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i wish i could have been in the room when they were brainstorming how to solve the housing crisis and someone raised their hand and said "what about 50 year mortgages?"
November 15, 2025 at 5:09 AM
i wish i could have been in the room when they were brainstorming how to solve the housing crisis and someone raised their hand and said "what about 50 year mortgages?"
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Your reading for weekend from #CriticaDev blog!
"Lula da Silva and Brazilian financialization: Learning from Dilma and the Limits of Confronting Finance" by Prof Sergio Martin Páez
@ufrjoficial.bsky.social @ingridhk.bsky.social @iliasalami.bsky.social
developingeconomics.org/2025/10/07/l...
"Lula da Silva and Brazilian financialization: Learning from Dilma and the Limits of Confronting Finance" by Prof Sergio Martin Páez
@ufrjoficial.bsky.social @ingridhk.bsky.social @iliasalami.bsky.social
developingeconomics.org/2025/10/07/l...
Lula da Silva and Brazilian financialization: Learning from Dilma and the Limits of Confronting Finance
The year 2025 will be the third consecutive year in which the Brazilian economy experiences sustained growth. During the first two years of his administration, economic expansion was above 3% annua…
developingeconomics.org
October 18, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Your reading for weekend from #CriticaDev blog!
"Lula da Silva and Brazilian financialization: Learning from Dilma and the Limits of Confronting Finance" by Prof Sergio Martin Páez
@ufrjoficial.bsky.social @ingridhk.bsky.social @iliasalami.bsky.social
developingeconomics.org/2025/10/07/l...
"Lula da Silva and Brazilian financialization: Learning from Dilma and the Limits of Confronting Finance" by Prof Sergio Martin Páez
@ufrjoficial.bsky.social @ingridhk.bsky.social @iliasalami.bsky.social
developingeconomics.org/2025/10/07/l...
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On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read
October 2, 2025 at 8:41 AM
On National Poetry Day, the greatest poem I have ever read
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nice to see that there's less than total impunity in some political systems, which is about the most positive thing I can say about Labour at present
www.bbc.com/news/live/cz...
www.bbc.com/news/live/cz...
Peter Mandelson sacked as US ambassador by Keir Starmer over emails to Jeffrey Epstein
The Foreign Office says he was fired
www.bbc.com
September 11, 2025 at 1:52 PM
nice to see that there's less than total impunity in some political systems, which is about the most positive thing I can say about Labour at present
www.bbc.com/news/live/cz...
www.bbc.com/news/live/cz...
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oh
a good arbiter of how close we are to bad hybrid regime shit is if the political comedy shows start getting pulled for whatever reason
July 18, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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I don’t make a habit of listening to The Rest Is Politics obviously but I occasionally do coz accusations of me being in an echo chamber are unfounded.
Rory Stewart just recommended Sapiens.
Rory Stewart just recommended Sapiens.
July 9, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I don’t make a habit of listening to The Rest Is Politics obviously but I occasionally do coz accusations of me being in an echo chamber are unfounded.
Rory Stewart just recommended Sapiens.
Rory Stewart just recommended Sapiens.
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New newsletter post up! I talk about the Beauty Contest Theory, buying assets as commitment to a bit, and also thank a bunch of people: open.substack.com/pub/ninaeich...
About that title:
A little more about the 'beauty contest' theory, some thank yous, and a few economic things I'm paying attention to at the moment.
open.substack.com
July 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
New newsletter post up! I talk about the Beauty Contest Theory, buying assets as commitment to a bit, and also thank a bunch of people: open.substack.com/pub/ninaeich...
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Namibia is looking to green industrialization to break the impasse in its national economic development. Plus, the emerging vision of green economic development for Southern Africa.
May 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Namibia is looking to green industrialization to break the impasse in its national economic development. Plus, the emerging vision of green economic development for Southern Africa.
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A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
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This morning’s Chartbook features one of the most important Brazilian painters, Candido Portinari. Portinari is known for being an influential practitioner of a neo-realistic painting style and for tackling social issues in his art. Read today’s Chartbook for more!
April 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This morning’s Chartbook features one of the most important Brazilian painters, Candido Portinari. Portinari is known for being an influential practitioner of a neo-realistic painting style and for tackling social issues in his art. Read today’s Chartbook for more!
