Arthur Bautzer
@azifune.bsky.social
financial historian and journalist
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The hardest working font in Manhattan
The hardest working font in Manhattan
A story of a 150-year-old font you have never heard of – and one you probably saw earlier today.
aresluna.org
October 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The hardest working font in Manhattan
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‘The decipherer looks for clues: famous kings, place names, common titles. But these patterns are never enough on their own. At some point he must conjecture the meaning of a sign. There is an inevitable imaginative leap.’
@tomstevenson.bsky.social on Linear Elamite: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@tomstevenson.bsky.social on Linear Elamite: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Tom Stevenson · Beyond Mesopotamia: Linear Elamite Deciphered
Three things are necessary to decipher ancient writing. You need lots of examples of the script. You need a good...
www.lrb.co.uk
March 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
‘The decipherer looks for clues: famous kings, place names, common titles. But these patterns are never enough on their own. At some point he must conjecture the meaning of a sign. There is an inevitable imaginative leap.’
@tomstevenson.bsky.social on Linear Elamite: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@tomstevenson.bsky.social on Linear Elamite: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
"We need to challenge the sharp lines between planning, prudential regulation, and monetary policy proper. In reality, every action taken by the central bank channels credit towards some activities, and away from others."
I just gave a talk on "Democratizing Finance" at an online workshop organized by the International Network for Democratic Economic Planning. You can find the text of my comments here. jwmason.org/slackwire/de...
jwmason.org
February 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
"We need to challenge the sharp lines between planning, prudential regulation, and monetary policy proper. In reality, every action taken by the central bank channels credit towards some activities, and away from others."
Great paper for anyone interested in decision making under uncertainty. "The adoption of scenario analysis represented a shift away from quantification—it was a technique for addressing unprecedented events and discontinuities that were challenging to capture with data."
Up now on ssrn: a sort of odd piece I wrote about the history and future of scenario analysis as a corporate governance tool for a symposium on "The Corporation at the Intersection of Law and Information." Forthcoming soon in the Seattle Law Review!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 13, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Great paper for anyone interested in decision making under uncertainty. "The adoption of scenario analysis represented a shift away from quantification—it was a technique for addressing unprecedented events and discontinuities that were challenging to capture with data."
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This Climate Finance visualization is so handy, and upends a few assumptions I implicitly made about where the money was coming from and in what form www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/...
January 10, 2024 at 8:23 PM
This Climate Finance visualization is so handy, and upends a few assumptions I implicitly made about where the money was coming from and in what form www.climatepolicyinitiative.org/publication/...
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CEA with a great new post on manufacturing capacity to hit net zero targets - LOVE this figure
HT @climatefran.bsky.social
www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-...
HT @climatefran.bsky.social
www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-...
November 30, 2023 at 6:31 PM
CEA with a great new post on manufacturing capacity to hit net zero targets - LOVE this figure
HT @climatefran.bsky.social
www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-...
HT @climatefran.bsky.social
www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-...
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I don’t see the author here but found this at the other place. Fascinating long read article about Foxconn seconding engineers from China to train personnel at its new factory in India (Chennai suburbs). restofworld.org/2023/foxconn...
Inside Foxconn’s struggle to make iPhones in India
Chinese engineers are flying to India to train the next generation of iPhone builders.
restofworld.org
November 28, 2023 at 3:28 PM
I don’t see the author here but found this at the other place. Fascinating long read article about Foxconn seconding engineers from China to train personnel at its new factory in India (Chennai suburbs). restofworld.org/2023/foxconn...
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I’ve researched supply chains for a decade. It’s not usually a glam topic at workshops and I usually hear crickets but . .
Today, Biden creates cabinet level Council on Supply Chain Resilience” co-chaired by NSA & National Economic Advisor
www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo....
Today, Biden creates cabinet level Council on Supply Chain Resilience” co-chaired by NSA & National Economic Advisor
www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo....
November 27, 2023 at 4:35 PM
I’ve researched supply chains for a decade. It’s not usually a glam topic at workshops and I usually hear crickets but . .
Today, Biden creates cabinet level Council on Supply Chain Resilience” co-chaired by NSA & National Economic Advisor
www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo....
Today, Biden creates cabinet level Council on Supply Chain Resilience” co-chaired by NSA & National Economic Advisor
www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-roo....
Great find by @timbarker.bsky.social. ourtime.substack.com/p/that-time-...
That Time Joe Biden Tried to Ban Military Keynesianism
“It is not a proper function of the Department of Defense to make allowances for amounts needed to help stimulate the economy"
ourtime.substack.com
October 26, 2023 at 9:44 PM
Great find by @timbarker.bsky.social. ourtime.substack.com/p/that-time-...
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Great summary in one image of how you handle an eclipse - today - on a solar heavy grid. Nat gas up, batteries discharge, imports up. Solar down.
October 14, 2023 at 5:32 PM
Great summary in one image of how you handle an eclipse - today - on a solar heavy grid. Nat gas up, batteries discharge, imports up. Solar down.
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A massive fraud has left engine makers and airlines in a frantic race to stem the fallout. This is how fake parts made their way into planes around the world
Ghost in the Machine: How Fake Parts Infiltrated Airline Fleets
A little-known distributor in London sold thousands of engine components with bogus documentation. Carriers and repair shops are frantically hunting them down.
www.bloomberg.com
October 12, 2023 at 12:55 PM
A massive fraud has left engine makers and airlines in a frantic race to stem the fallout. This is how fake parts made their way into planes around the world
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Adam Tooze's latest Chartbook is v. interesting (is he on here yet?) - particularly the correction he makes about German labour force participation post Hartz IV.
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
October 9, 2023 at 1:12 PM
Adam Tooze's latest Chartbook is v. interesting (is he on here yet?) - particularly the correction he makes about German labour force participation post Hartz IV.
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
Going to post some archives into the void. Here's a bank investment committee in 1950 deciding treasuries would beat municipals in case of nuclear war, presumably because some of the issuers wouldn't survive to maturity
October 5, 2023 at 5:41 PM
Going to post some archives into the void. Here's a bank investment committee in 1950 deciding treasuries would beat municipals in case of nuclear war, presumably because some of the issuers wouldn't survive to maturity