ft.com/r/c712ace2-4732-49f1-b5d0-5e5d91340586
8 days ago
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Fine FT obituary of Habermas by
@iprnickp.bsky.social
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JĂŒrgen Habermas, master thinker of postwar Germany, 1929-2026
[FREE TO READ] The philosopher and social theorist thought deeply about the foundations of liberal democracy
https://as.ft.com/r/92bbb72b-61cf-4653-98b9-2c497419cb65
12 days ago
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My colleague
@okr.bsky.social
crunches the numbers on NYC's big freeze
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New York shivers in one of the most severe winters since the Gilded Age
[FREE TO READ] Only three in history have endured a colder stretch with more snow
https://as.ft.com/r/cb54e5e5-d33e-49b9-8e06-6a0019016192
about 1 month ago
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Looking forward to moderating this discussion
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How Principled Conservatives Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Trump
Join the Moynihan Center for a panel discussion featuring Sohrab Ahmari, Jonathan Derbyshire, Naomi Schaefer Riley, and Matthew Sitman.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-principled-conservatives-stopped-worrying-and-learned-to-love-trump-tickets-1982440889065?aff=oddtdtcreator
about 1 month ago
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In which I discuss Alexander Hamilton on the 'least dangerous' branch of government and Pam Bondi's war against the courts
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Pam Bondi vs the courts
[FREE TO READ] The US attorney-general believes there is a co-ordinated judicial attack on the authority of the executive
https://as.ft.com/r/983435f2-976d-4d1f-a4aa-5e06281191d4
about 2 months ago
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Thanks to
@tanjilrashid.bsky.social
for inviting me on to the
@newstatesman1913.bsky.social
âs excellent new culture podcast to revisit one of the first pieces I ever wrote for the magazine and to talk about David Foster Wallaceâs Infinite Jest at 30
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Infinite Jest is a novel for 2026
Podcast Episode · The New Society | culture from the New Statesman · 31/01/2026 · 26m
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-new-society-culture-from-the-new-statesman/id1859963290?i=1000747452929
about 2 months ago
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The mighty Hudson at bay
about 2 months ago
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Jonathan Derbyshire
Rana Foroohar
2 months ago
My latest Swamp Note:
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Occupied America
@jderbyshire.ft.com
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Occupied America
[FREE TO READ] The Trump administration is over-reaching in Minneapolis and creating a sense of dread and anxiety in the process
https://as.ft.com/r/ae01cce7-bf34-4e4a-8117-5bd8d4b1838a
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In the latest FT Swamp Notes newsletter (and before the seizure of Maduro), I asked
@constelz.bsky.social
,
@michaelrstrain.bsky.social
,
@sohrabahmari.bsky.social
, Lauren Fedor and Rebecca Katz to offer some guidance to the year ahead in US politics
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The year ahead in US politics
[FREE TO READ] Friends of the Swamp look forward to what is likely to be a pivotal period, culminating in Novemberâs midterm elections
https://as.ft.com/r/faed7e98-500c-4b51-8c54-5ba160be8825
3 months ago
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My contribution to the FTâs Year in a Word series: Affordability
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Year in a word: Affordability
[FREE TO READ] Americans are feeling the pinch and some Democrats are reaping the electoral dividends
https://as.ft.com/r/f5b79447-492d-488a-9790-75754c7f72e6
3 months ago
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In the latest edition of the FT's Swamp Notes newsletter, James Politi and I discuss whether Trump is now a lame duck
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Donald Trumpâs affordability crisis
[FREE TO READ] The issue reflects deeper shifts in the US economy that probably cannot be reversed ahead of next yearâs midterms
https://as.ft.com/r/d490805c-9da5-4ff4-840c-f2baa1c787dd
4 months ago
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It's time to restore the civic function of US universities, argues Carlo Invernizzi Accetti
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Itâs time to restore the civic function of US universities
[FREE TO READ] Focusing on research at the expense of teaching has left institutions vulnerable to Trumpian attack
https://as.ft.com/r/fd995cdd-cc59-4bd8-bced-553b055e6b6f
4 months ago
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In this piece for
@financialtimes.com
,
@lioneltrolling.bsky.social
fears for the future of New York's poker clubs if the casino approvals go ahead
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Casinos could deal New Yorkâs poker dens a losing hand
[FREE TO READ] They are among the few truly democratic spaces left in the city
https://as.ft.com/r/e6eb3203-3c54-4874-ab5d-1c40576c765b
4 months ago
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Me on the 'Trump corollary' to the Monroe Doctrine and the laws of war for FT Swamp Notes (with Steff Chavez weighing on where this all leaves Hegseth)
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America, the western hemisphere and the laws of war
[FREE TO READ] The new national security strategy advocates the use of force in the USâs backyard
https://as.ft.com/r/2537067d-35ce-440e-8311-3c1a6159a7a8
4 months ago
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Jonathan Derbyshire
Edward Luce
4 months ago
"Trump, in his way, is as much of a wolf as Putin. Europe has run out of excuses to pretend otherwise". My Swamp Notes with
@martinsandbu.ft.com
on why Europe must make those frozen Russian assets work for Ukraine. The time for that is now.
