Erik Angner
@erikangner.com
Professor of Practical Philosophy, Stockholm University & Institute for Futures Studies. He/Him. Author of How Economics Can Save the World 🛟 a.co/d/0AZASJz Web: https://linktr.ee/erikangner Opinions &c. my own. Agent: JP Marshall #Econsky #Philsky
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Erik Angner
@erikangner.com
· Oct 21
Have I mentioned my book!? It tries to inspire action by arguing we already sort-of know what needs to be done about the world's biggest problems – and have a pretty good idea of what a solution looks like. Also, economics is not what you think! www.amazon.com/How-Economic...
”Runctitional” is up there with ”oyster carnival” as a solution to the nation’s tragic idiom shortage: theonion.com/idiom-shorta...
Idiom Shortage Leaves Nation All Sewed Up In Horse Pies
WASHINGTON—A crippling idiom shortage that has left millions of Americans struggling to express themselves spread like tugboat hens throughout the U.S. mainland Tuesday in an unparalleled lingual cris...
theonion.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
”Runctitional” is up there with ”oyster carnival” as a solution to the nation’s tragic idiom shortage: theonion.com/idiom-shorta...
Fair enough ⤵️
God help me, I'm gonna actually defend "AI" a bit here: this stuff is like tracer dye revealing how corrupt and decrepit so many of our institutional processes already were long before this garbage came along.
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Fair enough ⤵️
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
November 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se
Att stötta människor som vill, men inte kan, få barn är (bortsett från alla andra skäl) den mest uppenbara och okontroversiella insatsen för att bättra på födelsetalen: www.mittskifte.org/petitions/en...
En röst från de ofrivilligt barnlösa – till Sveriges beslutsfattare
Det har inte undgått någon att födelsetalen i Sverige har sjunkit till rekordlåga nivåer. I media läggs fokus på lågkonjunktur, osäkerhet inför framtiden och personer som aktivt väljer att inte skaffa...
www.mittskifte.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Att stötta människor som vill, men inte kan, få barn är (bortsett från alla andra skäl) den mest uppenbara och okontroversiella insatsen för att bättra på födelsetalen: www.mittskifte.org/petitions/en...
Like I was saying, the Economics Nobel is the best Nobel: bppblog.com/2023/12/14/e... #EconSky #Economics #NobelPrize #NobelPrize2025
Economics deserves its Nobel
Erik Angner argues that, far from being “a made-up Nobel” economics is the most suitable discipline for a Nobel prize: Economics is about helping people live lives worth living.,Nobody …
bppblog.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Like I was saying, the Economics Nobel is the best Nobel: bppblog.com/2023/12/14/e... #EconSky #Economics #NobelPrize #NobelPrize2025
I'm sure journalists feel bound by traditional norms of polite, professional behavior. Those norms are terrific! But they're not necessarily binding when you're dealing with somebody who violates them, e.g., by lying to your face.
Glad to see a journalist actually pushing back against politicians – and being vindicated too.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
I'm sure journalists feel bound by traditional norms of polite, professional behavior. Those norms are terrific! But they're not necessarily binding when you're dealing with somebody who violates them, e.g., by lying to your face.
Glad to see a journalist actually pushing back against politicians – and being vindicated too.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Glad to see a journalist actually pushing back against politicians – and being vindicated too.
A city in rural Sweden tried paying parents of newborns as a way to encourage childbearing. The courts shut them down. www.olandsbladet.se/oland/efter-...
Efter PR-succén – definitivt stopp för babypremie
46 barn hann få det innan förvaltningsrätten satte stopp. Nu, drygt ett år senare, sätts den definitiva slutpunkten för…
www.olandsbladet.se
November 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
A city in rural Sweden tried paying parents of newborns as a way to encourage childbearing. The courts shut them down. www.olandsbladet.se/oland/efter-...
Yesterday morning I was on national radio cautioning against hasty purchasing decisions during Black Week. Then I went home and made the hasty decision to buy a new computer 🤷♂️
Alltid lika spännande att se vad rubriken blir 😬 www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/varf...
