Valère Piérard
@valerepierard.bsky.social
MPA/ID - Harvard Kennedy School | Membre/Lid at Friday Group | Econ, pol, sovereign debt, Belgium 🇧🇪
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In Opinion | The first step toward building a good jobs agenda requires officials thinking about economic development “to get over their manufacturing fetishism,” Dani Rodrik writes.
Opinion | What Even Is a ‘Good’ Job?
It starts with abandoning the fetish over manufacturing.
nyti.ms
November 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
In Opinion | The first step toward building a good jobs agenda requires officials thinking about economic development “to get over their manufacturing fetishism,” Dani Rodrik writes.
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Joseph Nye, who coined the term ‘soft power’, dies aged 88
https://www.ft.com/content/f78aab9d-9cb0-4194-a9a3-b6d545dfc725
https://www.ft.com/content/f78aab9d-9cb0-4194-a9a3-b6d545dfc725
Joseph Nye, who coined the term ‘soft power’, dies aged 88
Former dean of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government served in two US presidential administrations
www.ft.com
May 7, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Joseph Nye, who coined the term ‘soft power’, dies aged 88
https://www.ft.com/content/f78aab9d-9cb0-4194-a9a3-b6d545dfc725
https://www.ft.com/content/f78aab9d-9cb0-4194-a9a3-b6d545dfc725
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Bloomberg: "All his decisions will be guided by whether or not they strengthen the competitiveness of German industry, Merz has said."
It seems that Merz wants to double down on the very policies that got Germany into trouble.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... via @opinion
Bloomberg: "All his decisions will be guided by whether or not they strengthen the competitiveness of German industry, Merz has said."
It seems that Merz wants to double down on the very policies that got Germany into trouble.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... via @opinion
Germany Needs an Economic Miracle. The Odds Don’t Look Good.
Merz faces an aging population that’s set to hold back growth and exacerbate strains on the federal budget and social security system.
www.bloomberg.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Bloomberg: "All his decisions will be guided by whether or not they strengthen the competitiveness of German industry, Merz has said."
It seems that Merz wants to double down on the very policies that got Germany into trouble.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... via @opinion
Bloomberg: "All his decisions will be guided by whether or not they strengthen the competitiveness of German industry, Merz has said."
It seems that Merz wants to double down on the very policies that got Germany into trouble.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... via @opinion
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Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)
February 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)
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Very good Times article on why weak German demand is at the heart of its economic stagnation and the impact of this stagnation on the rest of Europe.
www.thetimes.com/article/957b...
www.thetimes.com/article/957b...
Germany must let go of old thinking to revive its stagnant economy
The export model looks dead but stimulating domestic demand will involve battles over fiscal policy and the debt brake
www.thetimes.com
February 18, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Very good Times article on why weak German demand is at the heart of its economic stagnation and the impact of this stagnation on the rest of Europe.
www.thetimes.com/article/957b...
www.thetimes.com/article/957b...
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I have a new piece in @ForeignAffairs titled, "The Post-Neoliberal Delusion and the Tragedy of Bidenomics". They were generous about giving me a lot of words but were less generous with charts--so this long thread partially rectifies that. (And links to the piece at the end.)
February 10, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I have a new piece in @ForeignAffairs titled, "The Post-Neoliberal Delusion and the Tragedy of Bidenomics". They were generous about giving me a lot of words but were less generous with charts--so this long thread partially rectifies that. (And links to the piece at the end.)