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Europeâs fateful moment
[FREE TO READ] The EU faces a historic choice: whether or not to unlock frozen Russian assets and save the Ukrainian war effort
https://as.ft.com/r/9144c41b-7394-42ec-bf86-975f7d212b56
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It's that time of year. This seems about right.
4 months ago
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In the latest edition of the FT Swamp Notes newsletter, Alec Russell and I examine American foreign policy in the 'age of the envoy'
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US foreign policy in the age of the envoy
[FREE TO READ] Trump favours âdealmakersâ over diplomats â what does that mean for peace in Ukraine?
https://on.ft.com/48bZ0lR
4 months ago
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As
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
prepares to meet Trump at the White House, in today's edition of FT Swamp Notes I ask how the Democrats will deal with the 'Mamdani effect' - with a response from the great Lauren Fedor
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How will Democrats handle the Mamdani effect?
[FREE TO READ] Centrist incumbents are facing challenges from leftwing insurgents
https://on.ft.com/3JNZYvj
4 months ago
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In today's FT Swamp Notes,
@ranaforoohar.bsky.social
and I pick the bones out of last week's election results in the US
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What lessons to take from last weekâs Democratic victories?
[FREE TO READ] Zohran Mamdani, for one, has a difficult job ahead of him
https://on.ft.com/49chSlE
5 months ago
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Trump's defence of the destruction of the East Wing of the White House essentially relies on running a version of the Ship of Theseus paradox: "Over the years, many presidents have made changes."
5 months ago
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In which I explore the history of socialism in America from Eugene Debs to DSA and the Milwaukee âsewer socialistsâ to Zohran Mamdani
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Will Zohran Mamdaniâs rise mark a new dawn for American socialism?
[FREE TO READ] Tens of thousands of volunteers mobilised by the Democratic Socialists of America are working to elect a torchbearer for a beleaguered US left
https://on.ft.com/47quBib
6 months ago
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Tu rigoles?!
6 months ago
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A new financial impetus for peace in Ukraine -- Friedrich Merz writes for
@financialtimes.com
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A new financial impetus for peace in Ukraine
[FREE TO READ] We need the mobilisation of resources on a scale that will secure Kyivâs military resilience
https://on.ft.com/48176hn
6 months ago
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In which
@ranaforoohar.bsky.social
and I discuss the 'Donroe doctrine'
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Trumpâs U-turn on China
[FREE TO READ] There has been a discernible shift in how this administration is dealing with Beijing
https://on.ft.com/4mCkigl
6 months ago
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"Trump namechecked Shakespeare, Dickens, Orwell â authors whose works he has undoubtedly devoured."
@jemima.bsky.social
on the US president's adventures in Windsorland
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Donald Trumpâs adventures in Windsorland
[FREE TO READ] The US president luxuriated in a warm bath of royal pomp and circumstance
https://on.ft.com/4nbU45u
6 months ago
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Desmond King, professor of American government at Oxford, for @ftopinion on Charlie Kirk and Americaâs inability to escape political violence
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Charlie Kirk and Americaâs inability to escape political violence
[FREE TO READ] The killings of an activist, politician and CEO in the past year show the resurgence of violent means across the spectrum
https://on.ft.com/46iaWQL
7 months ago
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In today's edition of FT Swamp Notes I examine the idea of 'state capitalism with American characteristics'.
@ranaforoohar.bsky.social
responds
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American capitalism: inspired by China?
[FREE TO READ] How are we to understand Trumpâs meddling in the US economy?
https://on.ft.com/4mNZmno
7 months ago
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@sohrabahmari.bsky.social
and I debate Trumpâs federalisation of the Washington DC police force
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Donald Trump says DC is a âhorror showâ. How should Democrats respond?
[FREE TO READ] Simply denying the president, who rose to prominence in New Yorkâs 1970s crime wave, is not effective politics
https://on.ft.com/3JiOmjb
7 months ago
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Great to have
@gideonrachman.bsky.social
writing today's edition of FT Swamp Notes on Wang Huning's vision of America (with a brief response from me)
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Chinaâs vision of America
[FREE TO READ] A book published more than 30 years ago by a close confidant of Xi Jinping now looks uncannily prescient
https://on.ft.com/41L6BE6
8 months ago
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Jonathan Derbyshire
Janine Gibson
8 months ago
George called Dave who called his mate Johnny who owns the manor then George called Robert and Chris to come for drinks and Nigel for breakfast! All united by their determination to bring down the elites!
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Brendan Greeley
8 months ago
One of the many consequences of Trump is that he strips all our old ambitions down to simple preservation. A year ago I wanted a better Fed, with better tools, one that actually thought about productive loans, like the law says it should. Now I just want the old Fed to survive.
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What if Trump picks an inflation nutter for Fed chair?
@chrisgiles.ft.com
asks the question on everyone's lips
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What if Trump picks an inflation nutter for Fed chair?
[FREE TO READ] With US checks and balances on the retreat, it is unwise to be an optimist
https://on.ft.com/47bLqPp
8 months ago
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I've written today's edition of the FT's Swamp Notes newsletter on the Texas redistricting affair (with a reply from our esteemed Washington bureau chief, James Politi)
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You say âredistrictingâ, I say âgerrymanderingâ â letâs call the whole thing off
[FREE TO READ] Democrats face some uncomfortable choices in the face of the GOPâs cartographical shock and awe
https://on.ft.com/3UZ5FrS
8 months ago
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We can end the scandal of child poverty if we want to, argues Rowan Williams in
@financialtimes.com
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We can end the scandal of child poverty if we want to
[FREE TO READ] Too often the very young are made to carry the consequences of decisions they havenât made
https://on.ft.com/45mukeZ
8 months ago
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Trump's war on data will do lasting damage - former BLS commissioners
@ericagroshen.bsky.social
and William Beach write for
@financialtimes.com
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Former BLS commissioners: Trumpâs war on data will do lasting harm
[FREE TO READ] Reliable government statistics are one of the cornerstones of the American economy
https://on.ft.com/3UNbf0x
8 months ago
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The latest edition of the FT's Swamp Notes newsletter:
@edwardluce.bsky.social
on the west's complicity in Gaza
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The westâs complicity in Gaza
[FREE TO READ] Trumpâs acknowledgment of starvation could mark a belated turning point in his relationship with Netanyahu
https://on.ft.com/4lTdtax
8 months ago
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Jonathan Derbyshire
Me on new books by JM Coetzee and NgĆ©gÄ© wa Thiongâo
add a skeleton here at some point
8 months ago
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Me on new books by JM Coetzee and NgĆ©gÄ© wa Thiongâo
add a skeleton here at some point
8 months ago
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Can language ever be objective?
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Can language ever be objective?
[FREE TO READ] New books by JM Coetzee and NgĆ©gÄ© wa Thiongâo look at the global dominance of English and the complicated job of translation
https://on.ft.com/4l5us8D
8 months ago
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Jonathan Derbyshire
Jan-Werner Mueller
8 months ago
"The most employable person in conservative circles today is usually the one who makes the loudest claim to have been rendered unemployable."
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Matthew Goodwin, Reform and the politics of resentment
The âheterodox intellectualâ turned populist is a morbid symptom of the digital age
https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/philosophy/intellectuals-and-ideas/70456/matthew-goodwin-reform-and-the-politics-of-resentment
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Buzz Aldrin writes for
@financialtimes.com
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Buzz Aldrin and Vivek Lall: Calling all space pioneers â America needs you
[FREE TO READ] Nasa must work with the private sector and international allies if it wants strategic dominance
https://on.ft.com/4mevEra
8 months ago
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Wonderful scoop here from Kaye Wiggins
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Macrons file US lawsuit over claims Franceâs first lady was born male
[FREE TO READ] Case against rightwing influencer Candace Owens is a rare defamation suit from a serving world leader
https://on.ft.com/3GZXSqA
8 months ago
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I donât think anyone captured the essence of Mailer-ness as Diane Arbus did (from the fabulous âConstellationâ show at the Oark Avenue Armory)
8 months ago
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Andy Haldane on. 'fiscal dominance', 'fiscal populism' and the future of central bank independence
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âFiscal populismâ is coming for central banks
[FREE TO READ] When monetary policy is set to meet government budgetary needs, these institutions become piggy banks
https://on.ft.com/40ZB80C
8 months ago
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Nicolas Guilhot for
@financialtimes.com
on digital democratic centralism (aka the 'America party')
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Big Tech can beat political parties at their own game
[FREE TO READ] Elon Musk does not need to launch the âAmerica partyâ â he already owns the tools to herd individuals into a critical mass
https://on.ft.com/44Tva2r
8 months ago
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Pam Bondi, the Trump loyalist swallowed up by the Epstein affair - profile by Stefania Palma
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Pam Bondi, the Trump loyalist swallowed up by the Epstein affair
[FREE TO READ] The US attorney-generalâs stance has disappointed the presidentâs Maga base
https://on.ft.com/4kJiAJ2
9 months ago
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