Professor of Political Science, RH University of London
elections | new parties | cordons sanitaires | hate speech | militant democracy | political communication
Bitcoin and politics, media & public opinion
ERC Consolidator Grant | NWO Veni & Vidi ..
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Professor of Political Science, RH University of London
elections | new parties | cordons sanitaires | hate speech | militant democracy | political communication
Bitcoin and politics, media & public opinion
ERC Consolidator Grant | NWO Veni & Vidi
The analogy is the US New Deal.
But that deal addressed economic worries that everyone shared.
Today's EU sees the higher educated worry about climate change while others worry about immigration.
The deal addresses only the former.
We need a Green-Immigration Deal.
The D66 communications crowd are having a bad day.
Today in Dutch newspaper @volkskrant.nl:
"D66 the PM, VVD the policies
(..)
Comparing the government coalition agreement with each of the three party manifestoes leads to the conclusion:
the VVD receives a lot while D66 gets just a little".
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"attention itself has become a strategic battlefield of int'l politics.
Attention wars aren't won by reacting faster.
They're won by deciding what deserves focus.
Europe (..) needs to outplan" Trump.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Cijfers over hoeveel Nederlanders (..) direct cryptomunten in bezit hebben zijn beperkt beschikbaar."
Die heb ik, sinds 2020, en daarbij antwoorden op vragen omtrent percepties, houdingen, (beleids)voorkeuren, prijsverwachtingen en koopintentie.
Plus vragen over CBDCs.
O.a. naar de rol van criminaliteit, volatiliteit en verwachtingen.
Ondanks aanwijzingen voor het tegendeel is de wijdverbreide perceptie dat Bitcoin er vooral is voor criminelen en terroristen.
Wat vinden we van Bitcoin, andere crypto, en CBDCs?
Moet Bitcoin worden verboden?
Wat zijn de verwachtingen van Nederlanders?
Hoeveel is Bitcoin in het nieuws, hoe negatief, en met welke insteek wordt erover bericht?
Voor data hierover, vraag me gerust.
De dag dat een Nederlandse bank "beleggen in cryptovaluta" zou gaan aanbieden.
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2% of working people in the Netherlands live in poverty.
Half of these 175,000 working poor live well below the poverty line.
Even for people with average salaries, it can be difficult to make ends meet.
And, it is often impossible to find affordable housing.
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The British Government acknowledged the existence of the Smallbones Scheme in 2008.
He was posthumously awarded the medal of a British Hero of the Holocaust in 2013 /22
Impeached South Korean President Yoon Sok Yeol sentenced to 5 years imprisonment.
This is the first of several court cases surrounding his 2024 coup attempt.
Just as, for instance, Jair Bolsonaro's plans in Brazil, this coup attempt will not go unpunished.
It is a fairly unusual one, which is representative of how much the political landscape has changed in the country.
Here is some quick context about it, in case that is of interest:
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We're looking for a #Research #Fellow to join our team. The successful candidate will be part of the research project "Political #Finance in #Africa" led by Associate Professor @sarahbrierley.bsky.social for 2 years.
🗓️Apply by Monday 12 January 👇🏽
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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Hun antwoorden van toen zijn nog steeds relevant:
www.nu.nl/formatie-202...
📣 Multi-position (PhD and postdoc) call for an interdisciplinary project on "AI in the News Ecosystem: Navigating Trust and Authenticity”
Project @ddc-sdu.bsky.social (Digital Democracy Centre (SDU)).
Multiple positions with different backgrounds and profiles.
Links in🧵
#commsky
Like Venezuela, Iraq had immense resources, experienced collapse and could have satisfied its debt
- but only at the cost of delaying recovery.
@emmarjanssen.bsky.social had already been studying how easy it would be for White House officials to use prediction markets to self-enrich based on their own policy decisions.
This is a great report.
"insiders shouldn’t get rich off of policy decisions—but even more concerning is the possibility that people are skewing policy outcomes to make their bets pay off
(..)
Donald Trump Jr., adviser to Kalshi & Polymarket, has invested millions into Polymarket"
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@emmarjanssen.bsky.social had already been studying how easy it would be for White House officials to use prediction markets to self-enrich based on their own policy decisions.
This is a great report.
Nor is there any reason to believe the US government is interested in bringing democracy or in anything else but US elite interests.
Just as for previous governments during previous involvement in Latin America, authoritarianism will typically do, as long as it serves these interests.
het boek met de geweldige titel "Het kon minder: De lessen van Johan Remkes" door Thijs Broer en Peter Kee (2025).
Vele dossiers waar Remkes zich sinds de jaren zeventig, gevraagd of (soms) ongevraagd, tegenaan heeft bemoeid passeren de revue.
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Word lid! Ze zijn bijna bij de 50.000!
www.ftm.nl/word-lid
"The world's 25 richest families have gained another $358.7 billion this year, thanks in part to their oil and gas reserves.
(..)
ultra-rich burden the environment many times more than others
(..)
role of inheritances is becoming increasingly important".
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➡️ @costinciobanu.bsky.social & @joostvanspanje.bsky.social show that after the 2008 Lehman collapse, economic satisfaction fell but voters rallied behind incumbents in several European countries www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #FirstView
The European Commission wants to get rid of the 2035 ban on combustion engine cars.
Ignoring concerns among tens of millions citizens, the EC keeps protecting the bankrupt business model of the dirty part of the car industry despite its failures & scandals.
We're looking for a #Research #Fellow to join our team. The successful candidate will be part of the research project "Political #Finance in #Africa" led by Associate Professor @sarahbrierley.bsky.social for 2 years.
🗓️Apply by Monday 12 January 👇🏽
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...