Guillermo Alonso Simón
@galonsosimon.bsky.social
PhD Candidate, @PAISWarwick | AFHEA, Advance HE | Comparative and European Political Economy | Fiscal Policy and Economic Governance in the EU
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Opening the Black Box of ‘Convergence’ in the European Monetary Union: A Discursive Analysis
‘Convergence’ stands out as a prominent signifier in discourse about the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), recently also gaining prominence in debates within Comparative Political Economy (...
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🚨Publication alert! 🚨
Happy to announce the publication of my first solo academic work! I critique how 'convergence' is deployed in debates about the Eurozone crisis and beyond, offering a constructivist edge to discussions about capitalist restructuring in the Eurozone.
doi.org/10.1111/jcms...
Happy to announce the publication of my first solo academic work! I critique how 'convergence' is deployed in debates about the Eurozone crisis and beyond, offering a constructivist edge to discussions about capitalist restructuring in the Eurozone.
doi.org/10.1111/jcms...
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We can’t say you didn’t know. “Never again” is happening again.
What's being described in this thread 🧵 is a concentration camp right on American soil, with all the horror and injustice that name carries.
What's being described in this thread 🧵 is a concentration camp right on American soil, with all the horror and injustice that name carries.
Her husband told her that detainees at Broadview had to get up at 5am to get in line for one bathroom. He often peed himself. One time he had to wait until 2pm to use the bathroom. You could only use the bathroom once a day. He said the agents would beat you if you used the bathroom on yourself.
November 7, 2025 at 1:02 PM
We can’t say you didn’t know. “Never again” is happening again.
What's being described in this thread 🧵 is a concentration camp right on American soil, with all the horror and injustice that name carries.
What's being described in this thread 🧵 is a concentration camp right on American soil, with all the horror and injustice that name carries.
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I was privileged to be a Nuffield PPRF and it was nothing short of career changing. 3 years with ample time for research, surrounded by some of the most supportive people out there.
The call is out now; do apply!
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/media/s2wd5j...
The call is out now; do apply!
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/media/s2wd5j...
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
November 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I was privileged to be a Nuffield PPRF and it was nothing short of career changing. 3 years with ample time for research, surrounded by some of the most supportive people out there.
The call is out now; do apply!
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/media/s2wd5j...
The call is out now; do apply!
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/media/s2wd5j...
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Very happy that my contribution in the @ejcs-journal.bsky.social and the full special issue on "Space Invaders Revisited" is now out in print! Honoured to be amongs amazing scholars, to revisit the amazing and still timely work by Nirmal Puwar!
➡️Read my piece here: doi.org/10.1177/1367...
➡️Read my piece here: doi.org/10.1177/1367...
November 5, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Very happy that my contribution in the @ejcs-journal.bsky.social and the full special issue on "Space Invaders Revisited" is now out in print! Honoured to be amongs amazing scholars, to revisit the amazing and still timely work by Nirmal Puwar!
➡️Read my piece here: doi.org/10.1177/1367...
➡️Read my piece here: doi.org/10.1177/1367...
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Top 10% by income now getting half of all consumption
November 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Top 10% by income now getting half of all consumption
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Excellent, excellent, excellent from @danielagabor.bsky.social on a podcast with Andy Haldane, ex-BoE. She doesn’t let him get away w/ saying stuff he knows not to be true, eg claiming the BoE could ‘go bust’. It’s mainstream central bank speak that’s bankrupt! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
On Politics: Do bond markets and the Bank of England run Britain?
Podcast Episode · The LRB Podcast · 29/10/2025 · 1h 6m
podcasts.apple.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Excellent, excellent, excellent from @danielagabor.bsky.social on a podcast with Andy Haldane, ex-BoE. She doesn’t let him get away w/ saying stuff he knows not to be true, eg claiming the BoE could ‘go bust’. It’s mainstream central bank speak that’s bankrupt! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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I REALLY need to finish my paper on how we can understand "fiscal headroom" as a politically constructed space bounded by an invisible electric fence
I guess I must have imagined a decade of austerity premised on the claim that the bond markets leave us no alternative.
October 31, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I REALLY need to finish my paper on how we can understand "fiscal headroom" as a politically constructed space bounded by an invisible electric fence
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It's ok, all holders of these securities need to do is buy an over-the-counter credit derivative to hedge their default risk, then securitize and tranche those derivative contracts and sell the resulting income streams. Assuming the top tranches get AAA credit ratings, what could possibly go wrong?
quite literally everything i hear about the economics of this feels insane, especially given the big issue of the tools not doing what boosters say they will do. so many details make me feel very not good!
October 31, 2025 at 4:02 AM
It's ok, all holders of these securities need to do is buy an over-the-counter credit derivative to hedge their default risk, then securitize and tranche those derivative contracts and sell the resulting income streams. Assuming the top tranches get AAA credit ratings, what could possibly go wrong?
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España ya está a la cabeza de Europa en porcentaje de estudiantes en universidades privadas. Solo le superan tres países minúsculos (Chipre, Malta y Montenegro) y dos del Este (Hungría y Polonia).
A nadie parece preocuparle la transformación estructural que esta tendencia supone.
A nadie parece preocuparle la transformación estructural que esta tendencia supone.
October 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
España ya está a la cabeza de Europa en porcentaje de estudiantes en universidades privadas. Solo le superan tres países minúsculos (Chipre, Malta y Montenegro) y dos del Este (Hungría y Polonia).
A nadie parece preocuparle la transformación estructural que esta tendencia supone.
A nadie parece preocuparle la transformación estructural que esta tendencia supone.
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Industrial policy is back — and it's changing fast. What started as "green" strategy is now a global race for clean tech competitiveness and economic security. But do we actually know what works? That's what we're asking at the New Energy Industrial Strategy (NEIS) Center. /1
October 24, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Industrial policy is back — and it's changing fast. What started as "green" strategy is now a global race for clean tech competitiveness and economic security. But do we actually know what works? That's what we're asking at the New Energy Industrial Strategy (NEIS) Center. /1
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Great new work from Søren Lund Frandsen on the microfoundations of #industrialpolicy: "the effectiveness and direction of #greenindustrialpolicy cannot be understood by investment volumes alone but must be traced through its organisational microfoundations": www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
On the ground: the microfoundations of green industrial policy
Governments across the world are expanding public investments to support green industries and infrastructures under the banner of green growth and decarbonisation. Much of the political economy sch...
www.tandfonline.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Great new work from Søren Lund Frandsen on the microfoundations of #industrialpolicy: "the effectiveness and direction of #greenindustrialpolicy cannot be understood by investment volumes alone but must be traced through its organisational microfoundations": www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Los consejeros del PP dan plantón al Consejo Interterritorial para seguir ocultando los datos de los cribados del cáncer. Una muestra más de irresponsabilidad y deslealtad con la ciudadanía y con la sanidad pública.
PD: A la cena oficial no faltaron.
PD: A la cena oficial no faltaron.
October 24, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Los consejeros del PP dan plantón al Consejo Interterritorial para seguir ocultando los datos de los cribados del cáncer. Una muestra más de irresponsabilidad y deslealtad con la ciudadanía y con la sanidad pública.
PD: A la cena oficial no faltaron.
PD: A la cena oficial no faltaron.
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✨ New publication alert ✨
@ripejournal.bsky.social just gave me the best birthday present!
My paper, co-authored with Samuele Bibi and Nicole Cerpa Vielma, discusses how Latin America's integration into international trade and global finance has influenced political cycles.
@ripejournal.bsky.social just gave me the best birthday present!
My paper, co-authored with Samuele Bibi and Nicole Cerpa Vielma, discusses how Latin America's integration into international trade and global finance has influenced political cycles.
