Jacqueline Best
@jacquelinebest.bsky.social
Political economy Prof at the University of Ottawa. Current research: the politics of inflation and central banks; the early history of neoliberalism; practical ignorance; social theory.
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Mardi prochain, nous recevrons Leonard Seabrooke, professeur d’économie politique internationale et de sociologie économique au département Organisation de la Copenhagen Business School.
➡️« Getting Action in World Politics »
Présidé par @jacquelinebest.bsky.social
>>> bit.ly/46gtcdq
➡️« Getting Action in World Politics »
Présidé par @jacquelinebest.bsky.social
>>> bit.ly/46gtcdq
September 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Mardi prochain, nous recevrons Leonard Seabrooke, professeur d’économie politique internationale et de sociologie économique au département Organisation de la Copenhagen Business School.
➡️« Getting Action in World Politics »
Présidé par @jacquelinebest.bsky.social
>>> bit.ly/46gtcdq
➡️« Getting Action in World Politics »
Présidé par @jacquelinebest.bsky.social
>>> bit.ly/46gtcdq
I'm very much looking forward to chairing this talk by Len Seabrooke as our first IPEN event of the year!
Next Tuesday, we'll be joined by Leonard Seabrooke, Professor of International Political Economy and Economic Sociology in the Department of Organization at the Copenhagen Business School.
➡️Getting Action in World Politics
Chaired by @jacquelinebest.bsky.social
>>> bit.ly/4nomFEa
➡️Getting Action in World Politics
Chaired by @jacquelinebest.bsky.social
>>> bit.ly/4nomFEa
September 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I'm very much looking forward to chairing this talk by Len Seabrooke as our first IPEN event of the year!
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New article!
This review surveys the state of knowledge regarding central bank activity on climate change, and argues that there is considerable indeterminacy in the trajectory of this activity & its potential to contribute to effective climate action.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
This review surveys the state of knowledge regarding central bank activity on climate change, and argues that there is considerable indeterminacy in the trajectory of this activity & its potential to contribute to effective climate action.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
April 1, 2025 at 6:31 AM
New article!
This review surveys the state of knowledge regarding central bank activity on climate change, and argues that there is considerable indeterminacy in the trajectory of this activity & its potential to contribute to effective climate action.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
This review surveys the state of knowledge regarding central bank activity on climate change, and argues that there is considerable indeterminacy in the trajectory of this activity & its potential to contribute to effective climate action.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
What role can central banks play in addressing climate change today? In our just-published article, we argue that we are at a critical juncture in which the future is highly indeterminate. Written with @matpaterson.bsky.social + 14 other amazing scholars /1
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Climate change governance by central banks in an era of interlocking crises
In this article, we survey the literature on central bank action on climate change, focusing particularly on how the combined crises of COVID-19, inflation, and Ukraine have affected this action. W...
www.tandfonline.com
March 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
What role can central banks play in addressing climate change today? In our just-published article, we argue that we are at a critical juncture in which the future is highly indeterminate. Written with @matpaterson.bsky.social + 14 other amazing scholars /1
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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New open-access article with a great team of scholars, expertly led by @matpaterson.bsky.social and @jacquelinebest.bsky.social, on central bank action on climate change.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@campolis.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@campolis.bsky.social
Climate change governance by central banks in an era of interlocking crises
In this article, we survey the literature on central bank action on climate change, focusing particularly on how the combined crises of COVID-19, inflation, and Ukraine have affected this action. W...
www.tandfonline.com
March 25, 2025 at 10:32 AM
New open-access article with a great team of scholars, expertly led by @matpaterson.bsky.social and @jacquelinebest.bsky.social, on central bank action on climate change.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@campolis.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@campolis.bsky.social
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New publication!
Collaborative work.
With thanks to @jacquelinebest.bsky.social and @matpatterson.bsky.social for their invitation and leadership.
Full article: Climate change governance by central banks in an era of interlocking crises www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Collaborative work.
With thanks to @jacquelinebest.bsky.social and @matpatterson.bsky.social for their invitation and leadership.
Full article: Climate change governance by central banks in an era of interlocking crises www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Climate change governance by central banks in an era of interlocking crises
In this article, we survey the literature on central bank action on climate change, focusing particularly on how the combined crises of COVID-19, inflation, and Ukraine have affected this action. W...
www.tandfonline.com
March 27, 2025 at 8:08 AM
New publication!
Collaborative work.
With thanks to @jacquelinebest.bsky.social and @matpatterson.bsky.social for their invitation and leadership.
Full article: Climate change governance by central banks in an era of interlocking crises www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Collaborative work.
With thanks to @jacquelinebest.bsky.social and @matpatterson.bsky.social for their invitation and leadership.
Full article: Climate change governance by central banks in an era of interlocking crises www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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This is bad bad bad bad bad bad very bad no good. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Exclusive | Columbia Is Nearing Agreement to Give Trump What He Wants
The school faces a deadline to yield to administration demands, with $400 million in federal funding at stake.
www.wsj.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This is bad bad bad bad bad bad very bad no good. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
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I think the academic community can help US academics, as well as academia in general, by providing safe haven for datasets that are being targeted by the Trump administration.
