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Dustin Ferguss @dustinferguss.bsky.social · 22d

New issue of Finance and Society hot off the press - and an electrified annual conference!

See Vol 11, No 2 ⏭️ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

And pending works by F&S heavyweights ⏭️ financeandsocietynetwork.org/wp-content/u...

Big thx @finandsoc.bsky.social for supporting means of production.

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Aurélien Goutsmedt @aurelien-goutsmedt.com · 22d

The special section on Central Bank Scientization in @finandsoc.bsky.social is now official out in Volume 11, Issue 2.

Read all the papers here ➡️ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Many thanks to @aminsamman.bsky.social and Nathan Coombs for their support in the editorial process.

Content of the special section on Central Bank Scientization:
Special section: Central bank scientization

Redefining scientization: Central banks between science and politics
Aurélien Goutsmedt, Francesco Sergi

Not a steamroller, a 3D process: Scientization at the Bank of England
Aurélien Goutsmedt, Francesco Sergi, François Claveau, Clément Fontan

From technical to academic central banking: The scientization of the Banque de France
Maxence Dutilleul

Scientization of central bank governance: A global study of governors’ biographies, 2000–2020
Aykiz Dogan, Frédéric Lebaron

Scientization: A self-critical afterthought
Martin Marcussen

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Dustin Ferguss @dustinferguss.bsky.social · Aug 9

Inflation Busters - the Bank of Canada's own video game. Just came across this doozie. To play, click repeatedly on the "SPIN" button located below the $10 bank note.

www.bankofcanada.ca/banknotes/ba...

Canada’s vertical $10 note

Explore and share the $10 polymer bank note featuring Viola Desmond.

www.bankofcanada.ca

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Dustin Ferguss @dustinferguss.bsky.social · Mar 23

You should try their coconut cookies if you can get 'em.

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Dustin Ferguss @dustinferguss.bsky.social · Mar 21

I remember seeing these, however they were a tad bit before my time in terms of vocational practicality. I do, however, remember what it was like to have no internet or cell phones. I am very grateful to have known such a world. Anyway, circling back: those belong in a museum!

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Dustin Ferguss @dustinferguss.bsky.social · Mar 21

Very happy to see my first article submission out in Finance and Society. The article explores how the Government of Canada actively resisted 'Americanization' of the Canadian monetary-financial system amid the 1980s trend toward financial globalization.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Conceptualizing resistance to the Americanization of finance in advanced economy states: The case of the Canadian-dollar system | Finance and Society | Cambridge Core

Conceptualizing resistance to the Americanization of finance in advanced economy states: The case of the Canadian-dollar system

www.cambridge.org

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Dustin Ferguss @dustinferguss.bsky.social · Mar 19

I may have to refer back this post in the event that one of my overly verbose term papers breaches the assignment word limit.

Dustin Ferguss @dustinferguss.bsky.social · Mar 16

I think we can make this work, most certainly with some scars, but also without losing who we are.

Dustin Ferguss @dustinferguss.bsky.social · Mar 16

I sincerely feel that we can find it within us to build back better in a lot of important ways. We have the resources, the relationships, the historical precedents, and it appears that we also have the will power. The latter of which had been an open question for me until now.

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Dustin Ferguss @dustinferguss.bsky.social · Mar 16

Just like past transitionary junctures (1867- , 1945- , 1984- ), this one is existential in both its challenges and its opportunities. I'm hopeful from the latest outpouring of national sentiment - something I've never experienced at this level before.

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Dustin Ferguss @dustinferguss.bsky.social · Mar 16

The only real silver lining I can see coming from all this is that the emerging generation has a historic opportunity to redefine who we are as Canadians in the new age being foisted upon us.

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Dustin Ferguss @dustinferguss.bsky.social · Mar 16

In conjunction with Clara Mattei, seems like the basis for an explanatory theory of macroeconomic regime change: economic theory as a framework that expels class conflict from macroeconomic management.

