Tomorrow, @jesseschreger.bsky.social speaks on Mkt and Political Power in Econ, AI, and New Digital Rules. He joins @ranaforoohar.bsky.social, Clement Bohr, Andrea Prat, Anya Schifrin, & @wallachlori.bsky.social.
🥳 Congratulations on 25 years to @ipdcolumbia.bsky.social!
❗️The deadline to apply for the JIE-GCAP-BGS Conference on Geoeconomics at
@StanfordGSB is coming up on September 15!
More details in the call for papers: shorturl.at/r26Do
Organized by @jesseschreger.bsky.social, Jeff Frieden, @rjuhasz.bsky.social, Carolin Pflueger, and Christoph Trebesch
‼️ We’re hiring predoctoral research fellows (Summer 2026) at Stanford GSB!
Come work with @mmaggiori.bsky.social, @antonio-coppola.bsky.social, @jesseschreger.bsky.social and the GCAP Lab on big-data + international macro/finance.
Apps rolling, deadline Oct 17.
Details 👉 shorturl.at/ynIsw
@mmaggiori.bsky.social, @antonio-coppola.bsky.social, and @chris-d-clayton.bsky.social engaged with Korean policymakers, business leaders, and scholars on geoeconomics at the GCAP Seoul Seminar, hosted by Zeitgeist Capital & Korea-US Alliance Foundation.
🎥 Event highlight reel: shorturl.at/UsD3O
❗️The deadline to apply for the JIE-GCAP-BGS Conference on Geoeconomics at
@StanfordGSB is coming up on September 15!
More details in the call for papers: shorturl.at/r26Do
Organized by @jesseschreger.bsky.social, Jeff Frieden, @rjuhasz.bsky.social, Carolin Pflueger, and Christoph Trebesch
Faculty guest speaker @MelissaLDell shared her expertise with students in a session on "Deep Learning in Economics", a topic that is increasingly important for social science researchers.
Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JCi...
Part 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yuv3...
🙏 The Big-Data Initiative in International Macro-Finance is possible thanks to support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Thanks also to GCAP faculty @antonio-coppola.bsky.social and affiliate @chris-d-clayton.bsky.social who taught in the sessions Aggregate Public Macro Data, Global Capital Allocation, and Geoeconomics and AI Applications in International Economics.
@mmaggiori.bsky.social debuted a session "Public Micro Data" based on work joint with @bcavani.bsky.social and @jesseschreger.bsky.social. Bruno led this effort and is working on a public code repository that we will share soon.
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYCT...
Faculty guest speaker and trade expert Stephen Redding taught a session on “Global Trade”. We were very grateful to have him teach the students about this timely issue.
Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwcr...
We welcomed 37 PhD students from 22 universities to the 2025 Big-Data Initiative in International Macro-Finance this month. This event is designed to lower barriers to entry to large-scale, data-driven research. Materials available on event website: www.globalcapitalallocation.com/bdi-cover-page.
Photos from the Econometric Society World Congress plenary on Geoeconomics by @mmaggiori.bsky.social - slides available here: globalcapitalallocation.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/geoecon_plen....
@mmaggiori.bsky.social gave a lunchtime plenary on Geoeconomics this week at the Econometric Society World Congress.
Coverage from
@chosunnews
[Korean]: shorturl.at/jcK9N
Coverage from Dong-a Ilbo [English]: shorturl.at/eMmwn
🇨🇳 How scared should you be of “the China squeeze”? @economist.com spoke to @mmaggiori.bsky.social to understand the nonlinearity of geoeconomic power. Article here: www.economist.com/china/2025/0...
The Importance of Finance for Geoeconomic Power: Tomorrow, August 12, at 9:45am ET, @mmaggiori.bsky.social gives a keynote fireside at Helsinki Geoeconomics Week 2025 moderated by Brad Setser of the Council on Foreign Relations. Join to watch live: shorturl.at/777pl.
How should the European Union address the challenges posed by geoeconomic competition? Co-Director @mmaggiori.bsky.social joined Roberto Sommella, Chiara Scotti and @nathalietocci.bsky.social in Rome to discuss. Thank you to the EIEF and Banca d'Italia for hosting a wonderful event.
The @washingtonpost.com charts results from GCAP's work on tracking the impact of tariffs on U.S. firms.
📰 Article: washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/07/25/trump-trade-deals-tariffs-asia/
🔎 Explore the data on global firms on our Geoeconomic Monitor: globalcapitalallocation.com/geoeconomic-monitor
Submissions for the 3rd Annual GCAP Conference on international economics and finance are due August 1.
Details here: globalcapitalallocation.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/Annual_conf_...
Big countries can exploit their economic size for political gain. Yet power does not grow in a straight line—even small allies can make a difference
In @economist.com today: “What economics can teach foreign-policy types”, based on GCAP research by @chris-d-clayton.bsky.social @mmaggiori.bsky.social and @jesseschreger.bsky.social. We develop insights from the 1940s to bridge econ and political science.
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
👀 For a limited time, watch a presentation of "Geoeconomic Pressure" by @antonio-coppola.bsky.social at the NBER SI Intl Finance & Macro session at www.youtube.com/watch?v=na7s.... We use LLMs to classify which governments apply pressure to which foreign targets, and how.
Of note: Joseph Nye passed away earlier this year. GCAP's work has benefitted greatly from his intellectual leadership in the field. An obituary that describes his legacy: shorturl.at/oca5Z.
New podcast episode from The Outthinking Investor on "The Rise of Geoeconomics" with @mmaggiori.bsky.social, Joseph Nye & Mehill Marku explores portfolio exposure to geoeconomic shifts, supply chain realignment opportunities & USD dominance. 🎧 shorturl.at/KwEQD
Our spring newsletter reviews GCAP's work on geoeconomics and resources you can access to learn more, celebrates team member achievements, and highlights upcoming events.
Read here: shorturl.at/OC3dn
For future updates: shorturl.at/t4DiY
The program for the NBER SI 2025 International Economics and Geopolitics (July 10, organized by @mmaggiori.bsky.social and @jesseschreger.bsky.social ) is available at nber.org/conferences/si-2025-international-economics-and-geopolitics. The session will be live streamed.
GCAP and BGS will hold a JIE-GCAP-BGS Conference on Geoeconomics at Stanford GSB on February 27-28, 2026. Call for papers: shorturl.at/r26Do
Organized by @jesseschreger.bsky.social, Jeff Frieden, @rjuhasz.bsky.social, Carolin Pflueger, and Christoph Trebesch
@mmaggiori.bsky.social gave the keynote on geoeconomics today at the SNB-FRB-BIS High-Level Conference on Global Risk, Uncertainty, and Volatility
Conference website: shorturl.at/s7XFi
GCAP's Geoeconomic Monitor is used as an example of AI work in this area. Explore to learn how global firms are impacted by tariffs, sanctions, and export controls: www.globalcapitalallocation.com/geoeconomic-...
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In @financialtimes.com today, Gillian Tett covers JHU Geoeconomics Conference where @mmaggiori.bsky.social gave the keynote.
Article: shorturl.at/wkUv7
Conference page: shorturl.at/81GUS
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@mmaggiori.bsky.social joins H.R. McMaster, @chris-meissner.bsky.social, Harold James, and Ross Levine at Hoover Institution today at 2pm PT to discuss Global and Strategic Issues: Implications for Monetary and Fiscal Policy. Webinar available at conference website.
www.hoover.org/events/finis...