Varför lockas vi att handla på rea? – Professorn: ”Kan röra sig om ett hål i själen som behöver täppas till” - P1 Morgon
Ett par dagar in i ”Black week” lockar just nu skyltfönster och nätbutiker med rea-kampanjer på alltifrån vitvaror och elektronik, till kläder och sminkHuruvida ...
www.sverigesradio.se
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Yesterday morning I was on national radio cautioning against hasty purchasing decisions during Black Week. Then I went home and made the hasty decision to buy a new computer 🤷♂️
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Next week I’m in Stockholm to give a talk on how dogwhistling influences social norms
The 9th Stockholm Philosophy Graduate Conference is next week! Free and open to all. www.su.se/filosofiska-... CC: @stockholm-uni.bsky.social #philsky
The 9th Stockholm Philosophy Graduate Conference 2025 4-5 dec - Filosofiska institutionen
The 9th Stockholm Philosophy Graduate Conference 2025 4-5 dec - Filosofiska institutionen
www.su.se
November 26, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Next week I’m in Stockholm to give a talk on how dogwhistling influences social norms
The 9th Stockholm Philosophy Graduate Conference is next week! Free and open to all. www.su.se/filosofiska-... CC: @stockholm-uni.bsky.social #philsky
The 9th Stockholm Philosophy Graduate Conference 2025 4-5 dec - Filosofiska institutionen
The 9th Stockholm Philosophy Graduate Conference 2025 4-5 dec - Filosofiska institutionen
www.su.se
November 26, 2025 at 7:43 AM
The 9th Stockholm Philosophy Graduate Conference is next week! Free and open to all. www.su.se/filosofiska-... CC: @stockholm-uni.bsky.social #philsky
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Erik Angner — Jak ekonomia może ocalić świat
Nakładem Fundacji Kultura Liberalna ukazała się książka Erika Angnera Jak ekonomia może ocalić świat (Warszawa 2025). Przełożył Adam Bukowski. Książka objaśnia tajniki ekonomii i przedstawia praktyczne narzędzia do radzenia sobie ze wszelkimi wyzwaniami…
Nakładem Fundacji Kultura Liberalna ukazała się książka Erika Angnera Jak ekonomia może ocalić świat (Warszawa 2025). Przełożył Adam Bukowski. Książka objaśnia tajniki ekonomii i przedstawia praktyczne narzędzia do radzenia sobie ze wszelkimi wyzwaniami…
Erik Angner — Jak ekonomia może ocalić świat
Nakładem Fundacji Kultura Liberalna ukazała się książka Erika Angnera Jak ekonomia może ocalić świat (Warszawa 2025). Przełożył Adam Bukowski. Książka objaśnia tajniki ekonomii i przedstawia praktyczne narzędzia do radzenia sobie ze wszelkimi wyzwaniami – od usypiania niemowląt po przeciwdziałanie zmianom klimatycznym.
www.filozofia.pl
November 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Erik Angner — Jak ekonomia może ocalić świat
Nakładem Fundacji Kultura Liberalna ukazała się książka Erika Angnera Jak ekonomia może ocalić świat (Warszawa 2025). Przełożył Adam Bukowski. Książka objaśnia tajniki ekonomii i przedstawia praktyczne narzędzia do radzenia sobie ze wszelkimi wyzwaniami…
Nakładem Fundacji Kultura Liberalna ukazała się książka Erika Angnera Jak ekonomia może ocalić świat (Warszawa 2025). Przełożył Adam Bukowski. Książka objaśnia tajniki ekonomii i przedstawia praktyczne narzędzia do radzenia sobie ze wszelkimi wyzwaniami…
My interview with Polish 🇵🇱 news outlet Rzeczpospolita: youtu.be/OpI-HpR5EHw?...
