High interest rates and rising foreign reserves signal Sri Lanka’s willingness to place the interests of outside actors ahead of the country’s own people and businesses, argue Arjun Jayadev, Ahilan Kadirgamar, and @jwmason.bsky.social. bit.ly/3XIgTlX

Very exciting news. This is going to be an important book.

Article: Keynes and Ricardo on consumption, by Alex M Thomas
doi.org/10.1093/cje/...

And, finally, a cool new book to pre-order: Against Money by @jwmason.bsky.social and Arjun Jayadev.

Looking forward to this one. Books about money is a crowded marketplace but I reckon Arjun and Josh have something to add.

The government of Israel is exterminating every man, woman and child in Gaza. And our governments, and most leaders of liberal institutions in "the West" - parties both left and right, the press, universities - are doing all they can to support this. This is the central political fact of our time.

Arjun Jayadev and I recently submitted the final manuscript of our book, now called Against Money, to University of Chicago Press. The book itself will not be out until early next year. But in the meantime, you can read this blog post on what it's about and what's in it. jwmason.org/slackwire/ag...

After two substantial rounds of revisions, Arjun Jayadev and I finally sent in to day the (knock on wood) final manuscript of our book on money. The book itself won't appear for another eight months, but at least the writing is done.

I look forward to integrating this into my intro international Political economy course this spring.

Great piece by @arjunjayadev.bsky.social and @jwmason.bsky.social on international trade, protectionism, development, and neoliberalism. The left needs to do much work to offer alternatives to maganomics.

Here is a piece that @arjunjayadev.bsky.social and I wrote for Boston Review, trying to lay out the big debates around international trade, finance and development in an accessible way. www.bostonreview.net/articles/bey...