Alex Yablon writes long-form political economy essays with a sharp, witty voice, covering New York city politics, economic history, and the cultural aftermath of 9/11. Readers get personal, literate commentary that connects public events to larger structures of power and feeling.
Website: https://alex-yablon.ghost.io/
A Chinese-language edition of Adam Tooze's Chartbook, offering translated essays that use charts and historical perspective to interpret global political economy. Issues cover topics such as US-China billionaire divergence, German river-freight geopolitics and critiques of the AI-as-Manhattan-Project analogy.
Essays on the politics of technology, covering topics such as semiconductor supply chains, AI debates and the incentives of online publishing platforms. Readers get a political economist's reading of how technology and institutions shape each other.
Kasurian publishes long-form essays on history, literature and political economy, examining how civilisations and industries are built and how they fail. Recent issues cover Joseph Conrad and colonialism, a Bukharan Jadid reformer in Afghanistan, and Morocco's automotive industrial policy.
Essays on the political economy and geopolitics of advanced AI, covering industrial strategy for middle powers, government oversight of frontier labs, and the policy implications of datacenter buildout. Each issue develops a single argument with a clear policy recommendation.
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