Donald Trump complains that they are undermining the supremacy of the dollar.
Henry Farrell (and Abraham Newman), “America Should Think Twice Before Replacing Sanctions with Tariffs,” Financial Times, September 19, 2024.
America Should Think Twice Before Replacing Sanctions with Tariffs – with Abraham Newman
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The Enshittification of American Power
Back in 2022, Cory Doctorow coined the term “enshittification” to describe a cycle that has played out again and again in the online economy. Entrepreneurs start off making high-minded promises to get new users to try their platforms. But once users, vendors, and advertisers have been locked in—by network effects, insurmountable collective action problems, high switching costs—the ...
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“Social Institutions among Economists in the Wake of the Financial Crisis,” in Economy and Society in Europe: A Relationship in Crisis – eds. Luigi Burroni, Maarten Keune and Gugliemo Mardi
While an economy is always ‘embedded’ in society, the relationship between the two is undergoing profound changes in Europe, resulting in widespread instability which is emphasised by the current crisis. This book analyses these changes, and in particular pressures of intensifying international competition, globalization and financialization within Europe. Henry Farrell, “Social Institutions among Economists in ...
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