Political Economist; Sciences Po; previously UAlbany; Author of "In the Red: The Politics of Public Debt" (Michigan 2018) and "Rating Politics" (OUP 2023)
Zsofi Barta
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There's a global race to secure EV battery gigafactories & reduce reliance on China.
But not all clean-tech projects are created equal. Some generate good jobs & domestic capacities, others produce ecological harm & low value-added enclaves.
New paper & thread 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Europe is obsessed with Chinese industrial domination. But the more seriously I take the "China is winning" argument, the less sense China's endgame seems to make
If European industry collapses, demand for Chinese exports collapses with it.
My latest: brettoninthewoods.substack.com/p/chinas-gro...
New State of the Art article in @sasemeeting.bsky.social with @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social. States, markets, and decarbonization are colliding in ways that political economy is only just beginning to map. This article is our map. doi.org/10.1093/ser/...
Palma Polyak
Just saw that the first piece from our special issue is already out:
Factions of asset-based capitalism: a historical typology, by @melindacooper.bsky.social
See here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Will write a thread on the SI and each of the papers once they're all out!
On the political economy of memes from a brilliant colleague!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The European debate about China is obsessed with production. It spends remarkably little time thinking about demand.
Internet memes are increasingly recognized as part of political discourse, yet there is no consensus on how to study them. Much existing scholarship has focused on impact – debating whether memes f...
Incredibly happy and relieved that our special issue Asset Struggles co-edited with @theobourgeron.bsky.social is now accepted for publication at NPE!
More on the issue soon. For now: a heartfelt thank you to everyone who has been involved in this over the past few years – you are the best!
