Toa @GeopoliticsPlus

Studying geopolitical challenges arising from the resurgence of global mercantilism. @Stanford alum. Sign up for Geopolitics+ https://t.co/z1j93Rg3QC Abroad Joined March 2015

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Toa @GeopoliticsPlus

2 weeks ago

Top 3 threads to check out (if you haven't read them already) 🧵🧵🧵 1. 😎The history of mercantilism told through the lives of three figures: Thomas Mun, Oliver Cromwell, and Thomas Hobbes x.com/LeviathanMacro… 2. 🤔No one knows what mercantilism means…

Toa @GeopoliticsPlus

3 weeks ago

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Toa @GeopoliticsPlus

a month ago

The more I think about this quote, the more it resonates: "a slowing down of the rate of change may be the best way of keeping change going in a given direction." From Giovanni Arrighi's The Long Twentieth Century

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Toa @GeopoliticsPlus

a week ago

➡️ “Replacing euro-denominated transactions with stablecoin-based payments (pegged to the dollar) could reduce the euro’s attractiveness, including as a reserve asset.” cepr.org/voxeu/columns/…

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Toa @GeopoliticsPlus

a week ago

➡️ “The ECB has pitched the digital euro as a way to cut Europe's reliance on U.S. credit cards and as a response to U.S. President Donald Trump's global push for stablecoins pegged to the U.S. dollar.” reuters.com/business/finan…

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Toa @GeopoliticsPlus

a week ago

➡️ “U.S. companies are lining up to borrow in euros with bond sales hitting a record $100 billion so far this year, reflecting attractive European funding conditions and a growing willingness among issuers and investors to shift away from the dollar.” reuters.com/business/finan…

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Toa @GeopoliticsPlus

a week ago

➡️"President Donald Trump said on Sunday that media mogul Lachlan Murdoch and business leaders Larry Ellison and Michael Dell would be involved as U.S. investors in a proposed deal to keep TikTok operating in the United States." reuters.com/world/china/tr…

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Toa @GeopoliticsPlus

a week ago

➡️ "TikTok and ByteDance’s overall lobbying spend is down from the highs of last year when they were actively lobbying Congress not to ban the app, but the two entities have still dropped more than $6 million on influence efforts in the first half of 2025."…

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SUERF - The European Money and Finance Forum @suerf_org

6 months ago

#SUERFpolicybrief "Cryptomercantilism: Donald Trump's monetary doctrine" by @MonnetEric (EHESS & PSE) 📄tinyurl.com/4vcdtzmu #Cryptomercantilism #Stablecoins #EconomicPolicy

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Investopedia @Investopedia

a month ago

Discover mercantilism's principles and its role in history as a national wealth-building strategy focusing on trade, gold, and colonization, and its transition to capitalism. investopedia.com/terms/m/mercan…

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Toa @GeopoliticsPlus

2 weeks ago

➡️ “there is a store that sells kitchen and gardening equipment. I asked the owner what percentage of his inventory comes from China. What do you think his answer was? 75%? 90%. He is now simply adding 20% to his retail prices. Trump’s tariff policy will significantly drive up…

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Toa @GeopoliticsPlus

2 weeks ago

Revisiting this thread about the history of mercantilism: Why the English went to war with the Dutch

Toa @GeopoliticsPlus

2 months ago

Revisiting this thread about the history of mercantilism: Why the English went to war with the Dutch

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Toa @GeopoliticsPlus

2 weeks ago

"Modern mercantilists may not speak of Cromwell, but he is the leviathan—the father of all mercantilists." From Mercantilist Principles. Read more here mercantilistprinciples.substack.com/p/does-a-merca…