Phillip Lipscy
@lipscy.bsky.social
Polisci professor, University of Toronto & 東京大学 (prev. Stanford, Harvard). IPE, IOs, climate, Japan; website: https://www.lipscy.org Director: https://munkschool.utoronto.ca/csgj Book: http://amazon.com/dp/1316604284/
Our article, “The Institutional Sources of Economic Transformation” is now available from @thejop.bsky.social. Many thanks to Bob Keohane, the Balzan Foundation, and many colleagues for their feedback!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
December 5, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Our article, “The Institutional Sources of Economic Transformation” is now available from @thejop.bsky.social. Many thanks to Bob Keohane, the Balzan Foundation, and many colleagues for their feedback!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
The Japan Conference at the Centre for the Study of Global Japan @uoft.bsky.social was a great success. It was wonderful to see exciting work from the next generation of Japan scholars and exchange views on the future of Japan studies.
May 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The Japan Conference at the Centre for the Study of Global Japan @uoft.bsky.social was a great success. It was wonderful to see exciting work from the next generation of Japan scholars and exchange views on the future of Japan studies.
Our article “The Institutional Sources of Economic Transformation: Explaining Variation in Energy Transitions” is now forthcoming from @thejop.bsky.social. Many thanks to so many colleagues for their helpful feedback! #Polisky #ClimateChange
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
February 26, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Our article “The Institutional Sources of Economic Transformation: Explaining Variation in Energy Transitions” is now forthcoming from @thejop.bsky.social. Many thanks to so many colleagues for their helpful feedback! #Polisky #ClimateChange
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
About a 40 minute drive within the city
February 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
About a 40 minute drive within the city
The three campuses of University of Toronto responded completely differently to overnight snowfall.
February 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The three campuses of University of Toronto responded completely differently to overnight snowfall.
U.S. new year’s TV programming: pop music.
Japanese new year’s TV programming: pop music.
Canadian new year’s TV programming: “Would you rather have a first date where you are smelly or your date is smelly?”
Japanese new year’s TV programming: pop music.
Canadian new year’s TV programming: “Would you rather have a first date where you are smelly or your date is smelly?”
January 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM
U.S. new year’s TV programming: pop music.
Japanese new year’s TV programming: pop music.
Canadian new year’s TV programming: “Would you rather have a first date where you are smelly or your date is smelly?”
Japanese new year’s TV programming: pop music.
Canadian new year’s TV programming: “Would you rather have a first date where you are smelly or your date is smelly?”
I didn't realize that if you click on "see more dates" on Google Maps street view, you can see how the same location has changed over time. Here’s the Bloor & Bathurst intersection in Toronto in 2009 and 2024.
November 24, 2024 at 2:07 PM
I didn't realize that if you click on "see more dates" on Google Maps street view, you can see how the same location has changed over time. Here’s the Bloor & Bathurst intersection in Toronto in 2009 and 2024.
It was a great pleasure to host Ambassador Kanji Yamanouchi for a thoughtful and wide-ranging discussion of the future of Canada-Japan relations. We will post a recording of the excellent talk in the near future.
October 9, 2024 at 2:24 PM
It was a great pleasure to host Ambassador Kanji Yamanouchi for a thoughtful and wide-ranging discussion of the future of Canada-Japan relations. We will post a recording of the excellent talk in the near future.
I offered my airplane seat to an old couple so they could sit together, and they thanked me with this little package with a coin inside.
August 21, 2024 at 3:15 PM
I offered my airplane seat to an old couple so they could sit together, and they thanked me with this little package with a coin inside.
According to the IMF, the implied purchasing power parity exchange rate is now 91 yen/US$ (by this measure the yen appreciated ~10% over the last 5 years due to higher inflation in the US). The actual rate is 150. No wonder everything seems ridiculously cheap in Japan right now!
August 1, 2024 at 12:56 AM
According to the IMF, the implied purchasing power parity exchange rate is now 91 yen/US$ (by this measure the yen appreciated ~10% over the last 5 years due to higher inflation in the US). The actual rate is 150. No wonder everything seems ridiculously cheap in Japan right now!
The Japanese text:
"This lavender sachet we previously placed in your room is now enclosed in a bag for you. Please enjoy the scent, and feel free to take it home with you."
The English translation:
"This is not a bath salts. Do not put it in your bath."
"This lavender sachet we previously placed in your room is now enclosed in a bag for you. Please enjoy the scent, and feel free to take it home with you."
The English translation:
"This is not a bath salts. Do not put it in your bath."
July 23, 2024 at 5:49 AM
The Japanese text:
"This lavender sachet we previously placed in your room is now enclosed in a bag for you. Please enjoy the scent, and feel free to take it home with you."
The English translation:
"This is not a bath salts. Do not put it in your bath."
"This lavender sachet we previously placed in your room is now enclosed in a bag for you. Please enjoy the scent, and feel free to take it home with you."
The English translation:
"This is not a bath salts. Do not put it in your bath."
There is a lot of constrution going on in Toronto 😮
May 5, 2024 at 2:33 PM
There is a lot of constrution going on in Toronto 😮
Interesting cloud effect
April 8, 2024 at 10:59 PM
Interesting cloud effect
Trying out the new Silver Line train from Washington Dulles airport!
March 7, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Trying out the new Silver Line train from Washington Dulles airport!
I try to be open-minded about new restaurants but I think I’ll pass on this one.
February 29, 2024 at 2:49 PM
I try to be open-minded about new restaurants but I think I’ll pass on this one.
I heard that AI is getting pretty good at reading pdf files. Can't say that I'm impressed.
February 13, 2024 at 7:53 PM
I heard that AI is getting pretty good at reading pdf files. Can't say that I'm impressed.
Actually kind of telling that the author names are so unnecessarily tiny relative to the gigantic publisher logo
January 15, 2024 at 11:44 PM
Actually kind of telling that the author names are so unnecessarily tiny relative to the gigantic publisher logo
Today in "technically not spam but can't blame email filter for thinking that it's spam."
January 15, 2024 at 6:43 PM
Today in "technically not spam but can't blame email filter for thinking that it's spam."
Just a friendly neighborhood bookstore selling Banned Books. America in 2023.
December 30, 2023 at 2:31 AM
Just a friendly neighborhood bookstore selling Banned Books. America in 2023.
Cell towers in Arizona are designed to blend into their surroundings
December 26, 2023 at 2:08 PM
Cell towers in Arizona are designed to blend into their surroundings
Late bloomer doesn’t care that it’s almost December
November 28, 2023 at 12:58 AM
Late bloomer doesn’t care that it’s almost December
“End of the Semester”
November 25, 2023 at 4:18 PM
“End of the Semester”