October 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
✨ New publication alert ✨
@ripejournal.bsky.social just gave me the best birthday present!
My paper, co-authored with Samuele Bibi and Nicole Cerpa Vielma, discusses how Latin America's integration into international trade and global finance has influenced political cycles.
@ripejournal.bsky.social just gave me the best birthday present!
My paper, co-authored with Samuele Bibi and Nicole Cerpa Vielma, discusses how Latin America's integration into international trade and global finance has influenced political cycles.
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NYT sanewashing extends, apparently, to sparing NYT readers from a description of Trump's literal shit.
October 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
NYT sanewashing extends, apparently, to sparing NYT readers from a description of Trump's literal shit.
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We often forget how far we have come:
➡️ Today almost 50% of EU electricity generation is from renewable energy sources.
➡️ It is not long ago that fossil fuels dominated the EU's electricity mix. This year their share is approaching 1/4 of EU electricity generation.
Source: @ember-energy.org
➡️ Today almost 50% of EU electricity generation is from renewable energy sources.
➡️ It is not long ago that fossil fuels dominated the EU's electricity mix. This year their share is approaching 1/4 of EU electricity generation.
Source: @ember-energy.org
October 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
We often forget how far we have come:
➡️ Today almost 50% of EU electricity generation is from renewable energy sources.
➡️ It is not long ago that fossil fuels dominated the EU's electricity mix. This year their share is approaching 1/4 of EU electricity generation.
Source: @ember-energy.org
➡️ Today almost 50% of EU electricity generation is from renewable energy sources.
➡️ It is not long ago that fossil fuels dominated the EU's electricity mix. This year their share is approaching 1/4 of EU electricity generation.
Source: @ember-energy.org
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Ayer tuve comparecencia en la Comisión de Transición Ecológica del Congreso. Sus señorías de Vox intoxicaron el debate con bulos negacionistas. Esta fue mi respuesta. Y de paso, una reflexión sobre su falso patriotismo al servicio de Trump 👇👇👇
October 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Ayer tuve comparecencia en la Comisión de Transición Ecológica del Congreso. Sus señorías de Vox intoxicaron el debate con bulos negacionistas. Esta fue mi respuesta. Y de paso, una reflexión sobre su falso patriotismo al servicio de Trump 👇👇👇
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Are we great yet?
Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.
Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.
Antifa expert at Rutgers University says he is moving to Spain because of death threats
An expert on anti-fascist groups who teaches at New Jersey’s flagship state university is moving his family overseas.
apnews.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Are we great yet?
Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.
Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.
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Jörgen Warborn, lead EPP negotiator on the file, repeated that if the Socialists and liberals don’t play ball, “then there is also another majority to build with.”
🚨 BREAKING: Europe’s main political parties have agreed to roll back green rules for businesses after a whirlwind day of political negotiations that nearly collapsed the centrist ruling consensus.
Full story: www.politico.eu/article/soci...
Full story: www.politico.eu/article/soci...
October 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Jörgen Warborn, lead EPP negotiator on the file, repeated that if the Socialists and liberals don’t play ball, “then there is also another majority to build with.”
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THIS IS NOT A DRILL! My actual book launch event - which is only 6 months late - is at LSE October 13th, you can sign up here:
www.lse.ac.uk/events/why-w...
www.lse.ac.uk/events/why-w...
September 23, 2025 at 7:18 AM
THIS IS NOT A DRILL! My actual book launch event - which is only 6 months late - is at LSE October 13th, you can sign up here:
www.lse.ac.uk/events/why-w...
www.lse.ac.uk/events/why-w...
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Palantir has pulled out of involvement with the UK Digital ID card, according to an interview with their UK CEO on Times Radio. They’re concerned about the reputational damage of being involved with an unpopular Starmer policy.
October 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Palantir has pulled out of involvement with the UK Digital ID card, according to an interview with their UK CEO on Times Radio. They’re concerned about the reputational damage of being involved with an unpopular Starmer policy.
