Bruno Perez Almansi
@brunopalmansi.bsky.social
Postdoc @CaFoscari. PhD Economic Development @UNQoficial. Mg. Economic Sociology @idaesoficial. Coordinator @ysi_commons
Two interviews with two automotive R&D engineers that say it all. Sweden: interview, Tuesday 1:00 pm — “Let’s make this quick; I have to go play golf.” China: interview, Sunday 11:00 am — “Sorry for making you come to the plant on Sunday.” “Don’t worry — we’re used to it.”
Very good interview between @amirleb.bsky.social and @carlotaperez.bsky.social on technological development, innovation, climate crisis and green technologies—linking her intellectual trajectory with today’s political economy onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
"In Chile, Dongfeng has a broad lineup, from sedans to vans to pickups and SUVs. “We have to win,” Vernooij said. “If you want to be like Toyota, you cannot leave one stone unturned.”" www.reuters.com/investigatio...
China floods the world with gasoline cars it can't sell at home
While Western nations focus on the competitive threat of Chinese EVs, a different challenge is reshaping the auto industry. Beijing's legacy automakers are saturating emerging and second-tier markets ...
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Rough times for those of us in the progressive centre www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | James Carville: Out With Woke. In With Rage.
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El apoyo de EEUU al gob. de Milei es inédito. Evidentemente, el fuerte acompañamiento a Trump incluso antes de ser presidente le pagó bien. Con este apoyo el gob. puede despejar el principal problema macro argentino, la falta de dólares.
Green industries are indispensable (if I produce them) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/c...
A Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics
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"This rigid gatekeeping begins early in economists’ careers. Graduate programs at top institutions determine not just who enters the profession, but what questions are considered legitimate and what methods are acceptable." @haugejostein.bsky.social www.theglobalcurrents.com/p/economics-...
Economics has an elitism problem
A handful of elite universities control the discipline. That’s not excellence — it’s monopoly.
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Peter Thiel: “Competition is for losers”. Today’s so-called innovative capitalist elites sound more like medieval aristocrats. jacobin.com/2025/10/pete...
Peter Thiel, Would-Be Philosopher King, Takes on Democracy
Billionaire Peter Thiel insists that freedom and democracy are incompatible, and his portfolio of data mining and political bets puts that belief into practice. His is a program of authoritarian contr...
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Recomiendo enfáticamente esta entrevista a Marcelo Kloster sobre geopolítica del desarrollo industrial www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehYN...
Marcelo KLOSTER, ARGENTINA y el DESARROLLO: “Cuando pasa el tren, saltás o no saltás”
YouTube video by Horizonte Argentino
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"By harnessing each country’s abundant natural resources, critical minerals, and industrial bases, Plan Mexico and Nova Indústria Brasil have opened new pathways to better jobs, income growth, and technological self-determination." www.project-syndicate.org/magazine/lat...
Latin America’s Big, Green Opportunity
Laura Carvalho shows how the region can capitalize on the global energy transition, despite recent setbacks.
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Sin dejar de reconocer la urgencia de los problemas macroeconómicos argentinos, es importante señalar que el país se está quedando rezagado en la reindustrialización verde de la región, un proceso cada vez más liderado por México y Brasil www.eldiplo.org/seccion-desa...
América Latina ante el regreso de la política industrial: cómo (no) producir en el siglo XXI – El Dipló
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Today the EU Commission presents the Mercosur trade deal. Approval needs a qualified majority in the Council (15 of 27 members) plus a vote in Parliament. Germany & Spain back it; France, Austria, Poland & Italy oppose, setting the stage for a tough vote www.reuters.com/world/americ...
EU to propose Mercosur trade deal, facing France-led opposition
An EU trade accord with South America's Mercosur bloc will be presented by the European Commission on Wednesday for approval, pitting Germany and other countries that want new markets to offset Trump tariffs against chief deal critic France and its allies.
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Un capítulo más en las inversiones en movilidad sostenible que Brasil atrae, consolidándose como referencia en la industrialización verde en América Latina, mientras que Argentina queda cada vez más relegada www.hibridosyelectricos.com/coches/fabri...
El fabricante chino líder de baterías quiere producir en este país que ha apostado fuerte por el coche eléctrico
La conversaciones entre ambas partes ya han empezado, y podrían tener como resultado la puesta en marcha de plantas de producción de baterías para vehículos eléctricos en los próximos años.
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RCTs are designed to answer narrow questions about specific interventions in particular contexts (...) But they cannot address broader design problems, such as how to structure social-security systems, currency regimes, tax laws, or industrial strategies. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/w...
Are Economists Architects or Auditors?
