Marc Palen
@mwpalen.bsky.social
Historian. Editor, The Imperial & Global Forum. Author, Pax Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691199320/pax-economica. New Yorker “Best Books” list 2024. Financial Times “Best Books of 2024.”
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Marc Palen
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Best books of 2024: Economics
Martin Wolf selects his must-read titles
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Wow! My book, Pax Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World (@princetonupress.bsky.social), has just been named one of the 'best books of 2024' by @financialtimes.com. Truly honored to be included.
"This book is an excellent counter to contemporary conventional wisdom."
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"This book is an excellent counter to contemporary conventional wisdom."
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Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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Really unnerving point from Nicole Hemmer, historian of the right: Trump's Epstein fiasco could drive MAGA to push him to go even fuller authoritarian, because the whole project is now in such serious doubt. She's so good on MAGA's future.
Check out this exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
Check out this exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
November 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Really unnerving point from Nicole Hemmer, historian of the right: Trump's Epstein fiasco could drive MAGA to push him to go even fuller authoritarian, because the whole project is now in such serious doubt. She's so good on MAGA's future.
Check out this exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
Check out this exchange:
newrepublic.com/article/2031...
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Canadians are keeping up their efforts to boycott travel to the U.S.
The ongoing decline in air and car travel is part of a broader shift in Canadians’ attitudes toward the U.S. amid tensions over President Trump’s tariffs and the rhetoric that many Canadians feel is condescending.
The ongoing decline in air and car travel is part of a broader shift in Canadians’ attitudes toward the U.S. amid tensions over President Trump’s tariffs and the rhetoric that many Canadians feel is condescending.
Canadian Travel to the United States Falls for 10th Consecutive Month
The drop has been reflected in air and car travel, according to Canadian statistics. Tensions over tariffs placed by the Trump administration spurred calls for Canadians to spend their money at home.
nyti.ms
November 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Canadians are keeping up their efforts to boycott travel to the U.S.
The ongoing decline in air and car travel is part of a broader shift in Canadians’ attitudes toward the U.S. amid tensions over President Trump’s tariffs and the rhetoric that many Canadians feel is condescending.
The ongoing decline in air and car travel is part of a broader shift in Canadians’ attitudes toward the U.S. amid tensions over President Trump’s tariffs and the rhetoric that many Canadians feel is condescending.
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BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
NEW: At Pope Leo’s Urging, Bishops Issue Historic Rebuke of Trump’s Raids
Nearly all U.S. Catholic bishops united in Baltimore to denounce the Trump administration’s “inhumane” deportation campaign — a near-unanimous, unprecedented moral stand against a sitting president.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
BREAKING: At Pope Leo XIV’s urging, U.S. Catholic bishops just delivered the strongest rebuke of a sitting president in Church history — condemning Trump-Vance raids as “inhumane” and “dehumanizing” in a 216–5 vote.
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“After the gringa left, the guards came in to beat us,” said one detainee of what occurred after a visit from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
Trump sent men to torture in El Salvador, report confirms
Human Rights Watch found that Venezuelans shipped to El Salvador by the United States were beaten almost every day.
www.motherjones.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:00 AM
“After the gringa left, the guards came in to beat us,” said one detainee of what occurred after a visit from DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.
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So grateful to have received the Elise M. Boulding Prize from the Peace History Society for Pax Economica. What a tremendous honor!
@princetonupress.bsky.social
@princetonupress.bsky.social
📚 News from the world of peace and economic history ☮️ Dr Marc-William Palen’s Pax 'Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World' has just received the Elise M. Boulding Prize in Peace History🏆 for groundbreaking work that rethinks how free trade once carried hopes for ending empire and war🌍
November 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
So grateful to have received the Elise M. Boulding Prize from the Peace History Society for Pax Economica. What a tremendous honor!
@princetonupress.bsky.social
@princetonupress.bsky.social
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Important CFP!
Peace in the Age of Forever Wars @ Temple University, April 3-4, 2026. I will be there.
challengingwar.com/spring-2025/
Peace in the Age of Forever Wars @ Temple University, April 3-4, 2026. I will be there.
challengingwar.com/spring-2025/
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Important CFP!
Peace in the Age of Forever Wars @ Temple University, April 3-4, 2026. I will be there.
challengingwar.com/spring-2025/
Peace in the Age of Forever Wars @ Temple University, April 3-4, 2026. I will be there.
challengingwar.com/spring-2025/
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📚 News from the world of peace and economic history ☮️ Dr Marc-William Palen’s Pax 'Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World' has just received the Elise M. Boulding Prize in Peace History🏆 for groundbreaking work that rethinks how free trade once carried hopes for ending empire and war🌍
November 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
📚 News from the world of peace and economic history ☮️ Dr Marc-William Palen’s Pax 'Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World' has just received the Elise M. Boulding Prize in Peace History🏆 for groundbreaking work that rethinks how free trade once carried hopes for ending empire and war🌍
So grateful to have received the Elise M. Boulding Prize from the Peace History Society for Pax Economica. What a tremendous honor!
