“Despite Ahmad al-Sharaa’s attempts to distance the new regime from the its predecessor, the rebels in power have pursued economic statecraft that is more continuity than rupture with the ancien regime of the Assads.” Richard Solomon on Sharaa’s Syria phenomenalworld.org/analysis/syr...

“Since the revolution of 1959, a persistent feature of Miami’s political life has been to push Washington to regime change in Cuba—but with little unity on the question of how.” @hozic.bsky.social on competing anti-Havana factions in South Florida phenomenalworld.org/analysis/mia...

“The Cuban Missile Crisis established Florida as an ideological and military bulwark in the struggle against communism. It is a role that the state—home to three US military commands—continues to play with gusto.” @hozic.bsky.social on Miami and Havana

“Late to the e-commerce game, minimally invested in their distribution network, and committed as ever to an artificially-limited assortment, Costco is the anti-Amazon.” phenomenalworld.org/analysis/the...

“Adaptation is largely a public good. Unlike electricity generation or selling EVs, it doesn’t align with the goals of private investment, and so it is entirely beholden to fiscal constraints.” phenomenalworld.org/analysis/glo...

“Despite Ahmad al-Sharaa’s attempts to distance the new regime from the its predecessor, the rebels in power have pursued economic statecraft that is more continuity than rupture with the ancien regime of the Assads.” Richard Solomon on Sharaa’s Syria phenomenalworld.org/analysis/syr...

“An estimate of heat-related deaths in Europe puts the number at 20,000 just for the last week of June. By now, summertime is recognized as a deadly season.” The latest from @70sBachchan.bsky.social and @katemac.bsky.social—on heatwaves and adaptation politics. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/glo...

NEW: @katemac.bsky.social & I: "Heat waves tend to attract less attention than the charismatic megafauna of climate disasters—floods, storms, wildfires—in part because they cause less property damage & thus less obviously financially costly" phenomenalworld.org/analysis/glo... Graphic @TheEconomist

Às vésperas de uma primeira rodada de revisões, Donald Trump anunciou que não renovará o USMCA. O acordo ainda poderá integrar efetivamente a América do Norte? Em "Elos perdidos", Gilberto García-Vázquez analisa os desafios do pacto norteamericano. phenomenalworld.org/pt-br/analis...

"La revisión del TMEC no es mera formalidad. Llega cuando los subsidios ya fueron asignados, el CAPEX ya se desplegó y los cuellos de botella en insumos críticos siguen abiertos. Los mecanismos para corregir el problema existen; los actores con mandato también" phenomenalworld.org/es/analisis/...

UN MEJOR ACUERDO PARA MÉXICO "El Gobierno debería adoptar una visión estratégica de las negociaciones como una oportunidad para aumentar autonomía mediante el fortalecimiento de su economía nacional y la reducción de su dependencia de la demanda de exportación" phenomenalworld.org/es/analisis/...

"La parte del PIB mexicano que se destina a la mano de obra en forma de salarios es una de las más bajas del mundo. Esto, a su vez, deprime la demanda interna, ya que los ingresos laborales representan el 66% de los ingresos de los hogares" phenomenalworld.org/es/analisis/...

NUEVO UN MEJOR ACUERDO PARA MÉXICO "El estancamiento de los salarios medios se debe a (...) la baja proporción de trabajadores sindicados, la persistencia de la colusión empresarial con sindicatos corruptos y la débil aplicación de legislación laboral" phenomenalworld.org/es/analisis/...

Why we wrote : "A carbon energy superpower, the United States looks increasingly like an energy island." @phenomenalworld.bsky.social @katemac.bsky.social phenomenalworld.org/analysis/daw... bsky.app/profile/aksh...

UN MEJOR ACUERDO PARA MÉXICO "La integración en la economía norteamericana ha sido la estrategia dominante de los responsables políticos mexicanos durante 3 décadas. Si bien este enfoque incrementó el comercio, no logró abordar los problemas fundamentales" phenomenalworld.org/es/analisis/...

