Max Nathan
@maxnathan.bsky.social
Professor of Economic Geography, UCL. Also CEP, IZA. Cities, economics, innovation, diversity, and public policy. Views here are mine, not those of UCL, funders, data providers, etc.
https://max-nathan.github.io
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November 26, 2025 at 8:13 AM
October 15, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Social housing stocks across the OECD. The UK is doing much better than I expected!
September 24, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Social housing stocks across the OECD. The UK is doing much better than I expected!
Someone is going around central London changing Rs into Ps
September 19, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Someone is going around central London changing Rs into Ps
Absolute swarm of Lime bikes outside our office today #TubeStrike
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cc @londoncentric.media, @londonermag.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Absolute swarm of Lime bikes outside our office today #TubeStrike
cc @londoncentric.media, @londonermag.bsky.social
cc @londoncentric.media, @londonermag.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
UK cities with higher industrial concentration in 1881 had more unskilled workers in 1971, and much lower average wages in 2020.
July 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
UK cities with higher industrial concentration in 1881 had more unskilled workers in 1971, and much lower average wages in 2020.
One-industry towns are bad for you
July 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
One-industry towns are bad for you
@mattsclancy.bsky.social lays it out at #metascience25
June 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
@mattsclancy.bsky.social lays it out at #metascience25
Includes these two Conservative election posters from 1983 👇
June 20, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Includes these two Conservative election posters from 1983 👇
June 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Next level geopolitical menswear game from Macron here
June 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Next level geopolitical menswear game from Macron here
… in London you’d have to get over 30 BIDs to run a vote, and hope they all pass. See pic.
Maybe not getting that done is a failure of political leadership, but it’s also a much harder problem.
Maybe not getting that done is a failure of political leadership, but it’s also a much harder problem.
June 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
… in London you’d have to get over 30 BIDs to run a vote, and hope they all pass. See pic.
Maybe not getting that done is a failure of political leadership, but it’s also a much harder problem.
Maybe not getting that done is a failure of political leadership, but it’s also a much harder problem.
you may not like it but this is what 2 high agency males look like
June 6, 2025 at 8:22 AM
you may not like it but this is what 2 high agency males look like
Big push R&D also shifts long run economic geography, so this is also a spatial policy tool.
Here’s a great example from the Gross and Sampat paper. Left is geography of WW2 R&D, right is the impact on cluster performance over 30 years.
Here’s a great example from the Gross and Sampat paper. Left is geography of WW2 R&D, right is the impact on cluster performance over 30 years.
June 5, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Big push R&D also shifts long run economic geography, so this is also a spatial policy tool.
Here’s a great example from the Gross and Sampat paper. Left is geography of WW2 R&D, right is the impact on cluster performance over 30 years.
Here’s a great example from the Gross and Sampat paper. Left is geography of WW2 R&D, right is the impact on cluster performance over 30 years.
Quick experiment inspired by @adamtooze.bsky.social’s latest Chartbook.
Compare and contrast!
L: Mistral R: DeepSeek R1
Compare and contrast!
L: Mistral R: DeepSeek R1
May 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Quick experiment inspired by @adamtooze.bsky.social’s latest Chartbook.
Compare and contrast!
L: Mistral R: DeepSeek R1
Compare and contrast!
L: Mistral R: DeepSeek R1
London: Thursday is the new Friday, Sunday the new Saturday
Other cities: Saturday the new Friday, no drinks on a school night
Other cities: Saturday the new Friday, no drinks on a school night
April 2, 2025 at 8:12 AM
London: Thursday is the new Friday, Sunday the new Saturday
Other cities: Saturday the new Friday, no drinks on a school night
Other cities: Saturday the new Friday, no drinks on a school night
Discussing the war plans in the group chat
March 27, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Discussing the war plans in the group chat
Highly enjoying this reply
March 15, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Highly enjoying this reply
Quite the pivot for Peter Andre
March 10, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Quite the pivot for Peter Andre
March 10, 2025 at 10:05 AM