@newlefteviews.bsky.social
Economist, researcher, writer etc • Int'l & European political economy, geoeconomics, climate, history • 1/3 of 'Eurotrash' and host of 'States and Markets', writing a book on trade
@mausellmoli.bsky.socialReposted by @newlefteviews.bsky.social"If we once again adjust Actual Individual Consumption (AIC) for differences in working hours, we find that the US ranks higher than any country other than Norway.... When excluding health from AIC, then, we find the US to be relatively unremarkable..."
@janschneekloth.bsky.socialReposted by @newlefteviews.bsky.social''This doesn’t compute. It reflects the neo-mercantilist logic in which the welfare of countries depends largely on what they produce and sell rather than on what they consume. Adam Smith first criticized this model in book four of The Wealth of Nations: “Consumption is the sole end and [...]''
@victorloxen.bsky.socialReposted by @newlefteviews.bsky.socialFantastisches Stück:
phenomenalworld.org/analysis/eur...
@newlefteviews.bsky.socialReposted by @newlefteviews.bsky.socialA new essay in Phenomenal World on the US-Europe competitiveness debate, in which I try to locate the obsession with relative economic performance in a broader discourse of American triumphalism and declinism, "the unwitting last refuge of great power delusions."
@newlefteviews.bsky.socialReposted by @newlefteviews.bsky.socialJust a reminder that I have a feature essay in the latest Jacobin issue (except below). It's a very good issue and worth subscribing for: jacobin.com/subscribe
@benbraun.socialReposted by @newlefteviews.bsky.socialThe definitive piece on this “debate”. Major public service contribution to global GDP by @newlefteviews.bsky.social.
tl;dr: As anyone who’s spent time in both places knows, Europe has not fallen behind in any way that matters for actual welfare.
@newlefteviews.bsky.socialJust a reminder that I have a feature essay in the latest Jacobin issue (except below). It's a very good issue and worth subscribing for: jacobin.com/subscribe
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@newlefteviews.bsky.social"Mistakes were made" as they say.
@newlefteviews.bsky.socialIt is, but it does seem to me that much of the US critique amounts to "have you considered just being very big with a lot of natural resources?" which is not serious even in view of he fact that nuclear and renewables build out in the EU have been wanting.
@paulbali.comReposted by @newlefteviews.bsky.socialEnjoyed this odd lots with @newlefteviews.bsky.social who apparently follows me on twitter. And atrocious is the right word for European energy policy open.spotify.com/episode/4KPG...
@newlefteviews.bsky.socialCheers Arjun!
@arjunjayadev.bsky.socialReposted by @newlefteviews.bsky.socialphenomenalworld.org/analysis/eur... Wonderful article by @newlefteviews.bsky.social on the hairy choices needed to make cross country comparisons. @jwmason.bsky.social and I had to cut about 20 pages in Against Money on PPP from the draft, and this piece is really thorough on that and other issues.
@newlefteviews.bsky.socialA new essay in Phenomenal World on the US-Europe competitiveness debate, in which I try to locate the obsession with relative economic performance in a broader discourse of American triumphalism and declinism, "the unwitting last refuge of great power delusions."
@endofsportpod.bsky.socialReposted by @newlefteviews.bsky.socialMan City and the Political Economy of the Premier League
@newlefteviews.bsky.social joins to break down the Man City cheating scandal and what it tells us about how the money works in the world’s most influential football league.
@newlefteviews.bsky.socialReposted by @newlefteviews.bsky.socialI had great fun talking about the political economy of football with in light of the Man City scandal with the guys from @endofsportpod.bsky.social
@newlefteviews.bsky.socialReposted by @newlefteviews.bsky.socialI had the pleasure of joining Joe and Tracy on the great Odd Lots podcast to talk about Europe. The short version: I’m bullish on Europe’s position relative to the US but bearish on trade with China.
Link: t.co/curFVPwT7N
@newlefteviews.bsky.socialI had the pleasure of joining Joe and Tracy on the great Odd Lots podcast to talk about Europe. The short version: I’m bullish on Europe’s position relative to the US but bearish on trade with China.
Link: t.co/curFVPwT7N
@newlefteviews.bsky.socialI had great fun talking about the political economy of football with in light of the Man City scandal with the guys from @endofsportpod.bsky.social
@ninazeelen.bsky.socialReposted by @newlefteviews.bsky.social"A short profile and comment on Merz, a chancellor with no ideas and remarkably unfit for the job of steering the sclerotic German economy through the increasingly hostile waters of a two-front trade war." - @newlefteviews.bsky.social (2025)
