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Soumaya Keynes

@soumayakeynes.ft.com
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Author of "How to Win a Trade War" FT econ columnist Host of The Economics Show w/ Soumaya Keynes podcast Singer-songwriter www.instagram.com/soumayakeynes/?hl… and bit.ly/2Z6gvjp

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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · 27/09/2026
3) Jenny Bates joined The Economics Show with @soumayakeynes.ft.com for an important conversation about critical policy choices facing the UK and why, given China/US/EU... Podcast: www.ft.com/content/f2f1... Transcript: www.ft.com/content/ede2... Jenny's paper: www.bsg.ox.ac.uk/research/pub...
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 24/09/2026
Thinking about the end of the world? Check your biases. My FT column this week: www.ft.com/content/9d11...
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 23/09/2026
Eyyyyy How to Win a Trade War got shortlisted for the SABEW Best in Business Book Awards!! sabew.org/2026/09/shor...
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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“I don’t sweep the floor with my uterus.” Absolutely love this conversation between @corinnelow.com and @soumayakeynes.ft.com about gender and time use in parenting. (Yes, they have spreadsheets!) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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Can you spreadsheet your way to equal parenting? With Corinne Low
Podcast Episode · The Economics Show · September 18 · 27m
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 20/09/2026
zoombinis* *haven‘t played a proper video game in at least two decades but zoombinis was so important to me I felt I had to share
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 19/09/2026
Great to see @soumayakeynes.ft.com and @chadpbown.com ‘s brilliant and timely book in the wild 📚
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 19/09/2026
Immigrants must earn more to be net fiscal contributors in the UK vs elsewhere New piece by @jburnmurdoch.ft.com based on research by @usama-polani.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/832fb4d5-e...
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Tony Tassell @tonytassell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Will US debt burst the AI bubble? very good, crisp podcast here with Ruchir Sharma and @chrisgiles.ft.com (standing in for @soumayakeynes.ft.com). Including a great section on why the 5% threshold on the 10-year US Treasury yield matters so much www.ft.com/content/ae62...
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Will US debt burst the AI bubble? With Ruchir Sharma
Why America’s mounting debt could become the AI boom’s biggest threat
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 08/09/2026
Incredible study, with detailed data analysis answering a question I am desperate to know the answer to about a large and important countr… …it’s about Norway isn’t it
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 08/09/2026
*VERY* excited to say that I'll be speaking and performing at Kilkenomics this coming November, the one and only economics + comedy festival. Full schedule here: kilkenomics.com/2026-schedule/
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 07/09/2026
Blown away by this amazing (and brilliantly written) review of How to Win a Trade War, from Emily Blanchard of the Tuck School of Business. Excerpts below, and they've made the whole thing open-access: doi.org/10.1017/S147...
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 04/09/2026
As the Chinese invest in chipmaking capacity, are they simply copying the playbook deployed by the Japanese and Koreans years earlier? On The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes, Dan Kim (TechInsights) says this time is different Listen: pod.fo/e/5cf69a Transcript: www.ft.com/content/a467...
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 04/09/2026
New episode of The Economics Show, in which I quiz Dan Kim of TechInsights on the causes and consequences of the intense shortage of memory chips. Listen: pod.fo/e/5cf69a Transcript: www.ft.com/content/a467...
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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · 03/09/2026
HOW TO WIN A TRADE WAR... Korea launch! In Seoul, an extraordinary week of events to kick off the Korean translation of my new book with the amazing @soumayakeynes.ft.com. Old friends, new friends - thanks for the INCREDIBLE reception!!! Order it here: product.kyobobook.co.kr/detail/S0002...
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 03/09/2026
When is an economist not an economist? Do I count? My @FT column this week explores... www.ft.com/content/89f0...
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Rachel Rees @rachel-rees.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
As honoured as I am to see that The Times has picked up my Chagos article practically *word for word*, including my hard-gotten quotes, I’d prefer some credit — or for everyone to read my original FT piece! free link to read the evidently enviable article below (cheaper than a Times sub!) 🌴
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 31/08/2026
When planning this podcast, which I recorded with Torsten Slok immediately after Jackson Hole, I knew there was a bit of a risk. Would he say *nothing*? Luckily, as Torsten so clearly explained, it turned out okay... Listen: pod.fo/e/599703 Read the transcript: www.ft.com/content/44f9...
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 31/08/2026
Interesting new paper by @joshua-goodman.com and Samuel Nitkin on private tutoring - it raises test scores, but because of differences in adoption it also raises inequality in test scores. Full paper here: www.nber.org/papers/w35671
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 30/08/2026
Delighted to have this very nice review from Alan Winters in The World Economy for my book "How to Win a Trade War" with @Chadpbown.com! ...and there is an audio version, though it's just read by me Full review here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 28/08/2026
"A great holiday read"!
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 27/08/2026
Recommend reading this @NYTimes.com op-ed from @ChadpBown.com about who really wins from the Trump administration crushing Canada's car industry. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/o...
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 27/08/2026
Opinion: The rush to collaborate with these tech companies comes with risks. Read the column by Soumaya Keynes (@soumayakeynes.ft.com) here: ft.trib.al/qMUXSj6
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 27/08/2026
What's up with the economics profession? Recently I've been hearing a lot about senior profs dusting off their CVs and trying to get gigs with the AI labs, as well as more arms-length collaborations. Working with an AI lab is seen as very cool. 🧵 www.ft.com/content/8471...
