Scott James
@drscottjames.bsky.social
Reader in Political Economy, King’s College London
www.kcl.ac.uk/people/dr-scott-james
IPE of finance and tech, monetary politics, City of London
BANK POLITICS (OUP, 2023)
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www.kcl.ac.uk/people/dr-scott-james
IPE of finance and tech, monetary politics, City of London
BANK POLITICS (OUP, 2023)
https://global.oup.com/academic/product/bank-politics-9780192898609?cc=gb&lang=en&
Either way, we get to have a bunfight over rational choice for another 20+ years
January 14, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Either way, we get to have a bunfight over rational choice for another 20+ years
Would also help explain sacrosanct bank-led support for eurozone CBI, but also periodic alt-fi backed populist critics of the BOE (Truss, Farage)
January 12, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Would also help explain sacrosanct bank-led support for eurozone CBI, but also periodic alt-fi backed populist critics of the BOE (Truss, Farage)
About to discover just how much asset managers care about central bank independence
January 12, 2026 at 3:02 PM
About to discover just how much asset managers care about central bank independence
Reposted by Scott James
The DAX did fine until Stalingrad.
January 12, 2026 at 8:52 AM
The DAX did fine until Stalingrad.
Stress testing dollar hegemony always on my bingo card
January 12, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Stress testing dollar hegemony always on my bingo card
We’d also discover pretty quickly how many TACO trades need unwinding
January 11, 2026 at 5:38 PM
We’d also discover pretty quickly how many TACO trades need unwinding
The American international order in finance, not a liberal one
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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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January 11, 2026 at 3:58 PM
The American international order in finance, not a liberal one
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I can’t unsee this
January 9, 2026 at 5:43 PM
I can’t unsee this
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
January 5, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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