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Adam Tooze @adamtooze.bsky.social · Mar 16

This is what Columbia Univ should have said in immediate response to the extortion note from the Trump admin.
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Balkinization: A Title VI Demand Letter That Itself Violates Title VI (and the Constitution)

A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics

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Adam Tooze @adamtooze.bsky.social · 2d

This is truly an amazing opportunity.

Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · Jun 27

Some news: In 2026-27, I'll be visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, leading the theme seminar on

‘𝘌𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘺‘

There's no place quite like the IAS to think, together, about big questions. Please share—applications are open 𝚗̲̲𝚘̲̲𝚠̲.

Screenshot of this document: https://www.ias.edu/sites/default/files/SSS%20Call%20for%20Applications%202026-27%20.pdf

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London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 2d

On 27 October @adamtooze.bsky.social will give the inaugural 𝘓𝘙𝘉 Autumn Lecture in New York on the subject of Electrostates, Petrostates & the New Cold War.

Book now:

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NYC Lecture: Adam Tooze on Electrostates, Petrostates & the New Cold War

The 2025 LRB Autumn Lecture: a new annual lecture in New York

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Adam Tooze @adamtooze.bsky.social · 3d

Thinking about the "shape" of the world economy in the 21st century, my mind turned to soup (some may say that happened long ago ;). Check out the latest Chartbook newsletter. tinyurl.com/bdvw24d3

Chartbook 413 The future of the world economy beyond globalization - or, thinking with soup.

This year marks the 80th anniversary of 1945.

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craigborowiak.bsky.social @craigborowiak.bsky.social · 3d

Love this!
“Why not try imagining the future shape of the world economy neither as a neat assemblage of robust bricks, nor as a mesh of interlocking balance sheets, but as something more akin to a lumpy potage, or a noodle and dumpling soup.” @adamtooze.bsky.social

Chartbook 413 The future of the world economy beyond globalization - or, thinking with soup.

This year marks the 80th anniversary of 1945.

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Jenny Günther @jennyguenther.bsky.social · 4d

Die Vorfreude auf die Buchmesse in Frankfurt steigt gleich nochmal an! @surplusmagazin.bsky.social @adamtooze.bsky.social

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Phil Free @philfree.bsky.social · 4d

“After all, crises have two possible endings. In one, the patient recovers. In the other, the patient is dead.”

Polycrisis revisited: Are we beyond Neoliberal Order Breakdown Syndrome? - @adamtooze.bsky.social
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Chartbook 407: Polycrisis revisited: Are we beyond Neoliberal Order Breakdown Syndrome?

Back in 2022 I coined the phrase polycrisis as one with which to describe the conjuncture.

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Surplus | Das Wirtschaftsmagazin @surplusmagazin.bsky.social · 4d

Surplus auf der Frankfurter Buchmesse: Zur Primetime auf der Centre Stage diskutieren wir über die Ökonomie der Zukunft! Mit @adamtooze.bsky.social @lukasscholle.bsky.social und @kristinlangen.bsky.social

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Frank Murphy 🇺🇦 🇮🇪 🇨🇦 @thesidewalkballet.bsky.social · 4d

The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces. 1980, William H. Whyte. HT @adamtooze.bsky.social

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Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 5d

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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t0ussaint @t0ussaint.bsky.social · 5d

"[Argentina] fears that a sharper depreciation will reignite expectations of high inflation, & they also wish to conserve those IMF funds to help cover nearly $20 billion in interest and principal payments on dollar debts coming due in the next 15months" #econsky theconversation.com/why-argentin...

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Sarah Parkinson @separkinson.bsky.social · 11d

“…national average participation in the general strike stood at around 60%, halting all the main services in key sectors including transportation and schools.”

When they say national, they mean national. Took this photo hiking through the tiny hillside hamlet of Botteghino di Zocca today.

Photo of community billboard in Botteghino di Zocca, Italy. Poster advertises a unite Gaza rally for 27 September in the Pianoro town plaza. Poster image is of a Palestinian flag with the outline of two hands shaking in the middle.

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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 12d

My husband was detained by ICE today

Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away

I have had zero contact or updates since

#SOS
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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · Jun 27

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Adam Tooze @adamtooze.bsky.social · Jun 20

Check out Chartbook Top Link for more!

America's data disaster is here. Bimodal oil prices. Defending Angela Merkel and what is wrong with Ford engines.

Great links, images, and reading from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze

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Adam Tooze @adamtooze.bsky.social · Jun 20

The US stockmarket is being driven by a divided economy: tech and communications are robust whilst consumer discretionary and staples slump.

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Adam Tooze @adamtooze.bsky.social · Jun 20

Find out more in today's Chartbook Top Link!

America's data disaster is here. Bimodal oil prices. Defending Angela Merkel and what is wrong with Ford engines.

Great links, images, and reading from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze

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Adam Tooze @adamtooze.bsky.social · Jun 20

America’s data disaster is here!

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Adam Tooze @adamtooze.bsky.social · Jun 20

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Top Links 774 One Big Beautiful Giveaway. How Turkish pistols conquered US markets. The Chinese legacy of Fischer-Tropsch. Haiti's escalating crisis & "where the bombs fall".

Great links, images, and reading from Chartbook Newsletter by Adam Tooze

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Adam Tooze @adamtooze.bsky.social · Jun 20

Almost a quarter of light-duty vehicles sold in the US this spring were “new energy” in one form or another—read the full article by clicking the link in the comment to Chartbook Top Link.