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Monica de Bolle, 🦋✌🏽

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I draw, I paint, posts are my original work. No 🚫 AI. Economist, Immunologist, Microbiologist. Host of Policy for the Planet: https://www.piie.com/experts/podcasts/policy-planet PIIE and Georgetown University.

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Monica de Bolle, 🦋✌🏽 @mdebolle.com · Apr 16

A great discussion on economic nationalism at @piie.com today. ICYMI, here it is:

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Book Launch: The New Economic Nationalism

YouTube video by Peterson Institute for International Economics

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Ben Beachy @ben-beachy.bsky.social · 8h

If you'd like a break from doomerism, @mdebolle.com & I had a good time recording this new @piie.com podcast to explore potential paths forward for clean energy industrial policy.

We touched on IRA lessons learned, abundance, bottom-up policy design, & yes...bagels.
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Can climate efforts create jobs? (Episode 20)

Is it possible to pursue climate efforts, create jobs, and achieve social justice at the same time? That was the challenge that the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 was designed to meet. Ben Beachy (Gl...

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Monica de Bolle, 🦋✌🏽 @mdebolle.com · 7d

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Bessent’s Argentina Rescue Pledge Put to Test by Traders Attacking Peso

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s record as a powerful pacifier of unruly markets is now being put to the test in Argentina, where investors are questioning the value of his pledge of support last we...

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Peterson Institute for International Economics @piie.com · 13d

Argentina suffers from having an economy that functions with dollars & pesos. Every time there's a dollar shortage, they fall into a spiral of exchange-rate devaluations & inflation, @mdebolle.com says.
“No one has a plan for the day after” the election if Milei’s party suffers.

Treasury Secretary Bessent unveils $20 billion ‘bazooka’ to try to stem Argentina’s financial crisis

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday gave more details on how the White House plans to use government funds to help embattled Argentina President Javier Milei.

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Peterson Institute for International Economics @piie.com · 15d

If the US supports formal dollarization in Argentina, it would weaken the IMF's hand, could create conditions for regional confrontation with China, & would be a one-way street—once a country adopts a currency other than its own, it's difficult going back.
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Argentina is in crisis. A US rescue may invite new problems.

Despite the economic "shock therapy" imposed by libertarian President Javier Milei, Argentina is once again in crisis. The stock market is plummeting, dollars are fleeing, and the government is interv...

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Peterson Institute for International Economics @piie.com · 15d

The latest episode of @mdebolle.com's Policy for the Planet features @eribakova.bsky.social discussing how Ukraine could pivot to a reconstruction with a green transition.
Listen here or wherever you get podcasts: policyfortheplanet.com/how-ukraines...

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Monica de Bolle, 🦋✌🏽 @mdebolle.com · 15d

In this week's episode of Policy for the Planet I spoke with my wonderful colleague @eribakova.bsky.social about how critical minerals might help Ukraine rebuild its economy. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

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Policy for the Planet: How Ukraine’s critical minerals could help rebuild its economy (Episode 19)

Ukraine has been defending itself from Russia’s attack for more than three years, forcing it to struggle with a wartime economy. Negotiations to end the fighting have gone nowhere, but it is not too e...

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Monica de Bolle, 🦋✌🏽 @mdebolle.com · 16d

My latest piece on Argentina:

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Argentina is in crisis. A US rescue may invite new problems.

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Monica de Bolle, 🦋✌🏽 @mdebolle.com · 18d

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Monica de Bolle, 🦋✌🏽 @mdebolle.com · 18d

Thank you!

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Monica de Bolle, 🦋✌🏽 @mdebolle.com · Sep 6

The canary in the coal mine (for global democracy) is in the Southern Hemisphere.

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Secret audios, dramatic leaks, spying claims: A bribery scandal engulfs Argentina's Milei

Argentines have been captivated by a growing corruption scandal involving President Javier Milei's close associates.

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Monica de Bolle, 🦋✌🏽 @mdebolle.com · Aug 26

Climate change is affecting access to water. Aaron Salzberg (consultant, former US Department of State) joins to talk about the looming water crisis & its economic effects, from population displacement to disrupted trade.
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Policy for the Planet: The looming water security crisis (Episode 17)

Access to water, a vital necessity for every walk of life, is increasingly jeopardized by the malign effects of climate change, from pollution to melting glaciers, erratic rainfall, and droughts. Find...

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Monica de Bolle, 🦋✌🏽 @mdebolle.com · Aug 16

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Monica de Bolle, 🦋✌🏽 @mdebolle.com · Aug 14

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Monica de Bolle, 🦋✌🏽 @mdebolle.com · Aug 12

One of the best pieces I read on the US-Brazil tariff absurdity (to which I contributed some thoughts):

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The unprecedented feud between the US and Brazil

Two of the world’s largest countries are at odds over the fate of one man: Trump ally Jair Bolsonaro. Can the rift be mended?

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Peterson Institute for International Economics @piie.com · Aug 12

LISTEN: Arvind Subramanian discussed w/ @mdebolle.com on Policy for the Planet how India is uniquely positioned to deal with global warming internally & steps it can take to tackle climate change & provide lessons for others.
Here or wherever you get podcasts: policyfortheplanet.com/india-must-p...

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Monica de Bolle, 🦋✌🏽 @mdebolle.com · Aug 12

India’s poverty and tropical heat pose extraordinary challenges as its population faces rising temperatures. But India is uniquely positioned to deal with global warming, as my colleague Arvind Subramanian discusses:

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Policy for the Planet: India must pursue its own climate change course (Episode 16)

India’s poverty and tropical heat pose extraordinary challenges as its population faces rising temperatures, less rainfall, and torrid weather. But India is also uniquely positioned to deal with globa...

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