Andrea Capussela
@andreacapussela.bsky.social
📖 The Republic of Innovation (Polity), The Political Economy of Italy's Decline (Oxford), Declino Italia (Einaudi), State-Building in Kosovo (Bloomsbury)
✒️ Domani, Le Grand Continent, sometimes Financial Times
✒️ Domani, Le Grand Continent, sometimes Financial Times
Delighted and grateful that the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute included my book in its 2025 must reads
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December 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Delighted and grateful that the Gottlieb Duttweiler Institute included my book in its 2025 must reads
gdi.ch/en/publicati...
gdi.ch/en/publicati...
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Economic decline doesn’t always lead to #populism. The local political climate acts as a filter.
As Deppisch & @andreasklaerner.bsky.social argue in @regionalstudies.bsky.social, in some rural areas discontent leads to civic engagement. In others, it is a vehicle for revenge.
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
As Deppisch & @andreasklaerner.bsky.social argue in @regionalstudies.bsky.social, in some rural areas discontent leads to civic engagement. In others, it is a vehicle for revenge.
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
December 19, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Economic decline doesn’t always lead to #populism. The local political climate acts as a filter.
As Deppisch & @andreasklaerner.bsky.social argue in @regionalstudies.bsky.social, in some rural areas discontent leads to civic engagement. In others, it is a vehicle for revenge.
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
As Deppisch & @andreasklaerner.bsky.social argue in @regionalstudies.bsky.social, in some rural areas discontent leads to civic engagement. In others, it is a vehicle for revenge.
doi.org/10.1080/0034...
In my book I cite him, Barbarossa's uncle, and an adversary of urban liberty
December 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
In my book I cite him, Barbarossa's uncle, and an adversary of urban liberty
A picture of the discovery
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Humans made fire 350,000 years earlier than previously thought, discovery in Suffolk suggests
Groundbreaking find makes compelling case that humans were lighting fires much earlier than originally believed
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
A picture of the discovery
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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Two of the few remaining centre-left prime ministers in Europe (🇩🇰 & 🇬🇧) come together to write a joint op-ed on ... harder migration policy.
A sign of the times. Most noteworthy for me is the call for ECHR reform, though with little detail on how it should be changed.
A sign of the times. Most noteworthy for me is the call for ECHR reform, though with little detail on how it should be changed.
We must protect our borders to defend our democracies. Here's how
This is our strong message to our friends in Europe. Unless responsible governments reflect their citizens’ concerns, populists will win, say British PM Keir Starmer and Danish PM Mette Frederiksen
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Two of the few remaining centre-left prime ministers in Europe (🇩🇰 & 🇬🇧) come together to write a joint op-ed on ... harder migration policy.
A sign of the times. Most noteworthy for me is the call for ECHR reform, though with little detail on how it should be changed.
A sign of the times. Most noteworthy for me is the call for ECHR reform, though with little detail on how it should be changed.
Podcast on my @politybooks.bsky.social book, in St Andrews splendid @rbpodcast.bsky.social series.
I discuss the links between classical liberty and P. Aghion's Schumpeterian theory, and pick from M. Wolf's and @brankomilan.bsky.social's reform programmes
www.intellectualhistory.net/roots-and-br...
I discuss the links between classical liberty and P. Aghion's Schumpeterian theory, and pick from M. Wolf's and @brankomilan.bsky.social's reform programmes
www.intellectualhistory.net/roots-and-br...
December 9, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Podcast on my @politybooks.bsky.social book, in St Andrews splendid @rbpodcast.bsky.social series.
I discuss the links between classical liberty and P. Aghion's Schumpeterian theory, and pick from M. Wolf's and @brankomilan.bsky.social's reform programmes
www.intellectualhistory.net/roots-and-br...
I discuss the links between classical liberty and P. Aghion's Schumpeterian theory, and pick from M. Wolf's and @brankomilan.bsky.social's reform programmes
www.intellectualhistory.net/roots-and-br...
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On two recent books.
Splendid text, by @newlefteviews.bsky.social, reviewing a book I haven't read, Beckert's, and one, @brankomilan.bsky.social's, which I would like to review
www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2025/1...
