Alexandre Afonso’s Political Economy Newsletter
Alexandre AfonsoWelcome to Alexandre Afonso's Political Economy Newsletter. Here I try to write about the politics of the economy and the economic drivers of politics.
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France’s Debt Problem: A Political Economy Explainer
Cheap money, political turmoil, and the end of a love affair
French public debt now stands at 119% of GDP, and markets are worried. The interest the French government pays on what it borrows is rising, which means that investors seem to be...
A Modest Proposal to Curtail the Gerontocracy
Democracies increasingly cater to older voters. What if each vote were weighted by the years you will have to live with the consequences?
My friend Tim Vlandas’s concept of gerontonomia, the “democratically sustained economic stagnation” o...
Inside Lula’s Army: A Playbook for Algorithmic Warfare
Gustave Dore: Richard the Lionheart and Saladin at the Battle of Arsuf, 1877
In a previous post, I wrote that far-right Flávio Bolsonaro would probably win the second round of the Brazilian presidential election, considering that he had a...
Why are the French so unhappy?
Clocktower of Limoges, Ohuhu Markers, by me
As a native French speaker (I grew up in French-speaking Switzerland), I have always found it a bit odd that English borrowed “joie de vivre” from French. Joie de vivre is probably the least Fren...
High Skills Don’t Shield Immigrants From Racial Bias
Last year, the Trump administration initiated “Mission South Africa”, a refugee resettlement program tailored specifically for white South Africans. In fact, South Africans now account for nearly all refugee admissions in the US in 2026. Th...
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Political Economist at Leiden University, Netherlands.
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