Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Two interviews with two automotive R&D engineers that say it all. Sweden: interview, Tuesday 1:00 pm — “Let’s make this quick; I have to go play golf.” China: interview, Sunday 11:00 am — “Sorry for making you come to the plant on Sunday.” “Don’t worry — we’re used to it.” 000
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Very good interview between @amirleb.bsky.social and @carlotaperez.bsky.social on technological development, innovation, climate crisis and green technologies—linking her intellectual trajectory with today’s political economy onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... 001
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 03/12/2025"In Chile, Dongfeng has a broad lineup, from sedans to vans to pickups and SUVs. “We have to win,” Vernooij said. “If you want to be like Toyota, you cannot leave one stone unturned.”" www.reuters.com/investigatio...reuters.comChina floods the world with gasoline cars it can't sell at homeWhile Western nations focus on the competitive threat of Chinese EVs, a different challenge is reshaping the auto industry. Beijing's legacy automakers are saturating emerging and second-tier markets ... 010
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 25/11/2025Rough times for those of us in the progressive centre www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...nytimes.comOpinion | James Carville: Out With Woke. In With Rage. 010
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 15/11/2025El apoyo de EEUU al gob. de Milei es inédito. Evidentemente, el fuerte acompañamiento a Trump incluso antes de ser presidente le pagó bien. Con este apoyo el gob. puede despejar el principal problema macro argentino, la falta de dólares. 100
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Green industries are indispensable (if I produce them) www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/c...nytimes.comA Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics 010
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 30/10/2025"This rigid gatekeeping begins early in economists’ careers. Graduate programs at top institutions determine not just who enters the profession, but what questions are considered legitimate and what methods are acceptable." @haugejostein.bsky.social www.theglobalcurrents.com/p/economics-...theglobalcurrents.comEconomics has an elitism problemA handful of elite universities control the discipline. That’s not excellence — it’s monopoly. 000
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Peter Thiel: “Competition is for losers”. Today’s so-called innovative capitalist elites sound more like medieval aristocrats. jacobin.com/2025/10/pete...jacobin.comPeter Thiel, Would-Be Philosopher King, Takes on DemocracyBillionaire Peter Thiel insists that freedom and democracy are incompatible, and his portfolio of data mining and political bets puts that belief into practice. His is a program of authoritarian contr... 000
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Recomiendo enfáticamente esta entrevista a Marcelo Kloster sobre geopolítica del desarrollo industrial www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehYN...youtube.comMarcelo KLOSTER, ARGENTINA y el DESARROLLO: “Cuando pasa el tren, saltás o no saltás”YouTube video by Horizonte Argentino 000
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 02/10/2025"By harnessing each country’s abundant natural resources, critical minerals, and industrial bases, Plan Mexico and Nova Indústria Brasil have opened new pathways to better jobs, income growth, and technological self-determination." www.project-syndicate.org/magazine/lat...project-syndicate.orgLatin America’s Big, Green OpportunityLaura Carvalho shows how the region can capitalize on the global energy transition, despite recent setbacks. 000
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Sin dejar de reconocer la urgencia de los problemas macroeconómicos argentinos, es importante señalar que el país se está quedando rezagado en la reindustrialización verde de la región, un proceso cada vez más liderado por México y Brasil www.eldiplo.org/seccion-desa...eldiplo.orgAmérica Latina ante el regreso de la política industrial: cómo (no) producir en el siglo XXI – El Dipló 000
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Today the EU Commission presents the Mercosur trade deal. Approval needs a qualified majority in the Council (15 of 27 members) plus a vote in Parliament. Germany & Spain back it; France, Austria, Poland & Italy oppose, setting the stage for a tough vote www.reuters.com/world/americ...reuters.comEU to propose Mercosur trade deal, facing France-led oppositionAn EU trade accord with South America's Mercosur bloc will be presented by the European Commission on Wednesday for approval, pitting Germany and other countries that want new markets to offset Trump tariffs against chief deal critic France and its allies. 000
