#Globalization

Adam Ballah

ehballah

In economics there's this theory, the "Environmental Kuznets Curve," that argues that environmental degradation is strongly correlated with 'less advanced' economies, where activity is primarily industrial. As the econ

Aaron Staples

microBREWecon

I find this 'local food systems vs. high degree of specialization and globalization' debate absolutely fascinating right now. Particularly because I can see both sides of the argument. Here are

Oliver Mitevski

omitevski

This looks like a combination of the Great Depression, the 70s stagflation period, and the 08 subprime. The least talked about is the subprime similarity so I’ll start with that

Nick von Westenholz

nvonwestenholz

As the Agriculture Bill comes back (again!) to Parliament this week, some reflections on the issue of trade policy and food standards: **featuring** some myth-busting, some corrections of misconceptions, and

अहमद अंसारी || احمد انصاري

aansari86

White supremacy & epistemic colonialism in design discourse, scholarship, & practice: a basic primer (thread) Historically, design scholarship, like design practice outside of the academy, has upheld white supremacy and epistemic

Muhammad Azfar Nisar

azfarnisar

Top PA journals remain primarily west centered. Hardly any research engaging with different dimensions of colonialism & neocolonialism is published in top PA journals. A thread about the state of

Tyler Fagan

TylerAFagan

Some thoughts on post Coronavirus America: When the time comes to revert to a semblance of normalcy, we must be prepared to learn some of the lessons of Coronavirus and

Lara Therrien Boulos (she/her)

laratboulos

So, how many people who follow me are actually interested in talking about collapse? Because I have some big feels and thoughts about it today. A thread. When I learned

Fabiana Cecin 🏴 🌹

fabianacecin

It is massively unfortunate that we need to completely redefine what money is in order to get people to have money. But revolutions are never clean and convenient.The bright side

Trinh

Trinhnomics

https://twitter.com/gerryshih/status/1253130066034225152 Idealism v Realism. Who wins? My guess is that those in the West the falsely believes in inherent superiority will be humbled by the virus & also need to

Marius Meinhof

MariusMeinhof

I try to collect some articles that use a #postcolonial perspective to make sense of #coronavirus pandemic. I will add more later and I welcome anyone to add more articles.First

Peterson Institute

PIIE

NOW: @AdamPosen is discussing his piece "The Price of Nostalgia: America’s Self-Defeating Economic Retreat," challenging conventional wisdom about globalization.Watch it live & follow along in this thread: https://www.piie.c

Anna Martin

AnnaCLST6

For my #CYO2 in #CLST6, I will be talking about Johannes Krause’s lecture titled, “The Genetic History of Plague: On the Doorstep to the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean.” Johannes Krause is

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sovereigneur

"Why Entrepreneurship Is The Future Of Work"(Thread) 9-5s have the shortest shelf life, highest stress, and least promise for the current generation.Our parents and grandparents could work at the same

Rashdah

rashdah_

Lessons from #diliriş_ertuğrul:I have often seen questions like these with either excited Yes's or some excuse for why its boring, lengthy, not well made, etc. Apart from the usual arguments

Ben Mauk

benmauk

Over four trips to Central Asia, I have amassed ~ 70 hours of interviews with 30-40 people from Xinjiang, including a dozen or so ex-detainees of "reeducation" camps and dozens