Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Last I checked there was an election in November and millions of people voted. 100
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 04/02/2025🚨 **Quick Take on the New U.S. Sovereign Wealth Fund** 🚨 An executive order for a U.S. sovereign wealth fund was announced *yesterday*. What does it mean? I shared my thoughts on BBC Radio Newshour—tune in from the **38-minute mark (www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...)bbc.co.ukNewshour - China announces retaliatory tariffs on some American goods - BBC SoundsChina hits back at Donald Trump with tariffs on US 010
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 23/01/2025The sole criteria for ERC is (or at least was) scientific excellence. 000
Reposted by Adam DixonMalcolm Fairbrother @mfair.bsky.social · 05/01/2025As of this week, EU regs mean that EVs have to make up a much higher share of all the vehicles sold. Good news! uk.news.yahoo.com/eu-car-indus...uk.news.yahoo.comEU car industry must speed up electric sales or face billions in finesThe European car industry faces a pivotal year after tough EU CO2 emission standards came into force on 1 January, requiring a sharp increase in electric vehicle production to avoid hefty fines. With ... 021
Reposted by Adam DixonIlias Alami @iliasalami.bsky.social · 24/12/2024Your holiday season read is here! The Spectre of State Capitalism is free to download: academic.oup.com/book/57552 15517
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 13/12/2024WSJ op-ed pages have been consistently skeptical and critical of Trump, and was so during the campaign. 141
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Agreed. My concern is the over-conflation of climate change at the expense of other explanations that are more important and can be addressed more easily at source. I'm not making an argument for ignoring climate change. 000
Reposted by Adam DixonIlias Alami @iliasalami.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Video of a book launch and roundtable we did in Edinburgh early October @adamdixon.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xAw...youtube.comThe Spectre of State CapitalismYouTube video by Adam Smith's Panmure House 092
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 11/12/2024So climate change caused Russia to invade Ukraine? To be clear: I do not discount the effects of climate change. But there are other more significant causal factors. 110
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Climate change is real. But there are other proximate, and more significant, causes of conflict: www.iied.org/does-climate...iied.orgDoes climate change cause conflicts in the Sahel?The Sahel is often recognised as a hotspot of violent conflict. As climate change becomes a leading global political issue, an emerging and increasingly powerful policy narrative presents global warmi... 000
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 11/12/2024So Russia invaded Ukraine because of climate change? By conflating climate change with just about everything, we make the problem much harder to solve. 310
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 11/12/2024No, that's not my point. It's how proximate it is as a cause. It's fine to claim that climate change is a driving force of .... but by how much? And to be clear, I see climate change as a problem to solve. 100
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 11/12/2024My issue is the risk of attributing problems to climate change when the actual cause is something else (e.g., building more and more houses in hurricane prone areas). 110
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 11/12/2024But it's still not clear to me where climate change is causing geopolitical disruption. 200
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Where is evidence that climate change is a primary causal factor in geopolitical instability? Is instability in say Ukraine/Russia a climate change issue, or is instability in the Levant because of climate change? 310
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 11/12/2024Climate change is given too much prominence as a causal factor. Most of these issues have more significant proximate causes. Conflating climate change with every challenge we face isn't helpful. And we must address climate change. 310
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 11/12/2024What geopolitical chaos is caused by climate change? That's not clear from the article. Geopolitical tensions have much more proximate causes -- climate change not being one of them. Conflating climate change with every political and social challenge is unhelpful. 000
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Ilias, I'd like to confirm that I've read and am now responding to your post. Bluesky is underwhelming so far. But then again, I was never good at the whole twitter thing. I go days without opening. Algorithms don't care for people like me. 010
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 09/12/2024What does build public power from the get go mean? I agree with @brettchristophers.bsky.social in the main that public utilities are a sound long-term option. But such a build out will entail all kinds of private actors. And most countries these days would farm out operations. 000
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Successive generations of academics typically want to think they've discovered a topic few if any have written on before. 000
