Jens van 't Klooster 💸💸💸
@jvtk.bsky.social
Political Economy, the ESG anthropocene, technocracy, legitimacy and more | “Non-profit finfluencer” | @UvA_AISSR @Politics_UvA
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Markets won’t do it alone ❌
@jvtk.bsky.social and @steffenmurau.bsky.social argue that euro internationalisation keeps falling flat without active offshore monetary governance 👇
@jvtk.bsky.social and @steffenmurau.bsky.social argue that euro internationalisation keeps falling flat without active offshore monetary governance 👇
Rethinking currency internationalisation: offshore money creation and the EU’s monetary governance
Internationalisation of the euro has for decades eluded EU policymakers. In this article, we develop a novel explanation of the subordinate position of the single currency. To this end, we build on...
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Finally out #openaccess! Why does the largest trading bloc on the planet have a miniature-sized currency? With Trump, the EU will again much regret this.
🎈We set out to theorise failure and develop a new IPE perspective that foregrounds offshore money.
Quick thread 🧵
🎈We set out to theorise failure and develop a new IPE perspective that foregrounds offshore money.
Quick thread 🧵
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Patrick Imam and Tigran Poghosyan show that despite earlier and sharper tightening, inflation targeting central banks did not achieve systematically better outcomes than their non-targeting peers during the 2022 global inflation surge.
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
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#EconSky
November 10, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Patrick Imam and Tigran Poghosyan show that despite earlier and sharper tightening, inflation targeting central banks did not achieve systematically better outcomes than their non-targeting peers during the 2022 global inflation surge.
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
#EconSky
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❗️HISTORIC
Unbelievable Minimum 31.2C Fujirah Port (28.8C AP) and 31.1C Khor Fakkam EMIRATES
HOTTEST NOVEMBER NIGHT IN NORTHERN HEMISPHERE HISTORY
Records also in OMAN
Min. 29.3 Qaboos Port
28.0 Diba
WORLD CLIMATE HISTORY REWRITTEN once again!
Unbelievable Minimum 31.2C Fujirah Port (28.8C AP) and 31.1C Khor Fakkam EMIRATES
HOTTEST NOVEMBER NIGHT IN NORTHERN HEMISPHERE HISTORY
Records also in OMAN
Min. 29.3 Qaboos Port
28.0 Diba
WORLD CLIMATE HISTORY REWRITTEN once again!
November 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
❗️HISTORIC
Unbelievable Minimum 31.2C Fujirah Port (28.8C AP) and 31.1C Khor Fakkam EMIRATES
HOTTEST NOVEMBER NIGHT IN NORTHERN HEMISPHERE HISTORY
Records also in OMAN
Min. 29.3 Qaboos Port
28.0 Diba
WORLD CLIMATE HISTORY REWRITTEN once again!
Unbelievable Minimum 31.2C Fujirah Port (28.8C AP) and 31.1C Khor Fakkam EMIRATES
HOTTEST NOVEMBER NIGHT IN NORTHERN HEMISPHERE HISTORY
Records also in OMAN
Min. 29.3 Qaboos Port
28.0 Diba
WORLD CLIMATE HISTORY REWRITTEN once again!
Yeah just not talking about this isn't sustainable either
The window to act on climate is rapidly closing. Our new 2025 State of the Climate report is just out. Read the full report here: doi.org/10.1093/bios... @michaelemann.bsky.social @dwallacewells.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @ecowarriorss.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Yeah just not talking about this isn't sustainable either
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‘We are hurtling towards climate chaos’, is de eerste zin.
Dit rapport zou aanleiding moeten zijn voor crisisberaad in ieder land, dit weekend, en als dat niet gebeurt, dan zou de bevolking hun leiders daartoe moeten dwingen door stakingen, demonstraties, oproer.
Extreem? Klik op de link.
Dit rapport zou aanleiding moeten zijn voor crisisberaad in ieder land, dit weekend, en als dat niet gebeurt, dan zou de bevolking hun leiders daartoe moeten dwingen door stakingen, demonstraties, oproer.
Extreem? Klik op de link.
The window to act on climate is rapidly closing. Our new 2025 State of the Climate report is just out. Read the full report here: doi.org/10.1093/bios... @michaelemann.bsky.social @dwallacewells.bsky.social @georgemonbiot.bsky.social @ecowarriorss.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 9:22 AM
‘We are hurtling towards climate chaos’, is de eerste zin.
Dit rapport zou aanleiding moeten zijn voor crisisberaad in ieder land, dit weekend, en als dat niet gebeurt, dan zou de bevolking hun leiders daartoe moeten dwingen door stakingen, demonstraties, oproer.
Extreem? Klik op de link.
Dit rapport zou aanleiding moeten zijn voor crisisberaad in ieder land, dit weekend, en als dat niet gebeurt, dan zou de bevolking hun leiders daartoe moeten dwingen door stakingen, demonstraties, oproer.
