Chris Jarvis
@chrisjarvis.bsky.social
Doncaster lad now living in Surrey. Ex-Treasury, ex-IMF, now writing a book about how the IMF designs and negotiates economic policies
Really important article by Sam Freedman.
New post just out:
"Never again?"
On how the radical right are trying to change our collective memory about World War Two as part of their assault on the postwar order.
And why that memory remains a critical defence against nationalism.
(£/free trial)
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"Never again?"
On how the radical right are trying to change our collective memory about World War Two as part of their assault on the postwar order.
And why that memory remains a critical defence against nationalism.
(£/free trial)
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/n...
Never again?
Memory entrepreneurship and the radical right’s assault on the postwar order
open.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Really important article by Sam Freedman.
Very good comments from Lucy Powell on trans rights. I will vote for her in the Deputy leadership election. I also agree with her on the dangers of groupthink, which this government seems prone to.
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Lucy Powell calls for MPs to vote on single sex space guidance
The Labour deputy leadership candidate calls for a debate and vote on guidance which is expected to say that trans people should be excluded from single sex spaces.
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October 1, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Very good comments from Lucy Powell on trans rights. I will vote for her in the Deputy leadership election. I also agree with her on the dangers of groupthink, which this government seems prone to.
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My understanding is that that Federal Reserve Board would need to approve a new swap line for Argentina’s central bank. Maybe they will, but I don’t think this is Secretary Bessent’s decision to make.
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US ready to support Argentina as needed, Bessent says
The United States stands ready to do what is needed to support Argentina and is currently in negotiations for a $20 billion swap line with the country's central bank, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday in a post on X.
www.reuters.com
September 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM
My understanding is that that Federal Reserve Board would need to approve a new swap line for Argentina’s central bank. Maybe they will, but I don’t think this is Secretary Bessent’s decision to make.
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Full resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back.
"The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."
"The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."
August 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Full resignation letter from Demetre C. Daskalakis, a CDC leader, does not hold back.
"The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."
"The recent shooting at CDC is not why I am resigning. My grandfather, who I am named after, stood up to fascist forces in Greece and lost his life doing so. I am resigning to make him and his legacy proud."
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Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
August 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.
I expect Trump will say “You’re fired” to Musk at some point. I’ve seen several countries where a president worried about his ratings sacks a zealous or reformist prime minister who is even more unpopular. It sometimes works but often doesn’t.
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Trump tells Cabinet members they’re in charge of staffing as business leaders and Republicans complain about Musk | CNN Politics
One week after Elon Musk held court before the cameras during President Donald Trump’s first Cabinet meeting, many of the Senate-confirmed leaders of government departments and agencies reconvened in ...
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March 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I expect Trump will say “You’re fired” to Musk at some point. I’ve seen several countries where a president worried about his ratings sacks a zealous or reformist prime minister who is even more unpopular. It sometimes works but often doesn’t.
www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/03/06/p...
Brilliant article by Sam Freedman explaining what is going on in the US. Will there be an effective fightback?
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Technology vs Democracy
The origins and ideology of Muskworld
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February 12, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Brilliant article by Sam Freedman explaining what is going on in the US. Will there be an effective fightback?
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/t...
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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer lands manager job and it isn't in Subway
January 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer lands manager job and it isn't in Subway
I love that Teen Vogue is part of the resistance.
This is a great piece.
"As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."
"As deportations ramp up again, we have a choice: We can watch as our neighbors disappear or we can build on these proven strategies to protect the diverse communities we've built together."
How to Keep Tabs on ICE Agents Who May Be Surveilling Your Neighborhood
Here’s a step-by-step guide.
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January 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I love that Teen Vogue is part of the resistance.
I’m remembering the Albanian pyramid schemes as Trump launches his new meme coin. A key moment in their collapse was when new schemes entered the market offering high returns with no real assets. The collapse came a year later. There may be a lesson for crypto here.
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IMF Staff Papers - Volume 47, Number 1, 2000 - The Rise and Fall of the Pyramid Schemes in Albania, by Chris Jarvis
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January 22, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I’m remembering the Albanian pyramid schemes as Trump launches his new meme coin. A key moment in their collapse was when new schemes entered the market offering high returns with no real assets. The collapse came a year later. There may be a lesson for crypto here.
www.imf.org/external/pub...
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Excellent article which explains the commercial motives behind Meta’s lurch to the right.
New
The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
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The coming battle between social media and the state
Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength
By me, in todays @financialtimes.com
www.ft.com/content/917c...
January 11, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Excellent article which explains the commercial motives behind Meta’s lurch to the right.
I hated Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey but loved my classmate’s rewriting of the opening sentence: “No one who had seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her to be on heroin.”
US and UK friends, I'm curious: What books were part of your required reading for highschool literature class? Which of them do you remember loving, and which did you loathe?
January 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I hated Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey but loved my classmate’s rewriting of the opening sentence: “No one who had seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her to be on heroin.”
bylines.scot/world/justic.... Excellent article on the United Healthcare CEO killing.
