Chris Muellerleile
@muellerleile.bsky.social
Economic geographer in Swansea, Wales
"Closures and mergers [of universities] are Labour policy, not a problem Labour policy wants to solve."
ISRF Director @cnewf.bsky.social explains the logic behind the current UK University funding crisis and why it will be counterproductive mailinglist.isrf.org/p/isrf-newsl...
ISRF Director @cnewf.bsky.social explains the logic behind the current UK University funding crisis and why it will be counterproductive mailinglist.isrf.org/p/isrf-newsl...
ISRF Newsletter – November 2025
This month's newsletter features a Director's Note unpacking the UK government's latest White Paper on higher education. Also included: upcoming ISRF events, Fellows news and our latest blog posts.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
"Closures and mergers [of universities] are Labour policy, not a problem Labour policy wants to solve."
ISRF Director @cnewf.bsky.social explains the logic behind the current UK University funding crisis and why it will be counterproductive mailinglist.isrf.org/p/isrf-newsl...
ISRF Director @cnewf.bsky.social explains the logic behind the current UK University funding crisis and why it will be counterproductive mailinglist.isrf.org/p/isrf-newsl...
It's Thatcher's fault.
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Margaret Thatcher Is the Mother of Conservatism’s Crisis
Three of Margaret Thatcher’s dresses encased in glass boxes and a stall that invited attendees at last week’s Conservative Party Conference to “ask the Iron Lady” to opine on contemporary politics. A ...
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October 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
It's Thatcher's fault.
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Reposted by Chris Muellerleile
While we’re at it.
Canvas & Blackboard are now both owned by Private Equity giants in the “data integration space,” meaning they harvest & monetize our identity & intellectual property…& our students’
We should be asking, what do these LMSs do that a $20/yr password-protected WordPress site can’t?
Canvas & Blackboard are now both owned by Private Equity giants in the “data integration space,” meaning they harvest & monetize our identity & intellectual property…& our students’
We should be asking, what do these LMSs do that a $20/yr password-protected WordPress site can’t?
June 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
While we’re at it.
Canvas & Blackboard are now both owned by Private Equity giants in the “data integration space,” meaning they harvest & monetize our identity & intellectual property…& our students’
We should be asking, what do these LMSs do that a $20/yr password-protected WordPress site can’t?
Canvas & Blackboard are now both owned by Private Equity giants in the “data integration space,” meaning they harvest & monetize our identity & intellectual property…& our students’
We should be asking, what do these LMSs do that a $20/yr password-protected WordPress site can’t?
1/3 The intensity of conflicts of interest, nepotism, and cronyism related to World Liberty Financial is shocking even for this administration.
May 23, 2025 at 11:45 AM
1/3 The intensity of conflicts of interest, nepotism, and cronyism related to World Liberty Financial is shocking even for this administration.
@ntinatzouvala.bsky.social brilliantly employs Veblen's concept of capitalist sabotage to explain the political economy of U.S. tariffs lpeproject.org/blog/on-tari...
On Tariffs and the Ends of International Economic Law
For decades, the rules of international trade helped cement U.S. firms at the top of global value chains. Should Trump's unapologetic embrace of tariffs be understood as part of a broader loss of…
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April 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM
@ntinatzouvala.bsky.social brilliantly employs Veblen's concept of capitalist sabotage to explain the political economy of U.S. tariffs lpeproject.org/blog/on-tari...
Reposted by Chris Muellerleile
*CHINA ORDERS HALT TO BOEING JET DELIVERIES AS TRADE WAR EXPANDS www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
China Orders Halts to Boeing Jet Deliveries as Trade War Expands
China has ordered its airlines not to take any further deliveries of Boeing Co. jets as part of the tit-for-tat trade war that’s seen US President Donald Trump levy tariffs of as high as 145% on Chine...
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April 15, 2025 at 8:10 AM
*CHINA ORDERS HALT TO BOEING JET DELIVERIES AS TRADE WAR EXPANDS www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Horse imports could take a beating.
April 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Horse imports could take a beating.
Capital controls next? It would be another boon for crypto- finance, which is clearly the Trump family's current obsession. I suspect Trump's desire to weaken the USD is not disconnected from his promotion of the crypto sector.
www.ft.com/content/b1bf...
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Tariffs on goods may be a prelude to tariffs on money
Capital inflows could be the Trump administration’s next target
www.ft.com
March 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Capital controls next? It would be another boon for crypto- finance, which is clearly the Trump family's current obsession. I suspect Trump's desire to weaken the USD is not disconnected from his promotion of the crypto sector.
www.ft.com/content/b1bf...
www.ft.com/content/b1bf...
Nice description of the technical details and frictions in the physical gold trade between NY-LON & Switzerland. Good photos too! FT paywall...
www.ft.com/content/2289...
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From London to New York via Switzerland: the booming trade in gold bars
Fears that Donald Trump could impose tariffs on gold imports have upended the market
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March 14, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Nice description of the technical details and frictions in the physical gold trade between NY-LON & Switzerland. Good photos too! FT paywall...
www.ft.com/content/2289...
www.ft.com/content/2289...
Reposted by Chris Muellerleile
Stablecoins are eurodollars. www.ft.com/content/d033...
Banks and fintechs join ‘stablecoin gold rush’
Bank of America and Stripe target market for payments in cryptocurrencies
www.ft.com
March 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Stablecoins are eurodollars. www.ft.com/content/d033...
The Rise of Bullshit Jobs in UK Universities
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On the responsibilities of intellectuals and the rise of bullshit jobs in universities
You may never have considered yourself to be one. Why would you? But if you’re reading this, there is more than a likelihood that you are one. If you’re a
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March 10, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The Rise of Bullshit Jobs in UK Universities
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academic.oup.com/brain/articl...
Musk's cuts will be good for Thiel's Palantir. www.ft.com/content/b9f0...
Palantir predicts windfall from Elon Musk’s government cost-cutting
Chief executive says government efficiency department will be ‘very good’ for data analytics group
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February 4, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Musk's cuts will be good for Thiel's Palantir. www.ft.com/content/b9f0...
You know you're in trouble as a critical scholar when you're waiting for capital to discipline the authoritarian.
February 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
You know you're in trouble as a critical scholar when you're waiting for capital to discipline the authoritarian.