New Year Reading
Ten random thoughts that may or may not be followed up on
There should be a book on this. Or at least a long form New Yorker article.
12 Predictions for the Future of Music
Ted Gioia
15 October, 2021
Reforming the Washington institutions. I have already written on this, but it is one of those problems that are never really resolved, but patched over and kicked down the road, much like life itself.
The IMF doesn’t need to be more democratic
Tyler Cowen
14 October, 2021
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-10-14/the-imf-doesn-t-need-to-be-more-democratic?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-markets&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_content=markets&sref=htOHjx5Y
Is Multilateralism a Fig Leaf?
Ngaire Woods
3 November, 2021
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/three-ways-to-counter-undue-influence-in-multilateral-institutions-by-ngaire-woods-2021-11?barrier=accesspaylog
How International Institutions Die
Ana Palacio
22 November, 2021
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/erosion-of-trust-in-international-institutions-continues-by-ana-palacio-2021-11?utm_source=Project+Syndicate+Newsletter&utm_campaign=cdf873f2c3-sunday_newsletter_28_11_2021&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-cdf873f2c3-107255902&mc_cid=cdf873f2c3&mc_eid=155011799b
Time to Overhaul the Global Financial System
Jeffrey D Sachs
3 December, 2021
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/global-financial-system-death-trap-for-developing-countries-by-jeffrey-d-sachs-2021-12?barrier=accesspaylog
How long will these supply chain issues persist? And when will my couch arrive?
I’m A Twenty Year Truck Driver, I Will Tell You Why America’s “Shipping Crisis” Will Not End
Ryan Johnson
27 October, 2021
https://medium.com/@ryan79z28/im-a-twenty-year-truck-driver-i-will-tell-you-why-america-s-shipping-crisis-will-not-end-bbe0ebac6a91
Desperately seeking shoe rack: why IKEA’s shelves are bare
Miranda Purves and Alison Roman
23 November, 2021
https://www.economist.com/1843/2021/11/23/desperately-seeking-shoe-rack-why-ikeas-shelves-are-bare?utm_campaign=the-economist-this-week&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=salesforce-marketing-cloud&utm_term=2021-11-25&utm_content=ed-picks-article-link-8&etear=nl_weekly_8
The Supply Chain Mess
Daron Acemoglu
2 December, 2021
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/us-supply-chain-mess-incentives-for-offshoring-by-daron-acemoglu-2021-12?utm_source=Project+Syndicate+Newsletter&utm_campaign=fde3c94926-sunday_newsletter_05_12_2021&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_73bad5b7d8-fde3c94926-107255902&mc_cid=fde3c94926&mc_eid=155011799b
Erdogan vs economics — no prize for guessing how this will end. Well, maybe. I mean, who knows how the politics will end. But the economics is textbook stuff.
Will the ailing Turkish economy bring Erdogan down?
Laura Pitel
1 November, 2021
https://www.ft.com/content/0563fbba-9fc7-4779-a6a5-bd013293661d
Turkey’s lira plunge is a reminder of risks facing emerging markets
Paul McNamara
24 November, 2021
https://www.ft.com/content/887232bf-ba46-47df-b5e4-05f05bdbc2e0
Erdogan’s zany monetary experiment is impoverishing Turkey
27 November, 2021
https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/erdogans-zany-monetary-experiment-is-impoverishing-turkey/21806459
Turkey’s financial crisis
Adam Tooze
25 December, 2021
Turkey’s president cannot defy reality for long
1 January, 2022
https://www.economist.com/leaders/turkeys-president-cannot-defy-reality-for-long/21806930?utm_campaign=the-economist-today&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=salesforce-marketing-cloud&utm_term=2021-12-28&utm_content=article-link-4&etear=nl_today_4
Midnight had many children, and may parents.
Christophe Jaffrelot on the way Hindutva is changing history and science textbooks in schools
An excerpt from ‘Modi’s India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy’.
Nov 19, 2021
https://scroll.in/article/1010670/christophe-jaffrelot-on-the-way-hindutva-is-changing-history-and-science-textbooks-in-schools
Forecasts and risks for 2022
The big issues for 2022
Jim O’Neill
9 December, 2021
https://www.tbsnews.net/analysis/big-issues-2022-341161
What prediction markets suggest will happen in 2022
27 December, 2021
https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/01/01/what-prediction-markets-suggest-will-happen-in-2022?utm_campaign=the-economist-this-week&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=salesforce-marketing-cloud&utm_term=2021-12-29&utm_content=ed-picks-article-link-6&etear=nl_weekly_6
This could sprial out very fast. Yes, I will definitely write more on this.
Oil shock fuels inflation, yet data mismatches real picture
26 December, 2021
https://www.tbsnews.net/economy/inflation-rises-598-november-349096
Neoliberalism in South Africa.
What South Africa Must Do
Nouriel Roubini, Colin Coleman
2 November 2021
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/south-africa-economic-reform-program-by-nouriel-roubini-and-colin-coleman-2021-11?barrier=accesspaylog
An American conservative mugged by the reality. No, I won’t write on this. But it’s probably more important than a lot of things I do write about.
What happened to American conservatism?
David Brooks
8 December, 2021
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/01/brooks-true-conservatism-dead-fox-news-voter-suppression/620853/
Border killings — I will definitely write more on this issue.
The line that blinds
Scenes from the Bangladesh-India borderlands
Parvez Ahmad Rony
14 December, 2021
https://www.himalmag.com/the-line-that-blinds-photo-essay-bangladesh-2021/?fbclid=IwAR1QbZHdXM5hwpQw3Yi90js5EnRgRqLBKQRJ9BN_iPrrywRIF7HH-z5TwgY