@princetonupress.bsky.social
@princetonupress.bsky.social
📚 News from the world of peace and economic history ☮️ Dr Marc-William Palen’s Pax 'Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World' has just received the Elise M. Boulding Prize in Peace History🏆 for groundbreaking work that rethinks how free trade once carried hopes for ending empire and war🌍
November 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
So grateful to have received the Elise M. Boulding Prize from the Peace History Society for Pax Economica. What a tremendous honor!
@princetonupress.bsky.social
@princetonupress.bsky.social
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Our new series of short videos showcases the work of our interdisciplinary experts in HaSS Cornwall at @exeter.ac.uk .
The latest features Emma Kluge on how our Environmental Humanities research and teaching reorients our historical and political narratives from the perspective of the ocean.
The latest features Emma Kluge on how our Environmental Humanities research and teaching reorients our historical and political narratives from the perspective of the ocean.
Our historical narratives are often centred on land, but what happens if we shift our perspective to oceans? How might this shape our environmental and political imaginaries? Join us at @hass-cornwall.bsky.social as we plunge into the past to navigate new futures.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xqj...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xqj...
Oceans - Dr Emma Kluge, Lecturer in Colonial and Environmental History
YouTube video by University of Exeter
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August 15, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Our new series of short videos showcases the work of our interdisciplinary experts in HaSS Cornwall at @exeter.ac.uk .
The latest features Emma Kluge on how our Environmental Humanities research and teaching reorients our historical and political narratives from the perspective of the ocean.
The latest features Emma Kluge on how our Environmental Humanities research and teaching reorients our historical and political narratives from the perspective of the ocean.
How Ronald Reagan is Reigniting the Canada-US Trade Conflict
imperialglobalexeter.com/2025/11/10/h...
imperialglobalexeter.com/2025/11/10/h...
How Ronald Reagan is Reigniting the Canada-US Trade Conflict
Mulroney and Reagan signing the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement (CUSFTA), credit: The Canadian Press/AP, Barry Thumma Francine McKenzieWestern University Like so many of America’s trading partners, …
imperialglobalexeter.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
How Ronald Reagan is Reigniting the Canada-US Trade Conflict
imperialglobalexeter.com/2025/11/10/h...
imperialglobalexeter.com/2025/11/10/h...
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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today’s episode is the 1st of two on the extraordinary trial of Marshal Pétain in summer 1945 that ended up putting wartime France in the dock. David talks to historian Julian Jackson about how Pétain found himself so quickly charged with treason.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Today’s episode is the 1st of two on the extraordinary trial of Marshal Pétain in summer 1945 that ended up putting wartime France in the dock. David talks to historian Julian Jackson about how Pétain found himself so quickly charged with treason.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
Today’s episode is the 1st of two on the extraordinary trial of Marshal Pétain in summer 1945 that ended up putting wartime France in the dock. David talks to historian Julian Jackson about how Pétain found himself so quickly charged with treason.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
Today’s episode is the 1st of two on the extraordinary trial of Marshal Pétain in summer 1945 that ended up putting wartime France in the dock. David talks to historian Julian Jackson about how Pétain found himself so quickly charged with treason.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
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We are so far through the looking glass that the man who tried to overthrow an election becomes president, the people who attacked the Capitol are turned into martyrs, & it's the BBC that gets punished - cheered on by the worst news outlets in the UK & the two most dishonest politicians of our age.
It’s not at all clear to me how the BBC can do any kind of serious journalism if its top two bosses can be forced to quit over such an obviously confected scandal. There is no substantive error here. How can the BBC report on Trump, or Farage, or anyone else, in these circumstances?
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
We are so far through the looking glass that the man who tried to overthrow an election becomes president, the people who attacked the Capitol are turned into martyrs, & it's the BBC that gets punished - cheered on by the worst news outlets in the UK & the two most dishonest politicians of our age.
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I’d underline: these are just members of the public blamelessly going about their working day. This could be you, if these horrible people decided to switch their focus to something else. This could be your wife, your brother, your daughter, if they decided it was in their interest to fuck with you.
