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Matti Ylönen

@mattiylonen.bsky.social
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Academy Research Fellow, project Seeing Like a Tech Firm. On a research leave from my job as a University Lecturer, World Politics, University of Helsinki.

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Teppo Eskelinen @teppoeskelinen.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
(Quite) recently published: A commentary text on the politicisation of global tax governance. Our attempt in this piece is to lay out a research agenda for studying the various institutional overlaps and legitimacy claims that emerge as the tax agenda expands. Not OA: ask us for a copy if interested
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Matti Ylönen @mattiylonen.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Tackling tax avoidance and evasion has been one of the few success stories in global governance since the 2008 financial crisis. But what new institutional and policy overlaps has the expansion of the tax governance agenda created? 1/3
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Antti Alaja @alajanantti.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Olin @mattiylonen.bsky.social ja Alustojen valta -podcastin vieraana keskustelemassa eurooppalaisesta teollisuus- ja innovaatiopolitiikasta sekä teknologisesta suvereniteetista. podcasts.apple.com/fi/podcast/t...
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Teollisuuspolitiikan paluu: Antti Alaja ja innovaatiopolitiikka datakapitalismissa
Podcast Episode · Alustojen valta · 13 February · 44m
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Lauri Finér @laurifinest.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Tavion toiminta on todella huolestuttavaa suomalaisen oikeusvaltion ja koko yhteiskunnan kannalta. Yksittäisiä tahoja ollaan aivan ilmeisesti valmiita syrjimään jopa lain rajoja koetellen. www.hs.fi/politiikka/a...
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Matti Ylönen @mattiylonen.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Back to the future! Happy to note that my reconceptualisation of the Brussels Effect has just been published in the January 2026 issue of the @jcms-eu.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Reconceptualising the Brussels Effect
The Brussels effect has become a major tool for analysing the global exemplary impact of the European Union (EU) rules in academia and policy-making. It is entering uncharted territory. Heightened co...
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Poliittisen talouden tutkimuksen seura @poliittinentalous.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Tervetuloa Poliittinen talous -lehden afterworkkiin, jossa keskustelunaiheena on digijättien lobbaus Euroopan unionissa. Tapahtuma pidetään 10.12. kello 18–20 Ravintola Kustaa Vaasassa (Vaasankatu 10, Helsinki). Tilaisuus on maksuton ja avoin kaikille. 1/8
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Jussi Ahokas @ahokasjaj.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Jos haluaa tuoreen ja perusteellisen poliittisen talouden näkökulman EU-sääntelyn nykytilaan ja tulevaisuuteen sekä Brysselin efektiin, niin tässä 👇 sinulla on sellainen @mattiylonen.bsky.social kirjoittamana @poliittinentalous.bsky.social seuran Poliittinen talous -lehden julkaisemana.
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Bryssel-efekti Trumpin ja Muskin aikakaudella
Anu Bradfordin kehittämä teoria Bryssel-efektistä löi 2020-luvun vaihteessa voimalla läpi sekä akatemiassa että eurooppalaisen politiikan kentillä. Tämän tutkimustani yhteen vetävän ja edelleen jalost...
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
New from 404 Media: X has shown where accounts are actually being run from, revealing many MAGA accounts are actually grifters in Eastern Europe, Asia, etc. But the situation is much, much worse. Entire guides specifically on how to squeeze US audiences with AI. www.404media.co/americas-pol...
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America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle
The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
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Matti Ylönen @mattiylonen.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
An interesting figure on investment treaties from this book: scholarship.law.columbia.edu/sustainable_... Separate UNCTAD data shows that the numbers have since (–2022) only declined. The investment treaty space remains rooted in provisions from the golden era of pre-financial-crisis globalization.
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Rasmus Corlin Christensen @phdskat.org · 14/11/2025
Four more deals announced - Argentina, Guatemala, Ecuador, El Salvador - with similar language on "discriminatory" digital services taxes. Trump is clearly committed to playing bilateral whack-a-mole to prevent DSTs.
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Matti Ylönen @mattiylonen.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
I'm reading the World Bank's 2024 International Debt Report, and what a blunt way to kick-off such a document! Not long ago, so many people in development policy circles were indeed repeating the "from billions to trillions" phrase as a silver bullet for development financing and global development.
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Matti Ylönen @mattiylonen.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Listening to Mamdani's victory speech while working, I was surprised to hear him quoting prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru – a very different kind of economic nationalist than President Trump. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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In Mamdani's New York win, India's Nehru finds an echo
At his New York victory rally, Zohran Mamdani gave a nod to Nehru’s iconic speech marking India's independence.
