Comparative political economist. Teaching @BlavatnikSchool, Oxford. Views my own, if at all.
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James Conran retweeted
The Marxist Writer the British Government Doesn’t Want You to Read.
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Verso Books condemns the Labour government’s decision to ban one of our leading authors, Andreas Malm, from entering the United Kingdom.
versobooks.com/blogs/news/a-…
James Conran retweeted
If you believe that mindless AI evaluations are legitimate then why would you spread the evaluation of Saez & @gabriel_zucman without first subjecting it to its own mindless AI evaluation?
I just did and it turns out the critic's errors all go in one direction.
The red line is almost precisely in line with real GDP, which has grown almost 60% since 2000. Yet it is also the one that common sense has declared “unsustainable”.
James Conran retweeted
Final results. Netanyahu's bloc has only 53 seats - the lowest he has ever gotten since entering politics 30 in 1996. Despite this failure he may remain in power as caretaker PM & win the next early elex due to the success of the Right in delegitimizing Arab participation in gov
2026 Election vote count complete: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc holds 53 seats in the 120-member Knesset, while opposition parties have 67.
Follow Haaretz's election updates here: haaretz.com/israel-news/elec…
James Conran retweeted
(1)Shabana Mahmood is committed to a repressive crackdown on the left +Palestine supporters-she banned radical academic Andreas Malm from the UK on her own , without even a campaign from the right. She will deeply damage Labour + hand harsh powers to any future Tory/Reform govt
Verso Books condemns the Labour government’s decision to ban one of our leading authors, Andreas Malm, from entering the United Kingdom.
versobooks.com/blogs/news/a-…
James Conran retweeted
The Trump era looks like it's coming to an end, if midterm polling is to be trusted, and the meaning of MAGA is starting to look a bit different as a result.
I wrote up a dozen initial thoughts, beginning with the fact that the movement—and its leader—were always weak. (1/x)
James Conran retweeted
Viewing the world economy as a system of chokepoints has its own deadly blind spot, Yeling Tan & coauthors write in @ForeignAffairs. It is leading policymakers to focus on capabilities rather than strategy—to fixate on what leverage they have, & what leverage others have over them, rather than considering what happens when many countries build up their chokepoint power all at once. foreignaffairs.com/united-st…
James Conran retweeted
Despite the 2026 Budget being relatively well received, the public remain pessimistic about the state of the economy
State of economy
Good state: 5%
Neither: 18%
Bad state: 74%
Economy over next year...
Get better: 13%
Stay about the same: 20%
Get worse: 59%
yougov.com/en-gb/articles/55…
James Conran retweeted
In terms of perceived fairness, the 2026 Budget is the best received since Rishi Sunak's March 2021 Budget
Oct 2026: +25 net fair
Nov 2025: -27
Oct 2024: ±0
Mar 2024: -5
Mar 2023: -2
Nov 2022: +1
Sep 2022: -38
Mar 2022: -21
Oct 2021: +9
Mar 2021: +39
Mar 2020: +40
James Conran retweeted
This is quite something ! Serbian RTV channel starts yesterday's bulletin by apologizing to viewers👇
"For years, we failed to fulfill our duty. We kept silent, turned a blind eye, reported events one-sidedly and failed to ask necessary questions. We owe our viewers an apology”
James Conran retweeted
27% of Microsoft’s workforce 👀
Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to 60,000 employees cnbc.com/2026/10/26/microsof…
James Conran retweeted
Floating Orbán feels like a stalking horse from Trump and his autocratic friends meant to make the UAE’s Lana Nusseibeh look like the “compromise candidate.” Countries shouldn't be fooled into handing the UN to a top denier of the UAE’s role in arming the RSF in Sudan's genocide.
New: Sources from three countries confirm that the Trump Administration has advocated Viktor Orbán for UN Secretary-General.
The US has encouraged Orbán to enter the race, even bringing him the initial idea of a joint U.S.-Russia-China candidacy.
WSJ:
wsj.com/opinion/viktor-orban…
James Conran retweeted
New: Sources from three countries confirm that the Trump Administration has advocated Viktor Orbán for UN Secretary-General.
The US has encouraged Orbán to enter the race, even bringing him the initial idea of a joint U.S.-Russia-China candidacy.
WSJ:
wsj.com/opinion/viktor-orban…
James Conran retweeted
Serbia, 56.0% sample of CeSID / Ipsos parallel count:
National parliament election
SL-*: 52.0% (+52.0)
SNS+-EPP: 39.3% (-8.8)
SPS/JS+-*: 2.3% (-4.4)
SVM-EPP: 0.9% (-0.8)
NDSS/PKS-*: 0.8% (-4.4)
PDD+-*: 0.8% (+0.8)
SDP/CDP-*: 0.5% (+0.5)
SDA Sandžaka-NR: 0.4% (-0.2)
PSS BK-*: 0.4% (+0.4)
SPP-*: 0.3% (-0.5)
SSP/SRCE+-PES: 0.3% (+0.3)
RS/NKPJ-*: 0.2% (-0.1)
LZS-*: 0.1% (+0.1)
SRSJ-*: 0.1% (+0.1)
NS/BUNT-*: 0.1% (-0.8)
Gruda-*: 0.1% (+0.1)
SBR/GSGS-*: 0.0% (-0.2)
ĆOJZT-*: 0.0%
+/- vs. Last election result
➤ europeelects.eu/serbia
James Conran retweeted
The IDF chief of staff has effectively told/confirmed to the Israeli public that Netanyahu is trying to provoke a war with Iran for political survival.
חשיפה עכשיו במהדורה |
עימות חסר תקדים בין הרמטכל לבין ראש הממשלה שהגיע לשיא או לשפל ביממה האחרונה
הנושא ברקע: הסוגיה האיראנית
וחשש של זמיר שנתניהו והדרג המדיני עלולים להוביל לתרחיש של מיסקלקולציה מול איראן רגע לפני הבחירות
גורם ביטחוני: מדובר בפעולה שעלולה להוביל לעימות בזק מול איראן בעיתוי רגיש ודרמטי, ולייצר מיסקלקולציה
גורמים בקיאים בפרטים: חשש של הדרג הצבאי מניסיון לנצל את הסוגיה האיראנית לתנופה פוליטית , טענה שגורמים מדיניים מכחישים וטוענים שמדובר בשקר של ממש
כך או כך, 2 מקורות מספרים לי שזה הגיע לרמה שהיום בביקור בפלמחים האווירה בדיון הייתה עכורה עד מאוד
בימים האחרונים זמיר קיבל איזושהי הנחיה מהדרג המדיני אבל ביקש דיון מעמיק לפני ביצוע
הוא גם ביקש אסמכתאות חוקיות וחתומות של הדרג המדיני על המהלך
בכיר ביטחוני: ההיסטוריה לא תשכח את התפקיד שמילא פה זמיר בימים האחרונים
ובשורה התחתונה: עימות יוצא דופן בחריגות שלו בין זמיר לנתניהו, סביב הסוגיה באיראן, רגע לפני מועד הבחירות.
נדגיש: כל הפרטים בידיעה הזו עברו את אישורה של הצנזורה הצבאית