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I've spent too much time on the wayback machine looking at BoE webpages from before the crisis
as.ft.com/r/db918d90-f...
as.ft.com/r/db918d90-f...
The BoE’s three balance sheet problem
Issues with the Issue Department
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September 16, 2026 at 7:30 AM
I've spent too much time on the wayback machine looking at BoE webpages from before the crisis
as.ft.com/r/db918d90-f...
as.ft.com/r/db918d90-f...
I found @kschake.bsky.social's essay on "accidental war" quite convincing
kissinger.sais.jhu.edu/programs-and...
kissinger.sais.jhu.edu/programs-and...
September 2, 2026 at 10:23 AM
I found @kschake.bsky.social's essay on "accidental war" quite convincing
kissinger.sais.jhu.edu/programs-and...
kissinger.sais.jhu.edu/programs-and...
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🚨It looks like Bessent’s July yentervention was only a tiny $500mn www.ft.com/content/958a...
So how big *was* Bessent’s yentervention?
Smaller than we had possibly imagined
www.ft.com
September 2, 2026 at 5:20 AM
🚨It looks like Bessent’s July yentervention was only a tiny $500mn www.ft.com/content/958a...
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Who will be Russia's Next Top General? We find that the most likely candidate to replace Gerasimov may be Col. Gen. Andrey Mordvichev. 🪖⬇️
My colleagues and I summarize the findings of our latest report for WOTR: warontherocks.com/russias-next... 1/?
My colleagues and I summarize the findings of our latest report for WOTR: warontherocks.com/russias-next... 1/?
Russia’s Next Top General: Promotions in Russian Military Leadership
Judged by the initial strategic goals set by Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2022, Russia’s military lost its war against Ukraine some time ago. Yet
warontherocks.com
August 25, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Who will be Russia's Next Top General? We find that the most likely candidate to replace Gerasimov may be Col. Gen. Andrey Mordvichev. 🪖⬇️
My colleagues and I summarize the findings of our latest report for WOTR: warontherocks.com/russias-next... 1/?
My colleagues and I summarize the findings of our latest report for WOTR: warontherocks.com/russias-next... 1/?
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We're starting a new blog at @brookings.edu on the global economy. This'll come out every other week for the time being and will provide commentary and analysis on what's going on globally. Here's the inaugural issue we put out on Friday with Kari Heerman:
www.brookings.edu/articles/puz...
www.brookings.edu/articles/puz...
Puzzles in the world economy | Brookings
www.brookings.edu
July 26, 2026 at 11:57 AM
We're starting a new blog at @brookings.edu on the global economy. This'll come out every other week for the time being and will provide commentary and analysis on what's going on globally. Here's the inaugural issue we put out on Friday with Kari Heerman:
www.brookings.edu/articles/puz...
www.brookings.edu/articles/puz...
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In celebration of "How to Win a Trade War" being available on Kindle for 99p today, have a song I wrote, called "The UK's trade identity crisis"
Kindle deal link here: www.amazon.co.uk/How-Win-Trad...
Kindle deal link here: www.amazon.co.uk/How-Win-Trad...
July 24, 2026 at 9:07 AM
In celebration of "How to Win a Trade War" being available on Kindle for 99p today, have a song I wrote, called "The UK's trade identity crisis"
Kindle deal link here: www.amazon.co.uk/How-Win-Trad...
Kindle deal link here: www.amazon.co.uk/How-Win-Trad...
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I just finished rereading Roger Backhouse's excellent history of economic thought. Among other things it reminds us of how diminished economics has become in recent decades, and much economic understanding we have lost, especially on topics of trade, capital flows, welfare, and income distribution.
July 21, 2026 at 6:30 AM
I just finished rereading Roger Backhouse's excellent history of economic thought. Among other things it reminds us of how diminished economics has become in recent decades, and much economic understanding we have lost, especially on topics of trade, capital flows, welfare, and income distribution.
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Bookmarking for later.
I love that Engelsberg Ideas publishes this stuff.
There is a market for interesting 2,500 word essays.
I love that Engelsberg Ideas publishes this stuff.
There is a market for interesting 2,500 word essays.
Between the 16th and 18th centuries, the Baltic Sea witnessed a series of epic struggles between powers seeking to dominate the region's waterways and those who wished to prise them open for free trade.
The early modern battle for Baltic supremacy | Peter Haldén
engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-e...
The early modern battle for Baltic supremacy | Peter Haldén
engelsbergideas.com/essays/the-e...
The early modern battle for Baltic supremacy
Between the 16th and 18th centuries, the Baltic Sea witnessed a series of epic struggles between powers seeking to dominate the region's waterways and those who wished to prise them open for free trad...
engelsbergideas.com
July 17, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Bookmarking for later.
I love that Engelsberg Ideas publishes this stuff.
There is a market for interesting 2,500 word essays.
I love that Engelsberg Ideas publishes this stuff.
There is a market for interesting 2,500 word essays.
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This 1952 memo from the Pentagon UFO files is superb
There is no point preparing for aliens ‘because no one of consequence is going to take this rubbish seriously unless it happens. At that point, our policy will be determined in the traditional manner of grand panic.’ 🤣
www.war.gov/medialink/uf...
There is no point preparing for aliens ‘because no one of consequence is going to take this rubbish seriously unless it happens. At that point, our policy will be determined in the traditional manner of grand panic.’ 🤣
www.war.gov/medialink/uf...
May 9, 2026 at 3:24 PM
This 1952 memo from the Pentagon UFO files is superb
There is no point preparing for aliens ‘because no one of consequence is going to take this rubbish seriously unless it happens. At that point, our policy will be determined in the traditional manner of grand panic.’ 🤣
www.war.gov/medialink/uf...
There is no point preparing for aliens ‘because no one of consequence is going to take this rubbish seriously unless it happens. At that point, our policy will be determined in the traditional manner of grand panic.’ 🤣
www.war.gov/medialink/uf...
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I crossed an interesting threshold yesterday, which I think many other mathematicians have been crossing recently as well. In the middle of trying to prove a result, I identified a statement that looked true and that would, if true, be useful to me. 1/3
October 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I crossed an interesting threshold yesterday, which I think many other mathematicians have been crossing recently as well. In the middle of trying to prove a result, I identified a statement that looked true and that would, if true, be useful to me. 1/3
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My book review for tomorrow's FT. www.ft.com/content/c741...
Mellon vs Churchill — when world leaders chose co-operation over confrontation
Jill Eicher’s timely book brings to life the battle between the US Treasury secretary and the British chancellor in the wake of the first world war
www.ft.com
March 7, 2025 at 2:27 PM
My book review for tomorrow's FT. www.ft.com/content/c741...
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Naval power is back...but it actually never left.
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June 29, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Naval power is back...but it actually never left.
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