Introduction
Origins of IPE
How Susan Strange founded International Political Economy, a 🧵 pic.twitter.com/nP0deOY6Ec
— Paul Poast (@ProfPaulPoast) July 24, 2021
End of Gold Standard
50 years ago today, on August 15, 1971, President Nixon suspended the convertibility of the US dollar into gold.pic.twitter.com/RUsBLCXGl5
— Documenting Bitcoin 📄 (@DocumentingBTC) August 15, 2021
A 50th anniversary came and went last month with little fanfare.
— Paul Poast (@ProfPaulPoast) September 4, 2021
That's appropriate, since the original event had little consequence.
The event? Nixon's August 1971 decision to close the "Gold Window". 🪙💵
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Politics without economics
Avui en @gebelque i en Ferran Mazaira-Font sobre els efectes de la moratòria de construcció d'hotels a Barcelona.👇https://t.co/tJKcIc3Htr
— 5centims.cat (@5centimscat) June 29, 2021
Embedded liberalism
Two words: Embedded. Liberalism.
— Paul Poast (@ProfPaulPoast) September 25, 2021
Let’s reflect on a key idea from the great John Ruggie.
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Endogenous state theory
Counting the number of countries in the UN.
library(unvotes)
library(tidyverse)
library(lubridate)
left_join(un_votes, un_roll_calls) %>%
mutate(year = year(date)) %>%
count(country, country_code, year) %>%
count(year) %>%
ggplot(aes(x = year, y = n)) +
geom_line() +
scale_x_continuous(breaks = seq(1945, 2020, 15)) +
scale_y_continuous(breaks = seq(50, 200, 50)) +
theme_light()

Figure 1: Number of countries in the UN