March 19, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I think the academic community can help US academics, as well as academia in general, by providing safe haven for datasets that are being targeted by the Trump administration.
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Fantastic to have an essay published in this awesome collection!
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February 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Fantastic to have an essay published in this awesome collection!
www.tni.org/en/article/t...
www.tni.org/en/article/t...
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Next Thursday, we'll be joined by @sylvainmaechler.bsky.social, CIPS Postdoctoral Fellow, as he discusses "The Rise of Nature-Related Risks and the Climatization of Biodiversity"
Moderated by @jacquelinebest.bsky.social #IPEN
Learn more >>> bit.ly/3PJGlUh
Moderated by @jacquelinebest.bsky.social #IPEN
Learn more >>> bit.ly/3PJGlUh
January 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Next Thursday, we'll be joined by @sylvainmaechler.bsky.social, CIPS Postdoctoral Fellow, as he discusses "The Rise of Nature-Related Risks and the Climatization of Biodiversity"
Moderated by @jacquelinebest.bsky.social #IPEN
Learn more >>> bit.ly/3PJGlUh
Moderated by @jacquelinebest.bsky.social #IPEN
Learn more >>> bit.ly/3PJGlUh
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Jeudi prochain, nous serons rejoints par @sylvainmaechler.bsky.social, chercheur postdoctoral au CÉPI, qui discutera de « La montée des risques liés à la nature et la climatisation de la biodiversité »
Modérée par @jacquelinebest.bsky.social #RÉPI
En savoir plus >>> bit.ly/4atkNEZc
Modérée par @jacquelinebest.bsky.social #RÉPI
En savoir plus >>> bit.ly/4atkNEZc
January 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Jeudi prochain, nous serons rejoints par @sylvainmaechler.bsky.social, chercheur postdoctoral au CÉPI, qui discutera de « La montée des risques liés à la nature et la climatisation de la biodiversité »
Modérée par @jacquelinebest.bsky.social #RÉPI
En savoir plus >>> bit.ly/4atkNEZc
Modérée par @jacquelinebest.bsky.social #RÉPI
En savoir plus >>> bit.ly/4atkNEZc
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An unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government.
DOGE is not a real government agency.
DOGE has no authority to make spending decisions.
DOGE has no authority to shut programs down or to ignore federal law.
DOGE’s conduct cannot be allowed to stand.
DOGE is not a real government agency.
DOGE has no authority to make spending decisions.
DOGE has no authority to shut programs down or to ignore federal law.
DOGE’s conduct cannot be allowed to stand.
February 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
An unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government.
DOGE is not a real government agency.
DOGE has no authority to make spending decisions.
DOGE has no authority to shut programs down or to ignore federal law.
DOGE’s conduct cannot be allowed to stand.
DOGE is not a real government agency.
DOGE has no authority to make spending decisions.
DOGE has no authority to shut programs down or to ignore federal law.
DOGE’s conduct cannot be allowed to stand.
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Fascinating (and worrying) post by @stephaniekelton.bsky.social who put Deepseek to work to assess the impact of a 25% US tariffs on imports from Canada on Canadian GDP. It, er, took Deepseek 12 seconds...
stephaniekelton.substack.com/p/the-impact...
stephaniekelton.substack.com/p/the-impact...
The Impact of 25% Tariffs on Canadian GDP
The Bank of Canada vs Deepseek
stephaniekelton.substack.com
January 28, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Fascinating (and worrying) post by @stephaniekelton.bsky.social who put Deepseek to work to assess the impact of a 25% US tariffs on imports from Canada on Canadian GDP. It, er, took Deepseek 12 seconds...
stephaniekelton.substack.com/p/the-impact...
stephaniekelton.substack.com/p/the-impact...
Happy to have this opinion piece out with CÉPI-CIPS uOttawa:
I look at a lasting legacy of Trump's second term: the broad-based repoliticization of the global economy and a move away from decades of attempts by policymakers to depoliticize policy.
I look at a lasting legacy of Trump's second term: the broad-based repoliticization of the global economy and a move away from decades of attempts by policymakers to depoliticize policy.
📢New blog by @jacquelinebest.bsky.social - Trump is Intent on Repoliticizing the Global Economy: What Happens Next?
The combination of high inflation and low growth that seems likely will be economically traumatizing—and politically damaging... 🔗https://bit.ly/3EmmuIc
The combination of high inflation and low growth that seems likely will be economically traumatizing—and politically damaging... 🔗https://bit.ly/3EmmuIc
January 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Happy to have this opinion piece out with CÉPI-CIPS uOttawa:
I look at a lasting legacy of Trump's second term: the broad-based repoliticization of the global economy and a move away from decades of attempts by policymakers to depoliticize policy.