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A @data.ft.com analysis of the “China shock” shows that employment in China’s labor-intensive manufacturing industries has been declining since 2011. Roles in the textile industry alone shrank 40% from 2011-2019. Now, cheaper have factories moved to Vietnam and Indonesia where exports have surged.
April 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
A @data.ft.com analysis of the “China shock” shows that employment in China’s labor-intensive manufacturing industries has been declining since 2011. Roles in the textile industry alone shrank 40% from 2011-2019. Now, cheaper have factories moved to Vietnam and Indonesia where exports have surged.
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You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.
April 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
You set the house on fire, watched it burn, and then lost your nerve and put it out. You now have a partially burned house. Great job.
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Today’s Chartbook features one of Stuart Hall’s most famous lectures on the responsibilities of intellectuals and educators in the face of undemocratic structures of power, injustice, racism, and inequality. If you have 15 minutes to spare, I highly recommend watching!
youtu.be/36FaTpOOwB0?...
youtu.be/36FaTpOOwB0?...
Caribbean Formation - STUART HALL: THROUGH THE PRISM OF AN INTELLECTUAL LIFE
YouTube video by Media Education Foundation
youtu.be
April 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Today’s Chartbook features one of Stuart Hall’s most famous lectures on the responsibilities of intellectuals and educators in the face of undemocratic structures of power, injustice, racism, and inequality. If you have 15 minutes to spare, I highly recommend watching!
youtu.be/36FaTpOOwB0?...
youtu.be/36FaTpOOwB0?...
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Signalgate was: last week.
April 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Signalgate was: last week.
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It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
April 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
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Live shot of me writing about this madness
April 4, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Live shot of me writing about this madness
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A perceptive Raisina write-up from Herve Lemahieu. His last point - it is one thing to be a convening power, and another to lead - is a good one, even if I have doubts about the Chinese Initiatives and what they actually involve. www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
Could India be the third wheel in a G2 world?
Vignettes from Delhi’s annual geopolitics bazaar.
www.lowyinstitute.org
March 26, 2025 at 8:32 PM
A perceptive Raisina write-up from Herve Lemahieu. His last point - it is one thing to be a convening power, and another to lead - is a good one, even if I have doubts about the Chinese Initiatives and what they actually involve. www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpre...
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Brazil is one country that actually has a trade deficit with the USA! That may not spare it tariff threats, but it makes for a stronger bargaining position.
March 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Brazil is one country that actually has a trade deficit with the USA! That may not spare it tariff threats, but it makes for a stronger bargaining position.
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Say you were actually serious about trying to rebuild US manufacturing, rather than raising tariffs, what might you do? Read today’s Chartbook for my insight: tinyurl.com/bdfz694m.
March 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Say you were actually serious about trying to rebuild US manufacturing, rather than raising tariffs, what might you do? Read today’s Chartbook for my insight: tinyurl.com/bdfz694m.
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🚨Public Service Announcement for Profs 🚨
Check in on your students, especially your trans students.
Better yet as a department / faculty / uni send out an announcement of solidarity in the face of the hate and ongoing attacks.
Check in on your students, especially your trans students.
Better yet as a department / faculty / uni send out an announcement of solidarity in the face of the hate and ongoing attacks.
March 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
🚨Public Service Announcement for Profs 🚨
Check in on your students, especially your trans students.
Better yet as a department / faculty / uni send out an announcement of solidarity in the face of the hate and ongoing attacks.
Check in on your students, especially your trans students.
Better yet as a department / faculty / uni send out an announcement of solidarity in the face of the hate and ongoing attacks.
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Can't believe we're at the end of the second month of a year that has so far lasted for two decades.
February 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Can't believe we're at the end of the second month of a year that has so far lasted for two decades.
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Dear co-authors, please list 5 things you did on our paper last week.
February 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Dear co-authors, please list 5 things you did on our paper last week.
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Heads up that my book is currently 40% off at the publisher in the @haymarketbooks.org sale, for only US $18. Even with postage to Australia that should be a pretty ok price.
December 6, 2024 at 1:02 AM
Heads up that my book is currently 40% off at the publisher in the @haymarketbooks.org sale, for only US $18. Even with postage to Australia that should be a pretty ok price.
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Vice chair is Caligula's horse
February 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Vice chair is Caligula's horse