Much thanks to the inimitable Max Nelson (and the rest of the editorial team) for editing what started out as a rather wild piece and set it straight
Notes on Schumpeter's Capitalism, Socialism & Democracy
brilliant by @tiltingatm3.bsky.social
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For @nybooks.com, I wrote about the UFC:
> All this testifies to how
thoroughly the UFC has become the lingua franca of a strange new
twenty-first-century formation: the nationalist international.
www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
This should be the most basic starting point for thinking about political economy. Everyone needs to read Istvan Hont, John Shovlin, Walter Scheidel, David Stasavage, and Thomas Oatley and catch up
See also www.bostonreview.net/articles/aft...
So you're telling me Jabba was no Maimonides when it came to economic matters?
I'm thrilled to be writing GREEN GIANT for PublicAffairs.
On Financial Parasites in International Mercantile-Imperialism. open.substack.com/pub/digressi...
For decades it has been White House tradition to invite Ireland's prime minister, the Taoiseach, to celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day with a ceremonial
Financial war in response to trade war and territorial threats? More and more people appear to be calling for it. So I updated my post on U.S. Treasuries holdings—now with the latest data.
benjaminbraun.org/posts/treasu...