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Matti Ylönen @mattiylonen.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Just submitted this Abstract to the British International Studies Association conference in Glasgow in 06/2026, alongside a panel proposal on taxation and International Political Economy we're submitting with @katharinakuhn.bsky.social. Never been to BISA but would be great to go. Deadline today.
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Matti Ylönen @mattiylonen.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
I had to look up an article from the first issue of the World Development, 1973. They launched the journal with style. (The article was "Fact and Fancy in International Economic Relations" by Thomas Balogh & Peter Balacs – in a very different genre from the econometric studies that prevail today.)
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Lauri Holappa @lauriholappa.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Parhaillaan käydään parlamentaarisia neuvotteluita velkajarrusta. Neuvotteluissa olisi syytä ottaa huomioon myös lakiin sisältyvä niin sanottu turvamarginaalisäädös, jonka myötä sosiaaliturvarahastojen ylijäämät jätettäisiin huomiotta arvioitaessa EU-sääntöjen mukaista 3 prosentin alijäämärajaa. 1/x
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Nessa Ní Chasaide @nessanichasaide.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Now open access on @tandfresearch.bsky.social! Ní Chasaide, N., & Ó Riain, S. (2025). Tax games: the case of Ireland in the global dynamics of corporate taxation. Review of International Political Economy www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Tax games: the case of Ireland in the global dynamics of corporate taxation
This article proposes a new analytical framework of ‘tax games’ providing fresh insights into the dynamics of global corporate taxation. Tax games are defined as institutionalised configurations of...
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Matti Ylönen @mattiylonen.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
"The paradox of the UN is the decline in its fortunes and prestige at a time when the demand for international management and cooperation, arising from growing interdependence and a burgeoning of global problems, has never been clearer or more insistent." From 1989, but could be from today's news.
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Matti Ylönen @mattiylonen.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
I've been back reading Stephen Hymer: a fascinating figure. In his life that was cut short at just 39 years, he kicked off International Business studies with a thesis that revitalized the 1930s monopolistic competition ideas, and was at first deemed "analytically insufficient" for publication. 1/2
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Poliittisen talouden tutkimuksen seura @poliittinentalous.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Tuoreessa artikkelissaan dos. Matti Ylönen @mattiylonen.bsky.social ja VTT Laura Nordström @lauranordstrom.bsky.social tarkastelevat teknologiayritysten lobbausta Euroopan unionissa. 1/4
Mainos Poliittinen talous -lehdessä julkaistusta alkuperäisartikkelista, jonka otsikko on "Digijätit Euroopan unionissa: lobbaus alistakapitalismin aikakaudella.
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Matti Ylönen @mattiylonen.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Today I've been captivated by this project, which I stumbled upon via Spotify's algorithms. I haven’t explored everything yet, but highlighting e.g. Brad Reason's breakbeat tracks with early 2000s feel, and Mikael Ayrapetyan's somber piano pieces. Strange and alluring. thenoamchomskymusicproject.com
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The Noam Chomsky Music Project
The Noam Chomsky Music Project aims to both preserve and celebrate his outlook on the world and amplify his voice through Music.
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Matti Ylönen @mattiylonen.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
One of the joys of academia is struggling with an elusive argument for a long time (even years) and then discovering an old book that helps to settle that matter.
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Matti Ylönen @mattiylonen.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
The autobiography of Charles Kindleberger was interesting—even funny—reading. During this trip in Helsinki, he bought a huge rye bread, mistaking it for a gingerbread. He also visited UNU-WIDER in 1986, struggling to find a mechanical typewriter, as only electric ones were in offer.
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Rasmus Corlin Christensen @phdskat.org · 30/06/2025
Canada becomes the second country (after India) to scale back its taxation of US Big Tech to appease Trump, whereas others (notably the UK) have resisted
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Canada scraps tech tax to advance trade talks with Donald Trump
US president had described levy as ‘direct and blatant’ attack on the country
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Matti Ylönen @mattiylonen.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
For those who prefer something shorter to a full-length academic article, here's a press release of the article “What Sustains Flawed Indicators? Unpacking the EU’s Administrative Burden Agenda” (w/ Tero Erkkilä), published at the Policy Studies journal yesterday: www.helsinki.fi/en/news/fair... 1/4
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Flawed Impact Metrics Jeopardize EU Deregulation Plans, Study Finds | University of Helsinki
A newly published peer-reviewed study has raised concerns about the evidence base behind the European Union’s long-running efforts to reduce bureaucracy for businesses, suggesting that key measurement...
