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A new paper, just to provoke - on the political economy of economic policy advice - just out in Journal of African Economies. tinyurl.com/2sx7tda3

#LosAngeles stay safe🙏

I don’t understand those who are dunking on “rich people” losing their homes to the #LosAngelesWildfires. A home contains people’s most precious memories and belongings, and losing them hurts no matter the price tags involved.

Historically, the biggest risk for oil companies around the world, especially in DEVELOPING economies, was political risk. Now, with climate change politics, the biggest risk is policy changes with elections cycles in the DEVELOPED countries, especially the US and the UK. In

Found in the Common Room “free books” bin (yes, I do look!). The things people leave a behind - and fellow scholars to boot! At least this one has now found a home. #rugby

I've decided, the best part of academia is writing a book proposal. Lots of reading. big ideas. passion. Harassing colleagues with rants. no deadlines yet. just endless potential.

Let it sink in that Gavin Newsom is the second likeliest Democratic nominee after Kamala Harris

Chinatown tonight. The Polanski and Nicholson masterpiece seemed topical, too, considsering the horrific #LosAngelesWildfires. #cinema

Law 18.2 (d) - The ball is not in touch if a player, who is in touch, kicks or knocks the ball, but does not hold it, provided it has not reached the plane of touch. Referee Ben Whitehouse pulled out one of rugby's more obscure laws for this UBB try against Exeter!

“No place on Earth offers greater security to life and greater freedom from natural disasters than Southern #California.” —#LosAngeles Times, 1934 (quoted in Mike Davis’s Ecology of Fear: Los Angeles and the Imagination of Disaster, 1998)

"The Syrian Pipeline Game: How Turkey’s Energy Plans in Syria Affect Israel’s Regional Ambitions", is now available BESA Center. It argues that while some of Turkey's pipelines challenge Israel's IMEC ambitions, others open new markets for Israeli gas exports. a🧵of 3 projects:

#Guyana is the newest petro-state. But will it be "developmental" or "cursed"? #oilandgas #ExxonMobil Guyana exported 225 crude cargoes in 2024 reuters.com/business/energ…

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke this evening with US President-elect Donald Trump and thanked him for his assistance in advancing the release of the hostages and for helping Israel bring an end to the suffering of dozens of hostages and their families.

This cartoon is over ten years old. Still as relevant as ever.

Hello, all. A very important post about Ireland’s national Holocaust Memorial Day event. The NGO that organises this event, which does not have strong ties to the Irish Jewish community, has come out to defend their decision to invite President Higgins to give a speech at this

RIP #DavidLynch (1946-2025). Time to watch Mulholland Drive again.

#Trump's official portraits, 2017 and 2025. America is in for a ride. #Inauguration

Times today. "Labour's tax plans trigger exodus of millionaires." Net 10,800 gone in 2024. 78 of those centi millionaires (worth £100m plus). 12 billionaires. On gone every 45 mins...Reminder: it takes 39 people on £40k to replace just the income tax paid by one person on £500k.

A “#peoplesmarch” against a democratically elected President? Presumably “the people” spoke back in November?