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Vanessa Ogle @vanessahistory.bsky.social · 11d

Emerging here briefly to share what I find to be a mind-boggling factoid from today's writing so far (and to disappear again into writing mode just as quickly 😊 )

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Just Money @justmoney.bsky.social · Sep 3

🚨New international Finance and Society Conference happening in Copenhagen in September 11-12! Keynotes by Christian Borch (University of Copenhagen), Fabian Muniesa (Mines Paris – PSL), and @vanessahistory.bsky.social (Yale University) 💸🗺️

AnnouncementFinance and Society conference 2025

Copenhagen Business School, 11-12 September

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Vanessa Ogle @vanessahistory.bsky.social · May 16

So proud of the work @emiliafavuzzi.bsky.social is doing. Such an important field 😍

Jessica Osterhout @osterhoutlab.bsky.social · May 15

A few of the incredible women representing the future of neuroimmunology #neuroimmuneGRC

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Vanessa Ogle @vanessahistory.bsky.social · Apr 11

Not on here ATM really but re-upping this in light of today's news (which are better than nothing but not what many had called for):
www.nybooks.com/online/2024/...

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...

Shipping’s Shadow World | Vanessa Ogle

In the early morning hours of March 26, emergency workers in Baltimore received a mayday call from the Dali, a 985-foot container ship. Shortly after

www.nybooks.com

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Vanessa Ogle @vanessahistory.bsky.social · Apr 11

Read about noblesse without oblige and the effects of secrecy on politics and society in tax havens, out from behind the paywall:

Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · Apr 10

The super-rich opt out of the social contract by picking and choosing which laws apply to them, whether in offshore tax havens or at home.

Now unpaywalled, by @vanessahistory.bsky.social www.dissentmagazine.org/article/nobl...

Noblesse Without Oblige - Dissent Magazine

The super-rich opt out of the social contract by picking and choosing which laws apply to them, whether in offshore tax havens or at home.

www.dissentmagazine.org

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · Mar 18

“Imagine the chief executives of America’s top universities and richest corporations…issued a public statement that spoke clearly and loudly about the dangers…” Those who speak out will at least put themselves on the right side of history. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/w...

When Will US Academia and Business Speak Up Against Trump? | by Dani Rodrik - Project Syndicate

Dani Rodrik argues that leaders in both sectors bear a disproportionate responsibility to come to democracy's defense.

www.project-syndicate.org

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Vanessa Ogle @vanessahistory.bsky.social · Mar 1

"Offshore finance" is conceived very broadly including historically, do share and check it out!

Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · Feb 24

Are you a social scientist or historian whose work includes analysis of the offshore finance system?

Then please submit a paper to the special issue of Socio-Economic Review I'll be guest editing w/Kimberly Kay Hoang & @vanessahistory.bsky.social.

Due May 15th.

academic.oup.com/ser/pages/cf...

Call for Papers

Offshore Finance: The Socio-Economics of a Global System Special Issue of Socio-Economic Review Guest editors Brooke Harrington, Dartmouth College, (Brooke.H

academic.oup.com

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Ross Carroll @rosscarroll.bsky.social · Feb 25

When I worked in UK academia I recall hearing of a Japanese man who was baffled at how Britain had decided to run its universities like firms. “Why? Your universities are excellent and your firms are terrible.”

Chris Brooke @chrisbrooke.bsky.social · Feb 25

To repeat: "A country so stupid it actively trashes one of things it's good at and famous for."

Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · Feb 25

Today's university slashing and burning is Edinburgh, where about 10% of the budget will be cut. There'll be another case every single day until UK govts actually do something. A country so stupid it actively trashes one of things it's good at and famous for.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Ted McCormick @tedmccormick.bsky.social · Feb 11

if you thought archives were problematic, wait till you see no archives

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Vanessa Ogle @vanessahistory.bsky.social · Jan 27

Over at the Socio-Economic Review, we're planning a special issue on offshore finance! Historical contributions are very welcome. CfP here: academic.oup.com/ser/pages/cf.... Please share and spread the word! Excited to be working with @ebharrington.bsky.social and Kimberly Kay-Hoang on this!

Call for Papers

Offshore Finance: The Socio-Economics of a Global System Special Issue of Socio-Economic Review Guest editors Brooke Harrington, Dartmouth College, (Brooke.H

academic.oup.com

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Vanessa Ogle @vanessahistory.bsky.social · Feb 3

You wouldn't know from FoxNews gold coin ads and other rightwing goldbuggery, but there's actually a material economy behind gold and the gold trade. It's often shady and dirty, and, you guessed it, tied to tax havens, today and in the past. Wrote about it here: www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

Nothing Gold Can Stay | Vanessa Ogle

Gold just ended a banner year. Its price rose 27 percent in 2024, closing at $2,617 per ounce. Only the Nasdaq Composite index, fueled by reliably strong

www.nybooks.com

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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · Feb 3

Apparently, allowing Americans to file their tax returns for free is a bad thing. A big gift to the Big Tax lobby and a big middle finger to Americans.