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 05/12/2024@brettchristophers.bsky.social I don't think Tooze is right about the US. Have a listen/watch the latest episode of the podcast with Aniket Shah: youtu.be/oYVKG2K_2sk?.... We mention you Brett!!! Trump doesn't spell the end of decarbonization in the US.youtu.beChina may have already won the green innovation raceYouTube video by Adam Smith's Panmure House 031
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 27/11/2024🌍 Is the West Losing the Green Tech Race to China? In the latest New Enlightenment Podcast, Aniket Shah and I discuss this and what Trump means for US climate policy. 🎙️Listen on Spotify, Apple, or YouTube: 🔗 spoti.fi/3XGc7pT | apple.co/3AVJbkT | lnkd.in/eTfYv4Pu #ClimatePolicy #EnergyTransition 010
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Surprising but true: sovereign funds from oil-rich nations could play a major role in driving the green transition. 🌍💡 #SustainableFinance #GreenTransition #RenewableEnergy #ClimateAction #ESG www.financemiddleeast.com/opinion/sove...financemiddleeast.comSovereign wealth funds poised to drive global energy transition - Finance Middle EastBy investing in renewable energy, SWFs can help resource-rich countries pivot away from their reliance on oil and gas revenues. 010
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Having a large-scale battery manufacturing in Europe, especially in northern Sweden where green energy is cheap, is still a good idea and still possible. This isn't a failure of green industrial policy, it is a failure of 'economic (EU perhaps) economic nationalism. 000
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 22/11/2024I don't think this will dent the green transition very much. A start-up in a mature industry. China, Japan, and South Korea will sell Europe the batteries it needs. 100
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 22/11/2024I'm not on Truth Social, but I'd like to see it merge with @bsky.app. I like to see what different groups think... 100
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 20/11/2024#academictwitter has now moved to @bsky.app. But let's hope that Bluesky doesn't become too much of a "safe space". Academics should be comfortable with dissenting ideas, including hearing from people they may find politically detestable. Academics shouldn't be so fragile. 000
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 19/11/2024I guess I need to start interacting on @bsky.app. Real human beings follow me! On the other platform, the only people that seem to follow me are bots or those selling a certain service. 120
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 12/12/2023The other issue is the the industry is not a monolith. 100
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 12/12/2023What is a realistic phase-out strategy? Fossil fuel demand is higher than ever. 100
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 12/12/2023Same dynamic. Someone will and should take the money for research. Besides, transition is a process not a switch. There are hard-to-abate industries that need a lot of investment and innovation. 100
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 12/12/2023Because it doesn't work. It leaves money on the table, which some other investor will gladly pick up. Besides, what's it mean to divest when most of the university buildings are heated by fossil fuel? 100
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 12/12/2023First in a series? I recall a similar event in 2018. The problem is that too many people think divestment is effective option. 110
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 07/12/2023I recently hosted historian Niall Ferguson @adamsmithhouse.bsky.social for a lecture and wide-ranging discussion on China, globalization, the values and continued influence of Adam Smith and classical liberalism. www.panmurehouse.org/programmes/a...panmurehouse.orgAdam Smith Lecture Series: Professor Niall FergusonOur Tercentenary Adam Smith Lecturer is Professor Niall Ferguson Niall Ferguson is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a senior faculty fellow of the B... 000
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 03/12/2023A welcome contribution, but I'm not so sure that 'mobilizing private capital' was limited to de-risking. The panoply of options was always big, including co-investing with sovereign funds. 110
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 23/11/2023Not sure FPP is better. PR is supposed to be more democratic. 100
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 22/11/2023Don't worry. You have a permanent contract. Dutch labor law is strong. And the Dutch government isn't going to let Dutch universities go bankrupt. 100
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 22/11/2023Next Wednesday 29 November at 18:00 GMT, I'll be giving a lecture at the Royal Society of Edinburgh on 'How to think like Adam Smith'. If you'd like to watch the live-stream, please register here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-thi... 000
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 07/11/2023A claim I haven't made. So again, try to be a bit more insightful and engage properly with your interlocutors. 000
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 03/11/2023Everyone like free things. You can read one of my recent books without paying anything. And you'll have a better understanding of sovereign wealth funds after, at least that's the idea. Enjoy! library.oapen.org/bitstream/ha... 010
Adam Dixon @adamdixon.bsky.social · 02/11/2023I recently gave inaugural lecture at Adam Smith's Panmure House. The title of my lecture was 'From State Capitalism to Sustainable Capitalism'. You can find a recording of the lecture here: panmurehouse.org/programmes/a... 110
