Matt Polacko
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Postdoctoral Researcher @ University of Calgary | Politics of Inequality | mattpolacko.com
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Worse still, the increase in time spent alone has been especially steep among this economically and socially dislocated group.
*Seven hours* of daily free time spent completely solitary in the most recent US data.
My column from last week in full: www.ft.com/content/bd61...
*Seven hours* of daily free time spent completely solitary in the most recent US data.
My column from last week in full: www.ft.com/content/bd61...
Young adults are growing increasingly economically dislocated
A disconnected class is taking shape, but is absent from the headline statistics
www.ft.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Worse still, the increase in time spent alone has been especially steep among this economically and socially dislocated group.
*Seven hours* of daily free time spent completely solitary in the most recent US data.
My column from last week in full: www.ft.com/content/bd61...
*Seven hours* of daily free time spent completely solitary in the most recent US data.
My column from last week in full: www.ft.com/content/bd61...
Reposted by Matt Polacko
3) Politically, Labour's 2024 voters are abandoning them for both the Greens and Reform. At the same time, Reform are holding on to most of their voters and attracting lots of 2024 Conservative voters. Full data here www.ipsos.com/en-uk/labour...
November 17, 2025 at 10:49 AM
3) Politically, Labour's 2024 voters are abandoning them for both the Greens and Reform. At the same time, Reform are holding on to most of their voters and attracting lots of 2024 Conservative voters. Full data here www.ipsos.com/en-uk/labour...
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1) Extreme discontent. 80% say Britain is getting worse as a place to live. Almost no one thinks it's getting better. A third struggling to cope financially, higher than we were seeing in 2022 when the cost of living was starting to bite.
November 17, 2025 at 10:49 AM
1) Extreme discontent. 80% say Britain is getting worse as a place to live. Almost no one thinks it's getting better. A third struggling to cope financially, higher than we were seeing in 2022 when the cost of living was starting to bite.
Reposted by Matt Polacko
It's a useful reminder that sometimes tech can make a task more efficient for one side (applying for jobs), and more efficient for the other side (writing job adverts), and yet make the system as a whole completely inefficient.
November 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
It's a useful reminder that sometimes tech can make a task more efficient for one side (applying for jobs), and more efficient for the other side (writing job adverts), and yet make the system as a whole completely inefficient.