Incredibly instructive reporting on what appears well on its way to becoming the biggest, most concentrated, most energy- and resource-intensive, and most speculative wave of capital investment ever. ig.ft.com/ai-data-cent...

The independence of the Bank of England was supposed to facilitate the application of economic reasoning to public policy. But if independence=taboo on discussing the interactions btw fiscal & monetary policy, then not even technocrats deliberate on one of the biggest economic policy issues!

I am very happy to report that my article on the strange non-death of credit rating agencies has been published in New Political Economy. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....

My book is out today! Read my stuff! academic.oup.com/book/60584?l... … The book looks at the long-run evolution of policy around monopoly and competition in the US and France over the 20th century, using extensive archival research to track the main policy actors who changed it at key moments.

OK, I finally gave in. I'm here. Now to migrate a bunch of users.

We highlight three own goals of failed internationalization: 1. Non-existent euro value chains locked the EU into disastrous dollar denominated fossil fuel imports 2. Wavering and weak ECB swap line policies (limited, conditional, unattractive) 3. That rare beast “a euro denominated safe asset”

Fantastic piece on one of (the many) ways in which the EU has been punching well below its weight.

📣 Roundtable Book Presentation of @jrovny.bsky.social - Ethnic Minorities, Political Competition, and Democracy: Circumstantial Liberals w/@sciencespo.bsky.social School of Public Affairs 📅 5 Feb. 5-7 pm 📍Sciences Po Registration & Information⤵️ www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...

🚨 Tax evasion is not a law of nature. It is a policy choice. Last year, we published our first Global #TaxEvasionReport, an unprecedented research collaboration investigating the successes and failures of the fight against tax evasion over the last decade. 📄 www.taxobservatory.eu/publication/...

Stamattina è uscito sul Fatto Quotidiano questo mio pezzo in cui commento l'approvazione della Commissione Europea del budget francese. La Commissione sembra sempre soprassedere sulle violazioni francesi dei target, anche grazie alla capacità dei tecnici francesi nel dialogo con la Commissione

Since the 1970s, advanced economies have reduced top income tax rates a lot. In the same period, these economies have become more financialized. In a new paper @ripejournal.bsky.social, David Hope, @julianlimberg.bsky.social and I argue that these developments may be related: doi.org/10.1080/0969...

Just published, open access, another paper with @donatodc.bsky.social and Martin Höpner @mpifg.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

(R)IPE rocks! 🎉 No time for complacency, but thrilled to share these promising updates as we kick off the New Year! Huge thanks to all past and present editorial boards, reviewers, and the incredible IPE community for making this possible @ripejournal.bsky.social

Very cool project!!

🚨Job Alert🚨 We are seeking to recruit not only 1, but 2⃣ tenure-track Assistant Professors in political science (Politics and policy in/of Europe and the European Union) Description and application guidelines: sciencespo.fr/centre-etude... #AcademicJobs #PolSci

My book, Inequality, Crime, and Resistance in New York City, published by @TempleUnivPress is now available for pre-order with a 25% discount. If you’re interested in using it for a course, I’d be very happy to pop into a class to discuss with students. tupress.temple.edu/books/inequa...

Short and sweet case study of how ill equipped financial markets are to account for climate related risks.

Indicative planning can mitigate the climate crisis. But under capitalism it only happens when the stakes are sky-high: wars, energy crises, post-war rubble. Jacob Hasselbalch and I took a dive in the topic. #GreenState #PoliticalEconomy #ClimateAction www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Interesting new paper from @cornelban.bsky.social and @jhasselbalch.bsky.social in New Political Economy. Happy to see more work on indicative planning and to see the planning research agenda develop in general. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

💥 New: Chaos in the numbers – the strange case of France’s budget deficit ✍️ Camilla Locatelli @mpifg.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Great read on the rise of lightly-regulated insurers. As more traditional insurance companies exit markets like Florida and California, some others are stepping in. www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

New paper published @ajpseditor.bsky.social Showing that reduced access to public services fuelled far right support in 🇮🇹 Existing work on far right highlights globalization & migration grievances, what about people’s experiences with the state? We use 🇮🇹 reform to find out shorturl.at/zQ8bJ

Why I am not predicting another financial crisis? My latest - the second of the three big challenges facing the global economy... annpettifor.substack.com/publish/post...