“Are we at the end of the American Century? On the one hand, the United States appears as a waning hegemon, accelerating away from its own unipolar era. On the other, each unprecedented shock reaffirms Washington’s unique privilege to directly reshape the world.” phenomenalworld.org/analysis/int...

Yesterday, the Trump admin announced it would withdraw from the USMCA. Given the scale of corporate investment in regional supply chains, this merely a negotiating tactic—but it is of a piece with growing uncertainty in industry and industrial policy making across the continent. Read on for more:

Yesterday, the Trump admin announced it would withdraw from the USMCA. Given the scale of corporate investment in regional supply chains, this merely a negotiating tactic—but it is of a piece with growing uncertainty in industry and industrial policy making across the continent. Read on for more:

Well this was super interesting - a comparison of Amazon and Costco, as well as a meditation on what does and does not work for the social good. @samwetherell.bsky.social you might like this given your interest in infrastructure! phenomenalworld.org/analysis/the...

This by Benjamin Fong on @phenomenalworld.bsky.social on Amazon vs Costco is a fascinating look into the economics and specifically the logistics of running retail. The bonus at the end on how Mamdani's public supermarket initiative could learn from these is also very pragmatic and inspiring.

“The undeniable benefits of financial inclusion in the 2000s, which widened access to basic appliances like fridges and washing machines, have recently been overwhelmed, in the public’s perception, by the costs of financial expropriation.” phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bra...

“The undeniable benefits of financial inclusion in the 2000s, which widened access to basic appliances like fridges and washing machines, have recently been overwhelmed, in the public’s perception, by the costs of financial expropriation.” phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bra...

Sunday read: phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bra...

NAUFRAGAR EN LA DEUDA "Lula se postula para la reelección al final de su tercer mandato como presidente, y su campaña se sustenta en un desempeño macroeconómico relativamente exitoso", Fernando Rugitsky

“Existing analysis treats the use of foreign materials in Mexican exports as a singular problem. But there are really three distinct issues at play: coordination failures, geographic concentration, and a lack of technological development.” phenomenalworld.org/analysis/mis...

“Europe was meant to be shocked into action after a 2003 heatwave killed over 70,000 people. But the deranged idea—as Amitav Ghosh puts it—that things are under control, that bad things only happen to the far away, persists.“ @katemac.bsky.social & I: phenomenalworld.org/analysis/glo...

O endividamento das famílias é central para a avaliação popular do governo Lula. @rugitsky.bsky.social discute a tensão entre inclusão e expropriação financeira das políticas de crédito do PT

This @phenomenalworld.bsky.social piece by @jwmason.bsky.social is full of fascinating analysis. This insight, which makes perfect sense within the argument, stood out: “The economic argument for rent regulation is a bit like the argument for limiting patents and copyrights to a finite period.”

Yesterday evening, the NYC Rent Guidelines Board voted to freeze the rent for one million stabilized tenants. To understand what it means, read @jwmason.bsky.social on the cost of housing in New York City. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/aft...

“Focus on when the RGB guidelines will bite risks losing sight of the bigger-picture questions about the financial terms on which housing is bought, owned, and sold. in New York City—terms which may have to fundamentally change to make affordability possible.” phenomenalworld.org/analysis/aft...

“During Lula’s current term, after a long period of stagnation, the Brazilian economy grew about 3% and the unemployment rate declined by 3.5%. And yet, the polls are suggesting this won’t be enough to guarantee an easy reelection.” NEW by @rugitsky.bsky.social phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bra...

“During Lula’s current term, after a long period of stagnation, the Brazilian economy grew about 3% and the unemployment rate declined by 3.5%. And yet, the polls are suggesting this won’t be enough to guarantee an easy reelection.” NEW by @rugitsky.bsky.social phenomenalworld.org/analysis/bra...

NUEVO EN PHENOMENAL WORLD "De las gigafábricas a los eslabones" Gilberto García-Vazquez ¿La revisión del T-MEC promoverá una verdadera integración regional en Norteamérica?