Extreem? Klik op de link.
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Scope-3!
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Europees Hof: landen moeten bij winning fossiele brandstoffen kijken naar álle uitstoot die daaruit voortvloeit
Klimaatzaak: Landen moeten voortaan laten zien dat de uitstoot van nieuwe olie-, gas- en kolenwinning past binnen hun klimaatdoelen, en daarbij ook kijken naar de uitstoot wanneer die brandstoffen wor...
www.nrc.nl
October 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Scope-3!
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
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2026 BIS PhD fellowship is now open; deadline 24 November.
Come work with us!
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
Come work with us!
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
Bank for International Settlements – BIS hiring 2026 PhD Fellowship Programme in Basel, Basel, Switzerland | LinkedIn
Posted 12:42:23 PM. At the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), our mission is to support central banks' pursuit…See this and similar jobs on LinkedIn.
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October 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
2026 BIS PhD fellowship is now open; deadline 24 November.
Come work with us!
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
Come work with us!
www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...
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Thankfully no potential conflicts of interest here at all
October 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Thankfully no potential conflicts of interest here at all
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Australia’s tropical forests are the first known to have switched from a sink to a source for atmospheric carbon.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/australia-tropical-forests-co2-cop30
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/australia-tropical-forests-co2-cop30
Australia’s tropical forests now emit CO₂, clouding the COP30 talks
These tropical forest CO₂ emissions may warn of similar shifts in other regions, a key topic for COP30 climate talks in Brazil.
www.sciencenews.org
October 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Australia’s tropical forests are the first known to have switched from a sink to a source for atmospheric carbon.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/australia-tropical-forests-co2-cop30
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/australia-tropical-forests-co2-cop30
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‘The EU scrapped a proposed target last year to halve pesticide use and risk by 2030 after lobbying…’
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‘I was contaminated’: study reveals how hard it is to avoid pesticide exposure
‘I was contaminated’: study reveals how hard it is to avoid pesticide exposure
Silicone wristbands worn by volunteers in the Netherlands captured 173 substances in one week
www.theguardian.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
‘The EU scrapped a proposed target last year to halve pesticide use and risk by 2030 after lobbying…’
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AUSTRALIA ENDLESS RECORD HEAT
More and more records keep falling in this weeks-long unprecedented October heat wave:
24-25 OCTOBER RECORDS
44.0 Julia Creek
43.6 The Monument
41.1 Moranbah AP
40 Rolleston
40.9 LOchington
24.9 Norfolk Island
HIGH MINS
24.2 17 70
23.8 Lochington
More and more records keep falling in this weeks-long unprecedented October heat wave:
24-25 OCTOBER RECORDS
44.0 Julia Creek
43.6 The Monument
41.1 Moranbah AP
40 Rolleston
40.9 LOchington
24.9 Norfolk Island
HIGH MINS
24.2 17 70
23.8 Lochington
October 25, 2025 at 5:13 AM
AUSTRALIA ENDLESS RECORD HEAT
More and more records keep falling in this weeks-long unprecedented October heat wave:
24-25 OCTOBER RECORDS
44.0 Julia Creek
43.6 The Monument
41.1 Moranbah AP
40 Rolleston
40.9 LOchington
24.9 Norfolk Island
HIGH MINS
24.2 17 70
23.8 Lochington
More and more records keep falling in this weeks-long unprecedented October heat wave:
24-25 OCTOBER RECORDS
44.0 Julia Creek
43.6 The Monument
41.1 Moranbah AP
40 Rolleston
40.9 LOchington
24.9 Norfolk Island
HIGH MINS
24.2 17 70
23.8 Lochington
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Trump/Wright/Burgum make war on a livable earth for their corrupt slimy oil cronies. Meet the Petro States destroying the economy and the future - U.S, Saudi, UAE, Russia.
Trump takes aim at European climate law after killing UN shipping fee
Once again the United States is using its economic might to pressure other countries to back down from an effort to limit greenhouse gas pollution.
www.politico.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Trump/Wright/Burgum make war on a livable earth for their corrupt slimy oil cronies. Meet the Petro States destroying the economy and the future - U.S, Saudi, UAE, Russia.
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EU-China troubles loomed large over the Brussels summit on Thursday — despite being left off the official council agenda. The diplomatic spat over the Dutch seizure of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia was explicitly mentioned on the doorstep by both Dutch and German leaders.
Spectre of China looms over EU summit — despite not being on agenda
EU-China troubles loomed large over the Brussels summit on Thursday — despite being left off the official council agenda. The diplomatic spat over the Dutch seizure of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia was explicitly mentioned on the doorstep by both Dutch and German leaders.
euobserver.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
EU-China troubles loomed large over the Brussels summit on Thursday — despite being left off the official council agenda. The diplomatic spat over the Dutch seizure of Chinese-owned chipmaker Nexperia was explicitly mentioned on the doorstep by both Dutch and German leaders.
