The #Trump administration cast itself as the #crypto capital of the world. Where do these disparate visions come from?. On @LSEforBusiness, Taku Kinai finds ideological parallels in the British #currency controversies of the 19th century. Read more 👉

US policy under #Trump is upending global #trade patterns. But regional trade can help Africa fill the gap and safeguard the continent against future shocks, writes Kasper Vrolijk on @AfricaAtLSE. Read more 👉

Contacting political candidates should be easy in an age of social media. Yet Edward de Quay @GRI_LSE @LSEpoliticsblog finds only 1/4 candidates in the recent local #elections listed a campaign email. If voters can't ask questions, #democracy suffers.

Charting #Bangladesh’s remarkable progress on a range of social indicators since the 1970s, @N_Kabeer @LSE_ID draws on her book Renegotiating Patriarchy @LSEPress to highlight the key role #women’s agency played in the nation's development @LSEInequalities

Would you like to work at LSE Blogs?. We are #hiring for a new Managing Editor of LSE Business Review @LSEforBusiness. Applications are open now until Tuesday 9 September – find details and apply below. #JobOpportunity #Business #Editing.

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As the #UN moves to update its System of National Accounts, Georgia Meyer @LSEManagement.outlines how these changes affect underlying approaches to measuring national economies, the limits of #GDP and the place for alternative measures. @LSEImpactBlog.

Today’s digitalised #workplace means that for many workers, work time extends to all hours of the day and night. Emma Russell & Becky Faith discuss #hyperconnectivity and share four principles for “decent work connectivity” @digitcentre @LSEforBusiness.

What did #COVID19 reveal about human #behaviour and effective #PublicPolicy in a #pandemic? . Behavioural Economics & Policy for Pandemics ed. Joan Costa-Font @LSEHealthPolicy & @Matteo_Galizzi @LSE_PBS, reviewed by @pauladepoju for @LSEReviewBooks.

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Is #Europe’s support for #Ukraine a federal moment?. The pressures of war are driving Europe to act as a political union, even in domains once thought beyond its reach, argues Vera Spyrakou @LSEEI on @LSEEuroppblog.

In the US, trends in perceptions of economic polarisation do not reflect trends in actual distributional #inequality. Political #partisanship and #class help to explain changing perceptions of inequality over time. Hannah Waight @uoregon for @LSEUSAblog.

#BehaviouralScience has focused a great deal of attention on #nudges. But nudging has a major shortcoming: it ignores context. Organisations should adopt a systems perspective that considers the interconnection & dependency between groups @LSEforBusiness

In July, a bill that would have weakened #Ukraine’s #anticorruption agencies led to an outbreak of protests. @MRabinovych & Kostiantyn Fedorenko write that while the crisis was swiftly resolved, it highlighted clear lessons for the #EU @LSEEuroppblog.

#AI is presented as a disruptive #innovation. But as @UyiosaOM argues, #Indigenous knowledge systems, such as Ifá, provide an alternative decolonial lens through which to understand AI computation and its impact on society @LSEImpactBlog.

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RT @LSEReviewBooks: NEW✨ The New Racial Regime by @alanalentin @PlutoPress explores how race is weaponised to uphold white supremacy, from….

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British companies are looking for opportunities to invest in #China, but is their timing off?. As #Britain tries to boosts #trade, Chinese consumer nationalism suggests that the country is pivoting inward. Michael Cox @lseideas @LSEIRDept @LSEforBusiness.

Drawing on his operational experience with the #OpenAIREGraph @paolomanghi examines the potential and challenges of #OpenScience knowledge graphs in reforming #ResearchAssessment. @LSEImpactBlog @OpenAIREGraph #DataVisualisation.

The UK🇬🇧 is falling behind the US🇺🇸 …fast🐌🚀. Americans enjoy a higher standard of living than Brits, earning $23k more per head, a gap that has doubled in just 20 years. Cause: The UK's #productivity puzzle. ✍️ @AadyaBahl of @CEP_LSE on @LSEpoliticsblog

#DonaldTrump has had outsize influence over the #Republican Party for nearly a decade. Michael Espinoza comments that Trump’s hold on the party will be a key influence on the outcomes of the 2026 #midterm and 2028 #presidential #elections. @LSEUSAblog