Vanessa Ogle
@vanessahistory.bsky.social
History prof @ Yale, writing book on history of offshore capitalism and tax havens. Also feminism, climate emergency, LGBTQ+. Obsessed road and gravel cyclist 🏳️🌈
Good 'books in the mail day' yesterday, can't wait to dig in. Muldrew is unsurpassed at showing how we can't understand capitalism, merchant networks, and banking, no matter how global, without talking about social foundations and institutional mechanisms
February 12, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Good 'books in the mail day' yesterday, can't wait to dig in. Muldrew is unsurpassed at showing how we can't understand capitalism, merchant networks, and banking, no matter how global, without talking about social foundations and institutional mechanisms
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From “flags of convenience” to shell companies, the “offshore economy requires such legal abstractions” to ensure “it can be neatly separated from the ‘real’ economy onshore.” —@vanessahistory.bsky.social
Rolling with the Economic Tides | Vanessa Ogle
Ian Kumekawa’s Empty Vessel follows the lifespan of one barge, from bunkhouse to floating prison to barracks and back, as it traces the shadowy outer limits of the maritime economy.
www.nybooks.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:04 AM
From “flags of convenience” to shell companies, the “offshore economy requires such legal abstractions” to ensure “it can be neatly separated from the ‘real’ economy onshore.” —@vanessahistory.bsky.social
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“For every waterfront revitalization project in Europe or North America, there is a port somewhere else that was not downsized and cleaned up but expanded, often at appalling cost.” —@vanessahistory.bsky.social
Rolling with the Economic Tides | Vanessa Ogle
Ian Kumekawa’s Empty Vessel follows the lifespan of one barge, from bunkhouse to floating prison to barracks and back, as it traces the shadowy outer limits of the maritime economy.
www.nybooks.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:12 PM
“For every waterfront revitalization project in Europe or North America, there is a port somewhere else that was not downsized and cleaned up but expanded, often at appalling cost.” —@vanessahistory.bsky.social
For @nybooks.com, I wrote about the transformation of the world economy since the 80’s, as beautifully told in Ian Kumekawa’s Empty Vessel (with a very brief shoutout to the city where I grew up) www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Rolling with the Economic Tides | Vanessa Ogle
Ian Kumekawa’s Empty Vessel follows the lifespan of one barge, from bunkhouse to floating prison to barracks and back, as it traces the shadowy outer limits of the maritime economy.
www.nybooks.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:31 AM
For @nybooks.com, I wrote about the transformation of the world economy since the 80’s, as beautifully told in Ian Kumekawa’s Empty Vessel (with a very brief shoutout to the city where I grew up) www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Emerging here briefly to share what I find to be a mind-boggling factoid from today's writing so far (and to disappear again into writing mode just as quickly 😊 )
October 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Emerging here briefly to share what I find to be a mind-boggling factoid from today's writing so far (and to disappear again into writing mode just as quickly 😊 )
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🚨New international Finance and Society Conference happening in Copenhagen in September 11-12! Keynotes by Christian Borch (University of Copenhagen), Fabian Muniesa (Mines Paris – PSL), and @vanessahistory.bsky.social (Yale University) 💸🗺️
AnnouncementFinance and Society conference 2025
Copenhagen Business School, 11-12 September
justmoney.org
September 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
🚨New international Finance and Society Conference happening in Copenhagen in September 11-12! Keynotes by Christian Borch (University of Copenhagen), Fabian Muniesa (Mines Paris – PSL), and @vanessahistory.bsky.social (Yale University) 💸🗺️
So proud of the work @emiliafavuzzi.bsky.social is doing. Such an important field 😍
A few of the incredible women representing the future of neuroimmunology #neuroimmuneGRC
May 16, 2025 at 12:31 AM
So proud of the work @emiliafavuzzi.bsky.social is doing. Such an important field 😍
Not on here ATM really but re-upping this in light of today's news (which are better than nothing but not what many had called for):
www.nybooks.com/online/2024/...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
www.nybooks.com/online/2024/...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
Shipping’s Shadow World | Vanessa Ogle
In the early morning hours of March 26, emergency workers in Baltimore received a mayday call from the Dali, a 985-foot container ship. Shortly after
www.nybooks.com
April 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Not on here ATM really but re-upping this in light of today's news (which are better than nothing but not what many had called for):
www.nybooks.com/online/2024/...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
www.nybooks.com/online/2024/...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
Read about noblesse without oblige and the effects of secrecy on politics and society in tax havens, out from behind the paywall:
The super-rich opt out of the social contract by picking and choosing which laws apply to them, whether in offshore tax havens or at home.