Dustin Ferguss @dustinferguss.bsky.social · Mar 15

I've always had a strange relationship with nationalism, especially loud forms, since pushing on it often tends toward absurdity and performance. That said, this piece seems exactly appropriate for the occasion.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhiK...

Dear Canada

YouTube video by Hockey Films by Tim Thompson

www.youtube.com

Dustin Ferguss @dustinferguss.bsky.social · Mar 15

This just triggered a brain bloom - thanks for putting it out there (here)!

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Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · Mar 14

We put up a proposal that lays out a way for users to declare whether/how they want their data to be used by things like generative AI or public archives, check it out on github:

github.com/bluesky-soci...

proposals/0008-user-intents at main · bluesky-social/proposals

Bluesky proposal discussions. Contribute to bluesky-social/proposals development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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Dustin Ferguss @dustinferguss.bsky.social · Mar 14

In our current existential crisis, Canadians risk overlooking our internationalist commitments. My latest piece explores how the next Government of Canada can act to revitalize our middle power status while preserving the liberal ideals we helped institute:

policyoptions.irpp.org/magazines/ma...

Canada should look south to the Caribbean amid Trump threats

As Canada navigates an uncertain global order, strengthening ties with CARICOM presents a strategic opportunity to restore its middle power status and reinforce liberal internationalist principles.

policyoptions.irpp.org

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Dustin Ferguss @dustinferguss.bsky.social · Mar 10

How do you annex a country economically? One place to start is its banking system. See my piece in The Conversation for risks to Canada's monetary sovereignty from meeting US demands for greater foreign bank access

The Conversation Canada @ca.theconversation.com · Mar 9

Canadians can’t afford to relax barriers to foreign entry in their banking system

As the U.S. pushes for greater access to Canada’s banking market, Canada must weigh the steep political costs of allowing a stronger American banking presence.

theconversation.com

Dustin Ferguss @dustinferguss.bsky.social · Feb 27

Where did the original piece come from again (thx!)?

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Dustin Ferguss @dustinferguss.bsky.social · Feb 18

I think you are right. I'll have to chew on this - and keep my eyes peeled for such commentaries, should they materialize...

Dustin Ferguss @dustinferguss.bsky.social · Feb 18

Perhaps the problem is that one must be sufficiently broken inside to see that and say "more, please." That does seem to be the endgame of the ongoing inaugural blitzkrieg.

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Dustin Ferguss @dustinferguss.bsky.social · Feb 12

The only reasonable response to this is an army of toxic positivity bots - just gaslight those Negative Nancy's into irrelevance.

Dustin Ferguss @dustinferguss.bsky.social · Feb 11

Building bridges and blueprints / stemming the scramble.

Luke Herrine @lookheron.bsky.social · Feb 10

I wrote a little something on how this time of crisis is paradoxically a time for lefty researchers get really concrete about what type of systems we could build. A less predictable world is one in which new paths open up, and quickly

lpeproject.org/blog/on-writ...

On Writing Down Our Dreams During a Living Nightmare

When it's time to rebuild from the wreckage of the Trump-Musk rampage, the left may have the opportunity to implement a truly transformative agenda. However, unless we have relatively detailed…

lpeproject.org

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Dustin Ferguss @dustinferguss.bsky.social · Feb 10

When a bankruptcy expert proposes to fix the economy, well...

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Dustin Ferguss @dustinferguss.bsky.social · Feb 7

Man (non-gender specific), I love this stuff. The amount of time I've spent lost in old maps and municipal directories... sometimes you can almost see the worlds of yesterday when you're reading these in situ.

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Dustin Ferguss @dustinferguss.bsky.social · Feb 3

I am a millennial who grew up in the world of which you speak; a world order that was effectively complete by the mid '90s. It's strange enough to see, but it must be even more jarring as someone who witnessed the active construction of postwar globalization.