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https://www.ft.com/content/84718e2b-13c9-4469-a1d6-52556c7f637f?syn-25a6b1a6=1
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 21/08/2026
"How to Win a Trade War" got recommended as one of the three books in the Ezra Klein Show and my day* is made *week really, but trying to play it cool
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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.eurosky.social · 21/08/2026
but, of course, Brad does recommend the best book of the year (?) @chadpbown.com & @soumayakeynes.ft.com :> #howtowinatradewar www.nytimes.com/2026/08/21/o...
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 21/08/2026
The Economist has published @dacemoglumit.bsky.social's response to their critical column and it is spiky www.economist.com/letters/2026...
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 21/08/2026
And they definitely did that right?
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 20/08/2026
What are we NOT talking about because AI is hogging our attention? Or relating to the economy, data centres and model development require vast quantities of chips, electricity and financing. Does the craze mean others are going without? Me for the @FinancialTimes.com: www.ft.com/content/6181...
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Highly enjoyable by @soumayakeynes.ft.com on what your out of office says about you: (I didn’t put one)
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What your out-of-office really means
An email translator for the summer holidays
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 13/08/2026
Rolled your eyes at an out-of-office message? This is the guide for you. You may think that these automated emails show your colleagues as lazy, slacking off while you toil through the long summer, but they are so much more. My FT column translates: www.ft.com/content/46ca...
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What your out-of-office really means
An email translator for the summer holidays
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 13/08/2026
Rolled your eyes at an out-of-office message? This is the guide for you. You may think that these automated emails show your colleagues as lazy, slacking off while you toil through the long summer, but they are so much more. My FT column translates: www.ft.com/content/46ca...
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What your out-of-office really means
An email translator for the summer holidays
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 12/08/2026
going to the basement because I’ve read the day of the triffids
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 12/08/2026
In light of the news that Zhu Ronji has died, do listen to this classic episode of @Trade__Talks in which @ChadBown and I spoke to @Paul Blustein about the fascinating story of China's entry into the WTO. Zhu Ronji was a key character... podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1...
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107: Bombed Embassies and Document Leaks – How China Got into the WTO
Podcast Episode · Trade Talks · 24 October 2019 · 37min
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 11/08/2026
Been enjoying the Rivals TV adaptation and got the book for my holiday reading and uh I guess things were different in the 1980s? (Rupert is in his late 30s)
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 11/08/2026
Where we are in the race to reduce China's dominance in rare earths? Is everyone pulling their weight? hmm. SPECIAL EPISODE of The Economics Show w/ Soumaya Keynes podcast, building on How to Win a Trade War Listen: podfollow.com/economics-show Transcript: www.ft.com/content/44cf...
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 08/08/2026
VERY happy to share that my book with @ChadpBown.com How to Win a Trade War has been shortlisted for the German Business Book Prize 2026, which "recognises books that explain economic concepts in a well-founded, understandable, and socially relevant way." 😎 handelsblattgroup.com/Presse/deuts...
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Deutscher Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2026: Diese zehn Bücher sind nominiert | Handelsblatt Media Group
Die Shortlist für den Deutschen Wirtschaftsbuchpreis 2026 steht fest: Zehn Neuerscheinungen der vergangenen Monate sind für die Auszeichnung nominiert. Mit dem Preis würdigen das Handelsblatt…
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Jeffrey Lin @jeffrlin.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Our new paper has an explanation for both slowing TFP growth and increasing R&D that is consistent with the Fort et al interpretation that the links between a firm’s R&D and *other* firms’ productivity has weakened.
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 03/08/2026
Just finished this - a lovely read!
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 31/07/2026
Just seen The Odyssey and my contribution to the discourse is that the meat soup looked gross
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 31/07/2026
Struggling to cope with work from home? Maybe your business has a deeper management problem... New episode of The Economics Show with @NickBloom.bsky.social Transcript: www.ft.com/content/17c3... Listen: podfollow.com/economics-show
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 31/07/2026
Looks like work from home boosted... baby making From the latest episode of The Economics Show podcast with Nick Bloom Transcript: www.ft.com/content/17c3... Listen: podfollow.com/economics-show
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 31/07/2026
Even if wealth inequality hasn't changed, the relative importance of income and wealth has. Fab column from @JBurnMurdoch.ft.com www.ft.com/content/6a35...
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 31/07/2026
How the "Nostradamus of AI" fell from grace. Great reporting from my FT colleagues www.ft.com/content/620b...
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 31/07/2026
Could we be at a productivity inflection point? New episode of The Economics Show with @NickBloom.bsky.social is cautiously optimistic... Transcript: www.ft.com/content/17c3... Listen: podfollow.com/economics-show
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 30/07/2026
I don't want to be mean to the model but uh the residuals are quite large aren't they
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 30/07/2026
High frequency data suggests that China's contribution to global imbalances is growing from IMF External Sector Report
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 30/07/2026
IMF notes that the recent widening in China's external balance has set records
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 30/07/2026
just realised that today is the last day of my mid-30s, which is why my next column will be titled "death comes for us all in the end"
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 30/07/2026
China's share of the UK's goods trade flows looks familiar - growing as a share of imports, shrinking as a share of exports. From my column this week, on the UK's exposure to China Shock 2.0. www.ft.com/content/0ed8...
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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 30/07/2026
How exposed is the UK to China Shock 2.0? My column this week: www.ft.com/content/0ed8...
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