Justice is a contract
Responses to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson have unsettled many, but are a natural result of a broken system
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December 12, 2024 at 9:51 AM
bylines.scot/world/justic.... Excellent article on the United Healthcare CEO killing.
I’m seeing some political commentators, including the always interesting Ivan Krastev, comparing this moment to Reagan in 1980 or even Roosevelt. To me it seems more like the Bush re-election in 2004, and I remember that Bush’s authority evaporated less than a year later.
November 17, 2024 at 9:52 AM
I’m seeing some political commentators, including the always interesting Ivan Krastev, comparing this moment to Reagan in 1980 or even Roosevelt. To me it seems more like the Bush re-election in 2004, and I remember that Bush’s authority evaporated less than a year later.
There’s discussion today about the risks of Trump firing Fed chair Powell. But should Powell be Fed chair? The Fed’s failure to recognize a change in inflationary expectations is part of the reason inflation was higher and Trump won. Powell failed in his most important task. Should he not resign?
November 8, 2024 at 1:07 PM
There’s discussion today about the risks of Trump firing Fed chair Powell. But should Powell be Fed chair? The Fed’s failure to recognize a change in inflationary expectations is part of the reason inflation was higher and Trump won. Powell failed in his most important task. Should he not resign?
I know Aurora, Colorado and I find Trump’s focus on it bizarre. Aurora is a typical American suburb. People’s lives are not dominated by fear of Venezuelan gangs. Their joys and sorrows are families growing and changing, making ends meet, play and work, being in nature and being in traffic.
October 15, 2024 at 7:24 AM
I know Aurora, Colorado and I find Trump’s focus on it bizarre. Aurora is a typical American suburb. People’s lives are not dominated by fear of Venezuelan gangs. Their joys and sorrows are families growing and changing, making ends meet, play and work, being in nature and being in traffic.
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How Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Harris and Walz is a masterpiece of persuasive prose
A songwriter's practical lesson in written advocacy
A new post by me
At Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/how-taylor...
Personal Blog:
davidallengreen.com/2024/09/how-...
A songwriter's practical lesson in written advocacy
A new post by me
At Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/how-taylor...
Personal Blog:
davidallengreen.com/2024/09/how-...
How Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Harris and Walz is a masterpiece of persuasive prose
A songwriter's practical lesson in written advocacy
emptycity.substack.com
September 11, 2024 at 7:41 AM
How Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Harris and Walz is a masterpiece of persuasive prose
A songwriter's practical lesson in written advocacy
A new post by me
At Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/how-taylor...
Personal Blog:
davidallengreen.com/2024/09/how-...
A songwriter's practical lesson in written advocacy
A new post by me
At Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/how-taylor...
Personal Blog:
davidallengreen.com/2024/09/how-...
This is the article. I’m still fettibg used to this platform defector.com/remembering-...
Remembering Grant Wahl, America's Greatest Soccer Writer | Defector
Before Grant Wahl left to cover the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, he headed down to the storage space of his apartment building in New York City and retrieved a paper he’d written in college. It’d become a...
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September 10, 2024 at 9:26 AM
This is the article. I’m still fettibg used to this platform defector.com/remembering-...
This is a great article. It reminded me of the line near the end of Charlotte’s Web: “It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.”
Just thought of this great man again today.
Remembering Grant Wahl, America’s greatest soccer writer: defector.com/remembering-...
September 10, 2024 at 9:24 AM
This is a great article. It reminded me of the line near the end of Charlotte’s Web: “It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.”
This is deeply disturbing. I understand the need for discipline in organizations but punishing people for raising safety concerns is a big red flag. bsky.app/profile/gare...
In May this year, Peter Hendy pressured my now-former employer Systra to sack me by threatening them.
Why did he do this? Because I'd highlighted safety and accessibility issues at Euston station. He is unfit for office and should resign.
www.politico.eu/article/uk-r...
Why did he do this? Because I'd highlighted safety and accessibility issues at Euston station. He is unfit for office and should resign.
www.politico.eu/article/uk-r...
UK rail minister got engineer sacked for raising safety concerns
Peter Hendy threatened to withhold public contracts while seeking disciplinary action.
www.politico.eu
August 29, 2024 at 9:33 AM
This is deeply disturbing. I understand the need for discipline in organizations but punishing people for raising safety concerns is a big red flag. bsky.app/profile/gare...
We have a conservatory for the first time since moving to England. It feels so good to listen to the rain on the roof while sitting dry inside.
August 24, 2024 at 10:04 AM
We have a conservatory for the first time since moving to England. It feels so good to listen to the rain on the roof while sitting dry inside.
Vice-President Harris’s recent speech on economic policy was good in many ways. But it was striking that she did not mention any of the big levers of economic policy: overall spending or taxes, plans for the budget deficit or public debt, or monetary policy.
August 18, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Vice-President Harris’s recent speech on economic policy was good in many ways. But it was striking that she did not mention any of the big levers of economic policy: overall spending or taxes, plans for the budget deficit or public debt, or monetary policy.