I look at a lasting legacy of Trump's second term: the broad-based repoliticization of the global economy and a move away from decades of attempts by policymakers to depoliticize policy.
I’m very excited to have this open access article out in @ripejournal.bsky.social ! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
January 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I’m very excited to have this open access article out in @ripejournal.bsky.social ! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Central banks’ knowledge controversies, by @jacquelinebest.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Central banks’ knowledge controversies
In the last few years, the Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and the Bank of Canada have all initiated policy reviews to reassess monetary policy tools and ideas that were no longer workin...
www.tandfonline.com
January 8, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Central banks’ knowledge controversies, by @jacquelinebest.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Wow! Thanks to the editorial board for doing this heavy lifting. It's great to see RIPE continuing to reach new heights!
This year @ripejournal.bsky.social passed an important milestone: we have received more than 600 submissions even before the year’s end. We thank all the journal’s editors, authors and reviewers who have helped us maintain the journal’s reputation as the premier outlet for heterodox IPE.
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January 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Wow! Thanks to the editorial board for doing this heavy lifting. It's great to see RIPE continuing to reach new heights!
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Terrific news! I got a sneak peek of an early version - I cannot wait to get this in my hands on this!
Just two months till my new book, Titans of Industrial Agriculture (MIT Press) is out! I outline how just a few giant firms came to dominate the farm machinery, fertilizer, seeds and pesticides industries, and the consequences of corporate power in those sectors.
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255170...
mitpress.mit.edu/978026255170...
December 19, 2024 at 5:36 PM
Terrific news! I got a sneak peek of an early version - I cannot wait to get this in my hands on this!
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In our latest issue, Michael J. Albert (@uoe-sps.bsky.social) contributes to the post-growth IR forum through the lens of Neo-Gramscian theory. His article is free to read now!
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📄👉 buff.ly/48uxyfR
December 16, 2024 at 1:47 PM
In our latest issue, Michael J. Albert (@uoe-sps.bsky.social) contributes to the post-growth IR forum through the lens of Neo-Gramscian theory. His article is free to read now!
📄👉 buff.ly/48uxyfR
📄👉 buff.ly/48uxyfR
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🚨 NEW PUBLICATION 🚨 first since I moved on here with with @danbaileypoleco.bsky.social and @matpaterson.bsky.social on how climate governance is politicising the Bank of England in New Political Economy - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
December 9, 2024 at 10:51 AM
🚨 NEW PUBLICATION 🚨 first since I moved on here with with @danbaileypoleco.bsky.social and @matpaterson.bsky.social on how climate governance is politicising the Bank of England in New Political Economy - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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In the 1980s–90s, many previously prominent social scientific questions on power and inequality faded into the background. Our brand-new article w/ @phdskat.org at @ripejournal.bsky.social probes into this dynamic through the concept of 'corporate escape' 🧵 1/10 www.tandfonline.com/doi/metrics/...
December 8, 2024 at 9:53 AM
In the 1980s–90s, many previously prominent social scientific questions on power and inequality faded into the background. Our brand-new article w/ @phdskat.org at @ripejournal.bsky.social probes into this dynamic through the concept of 'corporate escape' 🧵 1/10 www.tandfonline.com/doi/metrics/...
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Yes, we're hiring at Durham Geography in the UK. Yes, two posts in human geography.
durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
Assistant Professor in Human Geography (GEOG_01 %26 02)
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
durham.taleo.net
November 28, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Yes, we're hiring at Durham Geography in the UK. Yes, two posts in human geography.
durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
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the fact that we have "serious" convos about whether billionaires are okay suggests public consciousness that is totally divorced from the 1) actual scale of private wealth accumulation 2) its political implications. helpful data visualization:
eattherichtextformat.github.io/1-pixel-weal...
eattherichtextformat.github.io/1-pixel-weal...
Wealth, shown to scale
Wealth inequality in the United States is out of control. Here we visualize the issue in a unique way.
eattherichtextformat.github.io
December 7, 2024 at 12:54 PM
the fact that we have "serious" convos about whether billionaires are okay suggests public consciousness that is totally divorced from the 1) actual scale of private wealth accumulation 2) its political implications. helpful data visualization:
eattherichtextformat.github.io/1-pixel-weal...
eattherichtextformat.github.io/1-pixel-weal...
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📢 Proud to share a collective effort to better understand what post-growth International Relations may look like. I had the privilege of guest-editing this Editors Forum on "Towards post-growth IR" in @risjnl.bsky.social together with @jhasselbalch.bsky.social! 🧵 /1
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Review of International Studies: Volume 50 - Issue 5 | Cambridge Core
Cambridge Core - Review of International Studies - Volume 50 - Issue 5
www.cambridge.org
December 5, 2024 at 2:07 PM
📢 Proud to share a collective effort to better understand what post-growth International Relations may look like. I had the privilege of guest-editing this Editors Forum on "Towards post-growth IR" in @risjnl.bsky.social together with @jhasselbalch.bsky.social! 🧵 /1
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...