The French Parliament has just brought down Michel Barnier’s government via a vote of no confidence – a first since 1962. A 🧵 on what is happening, what to expect next - and how the far right is capitalizing on the crisis.

In most places in the world, power from new renewables is now cheaper than power from new fossil fuels. Why did renewables become so cheap so fast? The answer: learning curves.

IMF style troika but for Germany where experts from Ireland, Spain and Greece teach them how to borrow and spend.

When the Bundesbanker once known for his sharp suits looks this crumpled you know something’s not in ordo. on.ft.com/3BfhCUj

American economic dynamism and the American oligarch problem in two graphs by Martin Wolf in today’s FT.

We had a strong, but short-lived career on the twitter-thing: our IPE working group in the German Political Science Association is now on bsky. Get in touch, more information (in German) here: www.dvpw.de/gliederung/a...

"Bundesbank president Joachim Nagel told the Financial Times the next government needed to reform its so-called debt brake, which bans Berlin from borrowing more than 0.35 per cent of GDP in any fiscal year, to address the longer-term economic risks facing Germany." www.ft.com/content/702d...

🚨 great new paper! 👇

Reminder that UK economy and society has become a series of compounding housing/finance bubbles

Pleased to chat with @saadgulzar.bsky.social to discuss South Asia's air pollution crisis and how bureaucrats can make a difference. goodauthority.org/news/can-bur...

New paper with @nilskupzok.bsky.social out in Perspectives today! We show how decarbonizable industries are reshaping climate politics through what we call "the decarbonization bargain." 1/

I cannot wait to get my hands on this book!

🎙️ SPERI Presents... 🎙️ New Thinking in Political Economy: Climate Scenarios w/ Ben Clift & Caroline Kuzemko Why is modelling climate scenarios so important for climate mitigation policy, and what are technocrats getting wrong? www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Listen now: tinyurl.com/ufpk7jp8

Some papers are a long time in the making. This one, written with the excellent @iguinaudeau.bsky.social, took long and I am incredibly grad to see it published. 1/8 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Many studies have suggested that people don't vote based on broad economic concerns. But there is increasing evidence that people respond strongly to material developments if they can clearly gauge their effect on themselves. Here's another example showing the effects of rising rents:

Very much looking forward to this Webinar at the Center for European Studies at the University of Florida. I will speak about the Geoeconomics of the Digital Euro. Dec 4, 12 pm EST, 6 pm CET Register here: ces.ufl.edu/calendar/

1/ 📢 How Manufacturing Interests Dominated the German Response to the Energy Crisis Check out our new article with Anke Hassel and Martin Höpner, now open access in Politics and Society! 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0032...

New article out on political learning by policy implementors with @lisiperezchiques.bsky.social & Katie Zuber. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

“Could he do that?” Yes, mostly, he could using sections 301, 232, 338, or IEEPA. Some require executive branch review first. To impose some tariffs, he’d need cooperation from Congress. Will be interesting to see if they oblige. Tariff & presidential authority explainer: www.cfr.org/blog/electio...

You know great students interested in a MA in International Affairs & Governance? Send them our way to the dual degree SciencesPoParis-St Gallen! Applications now open until Jan 28 👋 www.sciencespo.fr/psia/academi... Terrific program, awesome institutions + rumors say the pedagogical team is fun 😎

The climate crisis leads to unprecedented losses and damages. Help us understand how they affect contemporary societies & political economies. Join @vapunkt.bsky.social, @trgn.bsky.social & me at: - SASE Mini Conference - Paper Workshop @mpifg.bsky.social - Special issue at Socio-Economic Review

I don't know how I missed this piece back in September. It is superb. I have long embraced Blyth&Taleb's point that suppressing volatility breeds fragility, but this political theory angle is not one I have ever thought about, and it is incredibly compelling.

Another important consequence of Northvolt going belly-up: Europe’s auto value chains will be much more dependent on 🔋 production in Hungary. Given Viktor Orban’s demonstrated propensity for using any leverage as blackmail—no good news I wrote about it here 👉 www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bat...

I recently gave a talk on sovereign credit ratings at the Max Planck Institute (@mpifg.bsky.social). It is now available in podcast form: www.mpifg.de/1254284/2024... Check it out if you are interested in why credit rating agencies rival the IMF in the power they exercise within global governance!

Very interesting and timely read, highly recommended!

I am very much looking forward to this event, check it out!