All university researchers around the country are having to deal with new procedures around the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme yet foreign fascists are given free rein to pollute our public space. What a joke of a country. Zero dignity.

LinkedIn has become the social media platform of choice for social scientists, hasn't it. Seriously, that sucks.

Value of the Eurosystem's gold holdings as of August: €1 trillion.

The increase is due to valuation effects, of course. Still, not quite sure what to make of this.

The shock therapy will continue until morale improves.
www.ft.com/content/745f...

I guess the government calling a British trade mission to India the “largest-ever *government* trade mission to India” is honest, if in a slightly tortured way.

@dpzollinger.bsky.social and I are thrilled "Cleavage Politics in Western Democracies" is out as an SI at @wepsocial.bsky.social!

Its papers explore the foundations of the cleavage pitting new left against radical right parties, and how it compares to the classic cleavages of Lipset & Rokkan:

🧵⬇️

echoing praise for @susglickman.bsky.social 's recent NYRB article on DoD, private equity, and silicon valley. pair with @hozic.bsky.social 's earlier piece on hollywood, the valley and DoD -> comprehensive picture.
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

One week until applications close on Oct 15th. 👇

For our expert report for the Spanish government on Democracy at Work, I looked up the numbers on employee participation in employee share ownership schemes.

Spain looks good; Poland and UK have made big leaps.

What's striking: Those in the lead in 2005 (BE, IE, LU) regressed, except France.

Very much looking forward to this.

“a democracy dogged by fear of bond market vigilantes is unhealthy.”

“independence is what you make of it. And in the wake of the gilt market crisis of September 2022, relations between the Bank of England and the UK government need a reset.”
on.ft.com/3IRMPke

I have a new piece on the politics of discounting in the latest @nybooks.com, hopefully of interest to some.
www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

Out now in Competition & Change
@compchange.bsky.social

“Dependent development in digital
capitalism: The politics of startup
policies in the new periphery”

@journals.sagepub.com
#polisky
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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Another way of looking at this same picture: The euro zone is a system that use the leverage of a central bank outside the control of national governments to force deep austerity on countries like Spain, which sent them into deep depressions that created fiscal deficits that didn't previously exist.

Highly recommended. My impression so far: Tons of political economy insight, with a good amount of French sprinkled in (and a pinch of Latin). All produced, it seems, at Tooze speed.

Congrats!!

Very happy with this!

have a new piece out of defense tech with nyrb!

www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

Why is BigTech criticising the military industrial complex suddenly?

They want a new breed of “smart weapons” and a big slice of what will likely be a 1000 billion dollar defence bill from Trump GOP

Read this brilliant analysis by @susglickman.bsky.social
www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...

Die Global Sumut Flotilla wurde vom israelischen Militär in internationalen Gewässern abgefangen. Freiwillige, die sich zum Ziel gesetzt haben Hilfsgüter nach Gaza zu bringen, wurden verhaftet. Einer von ihnen ist David Adler. Bevor er verschwand, erklärt er ihre Mission.

Claus #Offe ist gestorben. Vor ein paar Tagen musst ich an ihn denken, weil ich einen Post geteilt hatte, den ich eigentlich noch kommentieren wollte - mir aber mal wieder nicht die Zeit dafür nahm. Ich habe viel aus Offes frühen Schriften zu Staat und #Sozialpolitik gelernt.
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If you're not reading hundreds of excerpts from Fed speeches on a regular basis you probably have no idea how often technocrats say really crazy stuff. Here's Hoenig, in 2003, praising the US economy's resilience in the face of "continuing concerns about weapons of mass destruction".

Die Regierungen haben die Menschen in Gaza im Stich gelassen. Jetzt nehmen gewöhnliche Menschen humanitäre Angelegenheiten selbst in die Hand – und riskieren dabei ihr Leben. Ein Bericht von der Flottille von David Adler mit einem Vorwort von @isabellamweber.bsky.social

Doesn't say it in the review but they heavily drew on Jacobsen's book.