Jeff Powell

Jeff Powell

@powelljr.bsky.social

Associate Professor in economics, University of Greenwich; political economist, fascinated by all things finance & development; he/him

1,213 Followers 536 Following 602 Posts Joined Sep 2023
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Stablecoin = Fracturedcoin If stablecoins are the future of money, the BIS reckons the future looks a bit rubbish

Stablecoin = Fracturedcoin - www.ft.com/content/4724... via @FT

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‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities - and society at large

‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

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Nigel Farage invests £215,000 in Kwasi Kwarteng’s bitcoin firm Reform UK leader strengthens ties with crypto sector with stake in former Tory chancellor’s company Stack BTC

Moronomics www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Iran war will leave a complex geoeconomic legacy Markets suggest the ramifications are likely to drag on and spread

www.ft.com/content/d2b2...

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6 days ago
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Middle East Conflict: Macroeconomic impacts of Rising Oil and Gas Prices - NIESR The escalation in the Middle East has pushed oil and gas markets into risk mode again, with prices reacting to disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz, as shipping activity has been curtailed by Iran ...

niesr.ac.uk/news/middle-...

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To stop UK’s debt fatalism, look past charts of doom Despite dire OBR warnings, changes to how projections are calculated can correct misplaced fear of unsustainable levels

To stop UK’s debt fatalism, look past charts of doom - www.ft.com/content/0b2b... via @FT

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Susan Watkins, Trump Abroad, NLR 157, January–February 2026 In which direction is America heading, amid the strategic cacophony of Trump’s fifth year—counter-revolution in the Caribbean, onslaught on Iran, somersaults on China? Analysis of the political logics...

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In contrast to the West, China's political economy has long been grounded on emergency preparedness. Its massive public reserves insulated China from global price shocks in 2022 and will again be a crucial buffer now.

Link: triviumchina.com/2026/03/03/s...

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While we're doing OBR, I see that that the Treasury Select Committee has started publishing evidence submitted to its '15 years of the OBR' inquiry, including ours.

A short summary of our recommendations 1/n

committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...

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Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down ChatGPT and send a powerful signal to Silicon Valley, says author and historian Rutger Bregman

Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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New publication from my colleague Yuliya Yurchenko on reconstruction trajectories in Ukraine feps-europe.eu/wp-content/u...

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Dollarisation waves, Pradhan et al., BIS www.bis.org/publ/bppdf/b...

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Will AI-driven productivity growth allow the Fed to lower rates? Theory and data allow us to spin different narratives

Down the r* rabbit hole again... www.ft.com/content/7fa0...

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Trump and Netanyahu’s attack on Iran is an illegal act of aggression | Kenneth Roth Their actions are no different from Putin’s invasion of Ukraine or Rwandan president Paul Kagame’s invasion of the Democratic Republic of Congo

Trump and Netanyahu’s attack on Iran is an illegal act of aggression | Kenneth Roth www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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OBR a backseat driver with out-of-date maps, thinktanks tell Rachel Reeves Chancellor urged to reform Office for Budget Responsibility to open way to more public investment

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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The AI productivity boom is not here (yet) Artificial intelligence is improving fast. Its effect on output, not so much

www.economist.com/finance-and-...

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Somebody call CBC - the 1970s are back!

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Financialization of Non‐Financial Corporations: A New Framework with Cases from South Africa Financialization shapes the ways in which middle-income countries and their non-financial corporations integrate into global value chains and the global financial system. This integration, in turn, s....

Financialization of non-financial South African firms, from @antonioandreoni.bsky.social @nishalrobb.bsky.social and @sophievanhuellen.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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China’s central bank moves to slow renminbi’s advance PBoC makes it cheaper for traders to bet on weakening currency amid concerns about rapid appreciation

China’s central bank moves to slow renminbi’s advance - www.ft.com/content/074b... via @FT

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Catastrophising credit? Or time to panic

Catastrophising credit? - www.ft.com/content/62d9... via @FT

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The refreshing power of disagreement Right or wrong, dissent gives us permission to think for ourselves

The refreshing power of disagreement - www.ft.com/content/f94c... via @FT

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2 weeks ago
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The new era-defining central bank ‘trilemma’ We can’t have three good things at once, unfortunately

The new era-defining central bank ‘trilemma’ - www.ft.com/content/b3eb... via @FT

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2 weeks ago
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China is not dumping US Treasuries Ignore the amateur geopolitical strategists talking eloquently about the end of dollar dominance

China is not dumping US Treasuries - www.ft.com/content/9ea5... via @FT

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2 weeks ago
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Kwasi Kwarteng is focused, ‘orange pilled’ and ready to start bitcoinmaxxing Checking in on the ex-chancellor

Kwasi Kwarteng: from failed Chancellor to crypto shill. Apparently you can fall further. - www.ft.com/content/ae76... via @FT

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The giant void of nothingness where US financial regulation used to sit ‘There has never been a better time to be a crook’

The giant void of nothingness where US financial regulation used to sit - www.ft.com/content/b5d9... via @FT

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The financialisation of AI is just beginning Get ready for a new wave of securities, hedges and collateral

www.economist.com/finance-and-...

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How technology is reshaping our minds Competing demands on our attention are undermining our ability to focus

How technology is reshaping our minds - www.ft.com/content/b56f... via @FT

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3 weeks ago
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Warsh’s war on the Fed balance sheet A dramatic reduction in reserves could be a cure worse than the disease

Warsh’s war on the Fed balance sheet - www.ft.com/content/9b0c... via @FT

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What must happen for the world to stack RMB For dollar wannabe renminbi, liability currency status > reserve currency status

What must happen for the world to stack RMB - www.ft.com/content/4b08... via @FT

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Reflections on (Fed) regime change Thinking through the implications of a Warsh-led US central bank

Reflections on (Fed) regime change - www.ft.com/content/286f... via @FT

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