Essi Lindstedt
@essi-lindstedt.bsky.social
🇫🇮🇬🇧 Social policy and global goals. Societies and economies for new demographies. Outside work: anxious I’ll accidentally pack my cat.
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‘When Adam Smith wrote “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer or the baker that we expect our dinner but from their regard to their own interest,” he omitted any discussion of the unpaid work of his mother (& later his sister) that went into cooking his dinner.’ on.ft.com/4olyOut
What we still get wrong about women’s role in global economics
From the Enlightenment to today’s ‘tradwives’, three books look at the tension between production and reproduction
on.ft.com
November 9, 2025 at 9:12 AM
‘When Adam Smith wrote “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer or the baker that we expect our dinner but from their regard to their own interest,” he omitted any discussion of the unpaid work of his mother (& later his sister) that went into cooking his dinner.’ on.ft.com/4olyOut
I’m in Doha for the World Summit on Sustainable Development. If you are too, see you in that building? Media release with our key messages from @fingo.fi here (in Finnish 🇫🇮). Basically, (1) equality and human rights in social policy and (2) investment. #WSSD2025 #WSSD2 fingo.fi/ajankohtaist...
November 3, 2025 at 4:54 AM
I’m in Doha for the World Summit on Sustainable Development. If you are too, see you in that building? Media release with our key messages from @fingo.fi here (in Finnish 🇫🇮). Basically, (1) equality and human rights in social policy and (2) investment. #WSSD2025 #WSSD2 fingo.fi/ajankohtaist...
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This is my central concern: that low birth rates, and the ensuing population panic, is just a cover to convince people that it's reasonable to support pronatalism, when really it's only nominally about raising birth rates and really about (re)creating a gender/race-ethnic/religious/etc hierarchy.
October 27, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This is my central concern: that low birth rates, and the ensuing population panic, is just a cover to convince people that it's reasonable to support pronatalism, when really it's only nominally about raising birth rates and really about (re)creating a gender/race-ethnic/religious/etc hierarchy.
Facebook keeps recommending me pages from the US Dept of Labor, and I have to admit, I am grimly fascinated.
October 27, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Facebook keeps recommending me pages from the US Dept of Labor, and I have to admit, I am grimly fascinated.
The most regular people who work in the office are the CEO (works mostly through people) the 3 interns (keen to learn) and me (new, sociable). The knowledge workers stay home and make output. But I wonder how someone likes me, whose motivation comes from supporting the whole team to rise, fits in.
October 27, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The most regular people who work in the office are the CEO (works mostly through people) the 3 interns (keen to learn) and me (new, sociable). The knowledge workers stay home and make output. But I wonder how someone likes me, whose motivation comes from supporting the whole team to rise, fits in.
“Woke liberati arty farty,” is such an extraordinary thing in a sentence about politics, I can’t get over it. Like she’s running out of battery and will blow a few raspberries then power down.
Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin, “It drives me mad seeing adverts full of black people, full of Asian people, full of anything other than white"
Followed by that time Sarah Pochin said, "My kids say: mum, you're such a moron" 👀
Followed by that time Sarah Pochin said, "My kids say: mum, you're such a moron" 👀
October 25, 2025 at 9:12 PM
“Woke liberati arty farty,” is such an extraordinary thing in a sentence about politics, I can’t get over it. Like she’s running out of battery and will blow a few raspberries then power down.
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These were the candy flavors of my childhood: ammonium chloride, menthol, tar and anise. Being a Finnish child meant having to choose between tar and anise. It was grim af. Somebody slapped you if you asked for pomegranate flavor.
October 25, 2025 at 7:46 PM
These were the candy flavors of my childhood: ammonium chloride, menthol, tar and anise. Being a Finnish child meant having to choose between tar and anise. It was grim af. Somebody slapped you if you asked for pomegranate flavor.
If the goal is stable and productive societies, we need investment in social security, health coverage and decent work.
We will re-state the case for social development and equality in an era of geopolitics.
It was a joy to speak with Clarisse Sih about the upcoming world #SocialSummit -#WSSD2.
We will re-state the case for social development and equality in an era of geopolitics.
It was a joy to speak with Clarisse Sih about the upcoming world #SocialSummit -#WSSD2.
🎙️ New episode!
Ahead of #WSSD2, we speak with Essi Lindstedt from @fingo.fi about:
- Human rights & inclusion in social policy
- Gender equality & the care economy
- Civil society’s role in real social change
Listen now 🎧 soundcloud.com/user-9751274...
#WSSD2
Ahead of #WSSD2, we speak with Essi Lindstedt from @fingo.fi about:
- Human rights & inclusion in social policy
- Gender equality & the care economy
- Civil society’s role in real social change
Listen now 🎧 soundcloud.com/user-9751274...