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 24/08/2025Un capítulo más en las inversiones en movilidad sostenible que Brasil atrae, consolidándose como referencia en la industrialización verde en América Latina, mientras que Argentina queda cada vez más relegada www.hibridosyelectricos.com/coches/fabri...hibridosyelectricos.comEl fabricante chino líder de baterías quiere producir en este país que ha apostado fuerte por el coche eléctricoLa conversaciones entre ambas partes ya han empezado, y podrían tener como resultado la puesta en marcha de plantas de producción de baterías para vehículos eléctricos en los próximos años. 000
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 04/08/2025RCTs are designed to answer narrow questions about specific interventions in particular contexts (...) But they cannot address broader design problems, such as how to structure social-security systems, currency regimes, tax laws, or industrial strategies. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/w...project-syndicate.orgAre Economists Architects or Auditors?Ricardo Hausmann laments how the field’s appetite for imaginative problem-solving has given way to narrow, testable hypotheses. 000
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 25/07/2025The dominance of neoclassical economics in our university curricula has created a world where we are told there is no alternative (...) But this is fiction. Economics today resembles Catholic theology in medieval Europe www.ft.com/content/9aab...ft.comEconomics teaching has become the Aeroflot of ideasThe discipline is failing students by ignoring the biggest social, political and ecological challenges facing the world today 010
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Happy to share a new article published in the Journal of Development Studies, co-authored with Tobias Wuttke and Kriengkrai Techakanont: "Competition and Development in Automotive Global Value Chains: Insights from Thailand, South Africa and Argentina" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.com 032
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 12/07/2025Molto interessante il Forum Industria del Partito Democratico sui piani per re-industrializzare Italia ed Europa www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWHF...youtube.comLe rotte del futuro, re-industrializzare l’Italia e l’EuropaYouTube video by Partito Democratico 000
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Apuntes sobre aprendizajes para un eventual regreso del peronismo: - Liderazgo único y centralizado en el presidente - Superávit fiscal con control del gasto público y orden macro - Rechazo del préstamo político del FMI - Reforma profunda del Poder Judicial (ej. México) 000
Reposted by Bruno Perez AlmansiSenator Bernie Sanders @sanders.senate.gov · 04/06/2025When Mr. Musk, the wealthiest man alive & major campaign contributor, expresses strong distaste for Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill, Republicans will listen & obey. That means more cuts to Medicaid, nutrition & education. The oligarchs want it ALL. We’re not going to let that happen. 782105297
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 29/05/2025This story is so representative of global dynamics: Trump (president of just one country) sanctions the ICC (International Court) for issuing arrest warrants for Netanyahu. As part of the sanctions, ICC officials lose access to their Microsoft accounts observer.co.uk/news/columni...observer.co.ukThe networker: Microsoft shutting down email accounts of Trump’s foes should be worrying to us all | The ObserverThe commercial interests of US tech giants have fused with the country’s national interests. We’re about to find out what ‘digital sovereignty’ really means 100
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Mercantilism not dead www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/t...project-syndicate.orgMercantilism Isn’t All Bad, but Trump’s Version Is the Worst | by Dani Rodrik - Project SyndicateDani Rodrik argues that America has ended up with the worst possible alternative to free trade. 020
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Questo sabato parlerò con Legambiente Veneto delle sfide e potenzialità della transizione verso l'elettromobilità in Europa. Tutti invitati! This Saturday, I’ll be speaking with Legambiente about the challenges and potential of the transition to electromobility in Europe. 000
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Este es claramente el camino www.lapoliticaonline.com/economia/fri...lapoliticaonline.comFrigerio y Kicillof rompen la grieta y debaten modelos de desarrollo sin insultarseEl gobernador bonaerense reivindicó el proteccionismo. Frigerio respondió que la economía argentina es una de las más cerradas del mundo. Abajo del escenario, se los vió muy cercanos. 000
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 21/04/2025"El mercado solo no resuelve todo, aunque otra vez nos quieran hacer creer este dogma de fe neoliberal. Se trata de un pensamiento pobre, repetitivo, que propone siempre las mismas recetas frente a cualquier desafío que se presente." 000
