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I would like to nominate this article on attitudes toward - and reactions to - climate change policy in the United States by Thomas Oatley. It provides an interesting new way of thinking about economic structure, material self-interest, and economic reforms. https://academic.oup.com/ser/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ser/mwad052/7288568?login=true

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I would nominate and highly recommend this International Security article by Ling Chen and Miles Evers: “Wars without Gun Smoke”: Global Supply Chains, Power Transitions, and Economic Statecraft (October 2023). https://direct.mit.edu/isec/article/48/2/164/118107 . Fascinating article with a compelling argument that draws on a comparison between U.S.-China power transitions and Anglo-German power relations at the beginning of the 20th century.

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Immodestly, I would like to nominate my own recent book: Essays on the History and Politics of the Internet (Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2023)

https://www.cambridgescholars.com/product/978-1-5275-2870-3

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Kayla Scanlon. Not because the content of her work (largely social media based) is revolutionizing my thought but because she’s been able to communicate business and economics to a new audience. It’s hard to find good news or information on social media. Much of it tends toward extremes and I find Scanlon’s videos accessible, informative, and succinct.

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Take a look at Conquest and Rents, A Political Economy of Dictatorship and Violence in Muslim Societies by Faisal Ahmed (Cambridge 2023). This is a remarkably ambitious attempt to explain why Muslim nations are more likely to be autocratic and to suffer civil disorder.

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