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Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com
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¿Quién vota a Aliança Catalana y Vox? 🗳️
Dos fuerzas crecen muy por la derecha en CAT: suman casi 1 de cada 4 votos jóvenes. Uno catalanista, otro españolista.
Les une el rechazo a la inmigración.
¿Quién les apoya? Hilo con datos 👇
Dos fuerzas crecen muy por la derecha en CAT: suman casi 1 de cada 4 votos jóvenes. Uno catalanista, otro españolista.
Les une el rechazo a la inmigración.
¿Quién les apoya? Hilo con datos 👇
September 30, 2025 at 9:15 AM
¿Quién vota a Aliança Catalana y Vox? 🗳️
Dos fuerzas crecen muy por la derecha en CAT: suman casi 1 de cada 4 votos jóvenes. Uno catalanista, otro españolista.
Les une el rechazo a la inmigración.
¿Quién les apoya? Hilo con datos 👇
Dos fuerzas crecen muy por la derecha en CAT: suman casi 1 de cada 4 votos jóvenes. Uno catalanista, otro españolista.
Les une el rechazo a la inmigración.
¿Quién les apoya? Hilo con datos 👇
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🔆 CONSTRUIR EL FUTURO 🔆
LOS LÍMITES PLANETARIOS DEL LIBERALISMO
7 de noviembre, 17.00 h
Inauguramos la conferencia con una conversación entre @agarzon.substack.com y @xanlopez.xyz sobre los posibles escenarios futuros en un mundo en transición hacia un nuevo sistema de gobernanza y acumulación.
LOS LÍMITES PLANETARIOS DEL LIBERALISMO
7 de noviembre, 17.00 h
Inauguramos la conferencia con una conversación entre @agarzon.substack.com y @xanlopez.xyz sobre los posibles escenarios futuros en un mundo en transición hacia un nuevo sistema de gobernanza y acumulación.
September 30, 2025 at 7:48 AM
🔆 CONSTRUIR EL FUTURO 🔆
LOS LÍMITES PLANETARIOS DEL LIBERALISMO
7 de noviembre, 17.00 h
Inauguramos la conferencia con una conversación entre @agarzon.substack.com y @xanlopez.xyz sobre los posibles escenarios futuros en un mundo en transición hacia un nuevo sistema de gobernanza y acumulación.
LOS LÍMITES PLANETARIOS DEL LIBERALISMO
7 de noviembre, 17.00 h
Inauguramos la conferencia con una conversación entre @agarzon.substack.com y @xanlopez.xyz sobre los posibles escenarios futuros en un mundo en transición hacia un nuevo sistema de gobernanza y acumulación.
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Thank you to all who joined us in Cologne this week for the 2nd Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy! A fantastic line-up of speakers and participants, thoughtful discussions and global perspectives. Huge thanks to organizers @palmapolyak.bsky.social and @dustinvoss.bsky.social!
September 26, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Thank you to all who joined us in Cologne this week for the 2nd Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy! A fantastic line-up of speakers and participants, thoughtful discussions and global perspectives. Huge thanks to organizers @palmapolyak.bsky.social and @dustinvoss.bsky.social!
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Kind of important finding.
"In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limits."
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
www.computerworld.com/article/4059...
OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws
In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...
www.computerworld.com
September 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Kind of important finding.
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That is all that endogenous money really is: the courage to issue it, met by a public capacity that has already rehearsed its legitimacy.
moneyontheleft.org/2025/09/18/t...
moneyontheleft.org/2025/09/18/t...
The Case for Fiscal Insurgency
by Will Beaman A common refrain keeps surfacing among prominent journalists- and commentators-in-digital-exile on BlueSky. Commenting on the emergence of yet another shadowy centrist think tank, Ne…
moneyontheleft.org
September 19, 2025 at 1:51 AM