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Phenomenal World
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Publication of Jain Family Institute. Political economy and critical social sciences.

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“Chinese overseas FDI is nearing $100 billion per year. The Marshall Plan was $200b—and locked Europe into US tech and standards. When we see sums of this size, we can ask whether it will have a similar effect on the globe.”

NEW: @70sbachchan.bsky.social & @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social on the BRI 2.0
September 20, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Sign up for the event here—

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August 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
On Monday, join us for:

ARGENTINA’S DEBT TRAP
A discussion on Argentina, debt, and the IMF

with: Julia Strada, Chris Marsh, ‪@nakedkeynes.bsky.social‬, Hernan Letcher, and Maria Haro Sly.

Register here: bit.ly/argentina-fmi

Below, a 🧵 on relevant pieces from the archive—
August 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
----JOB----

Phenomenal World is seeking a Managing Editor to join our team.

Please circulate widely, and email [email protected] to apply!

www.phenomenalworld.org/events/pw-se...
July 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
4 NEW pieces, with @cornelban.bsky.social + @jhasselbalch.bsky.social on state planning, @rosiecollington.bsky.social on planet-critical sectors, @shayaksengupta.bsky.social + Abhinav Jindal on multilateralism, and @brusselermel.bsky.social + @chrismwhayes.bsky.social on derisking

(Links below)
May 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
"During Obama's two terms, employers represented 39% of criminal worksite arrests and 13% of total worksite arrests (criminal and administrative). During Trump's first term, employer arrests plummeted to 11% of criminal and 4% of total worksite arrests."
May 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
“Defense spending has remained the one annual appropriation that continued to grow amid the general trend toward federal austerity. Understanding how and why this is the case is an important problem of political economy.”

Zaynab Quadri puts the $1 trillion Trump defense budget in context.
May 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
“In a recent speech, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi pushed back on US sanctions, saying: ‘Where there is a blockade, there are breakthroughs; where there is suppression, there is innovation.’”

@kyleichan.bsky.social on Huawei’s rise and resilience

www.phenomenalworld.org/reviews/huaw...
May 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Three new pieces on the future of the global auto industry and its workers:

- Paolo Gerbaudo on BYD's globalization
- CUT Bahia head Alfredo Santos interviewed on BYD's operations in Camaçari, Brazil
- Jeffrey Hermanson interviewed on labor organizing in Mexico's manufacturing centers.
April 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Tomorrow: global green industrial transformation in an age of conflict and chaos.

With: Adriana Abdenur, Sara Ahmed, @kyleichan.bsky.social, @isabelestevez.bsky.social, Sarah Ladislaw, @70sbachchan.bsky.social, Michael Stynes & @adamtooze.bsky.social

Register: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
April 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
"We no longer imagine investors as bearing liquidity or interest rate risk on behalf of the government when they invest in Treasuries issued by the US or Gilts issued by the UK. Instead, we think of them as investing in safe assets."

@csissoko.bsky.social
January 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Read the WeChat post here: mp.weixin.qq.com/s/kQOTgaPJRY...

And follow along at Chartbook China here: chartbookchina.ghost.io/phenomenal-w...
January 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
We’re thrilled to be collaborating with Qing Wang and @adamtooze.bsky.social to publish PW articles in translation as a new column on Chartbook’s Chinese edition.

First up, @andrewelrod.bsky.social on Bidenomics and the tectonic forces arranged around US tax and fiscal policy.
January 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
"The development of some of the key green energy technologies shows the limits of the emergent, quasi-protectionist policy toolkit—and the importance of flexible intellectual property rights and technology transfers for their scaling."

@bhbradlow.bsky.social and Alexandros Kentikelenis
January 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Essa segunda no Rio: seminário paralelo ao G20 que organizamos com o CEBRAP.

Inscrições: goetfclima.com

@laurabdecarvalho.bsky.social, @isabellamweber.bsky.social, @gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social, @70sbachchan.bsky.social e mais!
November 16, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Essa segunda no Rio: seminário paralelo ao G20 que organizamos com o @cebrap

Inscrições: https://goetfclima.com/

@lauraabcarvalho, @IsabellaMWeber, @juliambraga, @pedrolrossi, @GregorSemieniuk, @70sBachchan e mais
November 24, 2024 at 12:34 PM
Join us and @cebrap in Rio this Monday for a series of conversations on the role of states, finance, and multilaterals in fostering equitable and green development, with

@lauraabcarvalho, @IsabellaMWeber, @juliambraga, @pedrolrossi, @GregorSemieniuk, @70sBachchan and many more—
November 24, 2024 at 12:48 PM
For those in Rio de Janeiro, join us and CEBRAP as the G20 Summit begins, for a discussion on the roles of states, finance, and multilaterals in fostering green and equitable development in a volatile world.

Registration is open / inscrições abertas em: goetfclima.com
November 14, 2024 at 2:09 PM
"Neste Lula 3, assistimos a uma reprise da dinâmica pré-2013 entre governo e industriais. Mas a aliança é bem muito mais delicada e a margem de ação do petista é ainda mais reduzida" Nicole Herscovici fala de passado e presente da relação PT-...
November 24, 2024 at 3:02 PM
INTERNSHIP ALERT —

Phenomenal World is hiring an editorial intern for the semester. This part-time, paid internship opportunity is open to all CUNY undergrads. Apply by September 20, and please share widely!

See details and the application here:...
November 24, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Hoje às 19h na Tapera Taperá, em São Paulo, ou ao vivo no YouTube:

Maria Sikorski, editora da PW, debate com Marcos Nobre, diretor do Center for Critical Imagination no @cebrap

Apareça na tapera ou assista aqui:...
November 24, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Hoje à noite:

Às 19h, Maria Sikorski, editora da PW, encontrará @claraemattei e Eleonora de Lucena na Tapera Taperá, em São Paulo, para um debate sobre austeridade

Acompanhe presencialmente ou assista à transmissão no YouTube da @editoraboitempo:...
November 24, 2024 at 5:22 PM
November 24, 2024 at 7:19 PM
“Desenrola began as a campaign promise, but has become a lifeline for millions of Brazilians who are in arrears.

It is also a lifeline for their creditors.”

NEW: Lena Lavinas and Bruno Mader on debt renegotiation and social policy in...
November 24, 2024 at 9:13 PM
TOMORROW at 12PM ET

Join us for an unmissable discussion on profits, prices, and the green energy transition, with: @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social, @brusselermel.bsky.social, Kyle Chan, and Brett Christophers!

Sign up now (book discount code included!): bit.ly/profit-power
April 22, 2024 at 3:35 PM