Mona Ali
@MonaAli_NY_US
Tooze & Fertik (2014) assert that WWI reshaped the world economy countering the economists narrative that war interrupted globalization. WWI, they argued, 'activated to an unprecedented degree' the networks of 19th century globalization. My essay understands the present similarly
Absolutely sensational piece from @MonaAli_NY_US. The density of forensic knowledge about the global dollar system is astounding. Among other treats, it has the clearest and most concise explanation of Bretton Woods I and its demise I've ever read.
What's the role of private equity in the global South? Check out @farwasial's (@DevEconNetwork) brilliant piece on it!
NEW POST: @farwasial unpacks what the rise of private equity for the global South means, especially when it comes to indebtedness, public markets, and the public subsidy function of development finance. Locusts? Vampires? Have a read 👇 developingeconomics.org/2025/07/23/pri…
“ Many Americans are demonstrably disgusted, shamed, and angered by their tyrants, but mainstream literary and intellectual institutions seem unable or unwilling to give voice to them. ” Pankaj Mishra in no-taking-prisoners mode harpers.org/archive/2025/0…
Monetizing Primacy: Join us next Thursday, July 31, at 12:00pm ET for a conversation with @RajaKorman, @Brad_Setser, and @MonaAli_NY_US, moderated by JFI's @StynesMichael. Details + Zoom: jainfamilyinstitute.org/monetizing-pri…
The final Dispatch from Seville: For COP30 in Belem, Brazil's leadership of the Baku to Belem Roadmap to USD 1.3 trillion renews the ’investible climate’ agenda in Seville with a nod to my favourite development economist, Thandika Mkandawire phenomenalworld.org/analysis/after…
Aside from the grift and corruption, $550 billion in new foreign investment in the US increases the stock of US foreign liabilities by as much. Increasing US external debt by half a trillion dollars to pay down US debt makes little sense. nytimes.com/2025/07/23/bus…
"Mohammed bin Salman’s Saudi Arabia harnesses growth to fixed capital formation and embraces the state as planner and market actor. But it does so through the financialization of housing and debt-financed consumption." NEW: @CPowers1986 on SV2030. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/sv-20…
you care about Gaza, talk about the famine. People are dying from hunger. There is no flour, no milk for babies, no food for children. I spent the entire day searching for something to feed my family and found nothing. Hunger is not a feeling, it is a slow death. It has become…
This is one of those images you instantly know will appear in history books of the future. And people will wonder how we allowed this to happen.
Venus Williams after becoming the oldest WTA match winner since 2004: “I had to come back for the insurance, because they informed me this year that I’m on cobra. So it’s like, I got to get my benefits on” 😭😭😭😭
In #Gaza, people are being starved. Families can’t find flour. People are going without meals for days. Prices have increased by over 4,000 %. The Israeli Authorities have banned 🛑UNRWA from bringing food into Gaza for over 4 months. This is a manmade and politically…
People in Gaza are collapsing all over from hunger. Babies and children are dying from malnutrition. This is a forced starvation campaign and it is pure evil.
Absolutely grotesque: patterns of shooting Palestinians. bbc.com/audio/play/p0l…
Questions from Gaza's Children as compiled by staff from the Palestine Trauma Centre in Gaza: