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Reposted by Mark Thissen, Tom Griffin

anthonypainter.bsky.social
UK vehicle manufactures have fallen to the lowest level since 1953 reports BBC and Guardian. Lots of stuff on Trump tariffs and EVs. Yet, looking at the data the dramatic rupture seems to be in 2016. A total mystery what that was....
UK car production
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Reposted by Mark Thissen

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📢 CfP @cjres.bsky.social SI on "Rethinking Regional Development in Polarised Times" exploring new regional futures in an era of uncertainty and transformation.
🔍 we call for a debate on alternative #regionaldevelopment models & policy.

📅 Deadline:1/07/25
Details: academic.oup.com/cjres/pages/...
Rethinking Regional Development in Polarised Times: Towards new Regional Futures?
Editors: Emil Evenhuis, Stefania Fiorentino, Huiwen Gong, Ron Martin, Johan Miörner and Christian Schulz. The world is facing a number of historic challenges,
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Reposted by Mark Thissen

centreeuropeanref.bsky.social
Britain’s export competitiveness has been eroding for years, but since #Brexit the decline has accelerated. The UK is losing global market share across nearly every sector. Reversing this slide must be part of any growth plan.

🆕insight by @antonspisak.bsky.social

Read here: buff.ly/eTsNvzx
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by Mark Thissen

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Just in time processing and long value chains: waiting for the supply shock
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Waiting for the Supply Shock
Today on TAP: It’s coming, and we know approximately when.
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by Maria Abreu — Reposted by Mark Thissen

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1. I'm reluctant to pose as an overnight expert in international trade, but I do have a couple of thoughts about the official explanation from the White House that I think would be obvious to anyone who had even a rudimentary grasp of economics.
Reciprocal Tariff Calculations
Executive Summary Reciprocal tariffs are calculated as the tariff rate necessary to balance bilateral trade deficits between the U.S. and each of our trading partners. This calculation assumes that pe...
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by Maria Abreu — Reposted by Mark Thissen, Benny Geys, Ben Rosamond , and 2 more

davidfickling.bsky.social
I just did the numbers and this assumption looks to be completely right.

Let’s pause for a minute and consider how INSANE this is. 🧵
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Reposted by Mark Thissen

spatialeconomic.bsky.social
The dataset is a system of interregional social accounting matrices (SAMs) for the EU for the year 2017 consistent with the Eurostat regional and national data used as input. The dataset uses Eurostat’s microdata on labour income and educational attainment. 3/5
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by Simon Hix — Reposted by Mark Thissen, Anne Rasmussen

simonhix.bsky.social
More than 50% of the public now think Brexit was "Wrong", and the gap between whose who think it was "Wrong" vs. "Right" is now 25%.

=> the room for manoeuvre in their "reset" of the UK's relationship with the EU is probably larger than Starmer & co. think
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by David Bailey — Reposted by Mark Thissen

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UK car production falls to lowest level since 1954 www.theguardian.com/business/202...
UK car production falls to lowest level since 1954
Number made fell to 780,000, the lowest for seven decades barring the pandemic, as carmakers battle weak demand and EV transition
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by Ingrid Robeyns — Reposted by Mark Thissen

ingridrobeyns.bsky.social
Hoogste tijd voor een verbod op vuurwerk door particulieren, in combinatie met professioneel vuurwerk waar iedereen veilig van kan genieten.
vuurwerkverbod.petities.nl
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by Paul Krugman — Reposted by Mark Thissen

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Contrarian take: What if the global economy has room for a couple of tech hubs and financial centers, which ended up in America (and London) less because of fundamental factors than because of historical accidents? I'm not 100 percent there, but geography should be considered 5/
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by Paul Krugman — Reposted by Mark Thissen

pkrugman.bsky.social
Draghi report argues that *all* of the US excess productivity growth has been in digital tech (although mentions finance as a secondary source, which is why I include Manhattan). But is this a story about America and its risk-taking business culture, or a story about regional external economies? 4/
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