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Matti Ylönen @mattiylonen.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
For those who prefer something shorter to a full-length academic article, here's a press release of the article “What Sustains Flawed Indicators? Unpacking the EU’s Administrative Burden Agenda” (w/ Tero Erkkilä), published at the Policy Studies journal yesterday: www.helsinki.fi/en/news/fair... 1/4
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Flawed Impact Metrics Jeopardize EU Deregulation Plans, Study Finds | University of Helsinki
A newly published peer-reviewed study has raised concerns about the evidence base behind the European Union’s long-running efforts to reduce bureaucracy for businesses, suggesting that key measurement...
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Matti Ylönen @mattiylonen.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Von der Leyen’s Commission has pursued a small set of priority agendas, each typically associated with extensive and critical academic scrutiny. A notable exception is the push to reduce “administrative burdens.” This agenda has seen a striking lack of critical, peer-reviewed scholarship. 1/5
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Matti Ylönen @mattiylonen.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
A less visible side of the academia: starting my fourth peer review comment in two weeks and two more to go, a personal record. Three are 2nd round reviews, which are kind of obligatory. One is for a Finnish-language journal, with a small reviewer pool. Luckily, many interesting papers in this pile.
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Matti Ylönen @mattiylonen.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
This could be of interest for example to @ahokasjaj.bsky.social and others at the BIOS research unit.
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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
What do tax cuts for the rich do? They increase inequality. They have no effect on economic growth or unemployment. "Our results provide strong evidence against the influential political–economic idea that tax cuts for the rich ‘trickle down’ to boost the wider economy."
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Carola Westermeier @c-westermeier.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Thrilled to share that the Cambridge Global Handbook of Financial Infrastructure, co-edited with Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn and Barbara Brandl, has been published! You can find all chapters open access: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
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The Cambridge Global Handbook of Financial Infrastructure
Cambridge Core - Finance and Accountancy - The Cambridge Global Handbook of Financial Infrastructure
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Matti Ylönen @mattiylonen.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
This was fun to write and of course it stands on research done jointly with @phdskat.org Also, it you’re not following the Critical Takes on Corporate Power, consider doing so. The website regularly tackles many of the most pressing issues we are facing.
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Matti Ylönen @mattiylonen.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
I'm browsing old editions of the IDS Bulletin by the Institute of Development Studies. Fascinating snapshots from the structural adjustment era and beyond. In this one issue from 1985, contributors include Martin Wolf, Carlota Perez, Robin Murray and Mary Kaldor. bulletin.ids.ac.uk/index.php/id...
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The IDS Bulletin is an open access, peer-reviewed journal exploring emerging international development topics.
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Matti Ylönen @mattiylonen.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Nice to note just that my recent @jcms-eu.bsky.social article "Reconceptualising the Brussels Effect" is now Open Access. The article gives tools to grasp external efforts to derail the EU's global power, how these efforts evolve over time, and to what effect. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Reconceptualising the Brussels Effect
The Brussels effect has become a major tool for analysing the global exemplary impact of the European Union (EU) rules in academia and policy-making. It is entering uncharted territory. Heightened co...
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Matti Ylönen @mattiylonen.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Weaponized interdependence, Star Wars / Andor style. (I'll get my coat.)
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Rasmus Corlin Christensen @phdskat.org · 08/05/2025
Oh no. Joseph Nye has died. Besides his *immense* influence on political economy, he was a truly interdisciplinary scholar, as he told @mattiylonen.bsky.social for our recent historical retrospective, which - of course - also leads with a Nye quote. RIP.
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Journal of Common Market Studies (JCMS) @jcms-eu.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Can the EU stay a global rule-maker amid rising pushback? 🌍 @mattiylonen.bsky.social reconceptualises the ‘Brussels effect’, showing how lobbying, third-country influence and shifting power dynamics challenge the EU’s regulatory clout. 🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Reconceptualising the Brussels Effect
The Brussels effect has become a major tool for analysing the global exemplary impact of the European Union (EU) rules in academia and policy-making. It is entering uncharted territory. Heightened co...
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Matti Ylönen @mattiylonen.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
I recently published an article in the JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies titled Reconceptualising the Brussels Effect, which zoomed into several neglected aspects of this effect. Now here is a blog post summarizing some of its key points: jcms.ideasoneurope.eu/2025/04/11/r...
