François R. Velde (@veldefrancois) 's Twitter Profile
François R. Velde

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1580s, a Neapolitan banker excluded from a proposed government-sanctioned cartel denounces the scheme as “il più pernicioso, et dannoso che sia stato inventato da homini de ingegno dall'advenimento de Cristo in materia pecunaria”….

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The Venetian resident in Naples describing public sentiment in 1620 toward Spanish viceroy Osuna-probably wishful thinking, but fascinating even then

The Venetian resident in Naples describing public sentiment in 1620 toward Spanish viceroy Osuna-probably wishful thinking, but fascinating even then
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16th c. hedging During the Sep 1590 conclave the front-runner was the Grand Inquisitor. The Jews of Rome bet 10,000 ducats on his election in the (usual) futures markets: if they won they’d spend the money helping poor jews, if they lost they wouldn’t care…

Niall Ferguson (@nfergus) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Essential reading from ⁦⁦Andrew Sullivan⁩. What sets Andrew apart is that he is willing to question himself. “What I got wrong about Trump.” ⁦UnHerd⁩ unherd.com/2024/02/andrew…

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Monetary policy conceptualized, c1602: “the matter of coins is a matter of State and those who govern a State must understand it…”

Monetary policy conceptualized, c1602: “the matter of coins is a matter of State and those who govern a State must understand it…”
Barry Eichengreen (@b_eichengreen) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"Understanding Money Using Historical Evidence" -- a good one from the Annual Review of Economics eprints.lse.ac.uk/125356/1/annur…

"Understanding Money Using Historical Evidence" -- a good one from the Annual Review of Economics eprints.lse.ac.uk/125356/1/annur…
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If you are interested in transforming a life in Ukraine by supporting a student who was displaced by war, lost parents, or suffered other profound loss or trauma, you can use this link. foundation.kse.ua/en/ x.com/Mylovanov/stat…

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Most people I know—Ukrainians, Americans, and my social media crowd—dislike or even hate Trump. They’re afraid he’ll cut a deal with Putin and sell out Ukraine. I disagree. Trump could offer Ukraine a real chance to end the war. Here are five reasons why 1/

Most people I know—Ukrainians, Americans, and my social media crowd—dislike or even hate Trump. They’re afraid he’ll cut a deal with Putin and sell out Ukraine.

I disagree. Trump could offer Ukraine a real chance to end the war.

Here are five reasons why 1/
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[Warning: this may offend some people!] I think economists have done society a disservice by elevating applied-micro studies that focus exclusively on the relative effects of trade across different groups of workers but are silent about the aggregate effects.

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Seems like a premature judgment. It takes a while to build a ship industry. I think we should give it another century before we reach conclusions.