Gaston Bronstering
@gbronstering.bsky.social
PhD at LSE IR Department | IPE of Finance, Index Investing, Sustainable Finance, Global North-South relations
Timely read on the „monstrous human being“ that just became the first trillionaire giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Elon Musk is a real-life Bond villain
Elon Musk is a real-life Bond villain
The X owner is using his platform to amplify extremist opponents of multiculturalism in Britain
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📰 Read our PhD candidate Kazimier Lim’s article in The Interpreter by @lowyinstitute.bsky.social. His piece explores how threats to Gulf airports could disrupt global supply chains, reshape perceptions of regional stability, and redefine modern coercive power. bit.ly/4d9wEvm #PoliSky #Iran
Iran’s threat to airline travel: The Gulf’s skies are now a chokepoint too
By targeting passenger terminals rather than runways, Iran has opened a new front in economic coercion.
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Great analysis and critique of current German economic policy by @adamtooze.bsky.social. Instead of pushing the Germans to work more, create the necessary conditions under which working more becomes feasible… podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/o...
The AI Economy
Podcast Episode · Ones and Tooze · 13/02/2026 · 49m
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Interesting opportunity to learn more about quant methods in feminist economics @ineteconomics.bsky.social ysi.ineteconomics.org/event/making...
Making Feminist Economics Count: Heterodox Methodologies – YSI INETproject Seriesproject Series
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Fascinating insights on anti-inflation policies by @isabellamweber.bsky.social. A great input for upcoming elections… @gruene.de @spdde.bsky.social @dielinkebt.bsky.social www.foreignaffairs.com/mexico/gover...
The Governments That Survived Inflation
A policy toolkit to tame prices—and win elections.
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“Were he alive today, George would remind us that governments should ensure that super-profits benefit their citizens. International tax co-operation is the way to do this.” Norway’s minister of finance in the @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/bd4e...
Tax lessons for governments from Henry George
The 19th-century political economist understood that the whole of society should benefit from outsized profits
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This epic starter pack👇 has just become *even better* with the arrival of @manuelamoschella.bsky.social 🚀 go.bsky.app/QFrdfh3
The European Climate Risk Assessment by the European Environmental Agency is an absolute must read in perspective of the European Elections in June. These are the risks political programmes must respond and be held accountable to. www.eea.europa.eu/publications...
Great lecture by @iliasalami.bsky.social on Global Futures of State Capitalism and possible 'progressive openings' following the increasing importance of state capitalism www.youtube.com/watch?v=myly...
Dr Ilias Alami - Futures of State Capitalism in the Global North, East and South
Dr Ilias Alami, Assistant Professor in the Political Economy of Development, Centre of Development Studies (CDS), Department of Politics and International St...
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Fascinating episode of @lastweektonight1.bsky.social by John Oliver on how corporate financialisation and shareholder value orientation led to deadly technical shortcomings at Boing www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8oC...
Between February 2023 and January 2024, global average temperatures were 1.52°C warmer than the preindustrial reference exceeding the objectives of the Paris Agreement (Copernicus). Chop Chop Dear Politicians...
EU-Klimadienst: Erderwärmung erstmals zwölf Monate über 1,5 Grad
Erstmals lag laut Daten des EU-Klimadienstes Copernicus die Erderwärmung durchschnittlich zwölf Monate lang 1,5 Grad über dem Referenzzeitraum. Experten sprechen von einer "Warnung an die Menschheit". Auch das Jahr 2024 fängt rekordverdächtig an.
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Was die Ampel jetzt braucht, ist ein finanzpolitischer Befreiungsschlag, schreibt Albrecht von Lucke: »Denn die Geschichte der Weimarer Endphase lehrt, dass eine zwanghaft betriebene Austeritätspolitik die beste Wachstumsspritze für Rechtsextremisten ist.« www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2024...
Gegen Ampel und AfD: Die mobilisierte Republik
„Wir werden sie jagen“: Als nach der Bundestagswahl 2017 AfD-Chef Alexander Gauland der Regierung rhetorisch den Krieg erklärte, löste dieser Ausspruch gewaltige Ablehnung aus. Sechs Jahre spät...
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Die Bundesregierung belastet mit dem Sparhaushalt 2024 vor allem Menschen mit wenig Einkommen. Dabei könnten moderat höhere Steuern für Hochvermögende — so wie in den USA, Frankreich oder England — die notwendigen Investitionen leicht finanzieren. Meine neue Kolumne: www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2...
Steuern für Superreiche: Superreiche könnten leicht die Haushaltslücke schließen
Die Bundesregierung belastet mit dem Sparhaushalt vor allem Menschen mit wenig Einkommen. Dabei könnten höhere Steuern für Hochvermögende 100 Milliarden Euro bringen.
zeit.de
Great Timing ☑️ Das Gutachten des wissenschaftlichen Beirats beim @BMWK.de ist raus! mit Vorschlägen für eine Reform der deutschen #Schuldenbremse und Neuordnung der #EUfiskalregeln zur Stärkung öffentlicher Investitionen! www.bmwk.de/Redaktion/DE...
Very interesting to hear Iliana Lani from ESMA express concerns over the concentration in the ESG rating market at #COP28
Absolute must-read and fascinating option for both the German fiscal crisis and the upgrade of a transparency-based European sustainable finance policy
Philipp Golka@pgolka.bsky.social · 3y ago🚨 New Preprint with Steffen Murau & Jan-Erik Thie, forthc. in Finance and Society Journal 🚨 Why #sustainablefinance is insufficient & what we can do about it. Spoiler: bring the state back in. How? We study extreme case 🇩🇪 with #Schuldenbremse & recent #BVerfG ruling. osf.io/preprints/so...
Asked about measures to make the global transformation more just and bearable for the Global South at the European Business Summit 2023, Sven Giegold and Olivier Guersent underlined the importance of technology transfers. When can we expect action to be taken?
Interesting to hear Šefčovič say that the Green Transition will not happen unless it is socially tenable at the European Business Forum 2023. Of course, for the EU - But what about the global perspective?
