I am greatful for the discussion with @manuelamoschella.bsky.social. Times remain challenging, and central banks continue to play a prominent, contradictory, and hotly debated role in financial and economic systems. You can access our #criticaldialogue here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

I spent 16, SIXTEEN years fighting this crap.

I can’t believe it 😭

In 1989, Orban rose to fame with speech at Heroes Square leading a youth movement calling for democracy & for the Russians to leave Hungary. Last night, thousands of youth gathered at Heroes square chanting “Russians go home” about Orban & his Putin serving, autocratic regime. Things go full circle

I’m very pleased to share that a critical dialogue on my book #UnexpectedRevolutionaries is now available online in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social alongside @jwullweber.bsky.social

Grateful for the welcome opportunity to revisit my arguments with some distance.
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@cogitatiopag.bsky.social @fbulfone.bsky.social

When discussing EU industrial policy, the focus often starts- and ends-with its limited fiscal capacity, esp vs China or US.

But that’s not the whole story...

For the role of regulation, open access 👉www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/ar...

Can Hungary Vote Out Its Autocrat? Musings on the politics & political economy of Orbánism ahead of the April 12 election

Can Péter Magyar win a deeply rigged election? Would Orbán leave power—and would anything change even if he did? How did we even get here, and why, against all odds, do we still cling to hope? I wrote up my (admittedly messy) thoughts ahead of April 12

brettoninthewoods.substack.com/p/can-hungar...

Really excited to see this out - and grateful to the @ec.europa.eu Jean Monnet funding for making it possible.

With #EUFutures, we’ll tackle some of the biggest challenges facing Europe today, bringing #politicaleconomy and #EUstudies into dialogue.
Stay tuned!

Also, the German car industry’s woes have sucked up most of the attention.

But another storm is brewing in machinery - the other core engine of Germany’s growth model.

Thanks @erinkaylockwood.bsky.social for including my book in this wonderful list! And I totally share the motivation and spirit

Central banks are political institutions. They rely on political and social support to function - and that support is now under strain in the US. Independence isn’t self-enforcing: it survives less through statutes than through politics

But a conventional nomination won’t resolve the credibility problem. The issue isn’t personalities; it’s how we’ve long overstated and misunderstood central bank independence. Independence was never insulation from politics as I argued for @cornellupress.bsky.social in Unexpected Revolutionaries

As #Trump prepares to nominate the next Chair of the Federal Reserve, names are circulating. Kevin Warsh appears among the likely candidates - a relatively conventional choice

Well, that pretty much sums it all up on geopolitics and the global economy.

🚨"A Market for War? The Reinforcing Logics of Europe's Security Turn" is out! What history tells us about the EU's likely political path given today's geopolitics & the emerging European military-industrial complex--& why the EU's new security role urgently requires better democratic accountability.

Goodbye multilateralism, welcome market power - in case we still had doubts.
‘If foreign countries want access to our market, that’s going to come with expectations.’ January 2026, US administration

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US prosecutors launch criminal investigation into Federal Reserve’s Jay Powell Central bank chair hits back and says grand jury subpoenas are retaliation for refusal to bow to demand to cut interest rates

A remarkably blunt statement from #Powell showing how serious the challenge to #Fed independence is
“The threat of criminal charges is a consequence of the Fed setting interest rates based on our best assessment of what will serve the public, rather than following the preferences of the president.”

Welcome new RIPErs! Wonderful to see the editorial board grow. And huge thanks to the outgoing editors: there are never enough words to thank them for their thoughtful, committed work and care for the journal. @ripejournal.bsky.social is stronger today because of them

Our takeaway? Framing based on threat has historically lessened public scrutiny & increased the leeway for public & private action, so this rhetorical turn further raises the stakes around democratic accountability in the EU. As the EU faces a changed world, democracy is even more important. FIN/

🔥 Righr now at SAIS - @unibo.it Winter School on AI

So glad to see the Winter School on AI & Tech Change underway! 🌟
This is the second edition of this wonderful SAIS- @unibo.it collaboration - a project I’m truly proud of.

Huge thanks to my amazing colleague @ninahall.bsky.social and our fantastic students for making this such an inspiring journey

Moschella, Manuela. Unexpected Revolutionaries: How Central Banks Made and Unmade Economic Orthodoxy (December 2025)

📘 Deeply grateful to Elena Carletti for her generous review of #UnexpectedRevolutionaries @cornellupress.bsky.social in the Journ of Econ Lit. I appreciated how she captured the book’s core argument on the political nature of institutions often viewed as technocratic
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

A much needed discussion on the accountability dimension of industrial policy. Thanks @christyapetit.bsky.social and @sebdiessner.bsky.social for their insightful contribution to our forthcoming @govjournal.bsky.social SI on the political foundations of market interventionism. Stay tuned for more ☺️

Super glad to see the review of my book #unexpectedrevolutionaries @cornellupress.bsky.social ☺️ Thanks to @intlspectator.bsky.social for hosting it

NASP: Network for the Advancement of Social and Political studies - MiCoReS Seminar | Ana Arjona | 1/12/2025 Seminar   Challenges in the Study of the Consequences of Civil WarAna ArjonaNorthwestern University ChairsJuan Masullo & Andrea Rugger...

We conclude our first term of MiCoReS (Milan Conflict Research Seminars) with Ana Arjona (Northwestern) presenting: "Challenges in the Study of the Consequences of Civil War"
Monday 1 December at 12:30.

NOTICE: change of location ROOM B, NASP, Via Pace 10, Milano

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Depoliticising monetary tightening: how the European Central Bank managed the 2021–2023 inflation shock The 2021-2023 inflation shock fuelled a heated public debate about the role of the monetary tightening strategy as the key strategy to the return to price stability. Central banks' rate hikes were ...

📢 New paper out in New Political Economy: "Depoliticising monetary tightening: how the European Central Bank managed the 2021–2023 inflation shock" Thread here below 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A super interesting one 👇🏻👇🏻

Breaking news: María Corina Machado has been awarded the prize for ‘keeping the flame of democracy burning amidst a growing darkness’ . The win dashes the hopes of US President Donald Trump. on.ft.com/4ocHAKY

Grazie al CSA di Roma per questo stimolante momento di riflessione con @connect-unibo.bsky.social Condividere idee resta il miglior modo per generare nuove prospettive 💪

How do political institutions shape today’s wave of economic interventionism? 🇺🇸 vs 🇪🇺

Find out in our new article just out in @govjournal.bsky.social
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