Kate McNamara
@katemcnamara.bsky.social
Money, markets, politics & culture; industrial policy; EU stuff. Prof at Georgetown University. Writings @kathleenrmcnamara.wordpress.com
Oh beautiful, for spacious skies…
October 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Oh beautiful, for spacious skies…
Publishing requires giving up (some) of those high hopes while keeping enough of your original glorious vision so you are (somewhat) satisfied when you hit submit. Paul Valéry said "I never finish a poem, I just abandon it." Or perhaps better to see we are sending it on its way, into the world? FIN/
September 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Publishing requires giving up (some) of those high hopes while keeping enough of your original glorious vision so you are (somewhat) satisfied when you hit submit. Paul Valéry said "I never finish a poem, I just abandon it." Or perhaps better to see we are sending it on its way, into the world? FIN/
There is that point in a project where you realize you HAVE to throw some things overboard to keep the rowboat afloat, otherwise the whole thing will sink. Make the choices and keeping rowing to move forward (the imagery I inevitably share with my PhD students struggling to finish). 3/
September 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
There is that point in a project where you realize you HAVE to throw some things overboard to keep the rowboat afloat, otherwise the whole thing will sink. Make the choices and keeping rowing to move forward (the imagery I inevitably share with my PhD students struggling to finish). 3/
Submitted a paper this afternoon (hooray!) but oh the painful & inevitable stages involved in writing--from the euphoria (this will be the Best Paper Ever!) to the depths of despair (wow, this thing is terrible) to the resignation phase (well, I guess I'll just cut out that idea and move on). 1/
September 12, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Submitted a paper this afternoon (hooray!) but oh the painful & inevitable stages involved in writing--from the euphoria (this will be the Best Paper Ever!) to the depths of despair (wow, this thing is terrible) to the resignation phase (well, I guess I'll just cut out that idea and move on). 1/
DC: my hometown, not a violent hellscape, friends. Here are some recent photos from a Sunday morning in the Bishop's Garden @ Washington Cathedral. Enjoy! #DCStatehood
August 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
DC: my hometown, not a violent hellscape, friends. Here are some recent photos from a Sunday morning in the Bishop's Garden @ Washington Cathedral. Enjoy! #DCStatehood
Friends & neighbors in Chevy Chase, MD coming together on #NoKings day. So many American flags waving, so many cars honking, so many people driving by with their own signs in support of our precious, threatened democracy.
June 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Friends & neighbors in Chevy Chase, MD coming together on #NoKings day. So many American flags waving, so many cars honking, so many people driving by with their own signs in support of our precious, threatened democracy.
Bethesda, MD lining the streets in front of Fox News in support of American democracy. Everyone honking in support, including fire trucks & big old dump trucks. A joyful noise. #NoKings
June 14, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Bethesda, MD lining the streets in front of Fox News in support of American democracy. Everyone honking in support, including fire trucks & big old dump trucks. A joyful noise. #NoKings
So appreciating @raders.bsky.social right now, especially this (plus his helpful advice on peacefully standing up for our country & each other this weekend).
June 13, 2025 at 10:51 PM
So appreciating @raders.bsky.social right now, especially this (plus his helpful advice on peacefully standing up for our country & each other this weekend).
"This isn’t about avoiding complexity. It’s about confronting it with tools that work." Such useful advice from @catherinedevries.bsky.social on how to formulate a tractable research question--great for all of us & especially for students struggling to narrow down their question. Super helpful!
June 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"This isn’t about avoiding complexity. It’s about confronting it with tools that work." Such useful advice from @catherinedevries.bsky.social on how to formulate a tractable research question--great for all of us & especially for students struggling to narrow down their question. Super helpful!
Georgetown University is the largest private employer in DC.
May 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Georgetown University is the largest private employer in DC.