How not to talk about capitalism
The more it penetrates our daily lives, the less we seem to understand the “system that runs the world”
www.newstatesman.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:48 PM
On two recent books.
Stoke Newington bookshop, slim green book
December 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Stoke Newington bookshop, slim green book
'Gaza’s killing and misery grind on'
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘Bloodshed was supposed to stop’: no sign of normal life as Gaza’s killing and misery grind on
The term ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion life is returning to normal’ for Palestinians squeezed into the remaining 42% of their land behind Israel’s ‘yellow line’
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
'Gaza’s killing and misery grind on'
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Splendid text, by @newlefteviews.bsky.social, reviewing a book I haven't read, Beckert's, and one, @brankomilan.bsky.social's, which I would like to review
www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2025/1...
How not to talk about capitalism
The more it penetrates our daily lives, the less we seem to understand the “system that runs the world”
www.newstatesman.com
December 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Splendid text, by @newlefteviews.bsky.social, reviewing a book I haven't read, Beckert's, and one, @brankomilan.bsky.social's, which I would like to review
www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2025/1...
Bel resoconto su @nosalpes.bsky.social della parte pubblica del summit @grandcontinent.bsky.social dei giorni scorsi:
Trump e Putin aggrediscono 'il principio di libertà così come lo intendiamo proprio in Europa, ha detto con leggerezza e forza Andrea Capussela'
nosalpes.eu/2025/12/04/i...
Trump e Putin aggrediscono 'il principio di libertà così come lo intendiamo proprio in Europa, ha detto con leggerezza e forza Andrea Capussela'
nosalpes.eu/2025/12/04/i...
Il futuro umanesimo del Grand Continent e dell'Europa
Il quarto summit Le Grand Continent si conferma come sede di un dibattito centrato sull’Europa, tra umanesimo del futuro e sfide geopolitiche
nosalpes.eu
December 6, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Bel resoconto su @nosalpes.bsky.social della parte pubblica del summit @grandcontinent.bsky.social dei giorni scorsi:
Trump e Putin aggrediscono 'il principio di libertà così come lo intendiamo proprio in Europa, ha detto con leggerezza e forza Andrea Capussela'
nosalpes.eu/2025/12/04/i...
Trump e Putin aggrediscono 'il principio di libertà così come lo intendiamo proprio in Europa, ha detto con leggerezza e forza Andrea Capussela'
nosalpes.eu/2025/12/04/i...
Qui parlo di tassa Zucman e idea classica di libertà:
'Assunta questa concezione, e date le condizioni attuali, la battaglia per la giustizia fiscale è una battaglia di libertà.'
www.editorialedomani.it/idee/comment...
@marioricciardi.bsky.social @fabriziobarca.bsky.social @fsaraceno.bsky.social
'Assunta questa concezione, e date le condizioni attuali, la battaglia per la giustizia fiscale è una battaglia di libertà.'
www.editorialedomani.it/idee/comment...
@marioricciardi.bsky.social @fabriziobarca.bsky.social @fsaraceno.bsky.social
Giustizia o libertà. Quegli ostacoli alla patrimoniale
Se un sistema fiscale è diventato regressivo, la prima cosa da fare è tassare di più i ricchissimi. Il rimedio è banale, e ovviamente giusto: eppure non lo applichiamo. Quali ostacoli lo impediscono? ...
www.editorialedomani.it
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Qui parlo di tassa Zucman e idea classica di libertà:
'Assunta questa concezione, e date le condizioni attuali, la battaglia per la giustizia fiscale è una battaglia di libertà.'
www.editorialedomani.it/idee/comment...
@marioricciardi.bsky.social @fabriziobarca.bsky.social @fsaraceno.bsky.social
'Assunta questa concezione, e date le condizioni attuali, la battaglia per la giustizia fiscale è una battaglia di libertà.'
www.editorialedomani.it/idee/comment...
@marioricciardi.bsky.social @fabriziobarca.bsky.social @fsaraceno.bsky.social
Today presentation of my book at King's College Cambridge, 5.30 Keynes seminar room: www.instagram.com/p/DRZ50AcDBz2/
CSEP on Instagram: "This Monday 24th 5:30-6:30pm at Keynes Seminar Room, Kings College. Join us for a fascinating discussion about innovation, populism and contending theoretical approaches to freedom...