Just a regular pipeline now of dubiously funded cranks targeting the NHS to enforce their horrific, hateful politics on the public, by seeking out, targeting and harassing the fuck out people who have quietly been going about their business for years without anyone bothering
Darlington trans medic used female changing room for years
Rose Henderson felt within her rights to use the Darlington hospital facility, a tribunal is told.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I’d underline: these are just members of the public blamelessly going about their working day. This could be you, if these horrible people decided to switch their focus to something else. This could be your wife, your brother, your daughter, if they decided it was in their interest to fuck with you.
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our only dick cheney episode is also the only dick cheney episode you need podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
November 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
our only dick cheney episode is also the only dick cheney episode you need podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Kavanaugh kidnapping.
apnews.com/article/immi...
Federal immigration officers in Los Angeles arrested a U.S. citizen during a raid outside a Home Depot store, then two of them got into his car and drove off with the man’s toddler strapped into a car seat in the back
Federal immigration officers in Los Angeles arrested a U.S. citizen during a raid outside a Home Depot store, then two of them got into his car and drove off with the man’s toddler strapped into a car seat in the back
Federal agents drive off with 1-year-old girl after arresting her father in Los Angeles
Federal immigration agents arrested a U.S. citizen in Los Angeles and drove off with his car, which had his one-year-old daughter inside.
apnews.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Kavanaugh kidnapping.
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Cool. What would you call the other wing then? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Cool. What would you call the other wing then? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...
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#economics A new #book “Pax Economica” – Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World by @mwpalen.bsky.social Marc-William Palen
@princetonupress.bsky.social Oct 28, 2025
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
#economics A new #book “Pax Economica” – Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World by @mwpalen.bsky.social Marc-William Palen
@princetonupress.bsky.social Oct 28, 2025
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
November 3, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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#economics A new #book “Pax Economica” – Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World by @mwpalen.bsky.social Marc-William Palen
@princetonupress.bsky.social Oct 28, 2025
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
#economics A new #book “Pax Economica” – Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World by @mwpalen.bsky.social Marc-William Palen
@princetonupress.bsky.social Oct 28, 2025
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
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GREG IP: The Solicitor General said the tariffs are not revenue-raising.
“.. Excuse me? Of course they are. .. So why was Sauer arguing otherwise? Because the Constitution assigns authority to raise revenue via tariffs and taxes to Congress ..”
@wsj.com
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“.. Excuse me? Of course they are. .. So why was Sauer arguing otherwise? Because the Constitution assigns authority to raise revenue via tariffs and taxes to Congress ..”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
November 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
GREG IP: The Solicitor General said the tariffs are not revenue-raising.
“.. Excuse me? Of course they are. .. So why was Sauer arguing otherwise? Because the Constitution assigns authority to raise revenue via tariffs and taxes to Congress ..”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
“.. Excuse me? Of course they are. .. So why was Sauer arguing otherwise? Because the Constitution assigns authority to raise revenue via tariffs and taxes to Congress ..”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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🧵 I discussed the tariffs oral argument with June Grasso of @bloomberglaw.com. Today on the blog, I suggest that if the Court is concerned about excessive delegation, it should hold that the emergency declarations are insufficient to support Trump's tariffs even under a deferential standard.
November 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
🧵 I discussed the tariffs oral argument with June Grasso of @bloomberglaw.com. Today on the blog, I suggest that if the Court is concerned about excessive delegation, it should hold that the emergency declarations are insufficient to support Trump's tariffs even under a deferential standard.
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They're not parodies of themselves, there's no self to parody.
November 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
They're not parodies of themselves, there's no self to parody.
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Pax Economica is now out in paperback!
Now with a shiny new back cover.
Big thanks to @princetonupress.bsky.social for making this happen.
Now with a shiny new back cover.
Big thanks to @princetonupress.bsky.social for making this happen.
November 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Pax Economica is now out in paperback!
Now with a shiny new back cover.
Big thanks to @princetonupress.bsky.social for making this happen.
Now with a shiny new back cover.
Big thanks to @princetonupress.bsky.social for making this happen.
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Famine has now been declared in regions of Sudan. What does it take for such a declaration to be issued?
A declaration of famine is rare. It's now happened twice in 2025, this time in Sudan
Famine declarations are relatively rare. But the leading international authority on hunger crises this week declared that regions of war-torn Sudan face catastrophic shortages of food.
n.pr
November 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Famine has now been declared in regions of Sudan. What does it take for such a declaration to be issued?
Pax Economica is now out in paperback!
Now with a shiny new back cover.
Big thanks to @princetonupress.bsky.social for making this happen.
Now with a shiny new back cover.
Big thanks to @princetonupress.bsky.social for making this happen.
November 5, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Pax Economica is now out in paperback!
Now with a shiny new back cover.
Big thanks to @princetonupress.bsky.social for making this happen.
Now with a shiny new back cover.
Big thanks to @princetonupress.bsky.social for making this happen.
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.