#WSSD2
October 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
If the goal is stable and productive societies, we need investment in social security, health coverage and decent work.
We will re-state the case for social development and equality in an era of geopolitics.
It was a joy to speak with Clarisse Sih about the upcoming world #SocialSummit -#WSSD2.
We will re-state the case for social development and equality in an era of geopolitics.
It was a joy to speak with Clarisse Sih about the upcoming world #SocialSummit -#WSSD2.
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This is absolutely vicious.
Via @sundersays.bsky.social the Conservatives' draft legislation - absolutely clear that it applies to (and is intended to apply to) legal permanent residents claiming state pension (on the basis of their contributions) or child benefit for British kids.
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbi...
October 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
This is absolutely vicious.
I could not love this article by @stephenkb.bsky.social more. 💯 to the key message of “stop trying to dick around with fertility and work with the world as it is”.
And I LOVE this section⬇️.
FYI Kenya is on track to publish shadow national accounts that include care. Ihttps://on.ft.com/4hvwZIT
And I LOVE this section⬇️.
FYI Kenya is on track to publish shadow national accounts that include care. Ihttps://on.ft.com/4hvwZIT
October 21, 2025 at 5:37 AM
I could not love this article by @stephenkb.bsky.social more. 💯 to the key message of “stop trying to dick around with fertility and work with the world as it is”.
And I LOVE this section⬇️.
FYI Kenya is on track to publish shadow national accounts that include care. Ihttps://on.ft.com/4hvwZIT
And I LOVE this section⬇️.
FYI Kenya is on track to publish shadow national accounts that include care. Ihttps://on.ft.com/4hvwZIT
Every now and then something small reminds me of how long it is since I left Britain. (Sits in my retina-searing Finnish apartment which is also an anteroom for my special circle in Hell). I’m not offended, just interested in the cultural gap it highlights.
And that's a nice flat too! (excepting that there is a special circle in hell for people who paint every wall of their home retina-searing white)
October 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Every now and then something small reminds me of how long it is since I left Britain. (Sits in my retina-searing Finnish apartment which is also an anteroom for my special circle in Hell). I’m not offended, just interested in the cultural gap it highlights.
1/4 My analysis and suggestions on social policy from a civil society perspective, for the UN World Summit on Social Development is here (happening in a few weeks, in Doha). In English, French, Spanish, Portuguese - language button top right corner. www.forus-international.org/en/pdf/fingo...
Fingo Policy Brief on the Second World Summit for Social Development, in Doha, Qatar 4 -6 November 2025 | Forus
Find recommendations for governments, UN as well as civil society for the Second World Summit for Social Development.
www.forus-international.org
October 16, 2025 at 7:41 AM
1/4 My analysis and suggestions on social policy from a civil society perspective, for the UN World Summit on Social Development is here (happening in a few weeks, in Doha). In English, French, Spanish, Portuguese - language button top right corner. www.forus-international.org/en/pdf/fingo...
Il laisse derrière lui un héritage complexe.
Raila Odinga, le chef de l’opposition kényane, est mort
Raila Odinga, le chef de l’opposition kényane, est mort
Agé de 80 ans, l’opposant au président William Ruto est décédé en Inde après avoir perdu connaissance lors d’une promenade.
www.lemonde.fr
October 15, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Il laisse derrière lui un héritage complexe.
1/2 Yesterday I met someone who I thought was Ugandan but she was talking about Kenyans as "we" so I asked if she is also Kenyan. She said, no, she is fully Ugandan but she is also East African. "So when I talk about Kigali, I say here in Kigali, when Nairobi, I say here in Nairobi."
October 15, 2025 at 7:39 AM
1/2 Yesterday I met someone who I thought was Ugandan but she was talking about Kenyans as "we" so I asked if she is also Kenyan. She said, no, she is fully Ugandan but she is also East African. "So when I talk about Kigali, I say here in Kigali, when Nairobi, I say here in Nairobi."
Post you from a different era.
Here I am, in 1992 in a deadline crisis. Which is very different to me in 2025, in a deadline crisis.
Here I am, in 1992 in a deadline crisis. Which is very different to me in 2025, in a deadline crisis.
October 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Post you from a different era.
Here I am, in 1992 in a deadline crisis. Which is very different to me in 2025, in a deadline crisis.
Here I am, in 1992 in a deadline crisis. Which is very different to me in 2025, in a deadline crisis.
This is brilliant. As the care economy emerges as something that will shape the wider economy we are growing into - it’s brilliant to see it’s history too.
“More than half of the work done by women in the period between the 16th and 18th centuries took place outside of the home, and around half of all housework and three-quarters of care work was conducted professionally for other households” [England]
phys.org/news/2025-10...
phys.org/news/2025-10...
