Essential thread on why industrial policy should still primarily target manufacturing!

Just out: Sovereign debt and its legal design of extortion and subordination in the guise of credit; its legal framing of an apolitical economy; the real uses for austerity; and its effect of reversing social rights expectations. Open access, of course tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Early career scholars in IPE: submit your papers and get feedback from leading scholars!

Thanks Manuela Moschella for hosting us and helping build a pluralist IR community between EUI, Bologna and Bocconi! Next year in Milan! 🌈

Join me and Ha-Joon Chang to work Centre for Sustainable Structural Transformation SOAS Economics SOAS University of London Apply here (Deadline 4 June): Postdoctoral position in African Venture Capital vacancies.soas.ac.uk/job/556321 Postdoctoral positions (x3) on Sustainable Structural Transformation in Africa vacancies.soas.ac.uk/job/556330

Mission Driven Bureaucrats is (finally) out a month from today! More on the book at danhonig.info/missiondrivenb…, including preorder links (Amazon etc. ) - 20 GBP/30USD on Amazon, or 30% off with discount code below/link on site 👇👇👇

Seeing all types of reactions abt what the European elections mean for EU climate action. Lots of doomerism, ofc. Maybe I can convince some of you that there are lots of challenges ahead but also reasons to expect less gloominess. And yes, maybe even political opportunities. 1/

Interested in how multiple & intersecting crises impact European security & defense policies? Then this paper together w/ the brilliant catherine hoeffler & Frédéric Mérand might give you some ideas. Its part of a SI ed. by Francesco Nicoli 🎓🇪🇺 and J. Zeitlin. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Extremely excited to receive the 2024 #EnderleinPrize. An honor to be associated with Henrik Enderlein’s legacy & a motivation to do more to link academic research to policy challenges. Many thanks to Hertie School Cornelia Woll for the recognition & wonderful ceremony.

Must-read from Europe’s sharpest monetary policy experts. If crisis is to be a catalyst for change in the EU (per Jean Monnet’s ‘falling forward’ model of integration), now is the time to act! Isabella M. Weber & Jens van 't Klooster 🟦🟦🟦 show the way.

What politicians think of technocratic institutions like central banks? We asked them directly! We asked Members of European Parliament what they think of the European Central Bank mandate and policy. Here’s what we found in new article JCMS w/implicats in light of the recent Eur Parl elections:

For decades, the US has promoted free trade, but do they really practice it? Spoiler: They don’t. Find out the truth in my latest article, "The Free Trade Myth," and learn how the US manipulates global markets for economic supremacy. Read it now: theconversation.com/the-free-trade…

Remittances outweigh FDI in low-income countries. Finally a book that systematically examines their political consequences! 🔥

Recommended reading for #BrettonWoods80 anniversary 👀🔥

Anyone out there want to do a post doc with me and Benjamin Braun? Details here: apply.interfolio.com/147689

Incredibly happy to share that I have just been promoted to Full Professor at the University of Oxford. This would have been impossible without the support of so many people over the years. So this is also a moment to say thank you to everyone. I am immensely grateful ❤️

Momentum is clearly building for a global orientation to US green industrial policy in a Harris administration. But if this new essay by Brian Deese is anything to go by, a potential Harris administration's overtures to the Global South will not go very far. 1/

Fantastic new AJPS piece on how people use "strategic signaling" in their social media posts during conflict, when stakes are really high! ✅Open access too!

"While structural reforms are not the responsibility of a central bank, they are the responsibility of the governments" For the fascinating quiet part – "which governments don't understand which is why we used to push them hard" – see: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Dear 🇩🇪, We are at the point where esteemed US Econ journalists are asking for *cultural* explanations why our country sticks with the debt brake despite all economic reason. Here is my attempt of introducing the “Swabian housewife” to a US audience. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/odd…