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Layna Mosley
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Political economy of finance; supply chains & worker rights; Princeton Sovereign Finance Lab. @princetonpolitics.bsky.social
Co-editor of International Organization. Recovering trail runner, very amateur rower. https://laynamosley.scholar.princeton.edu/ .. more

Layna Mosley is an American political scientist. She is a professor of political science in the Department of Politics at Princeton University and the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. She studies international relations, particularly the relationship between domestic politics and the global economy. .. more

Economics 60%
Business 20%

Domestic politics of debt crises/restructuring:

-Blame predecessors for high debt burden (hidden debt revelations make this effective).
-Avoid IMF program & conditions.
-Hold out for an improvement in debt servicing capacity, perhaps through resource revenues or taxation.

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Senegal’s foreign bonds plunge as government rules out restructuring
West African nation has become a test of IMF’s ability to deal with hidden debt and secure relief from creditors to support bailouts
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100% tariffs, definitely illegal.
42 million people will lose their SNAP benefits on 1 November.

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But we were assured that the foreigners would pay for the tariffs.
The U.S. is experiencing its highest wave of layoffs since 2020, with close to a million workers losing their jobs this year.

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The U.S. is experiencing its highest wave of layoffs since 2020, with close to a million workers losing their jobs this year.

Great idea.

I must finish making dinner.
Sorry, trying to clean a spa tub.

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Sorry, trying to clean a spa tub.

Manels are so last century.

(Then again....)

Let's see what China uses this week....

www.newsweek.com/china-uses-r...

A president who seems to understand the value of a rules-based approach to international trade, of allies (he praises Canada as trade partner) and a Congress who does something, anything, to guide the executive's behavior....I never thought I'd have so much nostalgia for second term Reagan! [3/3]

The speech is perhaps signaling to Japan that the US doesn't want a trade war (despite the US duties) -- but also asking Democrats in Congress not to tie his hands legislatively (especially with the Gephardt Amendment to the Omnibus Trade Act) [2/3]

The text of the 1987 Reagan speech on tariffs:

www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/spe...

He'd just imposed some retaliatory tariffs against Japan, over semiconductors, so there's a definite "fair but free" angle here.

But also a claim that tariffs are of limited use as a foreign policy tool [1/3]
Radio Address to the Nation on Free and Fair Trade
042587a
www.reaganlibrary.gov

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Read every single word of this from @edwardluce.bsky.social. Should be a gift link. on.ft.com/4qnOCyk The Trump Supremacy
The Trump Supremacy
Opponents in disarray, allies in line, followers enthralled — the US president is already on his way to building a new world order
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Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America

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Still not too old to not take stationery from IOs.

A house divided?
It's the most wonderful time of the year....for debt geeks. @agelpern.bsky.social @upanizza.bsky.social @mkessler.bsky.social and I are so excited to welcome folks to DebtCon8!

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DebtCon 8.
2025 Advanced eDiscovery Institute
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@upanizza.bsky.social #DebtCon8 is real & it’s 1glorious #DebtCon 3days 75papers 15panels 11 RTs 99speakers fr 6continents +10^6 #sovereigndebt acronyms eg #PSI #DSA #PCS #PDIP & #OMG aka #Argentina @laynamosley.bsky.social @mkessler.bsky.social @robinwigglesworth.ft.com @georgetownlaw.bsky.social

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Applications for the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance's postdoctoral fellowship program for 2026-2027 are due Monday, October 13.

Details here: www.princeton.edu/acad-positio...
Application for Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance - Postdoctoral Research Associate
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TINA, again.

Staying in as long as others do, is my guess.

Maybe it's less impressive to issue debt at just over US rates, given that the US has become (or should become?) a riskier place?

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Foreign (kitchen) cabinets are a threat to US national security. Of course they are.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/b...
Trump Will Slap Tariffs on Imported Drugs, Trucks and Household Furnishings
www.nytimes.com
Texas A&M’s President just removed a dean and department head from their positions after they supported a professor whose lesson on gender was challenged by a student. www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...
A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum
The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.
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SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional

ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

"“Defense is too defensive,” Trump said.

Can't really argue with that, IR scholars!

And then there are the long term consequences of the tariffs not only for the US economy, but also for global (or at least, US-led) economic governance. Sigh.