8 likes, 0 comments - csepecon on November 23, 2025: "This Monday 24th 5:30-6:30pm at Keynes Seminar Room, Kings College. Join us for a fascinating discussion about innovation, populism and contending...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Today presentation of my book at King's College Cambridge, 5.30 Keynes seminar room: www.instagram.com/p/DRZ50AcDBz2/
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Artículo de un “think tanker” conservador estadounidense defendiendo a Franco, en el Wall Street Journal.
El problema no son los jóvenes españoles.
@marujatorres.bsky.social
@mariaramirez.bsky.social
@robiols.bsky.social
El problema no son los jóvenes españoles.
@marujatorres.bsky.social
@mariaramirez.bsky.social
@robiols.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Artículo de un “think tanker” conservador estadounidense defendiendo a Franco, en el Wall Street Journal.
El problema no son los jóvenes españoles.
@marujatorres.bsky.social
@mariaramirez.bsky.social
@robiols.bsky.social
El problema no son los jóvenes españoles.
@marujatorres.bsky.social
@mariaramirez.bsky.social
@robiols.bsky.social
@jonathanhopkin.bsky.social hello Jonathan, maybe I told you that I was writing this, which has just come out, and maybe it can interest you: www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
November 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
@jonathanhopkin.bsky.social hello Jonathan, maybe I told you that I was writing this, which has just come out, and maybe it can interest you: www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
November 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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True freedom, @andreacapussela.bsky.social writes, arises when no one is subject to another’s will, be that the will of an employer, Big Tech, or the so-called elite.
'The Republic of Innovation' shows how true freedom can foster a more innovative and prosperous society.
More: ow.ly/aGxr50XvP5b
'The Republic of Innovation' shows how true freedom can foster a more innovative and prosperous society.
More: ow.ly/aGxr50XvP5b
November 21, 2025 at 3:23 PM
True freedom, @andreacapussela.bsky.social writes, arises when no one is subject to another’s will, be that the will of an employer, Big Tech, or the so-called elite.
'The Republic of Innovation' shows how true freedom can foster a more innovative and prosperous society.
More: ow.ly/aGxr50XvP5b
'The Republic of Innovation' shows how true freedom can foster a more innovative and prosperous society.
More: ow.ly/aGxr50XvP5b
My ‘republic’ is out today: www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
Grateful to my editor @iannmalcolm.bsky.social @politybooks.bsky.social (and to @brankomilan.bsky.social @glgerstle.bsky.social)
These are the reviews, as good as they are undeserved:
‘This imaginative and illuminating study ...
Grateful to my editor @iannmalcolm.bsky.social @politybooks.bsky.social (and to @brankomilan.bsky.social @glgerstle.bsky.social)
These are the reviews, as good as they are undeserved:
‘This imaginative and illuminating study ...
The Republic of Innovation: A New Political Economy of Freedom
The Republic of Innovation: A New Political Economy of Freedom, True freedom, Capussela writes, arises when no one is subject to another’s will, be that the will of an employer, Big Tech, or the so-ca...
www.politybooks.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
My ‘republic’ is out today: www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
Grateful to my editor @iannmalcolm.bsky.social @politybooks.bsky.social (and to @brankomilan.bsky.social @glgerstle.bsky.social)
These are the reviews, as good as they are undeserved:
‘This imaginative and illuminating study ...
Grateful to my editor @iannmalcolm.bsky.social @politybooks.bsky.social (and to @brankomilan.bsky.social @glgerstle.bsky.social)
These are the reviews, as good as they are undeserved:
‘This imaginative and illuminating study ...
'40 years on, the left has still to find an answer to the big bang in the 1980s.'
In this book, out tomorrow, I suggest that a plausible answer might stem from combining classical liberty with Schumpeterian innovation: www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In this book, out tomorrow, I suggest that a plausible answer might stem from combining classical liberty with Schumpeterian innovation: www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Republic of Innovation: A New Political Economy of Freedom
The Republic of Innovation: A New Political Economy of Freedom, True freedom, Capussela writes, arises when no one is subject to another’s will, be that the will of an employer, Big Tech, or the so-ca...
www.politybooks.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
'40 years on, the left has still to find an answer to the big bang in the 1980s.'
