Tackling tax avoidance and evasion has been one of the few success stories in global governance since the 2008 financial crisis. But what new institutional and policy overlaps has the expansion of the tax governance agenda created? 1/3

Olin @mattiylonen.bsky.social ja Alustojen valta -podcastin vieraana keskustelemassa eurooppalaisesta teollisuus- ja innovaatiopolitiikasta sekä teknologisesta suvereniteetista. podcasts.apple.com/fi/podcast/t...

Teollisuuspolitiikan paluu: Antti Alaja ja innovaatiopolitiikka datakapitalismissa

Podcast Episode · Alustojen valta · 13 February · 44m

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Tavion toiminta on todella huolestuttavaa suomalaisen oikeusvaltion ja koko yhteiskunnan kannalta. Yksittäisiä tahoja ollaan aivan ilmeisesti valmiita syrjimään jopa lain rajoja koetellen. www.hs.fi/politiikka/a...

Back to the future! Happy to note that my reconceptualisation of the Brussels Effect has just been published in the January 2026 issue of the @jcms-eu.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Reconceptualising the Brussels Effect

The Brussels effect has become a major tool for analysing the global exemplary impact of the European Union (EU) rules in academia and policy-making. It is entering uncharted territory. Heightened co...

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Tervetuloa Poliittinen talous -lehden afterworkkiin, jossa keskustelunaiheena on digijättien lobbaus Euroopan unionissa. Tapahtuma pidetään 10.12. kello 18–20 Ravintola Kustaa Vaasassa (Vaasankatu 10, Helsinki). Tilaisuus on maksuton ja avoin kaikille. 1/8

Jos haluaa tuoreen ja perusteellisen poliittisen talouden näkökulman EU-sääntelyn nykytilaan ja tulevaisuuteen sekä Brysselin efektiin, niin tässä 👇 sinulla on sellainen @mattiylonen.bsky.social kirjoittamana @poliittinentalous.bsky.social seuran Poliittinen talous -lehden julkaisemana.

Bryssel-efekti Trumpin ja Muskin aikakaudella

Anu Bradfordin kehittämä teoria Bryssel-efektistä löi 2020-luvun vaihteessa voimalla läpi sekä akatemiassa että eurooppalaisen politiikan kentillä. Tämän tutkimustani yhteen vetävän ja edelleen jalost...

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New from 404 Media: X has shown where accounts are actually being run from, revealing many MAGA accounts are actually grifters in Eastern Europe, Asia, etc. But the situation is much, much worse. Entire guides specifically on how to squeeze US audiences with AI. www.404media.co/americas-pol...

America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle

The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.

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An interesting figure on investment treaties from this book: scholarship.law.columbia.edu/sustainable_... Separate UNCTAD data shows that the numbers have since (–2022) only declined. The investment treaty space remains rooted in provisions from the golden era of pre-financial-crisis globalization.

Four more deals announced - Argentina, Guatemala, Ecuador, El Salvador - with similar language on "discriminatory" digital services taxes. Trump is clearly committed to playing bilateral whack-a-mole to prevent DSTs.

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Rasmus Corlin Christensen@phdskat.org · 9mo ago

Trump's use of bilateral trade agreemnts to deter countries from adopting digital services taxes continues. After successfully coercing India and Canada, this weekend's deals ban Malaysia, Cambodia, and Thailand from imposing DSTs (or similar taxes that "discriminate" against US companies).

I'm reading the World Bank's 2024 International Debt Report, and what a blunt way to kick-off such a document! Not long ago, so many people in development policy circles were indeed repeating the "from billions to trillions" phrase as a silver bullet for development financing and global development.

Listening to Mamdani's victory speech while working, I was surprised to hear him quoting prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru – a very different kind of economic nationalist than President Trump. www.bbc.com/news/article...

In Mamdani's New York win, India's Nehru finds an echo

At his New York victory rally, Zohran Mamdani gave a nod to Nehru’s iconic speech marking India's independence.

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Just submitted this Abstract to the British International Studies Association conference in Glasgow in 06/2026, alongside a panel proposal on taxation and International Political Economy we're submitting with @katharinakuhn.bsky.social. Never been to BISA but would be great to go. Deadline today.

I had to look up an article from the first issue of the World Development, 1973. They launched the journal with style. (The article was "Fact and Fancy in International Economic Relations" by Thomas Balogh & Peter Balacs – in a very different genre from the econometric studies that prevail today.)

Parhaillaan käydään parlamentaarisia neuvotteluita velkajarrusta. Neuvotteluissa olisi syytä ottaa huomioon myös lakiin sisältyvä niin sanottu turvamarginaalisäädös, jonka myötä sosiaaliturvarahastojen ylijäämät jätettäisiin huomiotta arvioitaessa EU-sääntöjen mukaista 3 prosentin alijäämärajaa. 1/x

Now open access on @tandfresearch.bsky.social! Ní Chasaide, N., & Ó Riain, S. (2025). Tax games: the case of Ireland in the global dynamics of corporate taxation. Review of International Political Economy www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Tax games: the case of Ireland in the global dynamics of corporate taxation

This article proposes a new analytical framework of ‘tax games’ providing fresh insights into the dynamics of global corporate taxation. Tax games are defined as institutionalised configurations of...