A woman's place was not in the home: Challenging the assumptions about women's work in early modern history
New research has revealed that women played a fundamental role in the development of England's national economy before 1700.
phys.org
October 12, 2025 at 10:21 AM
This is brilliant. As the care economy emerges as something that will shape the wider economy we are growing into - it’s brilliant to see it’s history too.
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If only there were people who could go around and find out what the reality is, and then perhaps report on it back to everyone. They could even publish their reporting in print or online, and possibly even make a business out of keeping folk informed about what's happening in the world. If only.
October 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
If only there were people who could go around and find out what the reality is, and then perhaps report on it back to everyone. They could even publish their reporting in print or online, and possibly even make a business out of keeping folk informed about what's happening in the world. If only.
When I talk to women friends my age in the UK, HRT is so commonplace that if someone isn't taking it, it's like "wow, she's raw-dogging her menopause with just soy milk and magnesium." Whereas in Finland my doctor seems to think its acceptable to say she won't see me again until I've lost weight.
October 8, 2025 at 7:52 AM
When I talk to women friends my age in the UK, HRT is so commonplace that if someone isn't taking it, it's like "wow, she's raw-dogging her menopause with just soy milk and magnesium." Whereas in Finland my doctor seems to think its acceptable to say she won't see me again until I've lost weight.
Textbook example of someone saying that being called out for racism is worse than the racism they expressed. In this case, according to Jenrick, calling out racism causes terrorism. It's an upside down, gaslit world.
Wow. Robert Jenrick doubles down by branding a black journalist's questions "ridiculous" and saying that the problem is not his comments, but "journalists like you who pop up and try to knock me down", adding that "this is the reason why terrorist attacks happen". ~AA
October 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Textbook example of someone saying that being called out for racism is worse than the racism they expressed. In this case, according to Jenrick, calling out racism causes terrorism. It's an upside down, gaslit world.
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More than a third of countries spend more on financing their external debt commitments than funding their education systems.
Debt repayments to international financial institutions (IFIs), primarily, the IMF, override life opportunities for millions of children and young people.
Debt repayments to international financial institutions (IFIs), primarily, the IMF, override life opportunities for millions of children and young people.
With nearly half of the world's population living in countries prioritizing debt over essential services, the global financial system is under immense pressure to evolve in the face of today's challenges.
Redesigning development finance for a new era
Redesigning development finance for a new era
www.devex.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:08 AM
More than a third of countries spend more on financing their external debt commitments than funding their education systems.
Debt repayments to international financial institutions (IFIs), primarily, the IMF, override life opportunities for millions of children and young people.
Debt repayments to international financial institutions (IFIs), primarily, the IMF, override life opportunities for millions of children and young people.
I just… what even is this.
Washington backing plan for Tony Blair to head transitional Gaza authority www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s.... Ffs sake.
Washington backing plan for Tony Blair to head transitional Gaza authority
Reported proposal for international body to oversee Gaza for up to five years counters UN-backed plan for faster transition to Palestinian rule
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I just… what even is this.
Frankly at this stage I am inclined to vote for anyone, of any party, who could plausibly promise to get
threats of violence out of politics. From Aaron Banks interview with Anna Gross in @financialtimes.com
threats of violence out of politics. From Aaron Banks interview with Anna Gross in @financialtimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Frankly at this stage I am inclined to vote for anyone, of any party, who could plausibly promise to get
threats of violence out of politics. From Aaron Banks interview with Anna Gross in @financialtimes.com
threats of violence out of politics. From Aaron Banks interview with Anna Gross in @financialtimes.com
Great article to read in the run up to the UN High Level Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases tomorrow - the link between diseases like diabetes, environments, and power... #UNGA #HLM4 #NCDs
Conditions on Ebeye are harsh – diabetes is rampant and fish in the waters around this tiny Pacific island of 10,000 people are contaminated. Many of Ebeye’s residents work on a nearby US military base that's critical to America’s security reut.rs/4gziuDi
September 24, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Yeah but no.
Former USAID Administrator Mark Green urged the development community to re-engage, warning that redesign must not become “retreat,” and stressing their expertise is vital to shaping the future of U.S. foreign aid.
Mark Green urges aid community to re-engage as US resets assistance
Mark Green urges aid community to re-engage as US resets assistance
www.devex.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Yeah but no.
Ghastly selfie at UNGA 2 years ago but my reminder to self is that 2 yrs ago we got good language agreed on universal health coverage. A lot has changed since then but it will continue to change in the next two years and more, and we are not powerless outside America.
September 23, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Ghastly selfie at UNGA 2 years ago but my reminder to self is that 2 yrs ago we got good language agreed on universal health coverage. A lot has changed since then but it will continue to change in the next two years and more, and we are not powerless outside America.