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Vanessa Ogle @vanessahistory.bsky.social · Feb 3

You wouldn't know from FoxNews gold coin ads and other rightwing goldbuggery, but there's actually a material economy behind gold and the gold trade. It's often shady and dirty, and, you guessed it, tied to tax havens, today and in the past. Wrote about it here: www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

Nothing Gold Can Stay | Vanessa Ogle

Gold just ended a banner year. Its price rose 27 percent in 2024, closing at $2,617 per ounce. Only the Nasdaq Composite index, fueled by reliably strong

www.nybooks.com

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · Feb 2

BTW, perhaps nothing would enrage Trump more than US trade partners brushing the tariffs off and saying we‘ll just find other trade partners, thank you very much.

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · Feb 1

Leopard: I will eat your face

Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating

Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp

Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · Feb 1

J.P. Morgan econs on Trump’s latest are “increasingly concerned that the policy mix may tilt into an unintentionally far less business-friendly stance. The sustained 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico set to start this weekend is materially different than the tariff increases built into our baseline.”

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Vanessa Ogle @vanessahistory.bsky.social · Jan 27

Over at the Socio-Economic Review, we're planning a special issue on offshore finance! Historical contributions are very welcome. CfP here: academic.oup.com/ser/pages/cf.... Please share and spread the word! Excited to be working with @ebharrington.bsky.social and Kimberly Kay-Hoang on this!

Call for Papers

Offshore Finance: The Socio-Economics of a Global System Special Issue of Socio-Economic Review Guest editors Brooke Harrington, Dartmouth College, (Brooke.H

academic.oup.com

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Rachel Ramirez @rachelreports.bsky.social · Jan 26

Some news: A few hours after I filed the draft to this story, CNN laid me off.

As part of a massive restructuring/changes across the network, my role as climate writer was among the 200 that got cut last week.

It’s disappointing, but I’ll be okay. My last day is on Feb 21. A thread.🧵 1/

Rachel Ramirez @rachelreports.bsky.social · Jan 26

Trump’s executive order took aim at “environmental justice” — eliminating positions and assessing spending on projects, including those aimed at poor, rural communities.

I talked to former WH environmental justice advisers to the Biden administration on what this means. www.cnn.com/2025/01/26/c...

Trump’s gutting of federal DEI programs will hit rural poor communities | CNN

Just hours after his swearing-in this week, President Donald Trump signed action to end “radical and wasteful government DEI programs and preferencing.” Communities across the country, including in po...

www.cnn.com

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Dónal Hassett @donalh.bsky.social · Jan 26

Some political graffiti I spotted on my stroll

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Dr. Michelle Lynn Kahn @michellelkahn.bsky.social · Jan 25

With all the news about Elon Musk and the AfD, I guess it’s time to repost my starter pack: “Experts on German Rightwing Extremism”

go.bsky.app/DnB9hMz

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journeyman folklorist @aniceburrito.bsky.social · Jan 24

We’re cooked

Democrats seek psychologists’ advice on Trump’s ‘authoritarian’ behavior

Jamie Raskin had professionals talk to fellow members of Congress about navigating conflicts in Trump age

www.theguardian.com

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Meg @prayingmantis.bsky.social · Jan 24

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Reductress headline: Woman Decides to Unwind by Reading a Thousand People's Thoughts on the 68 Most Horrible Things That Happened Today

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Patricia Owens @whitproject.bsky.social · Jan 23

Interview with @princetonupress.bsky.social on Erased... including why, in the end, I wasn't actually able to write this history ‘without men’... and the broader and contemporary relevance of the story...

press.princeton.edu/ideas/patric...

Patricia Owens on Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men

The academic field of international relations presents its own history as largely a project of elite white men. And yet women played a prominent role in the creation of this new cross-disciplinary fie...

press.princeton.edu

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David_j_roth @davidjroth.bsky.social · Jan 23

It is amazing how well this has worked out so far, by the numbers and also just in terms of what you see at the river crossings and in midtown. No greater proof of how cowed/dorky/incompetent New York Democrats are that none of them can even find it in themselves to take any credit for it.

Streetsblog NYC @nyc.streetsblog.org · Jan 23

NEW: There's been a 51-percent drop in injuries an a 55-percent drop in crashes year-over-year within the congestion relief zone in just the first 12 days of the program. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/01/23/c...

Congestion Relief Zone is Also a CRASH Relief Zone: Data - Streetsblog New York City

Congestion pricing critics will have one less reason to say the toll isn't working

nyc.streetsblog.org

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Patricia Owens @whitproject.bsky.social · Jan 21

It's UK publication day of Erased: A History of International Thought Without Men. 🥳 Look out for book talks at SOAS (tomorrow), York, LSE, Chicago, Trento, Oxford, Durham...

press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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Nina Eichacker @ninaecon.bsky.social · Jan 22

This story in Wired was my first big intro to crypto and what it was enabling. So very worth reading!

Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · Jan 22

Now is a great time to read WIRED magazine’s 2015 feature story, “The Untold Story of Silk Road.”

There were good reasons why Ross Ulbricht was serving a double life sentence.

www.wired.com/2015/04/silk...

The Untold Story of Silk Road, Part 1

How a 29-year-old idealist built a global drug bazaar and became a murderous kingpin.

www.wired.com

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