A pivot table is just a `GROUP BY` operation, with a choice of aggregate.
IR scholars are, indeed, the worst.
Khan's tenure at FTC has been amazing. She's made it one of the most important centers for progressive policymaking in the Biden administration. Harris needs to publicly back her to the hilt
My latest: New polling shows that roughly 80 percent of Democrats feel the government should be doing more to take on corporate monopolies. Still, prominent party donors are urging Kamala Harris to dump Joe Biden's star antitrust enforcer. www.wired.com/story/ftc-ch...
New polling shows roughly 80 percent of Democrats feel the government should be doing more to take on corporate monopolies. Still, prominent party donors are urging Kamala Harris to dump Lina Khan.
Counterfeit = IP problem, and perhaps a distribution-chain issue Hizbollah’s exploding walkie-talkies likely counterfeits, says radio maker on.ft.com/47K1E0n
Broad (steel), or careful & deliberate (EVs), “dumping” is used a form of trade weaponization by private firms looking to gain market share… …and so governments aren’t necessarily the only actors who weaponize economic networks #geoeconomics
As well as an IP problem rather than a #supplychain problem
Lots of good detail in this piece…low-tech devices are extremely easy to counterfeit so it’s not difficult to imagine a shell company hopping on to the supply chain to produce a few booby trapped devices. If anything, it’s an IP problem rather than a tech problem
Counterfeiting, surplus inventories and complex contract manufacturing deals can sometimes make it impossible to identify the source of a product.
“I charmed a king, a congressman, and an occasional aristocrat, and then got me a Georgia mansion and an elegant New York town house flat. And I ain’t done bad.” #geoeconomics
One of the explanations people leave out is the size of the public sector relative to similar economies www.economist.com/finance-and-...
It’s an empty attempt at catharsis, but it’s not wrong #geoeconomicswww.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The economics profession has become insular and status-obsessed, and not focused enough on making a positive impact on the world.