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drscottjames.bsky.social
This is very good
www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en...
Cryptomercantilism vs. Monetary Sovereignty-Dealing with the Challenge of US Stablecoins for the EU | Think Tank | European Parliament
Cryptomercantilism vs. Monetary Sovereignty-Dealing with the Challenge of US Stablecoins for the EU
www.europarl.europa.eu
August 2, 2025 at 6:40 PM

drscottjames.bsky.social
I’m surprised that the prospect of UK payments being squeezed between dollar stablecoins and a retail digital euro hasn’t triggered bigger questions about monetary policy, financial stability and 😱 the future of the £
July 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM

drscottjames.bsky.social
Unusual for the UK to find itself increasingly at odds, in tone at least, with both the US and EU on digital currencies
www.bankofengland.co.uk/speech/2025/...
July 31, 2025 at 1:27 PM

drscottjames.bsky.social
And now at the EU level
www.politico.eu/article/euro...
Commission livid as ECB warns of crypto apocalypse under Trump
Washington’s embrace of crypto may endanger the European financial system, but Frankfurt and Brussels are arguing over whether to rewrite a landmark law.
www.politico.eu
July 29, 2025 at 12:58 PM

drscottjames.bsky.social
We’re seeing how digital finance has significant potential to disrupt the established epistemic politics of post GFC monetary and financial governance
Rachel Reeves and Andrew Bailey clash over Revolut meeting
Chancellor’s aim to discuss fintech becoming fully fledged bank thwarted by BoE governor
www.ft.com
July 29, 2025 at 11:02 AM

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jmce-kcl.bsky.social
📢 Announcing the first JMCE Research Workshop: The Political Economy of the EU–UK Relationship

🎙️ One roundtable, three panels and twelve distinguished speakers

📆 15 May 2025, King's College London

🎟️ Info and registration: buff.ly/XfrQkW1

#savethedate
The Political Economy of the EU–UK Relationship: A research workshop
Join us for our inaugural research workshop discussing post-Brexit political economy and politics!
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March 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM

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vapunkt.bsky.social
📢 Next week is our first seminar of the @psabcpe.bsky.social online series with fantastic @ankehassel.bsky.social talking about Growth Strategies And Welfare Reforms: How Nations Cope With Economic Transitions💡Please sign up 💻 & share widely ‼️
March 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM

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drscottjames.bsky.social
Britain as a sound money paradigm in search of a zeitgeist
March 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM

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jessicaelgot.bsky.social
Final thought, of course many voters wanted more than this! They know this. But there is a genuine fear, rightly or wrongly, of a Liz Truss-style market loss of faith in the government and the consequences of that on cost of living - inflation, mortgages, businesses collapsing.
March 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM

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drscottjames.bsky.social
British economic policy is an equilibrium model in a disequilibrium world
March 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM

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urbaneprofessor.bsky.social
I've discovered LNER will give you a cup for your train booze if you failed to pick one up at M&S. But I did end up having to eat a yoghurt with a fork on a train once
April 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM

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samfr.bsky.social
Lots of differences but the similarity with Truss is that a lot of the market response is less about the specific event and more the realisation that these people really are total clowns and there's no clever plan behind the public statements of blathering ignorance.
April 9, 2025 at 8:31 AM

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sperishefuni.bsky.social
On 3 April 2025, SPERI hosted a workshop on the British Political Economy Tradition to examine its character, insights and contributions, and celebrate the life's work of Professor Andrew Gamble who recently retired

More here: shorturl.at/X9qrX
April 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM

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darioperkins.bsky.social
My base case - no recession/ financial crash/ dollar crisis. US just muddles along and the actions/chaos of this administration slowly erode - but not destroy - the US advantage over the RoW, which is reflected in relative asset values. That's typically how populism goes tbh
April 23, 2025 at 8:14 AM

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katie0martin.ft.com
-people who stand on the wrong side of the escalator on the tube
-people looking at their phone and walking into you
- that thing where people lean on the poles on the train so you can't grab a hand hold
- noisy school kids. just in general.
emmavj.bsky.social Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · Apr 24
Libdems to legislate on things I find irritating. Children leaving a tiny bit of milk in the bottle so they don’t have to wash it and put in recycling. The way you look forward to a deadline passing only for another one to appear. Celery in tuna mayo

