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Levying a tax on overseas student uni fees is insane. Marketisation + massive cuts to govt funding + capped domestic fees mean unis rely on those fees to cross-subsidise the teaching of British students. This will push some unis into bankruptcy. Idiotic. timeshighereducation.com/news/big-unive…

One of the best eagle eye takes on Trump's trade war that I've read yet.

“We’ve split off into little identity groups – women, gay people, trans people, various ethnic minorities... a lot of these people are working class, and it’s the working class that are under-represented.” What's true for the arts is true of politics. independent.co.uk/independentpre…

The sharpest, most comprehensive analysis you'll read on Trump's tariffs, what they're trying to do, and why it won't work even on its own terms, let alone anyone else's

My #longread on the meaning of Trump's tariff onslaught: what do the Trumpists think they're doing, and why is it unlikely to work? americanaffairsjournal.org/2025/05/trumps…

Great new article by Mel Johnston & Jayanthi Lingham, extending Gramscian state theory to questions of sex-based violence and social reproduction, with Myanmar and Sri Lanka as key case studies. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Brilliant commentary on Trump's AI chip deals with the Gulf. Persuasive that, in his quest for implausible investment promises in the US, Trump has undermined US AI dominance in a bung for the chip-making sector. chinatalk.media/p/about-that-a…