Now unpaywalled, by @vanessahistory.bsky.social www.dissentmagazine.org/article/nobl...
Now unpaywalled, by @vanessahistory.bsky.social www.dissentmagazine.org/article/nobl...
Noblesse Without Oblige - Dissent Magazine
The super-rich opt out of the social contract by picking and choosing which laws apply to them, whether in offshore tax havens or at home.
www.dissentmagazine.org
April 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Read about noblesse without oblige and the effects of secrecy on politics and society in tax havens, out from behind the paywall:
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“Imagine the chief executives of America’s top universities and richest corporations…issued a public statement that spoke clearly and loudly about the dangers…” Those who speak out will at least put themselves on the right side of history. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/w...
When Will US Academia and Business Speak Up Against Trump? | by Dani Rodrik - Project Syndicate
Dani Rodrik argues that leaders in both sectors bear a disproportionate responsibility to come to democracy's defense.
www.project-syndicate.org
March 18, 2025 at 9:21 PM
“Imagine the chief executives of America’s top universities and richest corporations…issued a public statement that spoke clearly and loudly about the dangers…” Those who speak out will at least put themselves on the right side of history. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/w...
"Offshore finance" is conceived very broadly including historically, do share and check it out!
Are you a social scientist or historian whose work includes analysis of the offshore finance system?
Then please submit a paper to the special issue of Socio-Economic Review I'll be guest editing w/Kimberly Kay Hoang & @vanessahistory.bsky.social.
Due May 15th.
academic.oup.com/ser/pages/cf...
Then please submit a paper to the special issue of Socio-Economic Review I'll be guest editing w/Kimberly Kay Hoang & @vanessahistory.bsky.social.
Due May 15th.
academic.oup.com/ser/pages/cf...
Call for Papers
Offshore Finance: The Socio-Economics of a Global System
Special Issue of Socio-Economic Review
Guest editors
Brooke Harrington, Dartmouth College, (Brooke.H
academic.oup.com
March 1, 2025 at 1:56 AM
"Offshore finance" is conceived very broadly including historically, do share and check it out!
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When I worked in UK academia I recall hearing of a Japanese man who was baffled at how Britain had decided to run its universities like firms. “Why? Your universities are excellent and your firms are terrible.”
To repeat: "A country so stupid it actively trashes one of things it's good at and famous for."
Today's university slashing and burning is Edinburgh, where about 10% of the budget will be cut. There'll be another case every single day until UK govts actually do something. A country so stupid it actively trashes one of things it's good at and famous for.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
February 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
When I worked in UK academia I recall hearing of a Japanese man who was baffled at how Britain had decided to run its universities like firms. “Why? Your universities are excellent and your firms are terrible.”
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if you thought archives were problematic, wait till you see no archives
February 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
if you thought archives were problematic, wait till you see no archives
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Over at the Socio-Economic Review, we're planning a special issue on offshore finance! Historical contributions are very welcome. CfP here: academic.oup.com/ser/pages/cf.... Please share and spread the word! Excited to be working with @ebharrington.bsky.social and Kimberly Kay-Hoang on this!
Call for Papers
Offshore Finance: The Socio-Economics of a Global System
Special Issue of Socio-Economic Review
Guest editors
Brooke Harrington, Dartmouth College, (Brooke.H
academic.oup.com
January 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Over at the Socio-Economic Review, we're planning a special issue on offshore finance! Historical contributions are very welcome. CfP here: academic.oup.com/ser/pages/cf.... Please share and spread the word! Excited to be working with @ebharrington.bsky.social and Kimberly Kay-Hoang on this!
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You wouldn't know from FoxNews gold coin ads and other rightwing goldbuggery, but there's actually a material economy behind gold and the gold trade. It's often shady and dirty, and, you guessed it, tied to tax havens, today and in the past. Wrote about it here: www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
Nothing Gold Can Stay | Vanessa Ogle
Gold just ended a banner year. Its price rose 27 percent in 2024, closing at $2,617 per ounce. Only the Nasdaq Composite index, fueled by reliably strong
www.nybooks.com
February 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
You wouldn't know from FoxNews gold coin ads and other rightwing goldbuggery, but there's actually a material economy behind gold and the gold trade. It's often shady and dirty, and, you guessed it, tied to tax havens, today and in the past. Wrote about it here: www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
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Apparently, allowing Americans to file their tax returns for free is a bad thing. A big gift to the Big Tax lobby and a big middle finger to Americans.