Angner: ekonomia może rozwiązać rzeczywiste problemy świata | OEES 2025
YouTube video by Rzeczpospolita
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
My interview with Polish 🇵🇱 news outlet Rzeczpospolita: youtu.be/OpI-HpR5EHw?...
In spite of endemic science denial and fact resistance, Swedes' trust in researchers remains stable and strong: 87% report high trust in researchers in the university sector. vetenskapallmanhet.se/2025/11/vete...
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
In spite of endemic science denial and fact resistance, Swedes' trust in researchers remains stable and strong: 87% report high trust in researchers in the university sector. vetenskapallmanhet.se/2025/11/vete...
V proud of our former PPE student Linn Laurin, who has been appointed Press Secretary for the Swedish 🇸🇪 Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson www.linkedin.com/in/linn-laur...
November 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
V proud of our former PPE student Linn Laurin, who has been appointed Press Secretary for the Swedish 🇸🇪 Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson www.linkedin.com/in/linn-laur...
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🚨We're hiring! A tenure track position at McGill University in the area of #bioethics and / or philosophy of science, with a special focus on the ethics of medical technologies. Please share widely. #philsky #ethics #philsci philjobs.org/job/show/30402
Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Equity, Ethics, and Policy and Department of Philosophy, McGill University
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Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Department of Equity...
An international database of jobs for philosophers
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November 25, 2025 at 2:02 AM
🚨We're hiring! A tenure track position at McGill University in the area of #bioethics and / or philosophy of science, with a special focus on the ethics of medical technologies. Please share widely. #philsky #ethics #philsci philjobs.org/job/show/30402
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today is the feast of St Catharine of Alexandria, patron of female scholars, so enjoy this painting of her shutting down a senior prof who treated her paper's question time as an opportunity to hold an impromptu paper of his own
November 25, 2025 at 8:26 AM
today is the feast of St Catharine of Alexandria, patron of female scholars, so enjoy this painting of her shutting down a senior prof who treated her paper's question time as an opportunity to hold an impromptu paper of his own
Alltid lika spännande att se vad rubriken blir 😬 www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/varf...
Varför lockas vi att handla på rea? – Professorn: ”Kan röra sig om ett hål i själen som behöver täppas till” - P1 Morgon
Ett par dagar in i ”Black week” lockar just nu skyltfönster och nätbutiker med rea-kampanjer på alltifrån vitvaror och elektronik, till kläder och sminkHuruvida ...
www.sverigesradio.se
November 25, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Alltid lika spännande att se vad rubriken blir 😬 www.sverigesradio.se/artikel/varf...
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Skeet brought to you be the ongoing effort to replace factory-farmed meats by sustainably harvested game: open.substack.com/pub/erikangn...
Eating Meat Without Harming Animals
If I told you there's a way to enjoy delicious, real meat at zero marginal cost to the animals or the environment, would you believe me?
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Skeet brought to you be the ongoing effort to replace factory-farmed meats by sustainably harvested game: open.substack.com/pub/erikangn...
Procrastinating by making moose stew. The house has never smelled so good!
November 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Procrastinating by making moose stew. The house has never smelled so good!
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Black Friday på bloggen: Passa på att läsa om att köpa sig lycka, idag helt gratis 💰 www.ap7.se/tankonomi/ar... (Det är gratis alla andra dagar också, men men.)
www.ap7.se
November 24, 2023 at 9:09 AM
Black Friday på bloggen: Passa på att läsa om att köpa sig lycka, idag helt gratis 💰 www.ap7.se/tankonomi/ar... (Det är gratis alla andra dagar också, men men.)
Reposted by Erik Angner
The good news is that the CDC can economize on letters by dropping the last one
June 13, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The good news is that the CDC can economize on letters by dropping the last one
Today I signed all the books. If this isn't the Christmas present for your Polish friends, I don't know what is :) kulturaliberalna.pl/wydawnictwo/...
November 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Today I signed all the books. If this isn't the Christmas present for your Polish friends, I don't know what is :) kulturaliberalna.pl/wydawnictwo/...