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"The paradox of the UN is the decline in its fortunes and prestige at a time when the demand for international management and cooperation, arising from growing interdependence and a burgeoning of global problems, has never been clearer or more insistent." From 1989, but could be from today's news.

I've been back reading Stephen Hymer: a fascinating figure. In his life that was cut short at just 39 years, he kicked off International Business studies with a thesis that revitalized the 1930s monopolistic competition ideas, and was at first deemed "analytically insufficient" for publication. 1/2

Tuoreessa artikkelissaan dos. Matti Ylönen @mattiylonen.bsky.social ja VTT Laura Nordström @lauranordstrom.bsky.social tarkastelevat teknologiayritysten lobbausta Euroopan unionissa. 1/4

Today I've been captivated by this project, which I stumbled upon via Spotify's algorithms. I haven’t explored everything yet, but highlighting e.g. Brad Reason's breakbeat tracks with early 2000s feel, and Mikael Ayrapetyan's somber piano pieces. Strange and alluring. thenoamchomskymusicproject.com

The Noam Chomsky Music Project

The Noam Chomsky Music Project aims to both preserve and celebrate his outlook on the world and amplify his voice through Music.

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One of the joys of academia is struggling with an elusive argument for a long time (even years) and then discovering an old book that helps to settle that matter.

The autobiography of Charles Kindleberger was interesting—even funny—reading. During this trip in Helsinki, he bought a huge rye bread, mistaking it for a gingerbread. He also visited UNU-WIDER in 1986, struggling to find a mechanical typewriter, as only electric ones were in offer.

Canada becomes the second country (after India) to scale back its taxation of US Big Tech to appease Trump, whereas others (notably the UK) have resisted

Canada scraps tech tax to advance trade talks with Donald Trump

US president had described levy as ‘direct and blatant’ attack on the country

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For those who prefer something shorter to a full-length academic article, here's a press release of the article “What Sustains Flawed Indicators? Unpacking the EU’s Administrative Burden Agenda” (w/ Tero Erkkilä), published at the Policy Studies journal yesterday: www.helsinki.fi/en/news/fair... 1/4

Flawed Impact Metrics Jeopardize EU Deregulation Plans, Study Finds | University of Helsinki

A newly published peer-reviewed study has raised concerns about the evidence base behind the European Union’s long-running efforts to reduce bureaucracy for businesses, suggesting that key measurement...

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For those who prefer something shorter to a full-length academic article, here's a press release of the article “What Sustains Flawed Indicators? Unpacking the EU’s Administrative Burden Agenda” (w/ Tero Erkkilä), published at the Policy Studies journal yesterday: www.helsinki.fi/en/news/fair... 1/4

Flawed Impact Metrics Jeopardize EU Deregulation Plans, Study Finds | University of Helsinki

A newly published peer-reviewed study has raised concerns about the evidence base behind the European Union’s long-running efforts to reduce bureaucracy for businesses, suggesting that key measurement...

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Von der Leyen’s Commission has pursued a small set of priority agendas, each typically associated with extensive and critical academic scrutiny. A notable exception is the push to reduce “administrative burdens.” This agenda has seen a striking lack of critical, peer-reviewed scholarship. 1/5

A less visible side of the academia: starting my fourth peer review comment in two weeks and two more to go, a personal record. Three are 2nd round reviews, which are kind of obligatory. One is for a Finnish-language journal, with a small reviewer pool. Luckily, many interesting papers in this pile.

This could be of interest for example to @ahokasjaj.bsky.social and others at the BIOS research unit.

Rosie Collington@rosiecollington.bsky.social · last yr.

What does de-risked decarbonization mean for state capacity across sectors? I am THRILLED that this article is now out in @ripejournal.bsky.social! 🔓 Current climate finance regimes lock in lopsided transitions - states need resources for unbankable transitions. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

What do tax cuts for the rich do? They increase inequality. They have no effect on economic growth or unemployment. "Our results provide strong evidence against the influential political–economic idea that tax cuts for the rich ‘trickle down’ to boost the wider economy."

Thrilled to share that the Cambridge Global Handbook of Financial Infrastructure, co-edited with Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn and Barbara Brandl, has been published! You can find all chapters open access: doi.org/10.1017/9781...

The Cambridge Global Handbook of Financial Infrastructure

Cambridge Core - Finance and Accountancy - The Cambridge Global Handbook of Financial Infrastructure

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This was fun to write and of course it stands on research done jointly with @phdskat.org Also, it you’re not following the Critical Takes on Corporate Power, consider doing so. The website regularly tackles many of the most pressing issues we are facing.

Critical Takes on Corporate Power@criticaltakes.bsky.social · last yr.

New on Critical Takes: The UN Commission on Transnational Corporations did ground-breaking work till the 1990s. Its fate shows why we need to protect sources of knowledge about corporate malpractice, says @mattiylonen.bsky.social criticaltakes.org/the-corporat... Also @phdskat.org