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Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 3h

Just looked up Anthony Michael Hall, and it's not that he's aged badly, but no way I would've recognised him.

Anthony Michael Hall in 1985 Breakfast Club, and in 2024.

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Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 20h

I learnt a lot reading these 750 easy-to-digest expertly-written words on why these guys won their Nobel prize.

Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 20h

Thing by me on today's Econ nobel in @alphaville.ft.com : www.ft.com/content/b8aa...

Idealist and/or materialist theories of economic growth

[FREE TO READ] Nobel committee: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

www.ft.com

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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 1d

It’s kicking off in the Economics live blog

Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 1d

And the winners are Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt! For "having explained innovation-driven economic growth”, in the words of the committee.

Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 1d

The Nobel Prize for economics is due to be announced soon, and Alphaville is running a live blog to mark the occasion. www.ft.com/content/f392...

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Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 1d

Had understood that it was common language, and people to tweet at when America is asleep.

So less that UK is woke, and more just that it's awake.

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Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 1d

Fascinating explainer on Alzheimer’s, and the obesity drugs being tested to maybe treat it.

on.ft.com/42EtHNk

Novo Nordisk’s ‘lottery ticket’: can obesity drugs help treat Alzheimer’s?

Results are due soon from two studies using semaglutide to treat thousands of people with the disease

on.ft.com

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Dan McCrum @mccrum.bsky.social · 2d

This isn’t funny. Judges only speak to the press when they’re in extreme distress

Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 3d

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 2d

"Now, we know what you’re thinking: this is all very stupid and funny. And we agree."

Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 2d

Oh no 💎 🙌 😔 😢 😭
on.ft.com/43gTvPI

Behold the trash crash

Pray for Dogecoin

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Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 2d

Oh no 💎 🙌 😔 😢 😭
on.ft.com/43gTvPI

Behold the trash crash

Pray for Dogecoin

on.ft.com

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Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 3d

People will have different reasons for believing London is the best city in the world. This is Tristram Hunt’s: on.ft.com/4q5g4AF

Don’t move to Dubai — this is still the place to be

Better to buy the dip and celebrate the UK as an enduring cultural behemoth

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Josh Spero @joshspero.ft.com · 3d

SCOOP! Billionaire hedge fund manager Sir Chris Hohn’s charitable foundation has stopped giving grants to US NGOs on.ft.com/4ohEfdJ with @costasmourselas.bsky.social @joemillerjr.ft.com @tobyn.bsky.social

Chris Hohn’s foundation blames ‘policy environment’ as it stops giving to US charities

[FREE TO READ] Billionaire hedge fund manager’s CIFF has focused donations on issues such as climate change

on.ft.com

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 4d

Absolute banger of a blog post from Dallas Fed economist Anton Cheremukhin who estimates breakeven payrolls have fallen to *30k* thanks to rapid declines in population growth.
www.dallasfed.org/research/eco...

Chart showing estimates of US population growth at monthly frequencies from 2017-2025 from BLS, BEA/Census, CBO, and author's calculations

Estimated monthly contributions to monthly breakeven payroll growth across population, changes in institutionalization/civilian status, and labor force participation 2017 - 2025

Estimated monthly breakeven payrolls rate from 2022-2025

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Ben Fenton @benfenton.bsky.social · 5d

If a news organisation is making -200% margin after five years, it is not a commercial operation and should be assumed to have a different purpose.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 5d

The channel lost £33 million to communicate its content to a large audience
www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/g...

GB News suffers huge loss despite doubling revenue and growing audience

The TV channel, whose well-known presenters include Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, fell to a pre-tax loss of £33.4m in the year to 31 May, 2024

www.business-live.co.uk

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Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 4d

🚨 One for the pensions geeks, and those who look to Canada as a model for the UK pension system. on.ft.com/4h0cXG6

FTAV Q&A: Michelle Ostermann

The UK Pension Protection Fund’s chief talks Canada envy, risk, reform, and public sector consolidation

on.ft.com

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Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 4d

Don't think I've ever shared a YouTube video on BlueSky before. But worth a watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1dW...

SORA: the all Ai TikTok Clone. will slop end creativity?

YouTube video by CaseyNeistat

www.youtube.com

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Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 5d

Japan at the vanguard of so many (genuine) first world problems. Always worth following how it deals with them. on.ft.com/4oeQJ5O

Japan has an ‘enshortification’ problem

An ageing workforce is affecting all sorts of professions

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Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 5d

Top 1% are members of the top 10%, so the lines shouldn’t be summed.

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Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 5d

Huuge gap between Mouth and Trousers, with the gap between mouth and trousers varying by trading partner.

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Toby Nangle @tobyn.bsky.social · 5d

🚨 Why are realised US tariff rates so much lower than effective tariff rates?
on.ft.com/4hbgi5l

US tariffs are still *checks notes* around 10 per cent

Lots of mouth, varying amounts of trousers

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