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Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · May 7

A partir de hoy os podéis pasar por una librería y comprar “El fin de la paciencia”, o pedirlo. Me sigue pareciendo una cosa increíble, ya me diréis si es cierto. www.anagrama-ed.es/libro/nuevos...

El fin de la paciencia
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Anagrama (a la venta el 7 de mayo)

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Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · 1h

Al menos se quedan en el siglo XX y no se vuelven a la Baja Edad Media...

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Notes from Poland @notesfrompoland.bsky.social · 2h

Poland is this year joining the world's 20 largest economies, new IMF data show.

Its GDP has risen to over $1 trillion, meaning that it has passed Switzerland to take 20th spot.

Poland joining 20 largest world economies, IMF figures show

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Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 6h

Still, even if it's not strictly central banks (who knows?), someone's been buying @katie0martin.ft.com's pet rock. And it seems likely govts are involved.

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Iago Martínez @autonauta.bsky.social · 5h

Polpopazo.

@polandpop.bsky.social
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El fin de la paciencia, con Xan López. Una novedad radical

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Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · 5h

La UE gasta importando petróleo para el transporte en carreteras el equivalente a un Plan Marshall por cuatrimestre (!). Nos desangramos económicamente por nuestra adicción a lo fósil.

Adrian Hiel @adrianhiel.bsky.social · 17h

But today I was struck by essentially a footnote number in Brueghel's Cleantech tracker. The EU spends €250billion per year (!) importing oil and fully half of that goes on road transport.
Crucially, these are not extrapolations or projections. They are receipts. And that is a very big number.

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Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · 16h

You can enforce anything you wan on them, really, which is pretty convenient.

Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · 16h

And perhaps it's a fleeting moment, but right now Spain is basically like Pericles' Athens compared to most countries, which is really funny to me.

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Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · 16h

I mean perhaps I'm projecting but I just know *so well* what some people would say if this were happening in Spain.

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Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · 16h

Damn, serves me right.

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Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · 16h

I think a good way to decide whether @utopia-defer.red is dooming or not is to think about what you'd say if this was happening in any other country.

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Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · 16h

Not being able to get rid of him is pretty damning. Perhaps things will eventually go back to "normal", but seems like "normal" for the US just means complete inability to enforce its own Constitution.

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Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · 16h

Sí, al ser una unión aduanera hay mil formas de trampearlo. Pero vaya, que yo creo que también habría una repuesta política conjunta.

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Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · 16h

Eso solo lo tiene que responder la izquierda.

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Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · 17h

El PP ya ha dicho que llegaría al 5%.

Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · 17h

Puede hacerlo perfectamente, la cosa es que la UE responda colectivamente (yo creo que en este caso lo haría).

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Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · May 9

Stability is a global public good that must be provided, not a naturally occurring equilibrium. A “New Kindleberger Gap” for a self-destructing hegemon. www.economist.com/finance-and-...

Stability, Kindleberger argued, is a global public good that must be provided. It is not a naturally occurring equilibrium. The leading economy—a “hegemon”, as later thinkers would term it—can capture some of the benefits of this stability for itself, and push the system in a direction favourable to its interests. However, it needs to take on the burden of providing, among other things, an open market for goods, countercyclical finance and the role of lender of last resort. President Donald Trump now appears to reject this thinking altogether. He demands that allies pay for military protection and views a trade deficit as straightforward evidence of being ripped off. Members of his administration have mooted charging countries for the privilege of lending to the American government. All told, he simply does not see the gains that emerge from global stability as being worth their cost.
Hélène Rey of the London Business School identifies a “New Kindleberger Gap”. This time a “self-destructing hegemon” is, she says, uninterested in providing global public goods, while an ascendent one (Ms Rey refers to the European Union, but China is another candidate) lacks the ability. The Fed’s swap lines lie at the heart of her concerns. These offer central banks in allied countries, including the European Central Bank, the Bank of England and the Bank of Japan, access to dollars in exchange for their own currency. They should help forestall any crisis that bids up the price of dollar borrowing, but are just the sort of burden-sharing to which Mr Trump normally objects. In an attempt to bolster their position, sophisticated policymakers are talking in Trumpian terms. “The reason we do it is it’s really good for US consumers,” Jerome Powell, chairman of the Fed, has said.

