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Edgar Morgenroth

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Professor of Economics. Dublin, Ireland Policy analysis, data analysis, geo-economics. Argumentative/streitbar! Private account

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · Mar 6

Good journalists correct fake news rather then perpetuate it.
The trump administration tactic is to create a fake narrative to justify actions. They do this in all areas - Ukraine, trade, migration.....
Anyone who simply reproduces the fakes is helping the trump mafia.

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 4h

They got associated with non environmental issues and came across too much as the party of prohibition and restriction (people really don't like that unless it is very well explained and sensible). Ultimately a they were an easy target/lighting rod.

Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 4h

SF will flatten them all (see SDLP) but one thing they will not do is deal with Green issues.
The problem with Greens is that they are too fundamentalist, which makes them very fringe. If they were pragmatic they would probably still be in government and would achieve more for the environment.

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 4h

Instead they put themselves on the side of Mick and Clare types.

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Rachel Ziemba @reziemba.bsky.social · 5h

UK stepping up Russia energy sanctions -adding Rosneft +Lukoil, plus Nayara refinery (Subsidiary of Rosneft, already on EU list) +Chinese port entities including facility accepting Arctic LNG 2 cargo. Will add frictions, but limited w/out US coord
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 7h

Corporation tax receipts even more concentrated around tech and manufacturing

Irish Fiscal Advisory Council says such dependence may be greater than official figures suggest

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Irish Fiscal Advisory Council @fiscalcouncil.bsky.social · 8h

1/7 We have a new blog post in our Beyond the Budget series, titled “Why corporation tax could be even more concentrated than you think”. It looks at how these tax revenues could be even more concentrated among tech and manufacturing groups than official data suggests.

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 8h

Happy hiring an Eirigi convict, painting countries that are defending themselves against russian attacks as NAZI aggressors...
Really?

Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 9h

It's just another word for verbal diarrhea, which is what it is!

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 9h

What is worse is that the GP is supporting Connolly!

Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 9h

Is 'radical' the new word for unreflected, factless, ideological opinion?

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 9h

Anyone quoting Trotsky can't be taken seriously!

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 21h

And when there is a negative story about Connolly the @irishtimes.com puts up a picture of Humphreys.

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 21h

Wouldn't be anything nee to Sinn Fein/IRA who executed many nationalists or kneecapped them.

Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 21h

And here is what the nice terrorists of Gaza that so many have been shouting for got up to now that the seize fire gave them a bit of a break.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/m...

Masked fighters seen executing men in Gaza City as Hamas fights with rival groups | CNN

Violent clashes have erupted between Hamas and rival groups in several areas across Gaza, including an incident that culminated in an apparent public execution, as worries grow about the security situ...

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 22h

And one presidential candidate would prefer to leave them unprotected, even though that could have seriously negative consequences for Ireland. A president should be protecting Ireland and not want to leave her defenceless

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Catherine Connolly TD on Brexit

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 22h

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Catherine Connolly TD on Brexit

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 22h

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Catherine Connolly TD on Brexit

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Catherine Connolly TD on Brexit

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 1d

The question is who will focus on the actual job of the president as defined by the constitution and will do least damage to Ireland. That's not going to be Connolly.

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Douglas Irwin @douglasirwin.bsky.social · 1d

"Openness is a driver of growth." New Nobel laureate in economics Philippe Aghion is pro-trade and anti-tariff . . . go figure!

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Douglas Irwin @douglasirwin.bsky.social · 1d

"The responsibility of economic historians is to remind the world what things were like before 1800. Growth was imperceptibly slow, and the vast bulk of the population was so poor that a harvest failure would kill millions." - Joel Mokyr
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Joel Mokyr: What Today's Economic Gloomsayers Are Missing

In The Wall Street Journal, Joel Mokyr writes that science is enabling invention like never before and in ways that will improve life but isn't captured by GDP statistics.

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 1d

The thing to do is to put together a collage of all the crazy statements she has made and put it out there!
She will do a lot of damage to Ireland if she got into the Aras!

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🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 @militarynewsua.bsky.social · 1d

❗️If China decides to attack Taiwan, it will likely force its partner — Russia under Putin — to act against NATO to distract us, — NATO Secretary General Rutte

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 1d

And because the headline is about Humphreys the @irishtimes.com puts in a picture of pro-Brexit, anti-EU Connolly!
How many pro Connolly articles have appeared in the Irish Times so far? Any pro Humphreys?

Asking for a fried.

Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 1d

Did anyone ask her about her anti EU (establishment) and pro Brexit views?

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Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 1d

Substance doesn't matter when you have ideology!

Edgar Morgenroth @morgenrothedgar.bsky.social · 1d

Just wait until she puts Clare and Mick on the council of state!@

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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 1d

Rutte deluding himself and others that shooting down Russian planes violating NATO airspace is a sign of weakness, while letting them fly freely somehow demonstrates strength is... absurd.

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Ray Minehane @rayminehane.bsky.social · 1d

Didn’t know Catherine Connolly was so anti EU and pro Brexit.

All of this aged like milk.

Clare and Mick stuff makes even more sense now

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Catherine Connolly TD on Brexit

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