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Chris Giles @chrisgiles.ft.com · 1d
Looking forward to this - sign up
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Leyla Boulton @leylaboulton.bsky.social · 1d
Calling @financialtimes.com subscribers: join us 23 October 1300 UK (1200 GMT) to discuss central banks, bonds, and the risks ahead. Register now and put your question to Lael Brainard, Fidelity's Salman Ahmed, @chrisgiles.ft.com, @katie0martin.ft.com, and @senojerialc.bsky.social. Go to ft.com/edge
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Martin Sandbu @martinsandbu.ft.com · 6d
Some good questions from our wonderful readers here. And hopefully some good answers too.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 6d
Can the global economy withstand new shocks? Take part in our live Ask an Expert Q&A happening now with the FT’s Tej Parikh and Martin Sandbu on.ft.com/4ognzmR
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Martin Sandbu @martinsandbu.ft.com · 6d
Can you be a monetary dove in a trade war? on.ft.com/42zD0y5
How to be a macroeconomic dove in Trump’s trade war
[FREE TO READ] The US president is not making it easy, but it’s possible to call for rate cuts with integrity
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Martin Sandbu @martinsandbu.ft.com · 8d
I like the lack of "whether". Please put your question using the comment function at the bottom of the page: www.ft.com/content/b355...
Submit your questions: Can the global economy withstand new shocks?
Take part in a live Ask an Expert Q&A with the FT’s Tej Parikh and Martin Sandbu on Thursday October 9 at 1pm BST
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Martin Sandbu @martinsandbu.ft.com · 8d
We want your questions! And hopefully you want our answers. Ask anything. www.ft.com/content/b355...
Submit your questions: Can the global economy withstand new shocks?
Take part in a live Ask an Expert Q&A with the FT’s Tej Parikh and Martin Sandbu on Thursday October 9 at 1pm BST
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Nicolas Tenzer @nicolastenzer.bsky.social · 8d
Nineteen years ago, on October 7, 2006, Anna Politkovskaya was assassinated by Putin's hitmen.
She was the first to tell the truth about Russia's mass crimes in Chechnya, which foreshadowed those in Syria, Ukraine, Africa and elsewhere. They could have been prevented.
Almost no one listened to her.
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Martin Sandbu @martinsandbu.ft.com · 8d
If it happens it won't be led by Berlin and Paris... the most exciting less-than-27-game in town at the moment is the Spanish "competitiveness lab" effort I think.
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 12d
Why China's surplus might be ok, by @martinsandbu.ft.com

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"China has failed to persuade trade partners that its surpluses are good for their growth, largely because it has not shown enough interest in making those surpluses contribute to the importers’ growth potential."

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How I learnt to stop worrying about China’s surplus
Lessons from economic history point to the benign effects of ‘overcapacity’
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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 12d
Useful and true heresy from
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How I learnt to stop worrying about China’s surplus - on.ft.com/4o5DGnd
How I learnt to stop worrying about China’s surplus
Lessons from economic history point to the benign effects of ‘overcapacity’
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Ben Ezra @benbusi18.bsky.social · 13d
Outstanding Piece!
Martin Sandbu @martinsandbu.ft.com · 13d
You worry too much about China's overcapacity. on.ft.com/4hbvCPD
How I learnt to stop worrying about China’s surplus
[FREE TO READ] Lessons from economic history point to the benign effects of ‘overcapacity’
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Jonas Waack @jonaswaack.bsky.social · 13d
Der Schluss zu Europa ist sehr spannend 👇
Martin Sandbu @martinsandbu.ft.com · 13d
You worry too much about China's overcapacity. on.ft.com/4hbvCPD
How I learnt to stop worrying about China’s surplus
[FREE TO READ] Lessons from economic history point to the benign effects of ‘overcapacity’
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Simon Nixon @nixonsimon.bsky.social · 13d
Very interesting piece.
Martin Sandbu @martinsandbu.ft.com · 13d
You worry too much about China's overcapacity. on.ft.com/4hbvCPD
How I learnt to stop worrying about China’s surplus
[FREE TO READ] Lessons from economic history point to the benign effects of ‘overcapacity’
on.ft.com
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Martin Sandbu @martinsandbu.ft.com · 13d
You worry too much about China's overcapacity. on.ft.com/4hbvCPD
How I learnt to stop worrying about China’s surplus
[FREE TO READ] Lessons from economic history point to the benign effects of ‘overcapacity’
on.ft.com
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 13d
Today, Oct.2nd, is the anniversary of Jamal Khashoggi’s murder by Saudi agents.
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Andy Carvin @acarv.in · 13d
The Saudi government murdered Jamal Khashoggi seven years ago today. His editor @karenattiah.bsky.social wrote this two years ago.
Opinion | The moment I knew the world would try to move on from Jamal Khashoggi
I could see it coming at Time’s 2018 Person of the Year celebration.
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frde2059.bsky.social @frde2059.bsky.social · 19d
on.ft.com/4nS47ww What we get wrong about China

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What we get wrong about China
An interview with Michael Pettis
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Joseph Britt @zathras5.bsky.social · 18d
Weekend listen: Insightful discussion of China’s dynamic economic environment & the complications it has created for the rest of the world, with @michaelpettis.bsky.social & @martinsandbu.ft.com. Particularly interesting on involution in specific sectors. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
China’s economy vs the world. With Michael Pettis
Podcast Episode · The Economics Show · 09/24/2025 · 34m
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Wessel van Rensburg @wildebees.bsky.social · 20d
Fantastic interview by @martinsandbu.ft.com with @michaelpettis.bsky.social

Arguably Pettis's understanding of the impact of Chinese industrial policy through trade is the single most important thing in economics you need to get to understand the world right now

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China’s economy vs the world. With Michael Pettis
Podcast Episode · The Economics Show · 24/09/2025 · 34m
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Martin Sandbu @martinsandbu.ft.com · 21d
Hang on, aren't you supposed to *welcome* the coming of the Antichrist, bc of rapture etc?
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Peter Thal Larsen @petertl.bsky.social · 21d
New argument against AI regulation just dropped. Checkmate, atheists.
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For about a year now, Thiel has been publicly laying out his understanding of biblical prophecies and the potential for the rapid advance of technology to bring about an apocalyptic future. In a lecture Monday, he encouraged an audience to continue working toward scientific progress, whether in AI or other forms of technology. Fearing or regulating it, or opposing technological progress, would hasten the coming of the Antichrist, Thiel said, according to people who attended.
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Martin Sandbu @martinsandbu.ft.com · 21d
Maybe a swap line paid out in platinum coin.
Martin Sandbu @martinsandbu.ft.com · 21d
Yes. This matched the reality when imports were heading towards 400k EVs per year. And it turns out it has fallen below that. But hey, China shock 2.0.
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Martin Sandbu @martinsandbu.ft.com · 21d
I very much enjoyed my conversation with @michaelpettis.bsky.social, and so, I have no doubt, will you. www.ft.com/content/8ee5...
China’s economy vs the world. With Michael Pettis
Will China’s trade imbalance throw the world off-kilter?
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Martin Sandbu @martinsandbu.ft.com · 21d
Ah, but Descartes got from solipsism to the scientific method in just a few steps. No such luck with these political nihilists.
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Martin Sandbu @martinsandbu.ft.com · 21d
How many cars is that - 20-25000 a month? So 250-300k/year? In a market of 10m/year?
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Martin Sandbu @martinsandbu.ft.com · 21d
And yet they keep looking for least risky options.
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