February 3, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Apparently, allowing Americans to file their tax returns for free is a bad thing. A big gift to the Big Tax lobby and a big middle finger to Americans.
You wouldn't know from FoxNews gold coin ads and other rightwing goldbuggery, but there's actually a material economy behind gold and the gold trade. It's often shady and dirty, and, you guessed it, tied to tax havens, today and in the past. Wrote about it here: www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
Nothing Gold Can Stay | Vanessa Ogle
Gold just ended a banner year. Its price rose 27 percent in 2024, closing at $2,617 per ounce. Only the Nasdaq Composite index, fueled by reliably strong
www.nybooks.com
February 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
You wouldn't know from FoxNews gold coin ads and other rightwing goldbuggery, but there's actually a material economy behind gold and the gold trade. It's often shady and dirty, and, you guessed it, tied to tax havens, today and in the past. Wrote about it here: www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
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BTW, perhaps nothing would enrage Trump more than US trade partners brushing the tariffs off and saying we‘ll just find other trade partners, thank you very much.
February 2, 2025 at 5:32 PM
BTW, perhaps nothing would enrage Trump more than US trade partners brushing the tariffs off and saying we‘ll just find other trade partners, thank you very much.
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Leopard: I will eat your face
Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating
Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp
Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating
Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp
J.P. Morgan econs on Trump’s latest are “increasingly concerned that the policy mix may tilt into an unintentionally far less business-friendly stance. The sustained 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico set to start this weekend is materially different than the tariff increases built into our baseline.”
February 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Leopard: I will eat your face
Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating
Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp
Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating
Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp
Over at the Socio-Economic Review, we're planning a special issue on offshore finance! Historical contributions are very welcome. CfP here: academic.oup.com/ser/pages/cf.... Please share and spread the word! Excited to be working with @ebharrington.bsky.social and Kimberly Kay-Hoang on this!
Call for Papers
Offshore Finance: The Socio-Economics of a Global System
Special Issue of Socio-Economic Review
Guest editors
Brooke Harrington, Dartmouth College, (Brooke.H
academic.oup.com
January 27, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Over at the Socio-Economic Review, we're planning a special issue on offshore finance! Historical contributions are very welcome. CfP here: academic.oup.com/ser/pages/cf.... Please share and spread the word! Excited to be working with @ebharrington.bsky.social and Kimberly Kay-Hoang on this!
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Some news: A few hours after I filed the draft to this story, CNN laid me off.
As part of a massive restructuring/changes across the network, my role as climate writer was among the 200 that got cut last week.
It’s disappointing, but I’ll be okay. My last day is on Feb 21. A thread.🧵 1/
As part of a massive restructuring/changes across the network, my role as climate writer was among the 200 that got cut last week.
It’s disappointing, but I’ll be okay. My last day is on Feb 21. A thread.🧵 1/
Trump’s executive order took aim at “environmental justice” — eliminating positions and assessing spending on projects, including those aimed at poor, rural communities.
I talked to former WH environmental justice advisers to the Biden administration on what this means. www.cnn.com/2025/01/26/c...
I talked to former WH environmental justice advisers to the Biden administration on what this means. www.cnn.com/2025/01/26/c...
Trump’s gutting of federal DEI programs will hit rural poor communities | CNN
Just hours after his swearing-in this week, President Donald Trump signed action to end “radical and wasteful government DEI programs and preferencing.” Communities across the country, including in po...
www.cnn.com
January 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Some news: A few hours after I filed the draft to this story, CNN laid me off.
As part of a massive restructuring/changes across the network, my role as climate writer was among the 200 that got cut last week.
It’s disappointing, but I’ll be okay. My last day is on Feb 21. A thread.🧵 1/
As part of a massive restructuring/changes across the network, my role as climate writer was among the 200 that got cut last week.
It’s disappointing, but I’ll be okay. My last day is on Feb 21. A thread.🧵 1/
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Some political graffiti I spotted on my stroll
January 26, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Some political graffiti I spotted on my stroll
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With all the news about Elon Musk and the AfD, I guess it’s time to repost my starter pack: “Experts on German Rightwing Extremism”
go.bsky.app/DnB9hMz
go.bsky.app/DnB9hMz
January 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
With all the news about Elon Musk and the AfD, I guess it’s time to repost my starter pack: “Experts on German Rightwing Extremism”
go.bsky.app/DnB9hMz
go.bsky.app/DnB9hMz
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We’re cooked
Democrats seek psychologists’ advice on Trump’s ‘authoritarian’ behavior
Jamie Raskin had professionals talk to fellow members of Congress about navigating conflicts in Trump age
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
We’re cooked
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