Unlearning Economics
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Unlearning Economics
I run the YouTube channel Unlearning Economics. I make videos analysing the economy and the economics profession from a critical perspective.
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Great piece by @superwuster.bsky.social on how the UK became a digital colony of the US by believing the "dream of the 1990s" and "the logic of free trade and globalisation"
h/t @unlearnecon.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
h/t @unlearnecon.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Has Britain become an economic colony?
The UK could’ve been a true tech leader – but it has cheerfully submitted to US dominance in a way that may cost it dear
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Great piece by @superwuster.bsky.social on how the UK became a digital colony of the US by believing the "dream of the 1990s" and "the logic of free trade and globalisation"
h/t @unlearnecon.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
h/t @unlearnecon.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Follow @nojusticemtg.bsky.social (and me!) bsky.app/profile/ryan...
anyway this @unlearnecon.bsky.social interview is instructive as to the state of play in UK politics. it's very well might be Green vs Reform for the top spot in the next election youtu.be/sPugXPiTuHE...
Fixing the UK Economy - with @NoJusticeMTG
YouTube video by Unlearning Economics Live
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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One thing that’s become blindingly obvious over the past year is that the right have no ideas whatsoever. All of the recent solid ideas have come from the left (and let’s say a few from the centre). This is why the right just can’t deliver on anything once in office and end up floundering.
November 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
One thing that’s become blindingly obvious over the past year is that the right have no ideas whatsoever. All of the recent solid ideas have come from the left (and let’s say a few from the centre). This is why the right just can’t deliver on anything once in office and end up floundering.
The main thing I've learned from starting a book club is that most contemporary books are kind of bad once you dissect them
November 24, 2025 at 10:35 AM
The main thing I've learned from starting a book club is that most contemporary books are kind of bad once you dissect them
This is the stupidest thing I’ve read in a good while
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This is the stupidest thing I’ve read in a good while
The main thing I’ve learned from my trip to Amsterdam is how similar the UK and Netherlands are. Both culturally reserved, a bit rainy, enjoy bland food, both early cradles of capitalism, and both wrestling with similar economic issues today - austerity, immigration, and wealth inequality.
November 23, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The main thing I’ve learned from my trip to Amsterdam is how similar the UK and Netherlands are. Both culturally reserved, a bit rainy, enjoy bland food, both early cradles of capitalism, and both wrestling with similar economic issues today - austerity, immigration, and wealth inequality.
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
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as Phillips O'Brien also points out, this plan has been in negotiation for a long time, probably since Trump took office.
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
The Long Con Comes To An End
The Trump Administration Takes Off The Mask (Again)
open.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
as Phillips O'Brien also points out, this plan has been in negotiation for a long time, probably since Trump took office.
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Labour's balanced budget politics is based on a false understanding of how the governments fits into the economic mosaic. Me and Ganga Shreedhar on the LSE blog:
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Why we are getting poorer and what the government can do about it | British Politics and Policy at LSE
As Rachel Reeves gets closer to delivering her Budget, it's becoming increasingly clear that further austerity will only lead to us getting poorer.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Labour's balanced budget politics is based on a false understanding of how the governments fits into the economic mosaic. Me and Ganga Shreedhar on the LSE blog:
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
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Unlearning Economics
I run the YouTube channel Unlearning Economics. I make videos analysing the economy and the economics profession from a critical perspective.
buymeacoffee.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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Greg Bovino is leading a rebel cavalry terrorizing America—and it's important to recognize that it's in retreat. While the trauma and terror Bovino’s raiders instill is real and damaging, it’s remarkable to note how ineffective the force has turned out to be. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-bord...
Trump, Border Patrol Retreat in Failure from Chicago
Five important lessons of the first six months of Trump’s immigration raids — and why CBP’s Greg Bovino is the Nathan Bedford Forrest of the Trump era.
www.doomsdayscenario.co
November 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Greg Bovino is leading a rebel cavalry terrorizing America—and it's important to recognize that it's in retreat. While the trauma and terror Bovino’s raiders instill is real and damaging, it’s remarkable to note how ineffective the force has turned out to be. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/trump-bord...
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The Republican president is a pedophile who has doubled my healthcare costs and let scores of violent criminals out of jail. But a Democratic mayor-elect wants to make busses free in a city I don't live in. I have never felt more politically homeless.
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The Republican president is a pedophile who has doubled my healthcare costs and let scores of violent criminals out of jail. But a Democratic mayor-elect wants to make busses free in a city I don't live in. I have never felt more politically homeless.
Watching an outsider comment on British culture is so eye-opening. I thought Christmas crackers were universal youtu.be/HcBs-lL5Txs?...
What’s interesting about Britain?
YouTube video by J.J. McCullough
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Watching an outsider comment on British culture is so eye-opening. I thought Christmas crackers were universal youtu.be/HcBs-lL5Txs?...
@nathantankus.bsky.social am I tripping or did you write a few years ago about Blackrock and Vanguard being passive and not attending shareholder meetings?
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
@nathantankus.bsky.social am I tripping or did you write a few years ago about Blackrock and Vanguard being passive and not attending shareholder meetings?
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Unlearning Economics
I run the YouTube channel Unlearning Economics. I make videos analysing the economy and the economics profession from a critical perspective.
buymeacoffee.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Finally got round to launching a buy me a coffee!! Help me I'm poor buymeacoffee.com/unlearningec...
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Larry Summers had an "insight" in an email to Epstein.
November 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Larry Summers had an "insight" in an email to Epstein.
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“0% woke shit”
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“0% woke shit”
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
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I have to say, in the long history of “Marx failed to consider” takes by internet reply-guys, “Marx failed to consider the use-value of warm coats” should win its own category of award
November 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I have to say, in the long history of “Marx failed to consider” takes by internet reply-guys, “Marx failed to consider the use-value of warm coats” should win its own category of award
Go Spain! This article doesn’t mention their aggressively progressive policies to help people with the cost of living crisis: price cap on energy, subsidies for households, and tax cuts
www.reuters.com/default/spai...
www.reuters.com/default/spai...
Spain offers Europe a lesson in modern economics
Spain remains the euro zone’s fastest growing economy, outperforming its peers yet again in the third quarter. The Iberian country’s successful policy mix offers several lessons that fly in the face of global political trends.
www.reuters.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Go Spain! This article doesn’t mention their aggressively progressive policies to help people with the cost of living crisis: price cap on energy, subsidies for households, and tax cuts
www.reuters.com/default/spai...
www.reuters.com/default/spai...
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on the topic of dick cheney, one thing i’ve always said is that you shouldn’t kill a million people
November 4, 2025 at 12:07 PM
on the topic of dick cheney, one thing i’ve always said is that you shouldn’t kill a million people
Can someone please tell me which book this is from bsky.app/profile/shar...
it's utterly wild how the Heritage Foundation president talks about other people
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
November 3, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Can someone please tell me which book this is from bsky.app/profile/shar...