The @WorldBankGroup has recognised industrial policy can deliver after decades of advising against it. But new conclusions do not automatically produce new economics. The Bank still treats the state as a fixer of market failures rather than a market creator and shaper. The question is not whether governments intervene after markets have failed — it is what kind of economy we want to build in the first place.
New in @ProSyn with @LaraMerling on the new economics we need, and how the Global Council on New Economics for the 21st Century, co-chaired with Deputy Prime Minister @Carlos_Cuerpo, aims to deliver updated economic principles organised around justice, equality, sustainability and global solidarity, translated into a framework progressive governments can act on.
Read more ➡️ https://t.co/rGsifqVPZy
More on the Council ➡️ https://t.co/NUzprKjJOw
Our new paper “Rethinking Industrial Strategies and the State: A Global South Perspective” has just been published in the latest issue of @SocResJournal: “Challenges to Democracy and the Future of Capitalism”.
In this paper, @lmonaco13 and I highlight the distinct challenges faced by late industrialisers in the Global South. Against this background, we discuss the ways in which industrial strategy should be radically redesigned, proposing core “ingredients” for a purposeful mission-oriented approach that places stronger emphasis on the Global South and development.
Read it here ➡️ https://t.co/6XBN3EcGoO
PhD Completion: congratulations to Nopparuj Chindasombatcharoen, University of Cambridge. Thesis title: "Psychological insights for sustainable agricultural transformation." Now employed as a Research Fellow at Thailand Development Research Institute (TDRI).
วิธีการบริหารเวลาชีวิตด้วยการเลือกทำสิ่งสำคัญแค่บางอย่าง เป็นการฝึกให้ตัวเอง "ยินดีที่จะพลาดโอกาส" หรือ JOMO-Joy of Missing Out แต่หลายครั้งเรามักอยากทำอะไรหลายอย่าง และ "กลัวที่จะพลาดโอกาส" หรือ FOMO-Fear of Missing Out >> เพิ่มเติมที่ https://t.co/hXfI7tids6
Recently, I wrote several threads on academic writing that went (sort of) viral on Academic Twitter.
Thought I'd put them together so folks can find them all in one place.
So, here goes 👇
The habit and process of academic writing: a meta-thread 🧵
Is the UK investing enough in #innovation?
New blog from @IfMCambridge's Cambridge Industrial Innovation Policy team takes a look at look at current trends in UK R&D & asks if UK is spending enough on R&D compared to other countries.
Read the blog here 👇
https://t.co/9YWXr3bmuq
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