Melike Arslan
@melikearslan.bsky.social
Lecturer @ Loughborough Uni in London; Previously @ NU, Harvard, MPIfg;
Interests: markets as political constructs, economic laws and regulations, industrial policy, antitrust and anti-monopoly policies, economists, climate change.
www.melikearslan.com
Interests: markets as political constructs, economic laws and regulations, industrial policy, antitrust and anti-monopoly policies, economists, climate change.
www.melikearslan.com
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on the other hand, congratulations to Trump, it's got Europe to agree on a common investment budget in the US that is exactly the same it planned to spend in Net Zero Industrial Act to become a 'cleantech champion'
July 28, 2025 at 7:13 AM
on the other hand, congratulations to Trump, it's got Europe to agree on a common investment budget in the US that is exactly the same it planned to spend in Net Zero Industrial Act to become a 'cleantech champion'
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3. That got patched together with a political deal, under which the EU accepted Obama administration promises that EU citizens would have some protections against U.S. surveillance. Now, it's much, much worse. Europe is increasingly looking at U.S. tech platforms as a source of vulnerabilities.
April 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
3. That got patched together with a political deal, under which the EU accepted Obama administration promises that EU citizens would have some protections against U.S. surveillance. Now, it's much, much worse. Europe is increasingly looking at U.S. tech platforms as a source of vulnerabilities.
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TL;DR: Think more of incompetent Byzantine emperors and less of Nero, Caligula bc massive imperial bureaucracies / routines buffered the empire from the latter’s crazy. Less true today for the USA -> see the last chs of States V Markets (2018 – 2025 written but not in production). 3/6
April 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
TL;DR: Think more of incompetent Byzantine emperors and less of Nero, Caligula bc massive imperial bureaucracies / routines buffered the empire from the latter’s crazy. Less true today for the USA -> see the last chs of States V Markets (2018 – 2025 written but not in production). 3/6
Thanks for these! Really useful to consider how the “exceptions” or nuances discussed in appendixes to broad theories have now become the real story here.
I guess the next question is, is the empire over? Can we still talk about the networked power of the US when ties are being severed?
I guess the next question is, is the empire over? Can we still talk about the networked power of the US when ties are being severed?
April 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Thanks for these! Really useful to consider how the “exceptions” or nuances discussed in appendixes to broad theories have now become the real story here.
I guess the next question is, is the empire over? Can we still talk about the networked power of the US when ties are being severed?
I guess the next question is, is the empire over? Can we still talk about the networked power of the US when ties are being severed?
@thunen.bsky.social very curious to hear your thoughts!
April 3, 2025 at 9:42 AM
@thunen.bsky.social very curious to hear your thoughts!
This makes sense to me with one caveat: some of the platforms like Amazon rely on the import of cheap goods to form political alliance with consumers (platform power theory). Does that mean that alliance has served its use and is no longer needed?
April 3, 2025 at 8:18 AM
This makes sense to me with one caveat: some of the platforms like Amazon rely on the import of cheap goods to form political alliance with consumers (platform power theory). Does that mean that alliance has served its use and is no longer needed?