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lib Dems back ban on playing music and videos on public transport in England
Under the plan, those who flout the prohibition could face a maximum fine of £1,000
www.theguardian.com
April 24, 2025 at 8:56 AM

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nigelwarburton.bsky.social
Philosophers are already being asked if they have anything stronger than Stoicism
April 26, 2025 at 4:33 AM

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adamtooze.bsky.social
Since Liberation Day, the US has experienced an EM-like reversal of the normal correlation between Treasury yields and the exchange rate of the dollar.
June 2, 2025 at 2:02 PM

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erinkaylockwood.bsky.social
This is very good.
June 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM

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roberthutton.co.uk
How did YOU celebrate Dan Hannan Day?

thecritic.co.uk/love...
Love, PEACE and PROSPERITY! | Robert Hutton | The Critic Magazine
How did you mark Dan Hannan Day? Big party, or quietly with close family? Tuesday was, for those blissfully unaware, the day identified by Conservatism’s Greatest Intellectual™ for an essay he wrote…
thecritic.co.uk
June 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM

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duncanweldon.bsky.social
The gilt move - especially at the long end - is big and bad.
No sugar coating it.
That said, the thing about the Truss debacle is that we saw these sort of moves day after day.
Too early to say if this is a wobble or a bigger problem.
July 2, 2025 at 2:26 PM

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jonathanhopkin.bsky.social
I think we’re now seeing what happens when a government has a massive majority that everyone know will not be repeated. PM’s authority melts away. Similar scenes in last Parliament
July 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM

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financialtimes.com
UK faces ‘daunting’ risks to public finances, OBR warns https://on.ft.com/4lEYT5U
UK faces ‘daunting’ risks to public finances, OBR warns
Britain’s ability to respond to future shocks has been ‘substantially eroded’, says fiscal watchdog
on.ft.com
July 8, 2025 at 10:01 AM

drscottjames.bsky.social
And we’re even further from 1955, aka the digital eurodollar market 🚀
www.innovatefinance.com/blogs/innova...
Innovate Finance: UK must act now to lead the global stablecoin economy - Innovate Finance – The Voice of UK FinTech
New framework sets out path to make Britain the global centre for stablecoin innovation, growth and regulation London, 29th April 2025 – Innovate Finance,
www.innovatefinance.com
July 15, 2025 at 10:58 AM

drscottjames.bsky.social
🚨This is not 1986, but there are divergent voices within the Bank
July 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM

drscottjames.bsky.social
There will be a lot of talk about City deregulation later, but history tells us that serious policy change requires the alignment of the City-BOE-Treasury nexus, which is less clear at this moment…
Andrew Bailey cautions banks against issuing their own stablecoins
Bailey said the moves by banks to launch their own stablecoins could threaten financial stability and the nature of money.
www.cityam.com
July 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM

drscottjames.bsky.social
Intra-EU conflict over stablecoin regulation likely to be particularly protracted as it reflects the emergent epistemic - even ontological - geopolitics of crypto
Commission livid as ECB warns of crypto apocalypse under Trump
Washington’s embrace of crypto may endanger the European financial system, but Frankfurt and Brussels are arguing over whether to rewrite a landmark law.
www.politico.eu
July 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM

drscottjames.bsky.social
A reminder that recent gilt volatility may have more to do with structural factors and liquidity constraints in long-dated gilt markets than questions around the government’s fiscal credibility
Pension funds 💔 gilts
For whom the bell tolls
www.ft.com
July 10, 2025 at 9:27 AM

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alexjabbour.bsky.social
📢 University of Warwick is hiring two Assistant Professors (apply by 17 July 2025):

•International Relations (Conflict & Security): www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNR672/a...

•International Organisations: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNR770/a...

#PoliSciJobs #PolScijobs
July 9, 2025 at 9:48 AM

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drscottjames.bsky.social
High beta Britain in a uniquely difficult position. If investors lose faith in a government with a huge majority it’s unclear where the electoral resolution comes from.
July 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM

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duncanweldon.bsky.social
Tl;dr - DB pension funds have traditionally bought a lot of gilts. That’s coming to end.
Need to find new buyers.
July 8, 2025 at 10:18 AM