Max Gallien

Political Economy, Development, Informality, Tax, North Africa. Author, "Smugglers and States" (Columbia 2024). Research Fellow @IDS_UK and @ICTDTax. 💚🐧

[Max Gallien @MaxGallien]

It's taken me way too long to do this, but have finally found the time to migrate to the better place. Will cross-post here for a while, but find me there!
https://t.co/sgjJcAvH4m

[CSIS Middle East @CSISMidEast]

"smuggling is not necessarily subversive; it’s part of a certain mode of state-building," says @MaxGallien in the latest episode of #Babel on smuggling economies in North Africa. Listen to his full comments or read the transcript here: https://t.co/V4OAZoJRpO

[Max Gallien @MaxGallien]

@andreaterenzio @CSISMidEast Thank you for listening!!

[Andrea Cellino @andreaterenzio]

Very interesting podcast by @CSISMidEast in which @MaxGallien discusses the political, social, and economic functions of smuggling economies in North Africa

[Max Gallien @MaxGallien]

I really enjoyed speaking to Jon Alterman on the @CSISMidEast Babel podcast about my book 'Smugglers and States'. (The podcast series in general is excellent, would highly recommend checking out the episodes that don't have me on...)
https://t.co/AheVdjETYr

[International Centre for Tax and Development @ICTDTax]

📢 NEW POLICY PAPER OUT!

In collaboration with @ATAFTax, we reviewed the challenges and potential of taxing Africa's informal economies. See our findings and recommendations here🔗https://t.co/mqpqzx54IZ

#TaxTwitter #ATAFAM24 #ATAF| @MaxGallien | @VVandenboogaard | @MAbounabhan

[Max Gallien @MaxGallien]

One of the consequences of whatever has happened to the algorithm on here since Musk took over is that it feels like we're all seeing more and more of the timeline as he's seeing it.
And man, is it a small, shallow and exhausting space.

[John B. Holbein @JohnHolbein1]

Why do academic journals have such strict/varied formatting guidelines on first submission? (Beyond length)

Isn’t formatting for a journal, only to be rejected, just a massive unnecessary cost imposed on scientists?

Couldn’t scientists put their time to better use?

[Max Gallien @MaxGallien]

@WorldDevJournal @MikeRogan11 @NAnyidoho @VVandenboogaard @WIEGOGLOBAL @IDS_UK @ICTDTax @ISSERUG as usual, all typos are evidence of global conspiracy and sleep deprivation

[Max Gallien @MaxGallien]

📰NEW PAPER One common misconceptions about informal economies is that they do not pay taxes. In our new @WorldDevJournal article we use a survey of 2500 informal workers in Accra to show that tax burdens can be very real, highly regressive, and skewed:
https://t.co/GtJToByWeJ

[Max Gallien @MaxGallien]

I don't know how you're spending your coffee breaks but I'm happy to confirm that the answer to the question
"Are seasonal effects driving how well the Guardian Blind Dates are going?" is probably no.

[Min Jung Kim (김민정) @FrontierMin]

Come work with us @ElliottSchoolGW! We are looking for a full-time faculty member with an associate or full professor rank in the field of security studies, broadly defined. The position will be based in the ISCS and affiliated with the MA in SPS program. https://t.co/K47fK6lRyx

[Tax Justice Network Bsky: @taxjustice.net @TaxJusticeNet]

🚨 What is the #StateofTaxJustice in 2024?

Find out tomorrow in our latest report, exposing the scale of tax abuse by multinationals & the wealthy. This year’s report lands as global leaders debate a #UNTaxConvention, its findings couldn’t be more urgent. https://t.co/t44LOtqHIi

[Franzisca Zanker - @[email protected] @FranziscaZ]

📢Looking for 2 PostDocs and 1 PhD researcher for my @ERC_Research project POLMIG: the positions will be for four years, based in Freiburg @AbiFreiburg with research in 🇬🇭🇰🇪🇲🇼🇱🇷. Job ads available here https://t.co/zR7kKp9GtB Deadline 27th December

[Max Gallien @MaxGallien]

I really enjoyed contributing to this project, with a chapter on "Chequered value chains: globalisation made in the borderlands" - it's an honour to be in such great company. The entire book is available online and for free! Link below 👇

[Chatham House MENA @CH_MENAP]

🚨 New publication | Borders of Conflict: Navigating Policy in a Transnational Ecosystem

This @ChathamHouse, @Global_Policy & @XCEPT_Research e-book, edited by @renadmansour, includes 9 essays on transnational conflict in the Middle East & Africa 🧵(1/6)
https://t.co/VQZqfybjgP

[Max Gallien @MaxGallien]

With #MESA2024 starting today...

[Max Gallien @MaxGallien]

The distribution of papers at the @MESA_1966 annual meetings is a good indicator of the geographic distribution of anglophone Middle Eastern Studies.*
Oman with an unexpected third place this year, just ahead of Palestine...

[Tobacco Control @TC_BMJ]

November Issue: Countries with large loose cigarette markets should opt for large rather than incremental tax increases in order to ensure their full effect and to achieve better public health.https://t.co/Mi1ilLkjoK @MaxGallien

[Centre on Armed Groups @Armed_Groups]

For Kurdish smugglers, checkpoints mean more than just barriers—they’re sites of complex power struggles. Explore how 'Persin' and 'Jimi' tactics shape control & resistance at these critical points in the latest #RoadblocksAndRevenues working paper👇
https://t.co/5sstn0a4pv

[Max Gallien @MaxGallien]

Such a pleasure to see old and new friends at @IMESatGWU last week! (With a special thanks to @GWGeography for co-hosting!)