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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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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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Unless AI execs spread the gains, regulators could come for them... Transcript: www.ft.com/content/17c3... Listen: podfollow.com/economics-show

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Business executives are expecting an uneven distribution of AI-generated productivity gains Transcript: www.ft.com/content/17c3... Listen: podfollow.com/economics-show

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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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I don't want to be mean to the model but uh the residuals are quite large aren't they

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High frequency data suggests that China's contribution to global imbalances is growing from IMF External Sector Report

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IMF notes that the recent widening in China's external balance has set records

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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 · 27/07/2026

How exposed is the UK to China Shock 2.0? My column this week: www.ft.com/content/0ed8...

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Thanks to @Channel4News for having me on the Fourcast podcast to talk tariffs! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj1r...

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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 27/07/2026

Huge thanks to Paul Krake for a wonderful review of "How to Win a Trade War"! Full review here: viewfromthepeak.substack.com/p/serious-pe...

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Went on Channel 4's "The Fourcast" podcast to talk tariffs. Obviously brought along a copy of "How to Win a Trade War". Just in case, you know, they wanted a reading. (They didn't.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj1r...

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"How to Win a Trade War" made it to number 1 in the "Business Economics" Amazon bestsellers list! Very exciting! And if you want the Kindle edition for 99p ***today only*** then here's the link: www.amazon.co.uk/How-Win-Trad...

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China's AI sector has so far emphasised open source models. Could that be about to change? New pod with @kyleichan.bsky.social Links to listen: www.ft.com/content/9f7d... Link to transcript: www.ft.com/content/672a...

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Is China watching the US and thinking "okay, you go billions and billions of dollars racing for this AGI thing, and we’ll just clean up afterwards and make sure that we get rich actually implementing it?" New podcast alert, with @kyleichan.bsky.social

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In celebration of "How to Win a Trade War" being available on Kindle for 99p today, have a song I wrote, called "The UK's trade identity crisis" Kindle deal link here: www.amazon.co.uk/How-Win-Trad...

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In light of the tariff news, please enjoy my column this week as.ft.com/r/de901117-6...

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The Trump administration, just a big bunch of softies caring deeply about workers' rights around the world www.ft.com/content/0782...

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The working paper also has some interesting charts, eg showing that China faces a particularly large gap between its average statutory tariff rate and the rate actually applied. Working paper link here: www.imf.org/-/media/file...

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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 21/07/2026

New research suggests an important nuance to the take that tariffs have been paid by Americans... My column this week: www.ft.com/content/7b53... Gift link: as.ft.com/r/bd82d62c-f...

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"Exactly the book for this moment" Thanks to the Society of Professional Economists for this great review of "How to Win a Trade War"! spe.org.uk/reading-room...

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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 21/07/2026

what an intro as.ft.com/r/0dc77fc7-1...

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The new tariffs threatened against imports from Canada don't seem to cover cars / car parts as they're already covered by an earlier section 232 www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

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WHO WOULD DO SUCH A THING?? (The US.)

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ah yes that time the Canadians started boycotting American booze for no good reason at all - completely unprovoked - silly, really

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