Zsofi Barta

Monopoly Politics: Competition and Learning in the Evolution of Policy Regimes Abstract. Motivated by the contemporary extremes of monopoly power in the United States and globally, this book uses an in-depth comparison of the United S

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The book looks at the long-run evolution of policy around monopoly and competition in the US and France over the 20th century, using extensive archival research to track the main policy actors who changed it at key moments.

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We highlight three own goals of failed internationalization:
1. Non-existent euro value chains locked the EU into disastrous dollar denominated fossil fuel imports
2. Wavering and weak ECB swap line policies (limited, conditional, unattractive)
3. That rare beast “a euro denominated safe asset”

Fantastic piece on one of (the many) ways in which the EU has been punching well below its weight.

Yes, please! Thank you!

I will come to your talk tomorrow! (I hope I get in :-)

📣 Roundtable
Book Presentation of @jrovny.bsky.social - Ethnic Minorities, Political Competition, and Democracy: Circumstantial Liberals

w/@sciencespo.bsky.social School of Public Affairs

📅 5 Feb. 5-7 pm
📍Sciences Po

Registration & Information⤵️ www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...

🚨 Tax evasion is not a law of nature. It is a policy choice.

Last year, we published our first Global #TaxEvasionReport, an unprecedented research collaboration investigating the successes and failures of the fight against tax evasion over the last decade.

📄 www.taxobservatory.eu/publication/...

“Perché la Francia è la Francia”: l’Ue e i conti pubblici di Parigi - Il Fatto Quotidiano Negli ultimi giorni, il governo francese ha sorprendentemente ottenuto l’approvazione dei propri piani di spesa da parte di Bruxelles. L’esecutivo, recentemente insediato e guidato dal primo ministro ...

Stamattina è uscito sul Fatto Quotidiano questo mio pezzo in cui commento l'approvazione della Commissione Europea del budget francese. La Commissione sembra sempre soprassedere sulle violazioni francesi dei target, anche grazie alla capacità dei tecnici francesi nel dialogo con la Commissione

Taxes on top incomes and financialisation Financialisation is one of the most prominent economic developments of the past half century in the advanced democracies. While the existing literature focuses on financial deregulation and liberal...

Since the 1970s, advanced economies have reduced top income tax rates a lot. In the same period, these economies have become more financialized. In a new paper @ripejournal.bsky.social, David Hope, @julianlimberg.bsky.social and I argue that these developments may be related: doi.org/10.1080/0969...

Shielding competitiveness: Germany’s wage policy during the inflation shock years in comparative perspective - Martin Höpner, Donato Di Carlo, Anke Hassel, 2024 We analyse wage developments in Germany during the inflation shock years of 2021–2023 from three perspectives: cost of living, supply-side cost pressure, and re...

Just published, open access, another paper with @donatodc.bsky.social and Martin Höpner @mpifg.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

(R)IPE rocks! 🎉
No time for complacency, but thrilled to share these promising updates as we kick off the New Year! Huge thanks to all past and present editorial boards, reviewers, and the incredible IPE community for making this possible @ripejournal.bsky.social

Very cool project!!

Recruitment 'Assistant Professor (tenure track)' Recruitment 2024 /2025 - Sciences Po is recruiting two Assistant Professors (tenure track) in political science / Politics and policy in/of Europe and the European Union

🚨Job Alert🚨

We are seeking to recruit not only 1, but 2⃣ tenure-track Assistant Professors in political science (Politics and policy in/of Europe and the European Union)

Description and application guidelines: sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...

#AcademicJobs #PolSci

My book, Inequality, Crime, and Resistance in New York City, published by @TempleUnivPress is now available for pre-order with a 25% discount.

If you’re interested in using it for a course, I’d be very happy to pop into a class to discuss with students.

tupress.temple.edu/books/inequa...

So MANY trains!

Short and sweet case study of how ill equipped financial markets are to account for climate related risks.

Green economic planning for rapid decarbonisation Sustainable futures require deep social and economic transformations to address climate change adequately. The current landscape of intergovernmental and market-based coordination is not delivering...

Indicative planning can mitigate the climate crisis. But under capitalism it only happens when the stakes are sky-high: wars, energy crises, post-war rubble. Jacob Hasselbalch and I took a dive in the topic. #GreenState #PoliticalEconomy #ClimateAction www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Interesting new paper from @cornelban.bsky.social and @jhasselbalch.bsky.social in New Political Economy. Happy to see more work on indicative planning and to see the planning research agenda develop in general. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I really enjoyed watching this! The way the three of you took a (non)question and ran with it in three very interesting directions reminded me of Das Glasperlenspiel, when the Magister Ludi takes a mathematical equation and writes a fugue about it. And "breaking it better" is a saying for the ages!

Chaos in the numbers – the strange case of France’s budget deficit A no-confidence vote triggered by a dispute over the French budget has led to the collapse of the country’s government. Camilla Locatelli writes that France’s fiscal challenges offer important less…

💥 New: Chaos in the numbers – the strange case of France’s budget deficit

✍️ Camilla Locatelli @mpifg.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Florida, California Home Insurance Market Infused by Riskier Carriers A lightly regulated insurance market is offering coverage to homeowners in states that saw withdrawals of major insurers.

Great read on the rise of lightly-regulated insurers.

As more traditional insurance companies exit markets like Florida and California, some others are stepping in.

www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

https://shorturl.at/zQ8bJ

New paper published @ajpseditor.bsky.social

Showing that reduced access to public services fuelled far right support in 🇮🇹

Existing work on far right highlights globalization & migration grievances, what about people’s experiences with the state?

We use 🇮🇹 reform to find out

shorturl.at/zQ8bJ

Why am I not predicting another Great Financial Crisis? The answer can be found in the 'Bailout State'

Why I am not predicting another financial crisis? My latest - the second of the three big challenges facing the global economy... annpettifor.substack.com/publish/post...

The French Parliament has just brought down Michel Barnier’s government via a vote of no confidence – a first since 1962. A 🧵 on what is happening, what to expect next - and how the far right is capitalizing on the crisis.

In most places in the world, power from new renewables is now cheaper than power from new fossil fuels.

Why did renewables become so cheap so fast?

The answer: learning curves.

IMF style troika but for Germany where experts from Ireland, Spain and Greece teach them how to borrow and spend.

Financial Times, Bundesbank chief calls for softer debt brake to ramp up investment -- Olaf Storbeck and Patrick Jenkins in Frankfurt -- Read the full article at: https://on.ft.com/3BfhCUj

When the Bundesbanker once known for his sharp suits looks this crumpled you know something’s not in ordo.

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American economic dynamism and the American oligarch problem in two graphs by Martin Wolf in today’s FT.