Paul Beaumont
@pauldavidbeaumont.bsky.social
Senior Researcher at NUPI; Editor at Cooperation & Conflict. Interests: global environmental politics, international institutions, nukes, hierarchies & dodgy-indicators. If you really do learn most from mistakes then I'm a genius.
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We’re c.2004 in the crypto-banking nexus. Everyone thinks they’re a stable genius & society is hailing them as such. But eventually the tide will go out & the inevitable Buffett moment will be incredibly ugly & costly. It always is. Over & over & over again. We keep forgetting what we’ve learned.
Speculation in crypto, in & of itself, isn't a financial stability problem. What makes it so is that deregulation + large global capital inflows + large banks speculating with that capital will trigger a 2008-style systemic banking crisis. This is a regular, predictable pattern across space & time.
July 13, 2025 at 8:11 AM
We’re c.2004 in the crypto-banking nexus. Everyone thinks they’re a stable genius & society is hailing them as such. But eventually the tide will go out & the inevitable Buffett moment will be incredibly ugly & costly. It always is. Over & over & over again. We keep forgetting what we’ve learned.
To learn more about the APSA Ideas, Knowledge and Politics section and the former winners of the Friedman Prize follow this link: apsanet.org/membership/o...
July 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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I wasn't able to pick up the award in person, hence the picture of me holding it next to a tree looking pleased.
You can find out more about the book - and if you have the money and the urge, buy it - here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
You can find out more about the book - and if you have the money and the urge, buy it - here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
July 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I wasn't able to pick up the award in person, hence the picture of me holding it next to a tree looking pleased.
You can find out more about the book - and if you have the money and the urge, buy it - here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
You can find out more about the book - and if you have the money and the urge, buy it - here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
The prize committee described the book as a “fascinating, well-researched, and beautifully written contribution that speaks well to our section’s goal of highlighting the role ideas play in shaping politics across borders.”
July 12, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The prize committee described the book as a “fascinating, well-researched, and beautifully written contribution that speaks well to our section’s goal of highlighting the role ideas play in shaping politics across borders.”
To learn more about the APSA Ideas, Knowledge and Politics section and the former winners of the Friedman Prize follow this link: apsanet.org/membership/o...
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July 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Reposted by Paul Beaumont
If climate finance only flows to what’s bankable, how do we fund what's actually necessary? My research contributes to the boon in evidence showing how derisking locks governments into private finance-oriented & ineffective transitions - leaving essential but unbankable sectors behind
June 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
If climate finance only flows to what’s bankable, how do we fund what's actually necessary? My research contributes to the boon in evidence showing how derisking locks governments into private finance-oriented & ineffective transitions - leaving essential but unbankable sectors behind