Global Economics Correspondent for the New York Times and based in London. https://bsky.app/profile/patcohen.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/patcohen.bsky.social/post/3mvpyiq7sv22hMy Latest -- Why the energy squeeze is going to pinch even more https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/business/economy/iran-war-energy-prices.html?smid=bs-share17 Sep 2026 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:ntllbqxpvkqlnehnafnv2ref/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpyiq7sv22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/patcohen.bsky.social/post/3mrfcyxbx7k26Why I Sought Out a Taliban Commander I Had Fought. A telling, touching essay from a colleague worth listening to, Thomas Gibbons- Neff. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/world/asia/taliban-afghanistan-marine.html?smid=bs-share24 Jul 2026 12:09 +0000at://did:plc:ntllbqxpvkqlnehnafnv2ref/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfcyxbx7k26https://bsky.app/profile/patcohen.bsky.social/post/3momzppho4k2vRead my latest for free without a subscription. Despite the wreckage left by Iran’s 16-week war with the United States and Israel, the country’s potential outlook over the long term is brighter than it has been in years. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/business/economy/iran-sanctions-oil.html?unlocked_article_code=1.rVA.2_Nm.HuqVre-YilFy&smid=bs-share19 Jun 2026 09:28 +0000at://did:plc:ntllbqxpvkqlnehnafnv2ref/app.bsky.feed.post/3momzppho4k2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/patcohen.bsky.social/post/3mofhjzsizs2pYou can read for free my latest on why the world can't simply pick up where it left off before the US bombed Iran. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/business/economy/iran-war-oil-trade.html?unlocked_article_code=1.qlA.4nrk.EhSt12Opwvya&smid=bs-share16 Jun 2026 09:14 +0000at://did:plc:ntllbqxpvkqlnehnafnv2ref/app.bsky.feed.post/3mofhjzsizs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/patcohen.bsky.social/post/3mo5zy3xf722xFor all the non-billionaires -- read for free. Musk's new status as a billionaire shows in real time why wealth is concentrating among the richest as a faster and faster rate. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/business/economy/billionaires-musk-gabriel-zucman.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pVA.hjo-.aUsDK792gy2k&smid=url-share13 Jun 2026 10:23 +0000at://did:plc:ntllbqxpvkqlnehnafnv2ref/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo5zy3xf722xhttps://bsky.app/profile/patcohen.bsky.social/post/3mo5zr6tqcc2xFinancial incentives are enormously powerful. But is their ability to motivate infinite? Would Musk not work as hard if he were offered, say, $100 billion or $1 billion? What about $1? Read for free. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/business/elon-musk-tesla-trillion-dollar.html?unlocked_article_code=1.p1A.OptW.dEEEow9CrehG&smid=bs-share13 Jun 2026 10:19 +0000at://did:plc:ntllbqxpvkqlnehnafnv2ref/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo5zr6tqcc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/patcohen.bsky.social/post/3mnz6finagk2fYou can read my latest story on the stunning increase in billionaires' wealth for free without a subscription. Musk's IPO is showing in real time how this concentration of wealth at the top happens. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/business/economy/billionaires-musk-gabriel-zucman.html?unlocked_article_code=1.pVA.hjo-.aUsDK792gy2k&smid=bs-share11 Jun 2026 11:59 +0000at://did:plc:ntllbqxpvkqlnehnafnv2ref/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnz6finagk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/patcohen.bsky.social/post/3mnuiip2pwc2jMy latest on the increasing concentration of wealth. Musk's IPO is showing in real time how it happens. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/business/economy/billionaires-musk-gabriel-zucman.html?smid=bs-share09 Jun 2026 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:ntllbqxpvkqlnehnafnv2ref/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnuiip2pwc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/patcohen.bsky.social/post/3mnuiip2pwc2jMy latest on the increasing concentration of wealth. Musk's IPO is showing in real time how it happens. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/business/economy/billionaires-musk-gabriel-zucman.html?smid=bs-share09 Jun 2026 15:16 +0000at://did:plc:ntllbqxpvkqlnehnafnv2ref/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnuiip2pwc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/patcohen.bsky.social/post/3mmyz4xptlc2kImportant story at a time when federal debt is spiraling.....Trump Clears Way for Corporate Tax Dodge Hidden in the Fine Print https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/29/business/economy/offshore-tax-havens-trump.html?smid=bs-share29 May 2026 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:ntllbqxpvkqlnehnafnv2ref/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmyz4xptlc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/patcohen.bsky.social/post/3mlsnzjihnk26I explain how oil companies hit the jackpot. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/podcasts/the-headlines/china-leverage-us-oil-companies.html?smid=bs-share14 May 2026 10:59 +0000at://did:plc:ntllbqxpvkqlnehnafnv2ref/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsnzjihnk26https://bsky.app/profile/patcohen.bsky.social/post/3ml66zq5cvk2eIt's like the movie: "Don't Look Up" -- White House Insists Iran War Is Over, Even While Missiles Fly https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/us/politics/trump-iran-war-political-crisis-rhetoric.html?smid=bs-share06 May 2026 07:38 +0000at://did:plc:ntllbqxpvkqlnehnafnv2ref/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml66zq5cvk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/patcohen.bsky.social/post/3ml23i6ah5k23What I did last weekend: Attend security training in Poland.......Europeans Prepare for a More Dangerous World in a Time of Economic Upheaval https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/business/poland-civil-defense-training.html?smid=bs-share04 May 2026 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:ntllbqxpvkqlnehnafnv2ref/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml23i6ah5k23https://bsky.app/profile/patcohen.bsky.social/post/3mkryt2jzr22cis it profiteering when oil companies make blockbuster profits from the war? should they be taxed on the windfall?https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/business/economy/iran-war-oil-profits-tax.html?smid=bs-share01 May 2026 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:ntllbqxpvkqlnehnafnv2ref/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkryt2jzr22chttps://bsky.app/profile/patcohen.bsky.social/post/3mkhuakfxts27My latest with @bencasselman.bsky.social The U.S. Started the War. The Rest of the World Is Feeling the Effects. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/business/economy/iran-war-global-growth.html?smid=bs-share27 Apr 2026 10:26 +0000at://did:plc:ntllbqxpvkqlnehnafnv2ref/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhuakfxts27https://bsky.app/profile/patcohen.bsky.social/post/3mjov4i3k4c2xThis is what corporate responsibility is: prosecution for paying Syrian terrorists to keep a plant going, money that finances attacks on civilians. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/opinion/lafarge-corporate-terrorism-syria-france.html?smid=bs-share17 Apr 2026 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:ntllbqxpvkqlnehnafnv2ref/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjov4i3k4c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/patcohen.bsky.social/post/3mjm7nuibwk2lMy latest: What the U.S. Blockade Means for Iran’s Economy. Iran will definitely be poorer, but not necessarily less dangerous. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/business/economy/iran-oil-blockade.html?smid=bs-share16 Apr 2026 10:36 +0000at://did:plc:ntllbqxpvkqlnehnafnv2ref/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjm7nuibwk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/patcohen.bsky.social/post/3mjenih3gu22pFor nearly 50 years, Iran has been treated as an outlaw, earning a spot as one of the most heavily sanctioned countries in the world. Still, we found that the country had managed to keep doing business with much of the world. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/business/economy/iran-imports-exports-china.html?smid=bs-share13 Apr 2026 10:22 +0000at://did:plc:ntllbqxpvkqlnehnafnv2ref/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjenih3gu22phttps://bsky.app/profile/patcohen.bsky.social/post/3mja7t6k7ws2mFallout from the war is piling on the pain, and giving Europe a "Mean Girls" moment. The United States, its closest BFF, is repeatedly threatening to break up. Trump stepped up the name calling. In Mean Girls-speak, it’s like calling Europe fat." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/business/europe-economy-trump-trade-iran.html?smid=bs-share11 Apr 2026 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:ntllbqxpvkqlnehnafnv2ref/app.bsky.feed.post/3mja7t6k7ws2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/patcohen.bsky.social/post/3milrephz7s2wVery insightful piece on what today's leaders don't understand now that they've started a war. We are in a culture that "has increasingly ceded authority to systems that mistake information for understanding and speed for judgment." https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/opinion/israel-us-war-iran-literature.html?smid=bs-share03 Apr 2026 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:ntllbqxpvkqlnehnafnv2ref/app.bsky.feed.post/3milrephz7s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/patcohen.bsky.social/post/3miegpaqdec2xMy latest -- For the Global Economy, ‘All Roads Lead to Higher Prices and Slower Growth’ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/world/middleeast/oil-energy-inflation-global-economy.html?smid=bs-share31 Mar 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:ntllbqxpvkqlnehnafnv2ref/app.bsky.feed.post/3miegpaqdec2x