Lam Nguyen

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[Michael Pettis @michaelxpettis]

China Banking News: China's rare-earths strategy "exemplifies the pragmatism of China’s governing elite and their willingness to adopt whatever economic policy tools are necessary - irrespective of ideological pedigree - to achieve their strategic objectives."
https://t.co/HdHOYpbxhM

[SammyKattan 🇦🇹🇮🇶🇮🇱 ✡️ 🦁 ☀️ @SammyHistorian]

Elections in Iraq
Turnout: 56.11%
Retarded Prime Minister of Iraq Shia al Sudani won.
Thanks God my Dad left this shithole 50 years ago.

[Michael Pettis @michaelxpettis]

1/8
Very interesting SCMP article on the urgent debate within China on how best to bolster domestic consumption: "One point of contention is whether to set measurable consumption targets, in a similar fashion to...
https://t.co/5BvWRYxxks

[Michael Pettis @michaelxpettis]

1/3
FT: "China’s desire to develop a technology that can widen the renminbi’s use is running up against its need to tightly control its financial system."

https://t.co/C73EfYs1Xc via @ft

[Noam Raydan @NoamRaydan]

To learn more about the challenges to energy and maritime security, please join the panel I will moderating tomorrow at @WashInstitute with top experts& colleagues in this field: @jcgnana @gbrew24 and @hfalakshahi who will share their insights 3/3 https://t.co/cHvsz5lQvl
#OOTT

[Columbia Institute of Global Politics @ColumbiaIGP]

On June 26: @ColumbiaIGP & @ColumbiaUEnergy's Rapid Response webinar discusses the latest developments in the Israel-Iran conflict and its potential impact on the global energy markets. Featuring:

🌐 @JasonBordoff, Founding Director of @ColumbiaUEnergy & @ColumbiaIGP Faculty Advisory Board Member at @ColumbiaSIPA

🌐 Jon Finer, IGP Carnegie Distinguished Fellow and CGEP Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Columbia SIPA; Former US Principal Deputy National Security Advisor

🌐 @RichardMNephew, Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA; Adjunct Fellow at the @WashInstitute for Near East Policy; Former US Deputy Special Envoy for Iran

🌐 Daniel Sternoff, Non-resident Fellow at @ColumbiaUEnergy; Head of @EnergyAspects

🌐 @ProfessorKaren Young, Senior Research Scholar at the Center on Global Energy Policy

Join us: https://t.co/Jg5YfnTKDj

[RUSI @RUSI_org]

📺Disinformation, dark money, big tech, and foreign interference: How do these forces undermine public trust in political institutions? Revisit our event with @ctrl_danger that explores the challenges facing electoral integrity.
https://t.co/J6yN7qcytU

[Polity @politybooks]

“A fascinating and highly accessible book profiling some of the most influential environmental actors and events that have shaped China’s path towards a greener future” – Thomas R. Johnson, University of Sheffield.

[Chatham House @ChathamHouse]

"China views its relationship with India through the prism of China-US relations"

@Yu_JieC (@CHAsiaPacific) on how Beijing views relations with 🇮🇳.

Watch the event: https://t.co/5uE6oAyODY

[Paul Lewis @PaulLew16394851]

Good, clear and interesting book on some key concepts in game theory.

[Mouin Rabbani @MouinRabbani]

THREAD: Developments in Lebanon during the past week have once again focused attention on the Axis of Resistance and its role during the current crisis. A few observations:

[Ben Norton @BenjaminNorton]

Western pundits claiming China's economy is "in crisis" have no idea what's really happening.

China had a big real estate bubble; the government popped it. State-owned banks then redirected loans from real estate to industry, especially high tech.

The transition is working well

[Michael Thrower Chowdhury @BevansAdvocate]

10 Books that Changed the Way I Think
1) Capitalism, Alone - @BrankoMilan Milanovic is a leading expert on global inequality. This book combines a rich and detailed understanding of the stats, with a deep appreciation of political economy and ideology. V much shapes my views here

[de te fabula narratur @te_narratur]

@Kanthan2030 Communism is a movement, not a doctrine; It is based on facts, not principles. Communism is the theoretical expression of the proletariat's position in this struggle and the theoretical summary of the conditions for the liberation of the proletariat.

Friedrich Engels.

[William Huo @wmhuo168]

https://t.co/I4ou7hw40k

[Tricontinental Institute for Social Research @tri_continental]

Our Art Director and Researcher, @t_ings debunks mainstream Western media myths about China's foreign policy which seek to portray China as an "aggressive power." https://t.co/nQD2V4pvZ1

[Carolina Alves @cacrisalves]

It's out! Can't recommend this book enough! 📕

Congrats to Cahal Moran — Post-Crash Econ founder, @rethinkecon pioneer, @LSE_PBS Fellow, & @YouTube creator.

This goes straight to my students' pre-reading list for the @IIPP_UCL New Econ Thinking module.

https://t.co/xeutp0eA6r

[Jostein Hauge @haugejostein]

People seemed to appreciate this reading list, so I'm posting it again (with a small update).

It's the 10 key books in the reading list for my course, "Development Economics", which I teach at Cambridge.

[Michael Pettis @michaelxpettis]

In my latest piece for China's Reform Imperative, I discuss whether its true that its technology drive has differentiated China today from Japan in the 1990s.

https://t.co/e4lGNZ1YMc

[Michael Thrower Chowdhury @BevansAdvocate]

10 Excellent Empirical Papers on Economic Inequality
1) Income Inequality in the United States, 1913–1998 - @PikettyLeMonde + Saez
This terrific paper details income inequality over the 20th century, positioning WW2 as a key shock in reducing inequality
https://t.co/et9xh5K43a