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Shahin Vallée
@shahinvallee.bsky.social
Economist, think tanker. senior fellow DGAP, board member Observatory Group
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How can democratic socialists like Zohran find investments for the things people desperately need? Come to my talk today at the Institute for Public Knowledge at NYU (link below) with @shahinvallee.bsky.social to discuss the thorny knot of finance and democracy, and how to cut it!
November 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Here's the early vote in the NYC mayor's race: 52% Mamdani, 40% Cuomo, 8% Sliwa. Stay tuned! web.enrboenyc.us/OF11CY0PY3.h...
November 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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November 5, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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France's budget drama will come at steep cost for public finances
• Political instability and loss in investor confidence are fuelling borrowing costs
• France's ten-year borrowing costs are now roughly on a par with those of Italy
November 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM
@adamtooze.bsky.social at the New School for the inaugural @lrb.co.uk lecture
October 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Extraordinary Mamdani speech defending Muslim life in the US. a breath of fresh air to see a politician standing up for principles. Standards in the US have fallen so low lately…
October 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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This is a truly great film, probably the best film I’ve seen in 2025 (it was released in France in 2024...). Boris Lojkine tackles the issue of immigration and its various layers of exploitation with realism and subtlety. Compelling and disturbing.
youtu.be/Rbs53_uMw9o
THE STORY OF SOULEYMANE - Official HD Trailer - Only In Cinemas
YouTube video by PalaceFilms
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October 19, 2025 at 8:51 PM
China’s Rare Earth Restrictions Aim to Beat U.S. at Its Own Game www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/b...
China’s Rare Earth Restrictions Aim to Beat U.S. at Its Own Game
www.nytimes.com
October 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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New report out now with @granthamlse.bsky.social CETEx: "A framework for central banks navigating political uncertainty in the transition"

cetex.org/publications...
A framework for central banks navigating political uncertainty in the transition - CETEx
This report recommends three principles for coping with the political uncertainty faced by central bankers.
cetex.org
October 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Par rapport à 2024:
Le RN confirme sa large domination (33-34%).
Le bloc macroniste recule nettement (14-16%).
LR remontent un peu (12-13%).
Reconquête en hausse (5-6%).
Le NFP, le meilleur scénario, mais il mais baisse par rapport à 2024 (-4%). Le PS confirme qu’il est le premier parti à gauche.
October 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
October 7, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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Great move! Merz is picking up on a proposal his predecessor as party leader Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer suggested to him in our pages back in May ip-quarterly.com/en/op-ed-how...
September 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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One of the most important charts in the world - from
Rush Doshi in the New York Times.

Without its allies, the United States is woefully behind China in metrics of raw economic power.

Too bad the US president does not seem to get it.

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September 25, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!

Today David talks to @leaypi.bsky.social about her new book 'Indignity: A Life Reimagined'. A conversation about death and displacement, identity and betrayal, secrecy and salvation.

Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
September 10, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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Absolutely fantastic piece on the interfaces between climate risk and insurance in the Polycrisis newsletter today, by @70sbachchan.bsky.social and @katemac.bsky.social

Not a doom loop, but “communities of fate” and the moral economy of the welfare state.
www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ins...
Insurance in the Polycrisis | Kate Mackenzie & Tim Sahay
The future is triage on an uninsurable earth.
www.phenomenalworld.org
September 11, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Great speech on the foundational role of the rule of law for Europe and the Euro
Rule of law is not the enemy of autonomy; it is its foundation. The EU can pursue its policy choices effectively because they are framed by legal commitments that others recognise and respect.

Read my speech at the ECB Legal Conference www.ecb.europa.eu/press/key/da...
September 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
on.ft.com/4lZ4i7X France’s curse and Bayrou’s political suicide
France’s curse and Bayrou’s political suicide
Political woes and a ballooning deficit leave Paris searching for stability at home and credibility abroad
on.ft.com
September 6, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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France must get creative to confront its fiscal deficit—
As he has done in the past, Macron should force Bayrou to carry on his obligations temporarily as a caretaker and… www.ft.com/content/1f8d... @shahinvallee.bsky.social @financialtimes.com
France must get creative to confront its fiscal deficit
By calling for a confidence vote, the prime minister has renounced his duties and undermined the country’s credibility
www.ft.com
August 30, 2025 at 12:26 AM
on.ft.com/3JtO0X9 France must get creative to confront its fiscal deficit
France must get creative to confront its fiscal deficit
By calling for a confidence vote, the prime minister has renounced his duties and undermined the country’s credibility
on.ft.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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For reasons, checking in on foreign official holdings of US treasuries at the Fed. Now down $100 billion since 'Liberation day'. Note: That latest data point with the biggest weekly drop yet is from *before* Trump's attempted firing of the Fed governor.

Next release will be interesting (Thursday).
August 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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« Le monde ne nous regarde pas avec bienveillance : il n’attend pas la lenteur de nos rituels communautaires pour nous imposer sa force. [Il] exige de nous une transformation radicale. »

Un nouvel avertissement salubre de Mario Draghi, via le @grandcontinent.bsky.social.
Mario Draghi : comment changer la trajectoire de notre continent
Entre Gaza et Trump, dans un été marqué par l’inaction de l’Europe, le doute s’installe. En établissant un diagnostic sévère, Mario Draghi montre qu’il est possible d’agir — et d’espérer. Nous publ...
legrandcontinent.eu
August 25, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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This is outstanding. God knows what Labour is doing: legitimising the racism that'll be its undoing, losing the coalition which put it in office, trying to secure voters who will never support it, digging its own moral grave.

observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
Politically acceptable UK racism is rising, even under La...
As I wrote these words last autumn: “We have made progress... even though that progress remains fragile and insufficient”, little did I realise just how ...
observer.co.uk
August 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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“Europe is risking its political soul. It has put itself in a situation in which leaders cannot say publicly what they are actually trying to do. That is a recipe for distrust and a poison for democracy”

on.ft.com/3HH41Ze
Europe is selling its soul to Trump
What masquerades as pragmatism is self-harming opportunism
on.ft.com
August 25, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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🪧 Le 17 août 2025, des dizaines de milliers d’Israéliens étaient rassemblés pour demander la fin de la guerre. Mais qu'en est-il du sort des #palestiniens ?
👉 Quelques réponses avec Denis Charbit, politiste, Sylvaine Bulle, sociologue et Elad Lapidot, professeur d'études hébraïques
Comment la société israélienne regarde-t-elle la guerre à Gaza ?
Le 17 août 2025, des dizaines de milliers personnes étaient rassemblées dans tout le pays pour demander la fin de la guerre. La libération des otages et la vie des soldats envoyés à la guerre étaient ...
www.radiofrance.fr
August 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM