Mona Ali

Beautiful cobalt blue graphs @karl-schamotta.bsky.social I wrote up a US BoP analysis on these issues back in November. transitionsecurity.org/rebalancing-...

"Rather than being a clash between democracy and authoritarianism, the standoff between Trump and the Fed is one between an imperious US president and an independent bureaucratic agency that sits atop of the global financial system."

- @mona-ali.bsky.social

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The US and China have agreed to a one-year truce in their trade war. What lies behind this conflict and what does it mean for the world economy?

Read @mona-ali.bsky.social on Washington’s assault on global trade and the alliances emerging in response.

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Transition Security Project

While the US & Europe ramp up military spending, millions live in poverty.

Today, we launch Transition Security Project, investigating how militarisation makes us poorer and less safe amid climate crisis — and what genuine security could look like. 🧵

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Who Benefits From the Dollar’s Dominance? The US dollar is used by governments and investors around the world for trade and as a safe asset. Jacobin asked economist Mona Ali if Donald Trump’s tariffs are destroying trust in the currency and w...

An illuminating and incisive interview with @mona-ali.bsky.social on dollar dominance.

“The dollar is perhaps the preeminent source of US hegemony. Like dark matter in the physical universe, dollar balance sheets are largely invisible to the public eye. They exist mainly in private hands.”

Debt, Energy, and Sovereignty: Past and Present - Middle East & North Africa Introduction The financial and trade warfare launched by western allies on Russia after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 was unquestionably unprecedented, yet the triangulation between external deb...

<A history of the hydrocarbon dollar> Wrote about the triangulation between external debt, energy infrastructure, and sovereignty. Thanks very much to Colin Powers for his brilliant editing. noria-research.com/mena/debt-en...

And I love you too. xxx

Regime Change? | Mona Ali On the evolution of dollar hierarchy from Bretton Woods I to the present, and the weaponization of the world dollar.

@phenomenalworld.bsky.social still very actual this from @mona-ali.bsky.social re-echo De Cecco analysis on sterling power (no it was not the gold standard) and fall of status as global currency. www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/reg...

Sally Rooney: When are we going to have the courage to stop the climate crisis? Capitalism is driving the destruction of our planet. We have to think outside – and against – the framework of our current political system

Like the Sally Rooney school of political economy? www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p.... Then here's a reader just for you with two brilliant essays on capitalism and the climate crisis and much more besides. www.routledge.com/Radical-Poli...

Vista above the traffic jam

Sally Rooney: When are we going to have the courage to stop the climate crisis? Capitalism is driving the destruction of our planet. We have to think outside – and against – the framework of our current political system

Like the Sally Rooney school of political economy? www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p.... Then here's a reader just for you with two brilliant essays on capitalism and the climate crisis and much more besides. www.routledge.com/Radical-Poli...

I love how giggly this conversation amongst cosmologists is: on Newton’s legacy, sheets in spacetime, wormholes and other excitements of the universe.

Nile River delta at night | NASA

Du Bois wrapped/serpentine bar chart seemed apt for this one.

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