FT Exclusive: Brussels has warned Andy Burnham that Britain would need to raise tariffs on Chinese cars and more closely align with EU trade policy if it wants to avoid 'made in Europe' barriers that would hit key exports. ft.trib.al/S9kQbNw
Alfred Anate Bodurin Mayaki
@alfredmayaki.bsky.social
Incoming Doctoral Research (PhD) Student at University of Buckingham. Member at the Royal Economic Society. https://alfredmayaki.github.io
Lula, Costa, Ruto and Carney: Multilateralism is not idealism, it is a necessity ft.trib.al/go2noLv | opinion
Lula, Costa, Ruto and Carney: Multilateralism is not idealism, it is a necessity
We need to strengthen our system of co-operation, not replace it
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Thanks to my Supervisor Dr. Nicola Bowman for a wonderful experience on the MSc dissertation module.
Thanks for the live @robin-j-brooks.bsky.social. Very profound topics for us all to explore.
John Healey could target nearly 300,000 homes to raise £800m in the budget, but critics warn middle-class families will be hit
Labour considers lowering mansion tax threshold to £1.5m
thetimes.com
There’s a sort of squeamishness about the inclusion of the term “the police” in my PhD research proposal. Police so clearly is a reference to the “carceral state”, its by-products, in the form of control, autonomy and accountability and the full network effects these impose on the social contract.
The rapid pace of AI development presents meaningful dangers to our society. My statement on the events of the last few days:
Inside the brilliant Culture House, Sunderland, which opened this morning. Four floors of libraries, galleries, arts and science labs, screens, performance spaces, children's discovery spaces and the archive centre, not to mention cafés and a sky garden!
Simon Knott@simonknott.bsky.social · 2w agoThe opening of the Culture House, Sunderland this morning.
Just a reminder, Professor James Orr, Reform UK head of policy, teaches 'ethics' to undergraduates at Cambridge University youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI
A reminder that applications remain open for the next Editor-in-Chief of @theeconjournal.bsky.social. The successful candidate will help shape the Journal’s editorial direction and handle submissions. The role begins in summer 2027. Find out more: bit.ly/3TcWmHa #EconSky
Call for Applications: Editor-in-Chief of The Economic Journal - Royal Economic Society
The Royal Economic Society is currently seeking applications for the position of Editor-in-Chief of The Economic Journal.
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Navigating the turbulence that is financial market data substack.com/@srikonomics...
US Treasury’s One-Day Wonder
Why Bessent’s Market Intervention Fizzled Out
substack.com
Deadline extended: We’re seeking a doctoral student or early career economist to join the judging panel for the RES Medal for Services to the Economics Profession. Applications now close at 5pm on 15 September 2026. Learn more: bit.ly/4wZUy2T #EconSky
Panel vacancy: RES Medal for Services to the Economics Profession - Royal Economic Society
The RES is recruiting for a doctoral student or early career economist to join the judging panel for the RES Medal for Services to the Economics Profession.
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Iceland Belongs in the Eurozone by Willem H. Buiter, et al @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/TbUOMl8?refe...
Iceland Belongs in the Eurozone
Willem H. Buiter & Anne C. Sibert show that the economic benefits of full EU membership would almost certainly outweigh any potential drawbacks.
prosyn.org
PBSA development in Peckham: lnkd.in/p/eCAMrMuq
Arada lodges plans for 516-bed Peckham PBSA development | Property Week
Arada London, part of UAE-based developer Arada, has submitted a planning application for a 516-bed purpose-built student accommodation scheme in Peckham, London. Read Ciaran Nerval's report: https:/...
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Can’t wait to pick up my brand new pair of frames this week. My first 2-for-1 pair in over 10 years and they’re both designer... #blacksky @specsaversuk.bsky.social 📍🤓
"In the decision letter issued on behalf of Rayner, housing minister Matthew Pennycook said the secretary of state had considered “the housing needs of the local community, and the strongly held local views on the proposals” Report by Aaron Morby. www.constructionenquirer.com/2026/07/31/r...
Rayner waves through £500m London Truman Brewery plan
Regeneration benefits judged to outweigh concerns over affordable housing and Brick Lane's character
constructionenquirer.com
"Housing as a right vs housing as an economic asset: these two opposing forces have given rise to a major structural crisis." "In a world where money is parked in real estate, the battle for decent access to housing has become complicated." english.elpais.com/economy-and-...
From homes to assets: How housing fueled inequality
Real estate – once the largest store of wealth on the planet – has become the main driver of stratification
english.elpais.com
Sorry to hear of the death of Anthony Kenny - a leading philosopher and President of @britishacademy.bsky.social from 1989-93 www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/discover/new...
Sir Anthony Kenny Kt. DPhil DLitt Hon. DCL FBA
The College is very sad to learn of the death of Sir Anthony Kenny, Emeritus Fellow of St John’s and formerly Warden of Rhodes House and Master of Balliol College, on 3 August 2026 at the age of 95.
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"Lefebvre’s sometime students—attacked, as Lefebvre had done, the radiant-city visions of Le Corbusier for designing a carceral city in which the poor are locked up and thrust into a strangely narrow utopia of light and space, but removed from a free social life" www.e-flux.com/notes/678352...
Culture Class: Art, Creativity, Urbanism, Part I - Notes - e-flux
The first part of Martha Rosler’s canonical essay series on art, class, and gentrification, originally published in e-flux journal in 2010.
e-flux.com
The Georges Dumézil-Michel Foucault correspondence – a chronological listing with archival locations progressivegeographies.com/2026/08/09/t... Some background on this important friendship, and a list I initially made for my own work, but which might be useful to others.
The Georges Dumézil-Michel Foucault correspondence – a chronological listing with archival locations
Michel Foucault had a long friendship with the comparative mythologist and linguist Georges Dumézil. As well as providing invaluable support for Foucault’s career, Dumézil was also important to Fou…
progressivegeographies.com
"There follows a chronological list of the letters, postcards and other notes between Georges Dumézil and Michel Foucault which I have seen in various archives..." Great work by @stuartelden.bsky.social progressivegeographies.com/2026/08/09/t...
The Georges Dumézil-Michel Foucault correspondence – a chronological listing with archival locations
Michel Foucault had a long friendship with the comparative mythologist and linguist Georges Dumézil. As well as providing invaluable support for Foucault’s career, Dumézil was also important to Fou…
progressivegeographies.com
“Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.” - Ephesians 3:20-21 (NKJV)
Apple One is just an assortment of music, today. Interesting.
