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Scott James @drscottjames.bsky.social · 10h

We’d also discover pretty quickly how many TACO trades need unwinding

Scott James @drscottjames.bsky.social · 11h

The American international order in finance, not a liberal one
academic.oup.com/isp/article-...

Global Monetary Order and the Liberal Order Debate

Abstract. The recent “liberal international order” (LIO) debate has been vague about the institutions and issue areas that constitute the order. This is li

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Scott James @drscottjames.bsky.social · 11h

This will be a real test of American exceptionalism in global finance. Treasury markets will have a tolerance threshold which won’t be the next Fed chair, but it might be weaponising swap lines against Europe

Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 15h

If you think he's going to play nicely in markets/finance then I love that for you. Adorable.

My thing this weekend:

What is to stop Trump upending the rules in global finance too? - as.ft.com/r/53e52459-8...

What is to stop Trump upending the rules in global finance too?

[FREE TO READ] Action against Venezuela and sabre-rattling towards Greenland point to risks in US president’s approach to the Fed

as.ft.com

Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 15h

If you think he's going to play nicely in markets/finance then I love that for you. Adorable.

My thing this weekend:

What is to stop Trump upending the rules in global finance too? - as.ft.com/r/53e52459-8...

What is to stop Trump upending the rules in global finance too?

[FREE TO READ] Action against Venezuela and sabre-rattling towards Greenland point to risks in US president’s approach to the Fed

as.ft.com

Scott James @drscottjames.bsky.social · 2d

I can’t unsee this

Scott James @drscottjames.bsky.social · 2d

Interesting comments on this

We’re going to need another name for ‘tokenised interest bearing commercial bank deposits’ and it will physically age me

Interest-bearing CBDCs? Sort of(ish)

China pivots its digital currency strategy

www.ft.com

Scott James @drscottjames.bsky.social · 2d

For me the value of neoroyalism is thinking about how (new) clique networks of enrichment are layered onto existing Westphalian / liberal institutions: not as a transition from one order to another, but as a source of conflict, contradiction and struggle for power working itself out over time

Scott James @drscottjames.bsky.social · 2d

A reminder that the post-2010 road to Brexit was first and foremost about defending the interests of the City; and that the impact on finance has been less damaging than it claimed

Global finance: Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

UK to exclude financial services from push for closer EU alignment

City of London firms have been lobbying against a return to Brussels rules

www.ft.com

Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 3d

oh no. please god no.
i have blocked a lot of AI shite from my email but i fear this might get through somehow

WIRED @wired.com · 3d

New Gmail features, powered by the Gemini model, are part of Google’s continued push for users to incorporate AI into their daily life and conversations.

Google Is Adding an ‘AI Inbox’ to Gmail That Summarizes Emails

New Gmail features, powered by the Gemini model, are part of Google’s continued push for users to incorporate AI into their daily life and conversations.

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Scott James @drscottjames.bsky.social · 5d

Classical realism 🤝 Broligarchy

Crypto-realism?

Scott James @drscottjames.bsky.social · 6d

‘Hours before the United States military arrested and abducted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, an anonymous user on the prediction market Polymarket was betting thousands of dollars that an invasion was imminent.’

Monetizing Regime Change - The American Prospect

It is trivially easy for administration officials to use prediction markets to bet on the policies they authorize. We may have just seen it in Venezuela.

prospect.org

Scott James @drscottjames.bsky.social · 6d

‘Hours before the United States military arrested and abducted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, an anonymous user on the prediction market Polymarket was betting thousands of dollars that an invasion was imminent.’

Monetizing Regime Change - The American Prospect

It is trivially easy for administration officials to use prediction markets to bet on the policies they authorize. We may have just seen it in Venezuela.

prospect.org

Scott James @drscottjames.bsky.social · 6d

Agree India is strong evidence. Interesting to think through empirical expectations re confrontation over Taiwan (less likely?) and how neoroyalism might be integrated with FPA analysis of bureaucratic politics and business power in Trump’s dysfunctional Court

Scott James @drscottjames.bsky.social · 6d

An important corrective to prevailing realist framings. Though I suspect in practice there is considerable scope to reconcile neoroyalist extractivism vs spheres of influence perspectives as pushed by competing foreign policy courtiers around Trump

Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · 6d

1/Leaders are abducted/allies are threatened but pundits and governments are scratching their heads on what the US is doing. Danish PM on Greenland "It makes absolutely no sense". Why? Because actors using old IR models when we need a new lens. Enter neo-royalism.
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

Denmark's PM urges Trump to 'stop the threats' of annexing Greenland

The prime minister of Denmark called on Trump to “stop the threats” of the U.S. annexing Greenland after renewed comments garnered international attention.

abcnews.go.com

Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · 6d

1/Leaders are abducted/allies are threatened but pundits and governments are scratching their heads on what the US is doing. Danish PM on Greenland "It makes absolutely no sense". Why? Because actors using old IR models when we need a new lens. Enter neo-royalism.
abcnews.go.com/Internationa...

Denmark's PM urges Trump to 'stop the threats' of annexing Greenland

The prime minister of Denmark called on Trump to “stop the threats” of the U.S. annexing Greenland after renewed comments garnered international attention.

abcnews.go.com

Scott James @drscottjames.bsky.social · 8d

Someone in IR should claim Veblenian conspicuous warfare as a thing

Scott James @drscottjames.bsky.social · 26d

Look forward to reading this Jacquie!

LPE Blog @lpeblog.bsky.social · 26d

Today, @amandaparsons.bsky.social explains how the crypto industry is partnering with government institutions to craft demand for a currency that hardly anyone uses.

The Anarchist Currency with a Government Sponsor

Despite its professed commitment to radical libertarianism and anarchy, the crypto industry is actively cultivating government intervention in markets on its behalf. From recruiting states to accept…

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Scott James @drscottjames.bsky.social · 27d

Stablecoins as Hegelian dialectic👌

Scott James @drscottjames.bsky.social · Dec 11

Tbh I don’t think Genius is quite the win for crypto that we, or the defi industry, thought it was. Wall St will be just fine.

Scott James @drscottjames.bsky.social · Dec 11

Problematically this conflates multiple issues: unregulated offshore Tether and Bitcoin which may pose threat to EMs but less so Europe or China; and onshore Genius Act compliant Circle, JPM Coin etc which will likely integrate with tradfi to access Fed reserves

Why the world should worry about stablecoins

Dollar-based digital currencies offer benefits for the US, but Britain and the EU are better off resisting them

www.ft.com

Scott James @drscottjames.bsky.social · Dec 11

🚨 They put the old band back together

Galen Druke @galendruke.bsky.social · Dec 8

David Runciman, Helen Thompson, and I reassembled what once would have been a FiveThirtyEight x Talking Politics podcast crossover while I was in London.

Call it the ghosts of two podcasts past!

It'll be in the GD POLITICS podcast feed later today!

Galen Druke @galendruke.bsky.social · Dec 8

David Runciman, Helen Thompson, and I reassembled what once would have been a FiveThirtyEight x Talking Politics podcast crossover while I was in London.

Call it the ghosts of two podcasts past!

It'll be in the GD POLITICS podcast feed later today!

Scott James @drscottjames.bsky.social · Dec 3

Every academic, always
www.ft.com/content/573d...

Iñaki Aldasoro @aldasoro.bsky.social · Nov 27

The Rock is always surprised

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