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Ice-free conditions continue in the Barents Sea region of the #Arctic Ocean. This is one area that has observed some of the largest losses of ice over the last few decades... compare the older years (dark/purple lines) to today!
Map of this region: zacklabe.files.wordpress.com/2022/08/b203...
Map of this region: zacklabe.files.wordpress.com/2022/08/b203...
October 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Ice-free conditions continue in the Barents Sea region of the #Arctic Ocean. This is one area that has observed some of the largest losses of ice over the last few decades... compare the older years (dark/purple lines) to today!
Map of this region: zacklabe.files.wordpress.com/2022/08/b203...
Map of this region: zacklabe.files.wordpress.com/2022/08/b203...
At some point you have to ask whether it's economic policy or performance art
October 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
At some point you have to ask whether it's economic policy or performance art
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Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
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I think I understand the many reasons why people believe it's not worth it to phase out fossil fuels, but I also feel exhausted and vaguely insane living my life knowing that while the world seems normal on the surface, the fossil-fuel economy is, right now, breaking the world forever.
October 20, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I think I understand the many reasons why people believe it's not worth it to phase out fossil fuels, but I also feel exhausted and vaguely insane living my life knowing that while the world seems normal on the surface, the fossil-fuel economy is, right now, breaking the world forever.
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"The WMO Greenhouse Gas Bulletin said continued emissions of CO2 from human activities and an upsurge from wildfires were responsible, as well as reduced CO2 absorption by “sinks” such as land ecosystems and the ocean – in what threatens to be a vicious climate cycle." wmo.int/news/media-c...
Carbon dioxide levels increase by record amount to new highs in 2024
wmo.int
October 15, 2025 at 8:42 PM
"The WMO Greenhouse Gas Bulletin said continued emissions of CO2 from human activities and an upsurge from wildfires were responsible, as well as reduced CO2 absorption by “sinks” such as land ecosystems and the ocean – in what threatens to be a vicious climate cycle." wmo.int/news/media-c...
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Dit is toch wel een must-read. dieuwkewynia.substack.com/p/seksueel-g...
Seksueel grensoverschrijdend gedrag
Je mist meer dan je ziet
dieuwkewynia.substack.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Dit is toch wel een must-read. dieuwkewynia.substack.com/p/seksueel-g...
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New report out now with @granthamlse.bsky.social CETEx: "A framework for central banks navigating political uncertainty in the transition"
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A framework for central banks navigating political uncertainty in the transition - CETEx
This report recommends three principles for coping with the political uncertainty faced by central bankers.
cetex.org
October 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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L’approche néo-schumpeterienne de Philippe Aghion a largement inspiré les politiques économiques en Europe depuis le tournant des années 2000. Et singulièrement celle d’Emmanuel Macron 1/
🏆 Le prix Nobel d'économie a été décerné à l'Américano-Israélien Joel Mokyr, au Français Philippe Aghion et au Canadien Peter Howitt pour leurs travaux sur l'impact des nouvelles technologies sur la croissance économique.
October 13, 2025 at 10:25 PM
L’approche néo-schumpeterienne de Philippe Aghion a largement inspiré les politiques économiques en Europe depuis le tournant des années 2000. Et singulièrement celle d’Emmanuel Macron 1/
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Letterlijk het grootste verkiezingsonderwerp, maar te weinig moed onder politici en media om het te agenderen. Dit is geen kwestie van 'klimaatdoelen' maar van overleven.
Waar zijn de grown ups in the room?
Waar zijn de grown ups in the room?
Bleaching, Melting, Slowing: New Global Tipping Points report tracks growing risks of Earth system tipping points. It highlights mounting risks, from melting glaciers, ice fields to slowing ocean currents, ice sheets & rainforests under pressure.
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
October 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Letterlijk het grootste verkiezingsonderwerp, maar te weinig moed onder politici en media om het te agenderen. Dit is geen kwestie van 'klimaatdoelen' maar van overleven.
Waar zijn de grown ups in the room?
Waar zijn de grown ups in the room?
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Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency
@heatmap.news
Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says
It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.
heatmap.news
October 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
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BlackRock's bitcoin ETF now manages nearly $100bn, making the asset manager the single largest known owner of bitcoin. The ETF now throws off nearly $250mn a year in fees for BlackRock. www.ft.com/content/0cc9...
October 9, 2025 at 6:48 AM
BlackRock's bitcoin ETF now manages nearly $100bn, making the asset manager the single largest known owner of bitcoin. The ETF now throws off nearly $250mn a year in fees for BlackRock. www.ft.com/content/0cc9...
