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If we are serious about a new political economy, this requires a new knowledge infrastructure. The Global Fund for a New Economy does just that: catalyze change globally. They are hiring a Chief Economist, a key role. For more: bit.ly/4akiGSB

In preparation for Macron‘s Sorbonne 2.0 speech tomorrow, here’s again a thread on Scholz‘ Prague speech two summers ago:

I was bored on the train, so I calculated how every German election since 1953 would have turned out in a US-style electoral system. Parties would win all the electors in a state by relative majority & win the entire election with a majority of electors in an electoral college.🧵

Portugal celebrates the 50th anniversary of its 'Carnation' Revolution. My take for Real Instituto Elcano with some references to Spain's very different transition to democracy. Embassy of Spain UK Jeremy Cliffe Barney Jopson Lane Greene
realinstitutoelcano.org/en/commentarie…

Great episode on “Varieties of Capitalism” by ⁦Jeremy Cliffe⁩ (via BBC Radio 4) bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04…

US autoworkers took advantage of a new German ESG law 👇

UAW lodged a complaint under Germany’s 2021 “Supply Chain Act” to discourage VW from waging the “all-out war” Southern factories of foreign-owned automakers typically conduct during union drives.
prospect.org/labor/2024-04-…

„The only alternative outcome to the combination of duties and a 21st century industrial cocoon is the 🇪🇺auto industry’s death, which will be neither slow nor painless“.
Must-read by François Godement — especially if your inclination (like most of 🇩🇪debate) is that all will be fine.

Finally reading this. Loved Martyn Rady’s Habsburgs. Now too is excellent Allen Lane

Grim diagnosis this.

Great question from Shahin Vallée to Christine Lagarde on Europe’s “Hamiltonian transition” eliciting a promising reply. Nécessité fait loi indeed!

Haitians are refusing to give up on their country and are standing up to the forces trying to tear it apart amid a severe security and humanitarian crisis. That’s why we at Open Society Foundations are supporting Haitian civil society with a $20 million investment. devex.com/news/opinion-h…

Amid a political, economic, and security crisis, Haiti also faces its greatest humanitarian crisis since the 2010 earthquake. We’re pledging $20 million for locally-led solutions aimed at supporting Haitian civil society, joining with @wk_kellogg_fdn: osf.to/3Umcqor

There are many important discussions in Washington DC this week on making up the huge shortfall in finance to tackle climate change. A relatively new agenda item this year – cause for real hope – is international taxation. (1/9)
project-syndicate.org/commentary/tax…

That's a good start: Mario Draghi, who will publish a much awaited 'competitiveness report', says that the €zone crisis 'competitiveness strategy' (austerity and downward wage pressure) was bad as it reduced domestic demand, deepened the crisis and undermined the social model.

To make war safer, make peace safer.

In my Georgetown University lecture I argued that as conflicts spread and worsen, we must seek solutions far beyond the battlefields in the realms of aid & development, governance, and institutional legitimacy.

Full text ⬇

opensocietyfoundations.org/newsroom/to-ma…

🚨 Launch day is finally here for my new book, GROWTH: A RECKONING! Very excited to discuss the ideas in the weeks to come. 🚨

Prof. O’Brien helped codify the idea of “just war.' The task now is to shrink conflict back to an absolute minimum and bolster humanitarian & legal systems around it. I look forward to delivering the O'Brien Lecture on Monday at Georgetown University on this & more shorturl.at/afiS5

My latest column for the Financial Times is about a type of model that is infiltrating central banks around the world

Researchers in the Fed, the ECB and the BoE are working to incorporate inequality into models of how the economy works

Let me introduce you to HANK

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Our competitive Applied AI in Journalism Challenge sought to advance prototype applications of artificial intelligence in mission-driven newsrooms worldwide. Learn more with details of the winning proposals: opensocietyfoundations.org/publications/o…

FREE AND EQUAL is out in paperback in the UK TODAY!

What a year it's been 🤩

The paperback includes a new Afterword ‘From What to How?’, about turning ideas into a political movement for change ✊