Economic thought, tariffs, trade, especially in China. Historian of modern China @HCAatEdinburgh. Former fellow @TheWilsonCenter. Author of “No Great Wall”.
Joined February 2018
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15 Dec 2024
Die Herausgeber vor der Edition @degruyter_brill in der Buchhandlung @riemann_coburg die es schon zu Lebzeiten der Autorin gab. Alles möglich dank @RabeaRi …
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Die Nachrufe auf Jürgen Habermas glänzen durch unkritische Bewunderung. Unser Gastautor @IlkoKowalczuk ist davon überzeugt, dass Habermas davon wenig begeistert gewesen wäre und hat deshalb auch ein paar kritische Anmerkungen.
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11 Mar 2025
Amid talk of trade wars and tariffs with China, this podcast from 2019 is getting attention again! A conversation with the fab @FBoecking about how a collapse in Republican China's tariff revenue led to fiscal and state collapse.
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30 Sep 2019
🎧NEW PODCAST: Trade, Tariffs, and Nationalism in Republican China
@FBoecking talks to @jagevans about his latest book "No Great Wall" from @Harvard_Press soundcloud.com/fairbank-cent…
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23 Jan 2025
If you feel offended by Bishop Budde’s plea for compassion and mercy, then you are many things, but “Christian” is not one of them.
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9 Nov 2024
9 Nov 2024
The re-election of Donald Trump is a decisive rejection of liberalism, writes Francis Fukuyama: on.ft.com/3YJffkn
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21 Sep 2024
Join a choir today!
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15 Sep 2024
hmm man könnte sagen
Konservative Politik auf einem Bild.
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27 Jul 2024
Grüße aus Gorleben
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14 Feb 2024
Marx's most important insight is not the centrality of class struggle as the driver of history but the constraint that historical structures puts on the ability of individual leaders to bring about significant change
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15 Jan 2024
#Xinjiang: Today marks 10 years since #Uyghur writer/academic #IlhamTohti was detained for his work promoting inter-ethnic dialogue and advocating for the rights of minorities in #China. We continue to call for his immediate and unconditional release: pen-international.org/news/c…
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5 Dec 2023
Die erste öffentliche Lesung @RabeaRi … mit meinem Lieblingsbuch zur Absicherung 😌@RichterHedwig
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27 Nov 2023
I’m not saying that baked goods are the best reason to study economic and social history @HCAGrad_Edin @HCAatEdinburgh, but maybe they are one of the reasons?
ALT A classroom table with three bowls of cookies, one homemade, two professionally made
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24 Oct 2023
I’m very excited that it’s publication day for Die Tagebücher der Hildegard von Erffa, 1889–1900, co-edited with my mother - degruyter.com/document/doi/1… thank you @degruyter_pub and @RabeaRi!
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1 Aug 2023
With the amazing Maestro @TanDunMusic, rehearsing his Buddha Passion for the @edintfest opening concert. 我们非常荣幸演唱您的仙乐，谭老师！
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Sadly, many academics don’t like online conferences
Sadly, air travel is related to academic success
Sadly, flying burns huge amounts of fossil fuels
Sadly, we are all threatened by global heating
Sadly, academics need to stop finding excuses, and instead change our ways
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