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Reconceptualizing the Brussels Effect amidst the looming tech oligarchy
by Matti Ylönen (Academy of Finland Research Fellow; Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki) A few years ago, the idea of the Brussels effect to
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Poliittisen talouden tutkimuksen seura @poliittinentalous.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Itsevaltaiset teknologiajohtajat, Trumpin Yhdysvallat sekä muut ulkovallat haastavat EU:ta. Näin Anu Bradfordin Bryssel-efekti, teoria EU:n globaalista vallasta, kaipaa päivittämistä. VTT, dos. Matti Ylösen @mattiylonen.bsky.social keskustelunavaus hahmottelee uudelleen Bryssel-efektin. 1/4
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Céleste Bonnamy @celestebny.eurosky.social · 28/03/2025
Highly recommend reading @mattiylonen.bsky.social’s theoretical refining of the (often overrated - sorry) Brussels’ effect concept! A nuanced and actually operationalisable perspective to analyse the EU international political economy 👏👏
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Rasmus Corlin Christensen @phdskat.org · 28/03/2025
From the inflation incumbency penalty to the Trump incumbency boost. Here's the Danish PM's approval (green) and disapproval (red) numbers. www.altinget.dk/artikel/ny-m...
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Matti Ylönen @mattiylonen.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
I have done copious interviews on tech lobbying in Brussels. One book that kept appearing in these discussions was Anu Bradford's Brussels Effect—How the European Union Rules the World. My new article reconceptualizes this effect, updating it for the era of Trump and emboldened tech executives. 1/10
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Rasmus Corlin Christensen @phdskat.org · 15/03/2025
Our paper (with @mattiylonen.bsky.social) on the rise and fall of research on tax havens/corporate tax avoidance has now been published in a @ripejournal.bsky.social issue (32-2). Still fully #OA:
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Rediscovering the multinational enterprise: the rise and fall of ‘corporate escape’ studies
Recent scholarship has revealed the rapid post-1980s growth, dramatic scope, and socio-economic consequences of multinational enterprises’ (MNEs) corporate tax avoidance and tax haven use. But why ...
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Matti Ylönen @mattiylonen.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Oli kiinnostavaa kirjoittaa tähän erikoisnumeroon kolumni siitä, miksi Suomessa kilpailupolitiikka ei juuri esiinny politiikan agendoilla.
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Rasmus Corlin Christensen @phdskat.org · 20/02/2025
Pascal Saint-Amans, who spearheaded the negotiations for the global minimum tax when at the OECD (and who is, by the way, giving a talk at CBS tomorrow morning), continues to ask all the relevant questions. The answers, we just don't know yet. www.fdiintelligence.com/content/inte...
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Global minimum tax: “New negotiations will happen”
Pascal Saint-Amans argues that if Trump takes aim at the UTPR, the reform has no future
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Matti Ylönen @mattiylonen.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Nokia is a huge firm in Finland & patent licensing is its "goldmine" as our biggest newspaper noted. The goldmine was threatened by EU rules that would have eased patent licensing—but the plan failed. Yet, it's funny that I've seen no local media coverage on this www.juve-patent.com/legal-commen...
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"The EU Commission has missed a great opportunity"
The EU Commission withdrew its proposal for an SEP regulation. A new attempt is now needed to balance stakeholders' interests.
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Hilkka Nevala @nevala.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Tänään tuli Yleltä erityisen hyvä Stiller (vielä hän siellä on) otsikolla ”Lännen oligarkit.” Vieraina @mattiylonen.bsky.social ja @timoharakka.bsky.social kannattaa kuunnella jos maailman meininki somemarkkinoilla ihmetyttää/ahdistaa.
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Hanna Kuusela @hannakuu.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Interested in the use of consultants and public reforms? A Special Issue edited by me and my great colleagues @mattiylonen.bsky.social and Ringa Raudla for Public Money and Management is now out as a collection. You may want to start with the editorial. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Editorial: Consultants and public management reforms
Published in Public Money & Management (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Welcome to the stupidest timeline.
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Alex Cobham @alexcobham.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Amidst many damaging moves on Trump's first day, the threat to seize tax sovereignty from allies and enemies alike - and to reverse the direction of travel against corporate tax abuse - may be self-defeating. Policymakers in the EU, UK & elsewhere now *more* likely to commit to the UN tax convention
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Matti Ylönen @mattiylonen.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Blast from the past in today's Politico Global Playbook: I kind of long for the ancient times when the major controversial thing in tech was IBM's dominance.
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