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Very interesting distinction by @brankomilan.bsky.social between domestic and international neoliberalism: Trump, internal neoliberalism but international protectionism vs China, internal statism but internationally neoliberal jacobin.com/2025/03/what...jacobin.comWhat Comes After Globalization?The world as we know it is a product of globalization — and this era of globalization might be coming to a close. 012
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Lula da Silva, Pedro Sanchez and Cyril Ramaphosa prove that—though not easy—democracy, environmental protection, and socio-economic development are possible. This new global alliance is hope for the future in a dark world @mazzucatom.bsky.social marianamazzucato.substack.com/p/the-trump-...marianamazzucato.substack.comThe Trump VacuumHow Brazil and South Africa have the opportunity to reshape the global order 021
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Condivido la mia partecipazione su @motor1.com Italia riguardo ai nuovi dazi degli Stati Uniti e al loro impatto sull'industria automobilistica europea. Grazie ad Alessandro Lago per l'intervista. it.motor1.com/news/755735/...it.motor1.comL'auto europea può resistere alla guerra dei dazi?Tutti i grandi gruppi hanno preso posizione, ma regna l’attesa: si spera in un colpo di scena. Gli scenari possibili 000
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 25/03/2025The Chinese Communist Party of the Globalization www.reuters.com/business/chi...reuters.comChina reassures Apple, Pfizer, Cargill, others of business potentialMany foreign CEOs are in Beijing to attend a business forum on Sunday and Monday, with some expected to meet President Xi Jinping on Friday, sources have told Reuters. 000
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Para recordar especialmente hoy www.eldiplo.org/notas-web/la... 000
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Brutal honesty. But how did they fail? China too smart? Independence of Western MNCs from home countries governments? Western central governments innocence? Better market conditions in Asia? 000
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 18/03/2025We are pleased to announce the launch of the CfP for the Industry and Innovation SI titled "The Tension Between Greener and More Competitive Industries: Industrial Policy, Global Value Chains, and Firm Strategies". All the information below: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...think.taylorandfrancis.comThe Tension Between Greener and More Competitive Industries: Industrial Policy, Global Value Chains and Firm Strategies 000
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Next week, I will have the pleasure of being the discussant for one of the pioneering scholars of GVCs theory, Prof. John Humphrey, who will present his lecture "Global Value Chains in the 21st Century: New Ways of Creating and Managing Interdependence" at the Venice School of Management 000
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 01/03/2025"Rather than fearing extraterritoriality, countries should embrace it as a tool for enforcing minimum standards, curbing inequality, preventing tax evasion, and promoting sustainability." www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/o...project-syndicate.orgAmerica’s Oligarchs Are Trump’s Achilles’ Heel | by Gabriel Zucman - Project SyndicateGabriel Zucman proposes that countries targeted by US tariffs retaliate with taxes on Elon Musk and his peers. 000
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 27/02/2025I'm happy to share my latest publication, titled "The Winners of the Lost Decade: The Expansion of the Macri Business Group During the Crisis of the 1980s in Argentina," co-authored with Alejandro Gaggero, in the journal Business History. Access it hereshorturl.atThe winners of the lost decade. The expansion of the Macri business group during the crisis of the 1980s in ArgentinaThroughout the 1980s, Argentina experienced a severe economic crisis. Despite this, the domestic business group Grupo Macri acquired the Argentinian subsidiaries of two multinational corporations, ... 000
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 20/02/2025The 2024 Report of the Observatory on the Transformations of the Italian Automotive Ecosystem, published by Edizioni Ca’ Foscari, has just been released. You can read my contributions in Chapter 2 and 3. Download it here: edizionicafoscari.it//it/edizioni...edizionicafoscari.itEdizioni Ca' FoscariEdizioni Ca' Foscari - Venice University Press 000
Bruno Perez Almansi @brunopalmansi.bsky.social · 08/02/2025The States & Markets Working Group of the Young Scholars Initiative will participate in the Gerpisa Colloquium 2025 in China. We are offering two travel stipends to assist with accommodation and travel expenses in Shanghai. You can find all the details here: ysi.ineteconomics.org/event/the-ne... 010