Ricardo Hausmann laments how the field’s appetite for imaginative problem-solving has given way to narrow, testable hypotheses.
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The dominance of neoclassical economics in our university curricula has created a world where we are told there is no alternative (...) But this is fiction. Economics today resembles Catholic theology in medieval Europe www.ft.com/content/9aab...
Economics teaching has become the Aeroflot of ideas
The discipline is failing students by ignoring the biggest social, political and ecological challenges facing the world today
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Happy to share a new article published in the Journal of Development Studies, co-authored with Tobias Wuttke and Kriengkrai Techakanont: "Competition and Development in Automotive Global Value Chains: Insights from Thailand, South Africa and Argentina" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Molto interessante il Forum Industria del Partito Democratico sui piani per re-industrializzare Italia ed Europa www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWHF...
Le rotte del futuro, re-industrializzare l’Italia e l’Europa
YouTube video by Partito Democratico
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Apuntes sobre aprendizajes para un eventual regreso del peronismo: - Liderazgo único y centralizado en el presidente - Superávit fiscal con control del gasto público y orden macro - Rechazo del préstamo político del FMI - Reforma profunda del Poder Judicial (ej. México)
When Mr. Musk, the wealthiest man alive & major campaign contributor, expresses strong distaste for Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, Republicans will listen & obey. That means more cuts to Medicaid, nutrition & education. The oligarchs want it ALL. We’re not going to let that happen.
This story is so representative of global dynamics: Trump (president of just one country) sanctions the ICC (International Court) for issuing arrest warrants for Netanyahu. As part of the sanctions, ICC officials lose access to their Microsoft accounts observer.co.uk/news/columni...
The networker: Microsoft shutting down email accounts of Trump’s foes should be worrying to us all | The Observer
The commercial interests of US tech giants have fused with the country’s national interests. We’re about to find out what ‘digital sovereignty’ really means
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Questo sabato parlerò con Legambiente Veneto delle sfide e potenzialità della transizione verso l'elettromobilità in Europa. Tutti invitati! This Saturday, I’ll be speaking with Legambiente about the challenges and potential of the transition to electromobility in Europe.
Este es claramente el camino www.lapoliticaonline.com/economia/fri...
Frigerio y Kicillof rompen la grieta y debaten modelos de desarrollo sin insultarse
El gobernador bonaerense reivindicó el proteccionismo. Frigerio respondió que la economía argentina es una de las más cerradas del mundo. Abajo del escenario, se los vió muy cercanos.
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"El mercado solo no resuelve todo, aunque otra vez nos quieran hacer creer este dogma de fe neoliberal. Se trata de un pensamiento pobre, repetitivo, que propone siempre las mismas recetas frente a cualquier desafío que se presente."
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.Pope Francis: tributes paid after head of Catholic church dies aged 88 – latest updates
Very interesting distinction by @brankomilan.bsky.social between domestic and international neoliberalism: Trump, internal neoliberalism but international protectionism vs China, internal statism but internationally neoliberal jacobin.com/2025/03/what...
What Comes After Globalization?
The world as we know it is a product of globalization — and this era of globalization might be coming to a close.
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Lula da Silva, Pedro Sanchez and Cyril Ramaphosa prove that—though not easy—democracy, environmental protection, and socio-economic development are possible. This new global alliance is hope for the future in a dark world @mazzucatom.bsky.social marianamazzucato.substack.com/p/the-trump-...
The Trump Vacuum
How Brazil and South Africa have the opportunity to reshape the global order
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Condivido la mia partecipazione su @motor1.com Italia riguardo ai nuovi dazi degli Stati Uniti e al loro impatto sull'industria automobilistica europea. Grazie ad Alessandro Lago per l'intervista. it.motor1.com/news/755735/...
L'auto europea può resistere alla guerra dei dazi?
Tutti i grandi gruppi hanno preso posizione, ma regna l’attesa: si spera in un colpo di scena. Gli scenari possibili
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The Chinese Communist Party of the Globalization www.reuters.com/business/chi...
China reassures Apple, Pfizer, Cargill, others of business potential
Many foreign CEOs are in Beijing to attend a business forum on Sunday and Monday, with some expected to meet President Xi Jinping on Friday, sources have told Reuters.
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Brutal honesty. But how did they fail? China too smart? Independence of Western MNCs from home countries governments? Western central governments innocence? Better market conditions in Asia?
BuzzLeakTV@buzzleaktv.bsky.social · last yr.Vance knocks globalization’s ‘cheap labor’ and lauds ‘America’s great industrial comeback’ at AI summit WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance knocked recent globalization efforts that use "cheap labor as a crutch" while simultaneously hampering innovation on the global scale during a Tuesday tech…
