Flipside of hawkish anti-China politics in US is strong backing for alliance with (LDP-ruled) Japan. Kurt Campbell is arch exponent. Now, Eric Schmidt ex-Google CEO,
"is private equity reactionary in the conservative backlash sense of the word — facilitating a rebellion against progressive constraints of public company existence i.e. the
Say you were in the business of engineering a populist revolt: 1. Start with 24% electoral support 2. Announce unsettling “reforms” to tax/welfare. 3. Hand
The Fed, as part of QE, has bought $480bn of mortgage-backed securities in the past year. BofA ain’t that far behind, with $360bn – >
Clean Living Under Difficult Circumstances: Looking for a smart leftie podcast? I strongly recommend some of the stuff on @poltheoryother by @alexdoherty7 soundcloud.com/poltheoryother Really enjoyed
RT @ipeltonen: ”Paris handed the problem off to Brussels. That is a well-tried practice in European politics. The problem is that Brussels…
Investors are turning bullish on the dollar. NOT good news for EM. Another aspect of a potential squeeze as prospect of Fed tightening begins to
Essential paper on Gilet Jaunes by @AgoraEW @P_Graichen @m_gagnebin T. Lenck foresaw the way in which highly specific experience might be misused in political argument
Macron’s political problem is to build a coalition that spans green urban elites and rural France, which is being geed up by anti-wind campaigners ->
@m_gagnebin Building on your fantastic paper, for which very grateful. You and your coauthors foresaw precisely the scenario we are now facing.
RT @m_gagnebin: A #CarbonTax does not create #inequalities. If one's interested in reducing them (we should be), there is a number of adequ…
"Shares in highly indebted developer China Evergrande dropped following a court order freezing $20m in bank deposits of one of its divisions, raising new concerns".
Been asked to write a hit piece on the EU’s climate package? @Sustainable2050 gives you the tongue in cheek formula. Chartbook #27 adds the Gilets
RT @Sustainable2050: Did your news outlet ask you to write a hit piece against the EU’s #Fitfor55 climate action plan? You can do it! My
RT @hangingnoodles: odd how its dire if policy "adds 6-7 cents to the price…of petrol" nobody bats an eyelid when it fluctuates far more…
In policy debate “lessons from history” often = boogeymen. We can free space for rational deliberation by critically examining the history. Chartbook #14 deals with
@policytensor @alexpghayes @contextproblem @70sBachchan @genbould @BenignBrodwicz @tmuzergues @DSMarkovits @mlamont6 @PikettyLeMonde @ericadamsfornyc Thanks it really is.
"China’s digital economy surges in 2020 amid pandemic, making up 38.6 % of country’s GDP in 2020.” CAICT estimate. Really took me by surprise! Very
Will the Dems back Powell for a 2nd term at the Fed? Interesting piece this by @JamesPoliti @colbyLsmith Interesting also for what it does not
“as China's old economy of commodities/ manufacturing has become mired in debt and decay, China’s boom has been sustained by tech sector. Over past decade,
RT @NDuvoux: "The lesson of the Gilet Jaunes crisis is not that carbon pricing is impossible, but that it has to be done with an
RT @azraisakovic: #GiletsJaunes/ Un spectre qui hante l'#Europe🇪🇺 – Leur fantôme rôde dans les couloirs du pouvoir Leur retour a été provoq…
RT @jordanschnyc: funny when you put it this way @adam_tooze theconversation.com/chinas-leaders… Comparison with USSR and based on estimates of GDP i…
@alexburns Thank you. Thats very kind of you!
This week’s Newsletter is about the storm brewing over Europe’s environmental policy, carbon prices and the long shadow thrown by the 2018/9 Yellow Vest protests. Who were the protestors and their supporters? What triggered the protests? How is this episode reverberating through climate politics in Europe three years later? … but first, a quick personal note.
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Gilet Jaunes taught everyone the need for a just transition -> EU proposes 144bn Euro social fund to offset ETS expansion. Enough? No! Chorus of
RT @3eintelligence: Excellent analysis @adam_tooze of the social issues of the EU’s #Fitfor55 package – « adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-ne… – how som…
RT @duncanrobinson: Interesting stuff from @adam_tooze. Given the backlash from member states, who will water down the proposals, there was…
Ireland as Britain’s Cuba! Some choice 1970s paranoia. Just in case you were wondering, The Monday Club is a Tory organization. twitter.com/JoseJuMarti/st…
@policytensor @genbould @BenignBrodwicz @tmuzergues @mlamont6 @DSMarkovits Well thanks 🙁 I would prefer to describe it as conceptual agnosticism. I can see the attraction of a
@policytensor @genbould @BenignBrodwicz @tmuzergues Ok. Well I did gather that much. But if it is his book you are referring too I didn’t see more
Those three windows on the 1st floor … best office I am ever going to have the privilege of working in! Jesus College Cambridge early
@AnneMarieV254 @policytensor @BenignBrodwicz Sure. But, as you say, they built it. There is some really robust commitment to the ETS market. Without any illusions we
Folks who react to EU Commission’s Fit for 55 climate package by invoking specter of Gilets Jaunes are engaged in boogeyman politics. Chartbook #27 on
One for @ediecontooze twitter.com/Samantharhill/…
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