New Rhodes Podcast up with Erik Peinert on his new book Monopoly Politics. Or, how the world shifts from Competition to Monopoly and back again without anyone really noticing. Great Conversation: player.captivate.fm/episode/c79b...
Reposting this. If you are around Providence tomorrow at noon come by. Why do corporates always get off? Why do foreign firms get fined 6X US firm by US authorities? Come find out.
Hence the need for a lecture series :-)
Had a good chat with the Polycrisis folks. Helped frame my recent LSE talk, which is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=09AY...
Podcast is shorter. Your choice: pod.link/1884213852
Flyer for this event picture of speaker against scales of justice
If anyone is around Providence Friday April the 10th this is going to be a great talk. Cornelia Woll will give the 5th annual Ethics of Capitalism lecture Friday April 10th at noon in the Jukowsky Forum, Watson Institute. I hope to see you there.
And last week I went back to the LSE to update my 'burning down the house' talk from 2025 as the US administration managed to do to green assets in 12 months what I thought would take 2 years. Despite everything, I'm quite optimistic. Watch here to find out why: www.youtube.com/watch?v=09AY...
Did a Rhodes Center podcast with Aditi Sahasrabuddhe and Eswar Prasad on his new book 'The Doom Loop' - how everything got out of whack and what to do about it. Great chat. Now up here: player.captivate.fm/episode/9746...
A few updates. Project Syndicate have a magazine now - like a real one - and they asked me to do a piece for it back in January. It just came out. Held up surprisingly well (with a wee insert about Iran): prosyn.org/uj9MafY?h=AE...
That is exactly the case. Good to hear/see you .
Just in case anyone is around London tomorrow and has nothing to do on the second nice day of 2026 weather-wise you can always come see me do this: www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...
Spoiler alert. Despite everything, it does.
For your weekend reading pleasure. A brilliant piece of satire that isn't actually at all satirical, sadly. But oh, the atriums...
www.publicbooks.org/the-misuses-...
New Rhodes Center Pod just up. Great conversation with Alex Cooley and Alex Dukalskis about their new book Dictating the Agenda.
AKA - How authoritarians go from playing defense other than offense.
Great book. Read it. But listen here first: player.captivate.fm/episode/5e16...
He does. Mainly solo. And yes. That one was an Ibanez and I still have it!
Applications are open for the Finance Summer School 2026. Last two have been at Brown. This one is at LSE thanks to LSE European Institute and Huth Initiative, plus the Berkeley Program on Finance and Democracy. Stellar Line up. Apps open: forms.gle/WsEVk4Yy52Dn...
Actually, not final for today. New Rhodes center Podcast is out. Seth Rockman interviews Sven Beckett about his new book, Capitalism: A Global History. Enjoy: player.captivate.fm/episode/76bb...
And finally for today a Pod I did with two British friends who used to work police intel and have seen the collapse of state capacity up close and personal: thecollators.com/s2e1
Also, my Berkeley talk on Citizenship and the Politics of Grievance from December is up. Its long. Lots of slides. Trying to think through how to talk about the nation without becoming an ethnic nationalist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLWh...
Did the Dip (not the Dig) podcast with Deutsche Welle (in English). If you want to know my thinking about the current moment this is a good place to get it in less than 15 mins: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTL1...
While Trump thinks that the non-existence of windmills in China shows the obviousness of the big green scam, the UK intel community still thinks climate change is real and a massive security risk: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/696e0e...
Who would you believe? Really...
Two views of the present. If you can get past the FT paywall, Howard Lutnick on the American present: www.ft.com/content/a675...
And now Cornel Ban on America's actual present and likely future: substack.com/inbox/post/1...
Thanks. I think I get once a year so that was it :-)
You can constantly under or over bill, settle in cash, underreport hours or jobs. There is no way to monitor. Then there's the structures around them. Scottish partnerships, LLC rackets. It's a tax sinkhole.
Something a bit more fun (kinda). What's behind the attack on the Fed, and central banks/technocratic governance, in general? Regime Shift, Power Play, or the Politics of Distraction? Probably all of the above. Me of @onthemedia.bsky.social this weekend: www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
Mike Green is at it again. His ability to recast what I think I know into something else entirely is incredible. Here he does it again. This time on what full Ai automation (or even partial) would actually mean. It's not what you think: www.yesigiveafig.com/p/the-thermo...
For your weekend listening pleasure. I did the Top Traders podcast. These folks ask the best questions. Got into loads of interesting stuff. Enjoy: www.toptradersunplugged.com/podcast/when...
For your last minute Christmas gift list. A list of damn good books, including one recommended by me: www.project-syndicate.org/onpoint/ps-c...
See you all in the new year!
For your weekend listening pleasure, it's me and @johncassidysays.bsky.social talking about his belter of a book Capitalism and its Critics: player.captivate.fm/episode/b858...
Do it. And then get the book.
Did this great pod with the public policy crowd at the University of Glasgow. I was interviewed by Nicola McEwan, who went to Graeme Street tech in Dundee with me back in the 80s, and then we both went on to Strathclyde for undergrad. Great fun to reconnect: open.spotify.com/episode/29nh...