The collapse of American infrastructure continues… #BananaRepublic
May 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The collapse of American infrastructure continues… #BananaRepublic
Looking forward to the EUSA conference in Philly this week. Come by Friday, 8 May at 5:30 for my talk on how the introduction of security logics into EU politics may reshape Europe. More info here: bit.ly/4lA5Civ
May 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Looking forward to the EUSA conference in Philly this week. Come by Friday, 8 May at 5:30 for my talk on how the introduction of security logics into EU politics may reshape Europe. More info here: bit.ly/4lA5Civ
Among the different pathways in the face of the US’s self-inflicted decline? A throwback to great power dynamics & less prosperous & more violent world, or a new global order led by the EU alongside a coalition of the willing. 2/
April 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Among the different pathways in the face of the US’s self-inflicted decline? A throwback to great power dynamics & less prosperous & more violent world, or a new global order led by the EU alongside a coalition of the willing. 2/
They are not retaliatory tariffs, @nytimes.com. They are unilateral tariffs that will tank the US & global economy. Stop legitimizing this madness.
April 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
They are not retaliatory tariffs, @nytimes.com. They are unilateral tariffs that will tank the US & global economy. Stop legitimizing this madness.
Hey @jeffstein.bsky.social & @davidjlynch.bsky.social your WaPo piece repeats Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs” hogwash w/o noting that it’s political rhetoric not fact (eg the EU’s VAT is not a tariff as it’s non-discriminatory). “Unilateral” is the right term. Curious why you are covering it this way?
April 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Hey @jeffstein.bsky.social & @davidjlynch.bsky.social your WaPo piece repeats Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs” hogwash w/o noting that it’s political rhetoric not fact (eg the EU’s VAT is not a tariff as it’s non-discriminatory). “Unilateral” is the right term. Curious why you are covering it this way?
Perhaps for today's ultrawealthy bros, a healthy US economy does not matter as much as tax cuts & oliogarchic favors. The normal brakes on the destruction of the US economy & society that might come from traditional economic interest groups & concern about shareholder value have been overridden. 7/
April 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Perhaps for today's ultrawealthy bros, a healthy US economy does not matter as much as tax cuts & oliogarchic favors. The normal brakes on the destruction of the US economy & society that might come from traditional economic interest groups & concern about shareholder value have been overridden. 7/
The question remains: why isn't big business pushing back on Trump's actions? One answer might be that the political economy mechanisms that ruled the post-war era are simply broken as plutocrats now drive the political agenda. 6/
April 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The question remains: why isn't big business pushing back on Trump's actions? One answer might be that the political economy mechanisms that ruled the post-war era are simply broken as plutocrats now drive the political agenda. 6/
The erosion of the rule of law will also be a death knell for the US economy, as markets simply cannot function without robust & fair legal structures. See: Trump's successful attacks on the ability of law firms to represent their clients in cases against the government. 5/ bit.ly/3QWa8tJ
April 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The erosion of the rule of law will also be a death knell for the US economy, as markets simply cannot function without robust & fair legal structures. See: Trump's successful attacks on the ability of law firms to represent their clients in cases against the government. 5/ bit.ly/3QWa8tJ
The withdrawal of federal funding for science, R&D, & education will hobble the US economy & completely devastate both our competitiveness & our ability to provide new solutions to critical domestic & global challenges (not to mention things like the iphone touchscreen). 4/
April 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
The withdrawal of federal funding for science, R&D, & education will hobble the US economy & completely devastate both our competitiveness & our ability to provide new solutions to critical domestic & global challenges (not to mention things like the iphone touchscreen). 4/
I don't know about you, but I am getting impatient waiting for the capitalists to save us. What happened to the whole "state as the managing committee of the bourgeoisie" thing? A political economy 🧵 1/
April 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I don't know about you, but I am getting impatient waiting for the capitalists to save us. What happened to the whole "state as the managing committee of the bourgeoisie" thing? A political economy 🧵 1/
After a very long list of defendants, a very clear complaint:
March 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
After a very long list of defendants, a very clear complaint:
March 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Georgetown standing up against the Trump administration's bullying, for the first amendment, and for the values basic to our mission as educators and citizens. Hoya Saxa.
March 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Georgetown standing up against the Trump administration's bullying, for the first amendment, and for the values basic to our mission as educators and citizens. Hoya Saxa.