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Max Herbertson

@mdbherbertson.bsky.social

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PhD candidate at LSE

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LSE European Politics @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Two years ago today, Mario Draghi published his landmark report on European competitiveness. But is Europe any further forward? ✍ @mdbherbertson.bsky.social, @neillee.bsky.social | @martinapardy.bsky.social, David Soskice & Michael Storper @lsegeography.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

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Europe needs a coalition of the willing to overcome its first mover innovation deficit

Europe’s weakness in breakthrough technologies remains a constraint. Escaping it will require a coalition of the willing ready to commit jointly and move first.

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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Europe's innovation problem New WP with Herbertson, Storper, Soskice, and Pardy researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/13...

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Income, sovereignty, and cohesion: the political economy of Europe’s first mover innovation deficit

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Giles Wilkes @gilesyb.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

"The lesson of the 1930s is that people who suffer — economic pain, physical fear, national territorial loss — are liable to turn to extremists. The lesson of today is that not suffering can induce them to do the same thing" Sorry, Janan-haters, but that's very good on.ft.com/3H5aiwX

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A war too well remembered

The 1930s and their aftermath are no guide to current events

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Neil Lee @neillee.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

One caveat on DeepSeek: a highly impressive technology, but one which does US tech better, rather than something entirely new Most Chinese unicorns are still local adaptations of US tech (for now)

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Simon Jeffrey @simonjeffrey.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Maybe my bias, but I don’t see this being a big deal at all. Unlike the painful manoeuvring around tax or public services, Labour made it very clear ahead of the election that it would prioritise growth and building things if elected. Labour has tungsten mandate for this.

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