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Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · 18h

It's Sánchez refusing to spend 5% of the GDP on defence.

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Jorge Valero @europressos.bsky.social · 23h

❗️SCOOP: EU considering strict conditions such as tech transfers, joint ventures for Chinese investments in Europe in some key sectors, we’re told, as Europe increases pressure on Beijing to rebalance economic relations
- with @johnainger.bsky.social

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

EU Considers Forced Tech Transfers for New Chinese Investments

The European Union is considering forcing Chinese firms to hand over technology to European companies if they want to operate locally, in an aggressive new push to make the bloc’s industry more compet...

www.bloomberg.com

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Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · 19h

Sí, pero no creo que consigan influir mucho políticamente, eran medios para gente con ideas bastante fijas ya. Creo que hace muchísimo (*muchísimo*) más lo de comprar Twitter o TikTok.

Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · 19h

Es interesante que los medios que mejor están resistiendo son los especializados en análisis financiero, Bloomberg y Financial Times. Diría que fundamentalmente porque el primero es propiedad (al ~90%) de un milmillonario que no se ha vuelto loco, y el otro es propiedad de una empresa japonesa.

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Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · 19h

Los únicos que pagan por leer noticias o información especializada son los progresistas. Si los milmillonarios trumpistas compran un medio e imponen su sesgo político, pierden a todos sus lectores de pago. Aquí hay, al menos, oportunidades para los medios alternativos. www.forbes.com/sites/andyme...

The Washington Post Is Running Out Of Readers Willing To Pay

Once a titan of American journalism, The Washington Post now struggles to reach even 100,000 print subscribers most days.

www.forbes.com

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Emilio Santiago Muíño @esantiago.bsky.social · 22h

2 edición de "Vida de Ricos. Poscrecimiento y lujo comunal". Este ha sido un libro jugón, que disfruté mucho escribiendo (especialmente ese final desde el 2050). Para quien escribe, el concurso Utopías que caben en el BOE, de @lenguaycirculo.bsky.social y @cbamadrid.es mola mucho: probadlo.

Círculo de Bellas Artes - Casa Europa @cbamadrid.es · 5d

💛 ¡Segunda edición de 'Vida de ricos'!

Llega una nueva edición del libro de Emilio Santiago Muiño, uno de los dos finalistas del Premio de Ensayo #BOEUtopías.

¡Recordamos que el plazo de presentación a la segunda edición del Premio sigue abierto! 🔗 acortar.link/kVMayL

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Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · 20h

Con sinceridad: yo creo que es 50% la autonomía de lo político y otro 50% es esencialmente este texto. Lo mismo ha pasado con Estados Unidos y Biden. revistaeconomiacritica.org/index.php/re...

Aspectos políticos del pleno empleo | Revista de Economía Crítica

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Xan López @xanlopez.xyz · 21h

Cuesta imaginar lo presente que estaría esto en el debate público si gobernase la derecha. Literalmente no se hablaría de otra cosa.

EL PAÍS @elpais.com · 23h

🔴 ÚLTIMA HORA | El FMI sitúa a España como la gran economía avanzada que más crece por segundo año consecutivo tinyurl.com/4tr6j98p

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Corriente Cálida @corrientecalida.com · 1d

⚡ THESE MACHINES KILL FOSSIL FASCISTS ⚡

Os recordamos que ya está a la venta esta camiseta que hemos preparado. ¡La tirada de momento es limitada y ya hay alguna talla agotada!

Puedes comprarla en nuestra web.

➡️ corrientecalida.com/producto/cam...

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