“Europe was meant to be shocked into action after the infamous 2003 heatwave that killed over 70,000 people. But the deranged idea—as Amitav Ghosh puts it—that things are under control, that bad things only happen to the far away, persists.“ phenomenalworld.org/analysis/glo...

“A trade bloc that integrates the assembly but not the middle link pays a cost that goes beyond trade—to a country’s broader productive capacity and industrial policy.” Gilberto García-Vazquez on the upcoming first mandatory review of the USMCA. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/mis...

“The deranged idea—as Amitav Ghosh describes it—that we are safe, that things are under control, that bad things only happen to people who are far away, persists. Anticipating future ruin, we fail to act in the here and now.” @katemac.bsky.social & I @phenomenalworld.bsky.social

👉 @triofrancos.bsky.social & @iliasalami.bsky.social in @phenomenalworld.bsky.social on Trump state capitalism contradictions: expands mineral supplies but undermines policy coherence; ending free trade opens Global South opportunities but reinforces subordination phenomenalworld.org/analysis/tru...

Great article on why hegemonic decline will not be enough to dethrone the dollar. Moving from sterling to USD in the 1960s required a massive multilateral effort, including Britain itself. Hard to imagine a similar coalition emerging today to move to Euro or RMB. @phenomenalworld.bsky.social

Today Colombia votes in a contest between the anointed successor to Gustavo Petro and a self-styled outsider from the far-right. Two new pieces take stock of the last four years of Colombian politics, the results of the first-round vote, and the prospects for the next administration.

Today Colombia votes in a contest between the anointed successor to Gustavo Petro and a self-styled outsider from the far-right. Two new pieces take stock of the last four years of Colombian politics, the results of the first-round vote, and the prospects for the next administration.

On Election Day in Colombia: “The left has gained new ground in rural areas largely thanks to land redistribution and subsidy policies, But it has lost ground in major cities, especially among the upper classes. The continuity of the Petrismo political project is at stake.”

“Southern Lebanon is historically a site of underdevelopment, rural immiseration, and state neglect—at odds with the Lebanese government and Israeli occupiers. Its long tradition of resistance may yet thwart the designs of its would-be rulers.” phenomenalworld.org/analysis/sou...

Weekend reading: @thunen.bsky.social brings “Empire Suicide Watch” to @nytopinion.nytimes.com.

NYTimes picks up the empire suicide watch interview - free link www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/o... the better, longer version here: phenomenalworld.org/interviews/e... @70sbachchan.bsky.social @katemac.bsky.social @phenomenalworld.bsky.social

🌎 How is the corporate control of the South American soya supply chain linked to the region's political turn towards the right? 📚 Some suggestions in April's Meridional, at Phenomenal World from our @SOAS #Economics Lecturer Fernando Rugitsky Read here 🔗 phenomenalworld.org/analysis/soy...

“‘We should take stakes in companies when people need something,’” he recently declared. “‘Some people would say that doesn’t sound very American. I think it is very American.’” @iliasalami.bsky.social & @triofrancos.bsky.social on Trump the state capitalist. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/tru...

Catch up on Ben Fong’s latest installment for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social !

China se ha convertido en el actor más importante y en el líder mundial indiscutible de la transición hacia las energías renovables. Su propia economía está cada vez más impulsada por la energía limpia, lo que la convierte en el primer “electrostado” significativo phenomenalworld.org/es/analisis/...

We are thrilled to announce the debut publications from PW Books, our collaborative imprint with @uchicagopress.bsky.social, coming this October: → THE FISCAL FED, by Will Bateman → GREENBACK EMPIRE, by Ho-fung Hung

China se ha convertido en el actor más importante y en el líder mundial indiscutible de la transición hacia las energías renovables. Su propia economía está cada vez más impulsada por la energía limpia, lo que la convierte en el primer “electrostado” significativo phenomenalworld.org/es/analisis/...