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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 · 25/09/2026

Economists are allowed to call themselves *social* scientists, but not scientists. These are my rules.

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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

Also chains >> non-chains "The standardized curricula, instructor training requirements, and quality oversight mechanisms embedded in franchise agreements may partly explain why chain centers produce measurable achievement gains while independent tutoring centers do not."

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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 · 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

Thanks to @peter-mccrory.bsky.social, @bengolub.bsky.social and Ara Kharazian for speaking to me, and to everyone else who spoke to me on background. And if anyone reading this has further thoughts, please get in touch as this is a topic I'll be following.

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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 27/08/2026

The AI craze is still tiddly relative to the total economics profession and concentrated in elite hubs. For some economists elsewhere, there will be grumbles about unequal access to data -- and eyerolling about AI hype. Piece is here: 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 · 27/08/2026

I've seen a lot of fuss about individual AI usage data, which the labs hold and in cases make public at an aggregated level. But probably more important is information on how organisations as a whole are deploying AI, which isn't made public. (Do they even have this data?)

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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 · 27/08/2026

The AI companies add friction to communications between researchers and journalists. Relative to academics working at a bog standard university dept there are more layers of control, more PR folks involved, and more NDAs. (No shade on any of the v responsive PRs I worked with.)

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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 27/08/2026

There's lots more in the full piece here: www.ft.com/content/8471... Some extra thoughts...

ft.com

https://www.ft.com/content/84718e2b-13c9-4469-a1d6-52556c7f637f?syn-25a6b1a6=1

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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 27/08/2026

While the AI labs hold prized data, they have some influence over the results that data is used to generate. They can condition access, eg to influence which questions are asked. Biases could creep in in subtle ways, even from researchers becoming chummy with AI lab employees.

ft.com

https://www.ft.com/content/84718e2b-13c9-4469-a1d6-52556c7f637f?syn-25a6b1a6=1

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Soumaya Keynes @soumayakeynes.ft.com · 27/08/2026

But as the frontier of research shifts, can conflicts of interest be managed? Speaking to several of the economists involved, I heard optimism. Some told me the *whole point* of the collaborations was to publish, and that they wouldn't tolerate censorship. Reputations matter.

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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

It came after a sentence containing the word "hopefully"...

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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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https://www.ft.com/content/6181c22c-731a-4044-9720-fc4e0d500403?shareType=nongift

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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...

ft.com

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

ft.com

What your out-of-office really means

An email translator for the summer holidays

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