In this book, out tomorrow, I suggest that a plausible answer might stem from combining classical liberty with Schumpeterian innovation: www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In this book, out tomorrow, I suggest that a plausible answer might stem from combining classical liberty with Schumpeterian innovation: www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
'GDPR is Europe’s greatest weapon against digital oligarchy, child harm and foreign political interference. Diluting it now, in the shadow of Donald Trump, would confirm Europe as a digital vassal of the US'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The EU has let US tech giants run riot. Diluting our data law will only entrench their power | Johnny Ryan and Georg Riekeles
The GDPR is Europe’s defence against digital oligarchy and child harm. Deregulation plans are misguided, say Johnny Ryan and Georg Riekeles
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
'GDPR is Europe’s greatest weapon against digital oligarchy, child harm and foreign political interference. Diluting it now, in the shadow of Donald Trump, would confirm Europe as a digital vassal of the US'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
'Israel is holding dozens of Palestinians from Gaza isolated in an underground jail where they never see daylight, are deprived of adequate food and barred from receiving news of their families or the outside world.'
Tunnels are underground too.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Tunnels are underground too.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel’s underground jail, where Palestinians are held without charge and never see daylight
Exclusive: Detainees at Rakefet include nurse and teenager who have been deprived of natural light since January
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:08 AM
'Israel is holding dozens of Palestinians from Gaza isolated in an underground jail where they never see daylight, are deprived of adequate food and barred from receiving news of their families or the outside world.'
Tunnels are underground too.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Tunnels are underground too.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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@brankomilan.bsky.social 's new book 'The Great Global Transformation: National Market Liberalism in a Multipolar World' reviewed by Ivan Radanovic for @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social ✍️
🎟️ Register for our book launch on 6 November: buff.ly/d0sVFOw
Read the review 👇
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🎟️ Register for our book launch on 6 November: buff.ly/d0sVFOw
Read the review 👇
buff.ly/geSIAGY
Branko Milanović – is neoliberalism being replaced by something more capitalist? - LSE Review of Books
The Great Global Transformation by Branko Milanović explores China's economic rise, a new elite class & neoliberalism being replaced by a new international order
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October 31, 2025 at 1:02 PM
@brankomilan.bsky.social 's new book 'The Great Global Transformation: National Market Liberalism in a Multipolar World' reviewed by Ivan Radanovic for @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social ✍️
🎟️ Register for our book launch on 6 November: buff.ly/d0sVFOw
Read the review 👇
buff.ly/geSIAGY
🎟️ Register for our book launch on 6 November: buff.ly/d0sVFOw
Read the review 👇
buff.ly/geSIAGY
Required reading: Sophie Bessis's essay on why the idea of Europe's 'judeo-christian' roots is 'une imposture': www.editionslesliensquiliberent.fr/livre-La_civ...
A brief interview with Bessis:
youtu.be/dqNwCVNRCfM?...
A brief interview with Bessis:
youtu.be/dqNwCVNRCfM?...
La civilisation judéo-chrétienne
www.editionslesliensquiliberent.fr
September 25, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Required reading: Sophie Bessis's essay on why the idea of Europe's 'judeo-christian' roots is 'une imposture': www.editionslesliensquiliberent.fr/livre-La_civ...
A brief interview with Bessis:
youtu.be/dqNwCVNRCfM?...
A brief interview with Bessis:
youtu.be/dqNwCVNRCfM?...
'Europe’s overt submission to Trump is emblematic of a broader malaise...They also routinely placate far-right forces at home. In doing so, they corrode the very values and principles – democracy, rule of law [etc.] – that they claim to uphold.'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If Europe keeps placating its own far right, how can it possibly stand up to Trump? | Thu Nguyen and Jannik Jansen
European leaders’ weakness is undermining the democratic principles on which the EU was built, say Thu Nguyen and Jannik Jansen from the Jacques Delors Centre
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
'Europe’s overt submission to Trump is emblematic of a broader malaise...They also routinely placate far-right forces at home. In doing so, they corrode the very values and principles – democracy, rule of law [etc.] – that they claim to uphold.'
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...