busecon.bsky.social
Tim Punter, HOD for Economics and Business. Subject advocate for AQA Economics. Experienced examiner for AQA. Member of Mucho Macho with Wiiija records. Liverpool fan, referee, vegan. All views on here are usually borrowed and often wrong
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Should herald an economic boom, like 1966! I may heave a beer at the weekend to celebrate!
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Not all the fault of the government or trade unions.
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According to the ONS In the UK, the biggest cost increases for businesses in the last three years have been driven by rising energy prices, increased labor costs, and inflation of goods and services. We have a broken energy market, and big companies along the food supply chain making huge profits.
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Absolute concerted campaign going on, centring on London. I work in a multi culturally mixed, East London school, and the world is fine!
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Far right playbook, as detailed jn the excellent ‘Hayark’ Batards book. Attacking racial interrogation, feminism and environmentalism is the 3 pronged attack of the new alt-right, free-market lunatics
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Guessing the others are now too expensive?
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Absolutely!! What a great quote
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Link to the Brazilian slave trade. Great speaker as well
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Yes a great listen. You should get @natjdyer.bsky.social in to talk about his excellent new book ‘Ricardo’s Dream: How Economists Forgot the Real World and Led Us Astray’. If there is ever a bad idea that needed exposing it’s this book. Great history behind Ricardo’s theory including an unexpected
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Thank you, it was Mark Blythe who we hooked me in, but looking forward to some other episodes non-economic
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Downloaded and subscribed
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He was on the Martin Wolf podcast this week admitting he got it wrong on the US furniture industry and cheaper alternatives from China. He must have read your book, as you mention this.
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Wonder how much goes on temp agency staff and management consulting advice? Surely this should be an area up for discussion?
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Similar. Kindle for bed, book for garden and Audible. 3 on the go
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Wow, a reply from an Economics celebrity, think I have made it! We teach Veblen goods, which I think are similar? Or private schools as inelastic goods, as it was never likely we were going to be swamped. However, as every good student would evaluate, there may be a time lag.
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Still waiting for the massive influx of private students into our successful state school. Think we may be waiting a while though.
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What a fantastic article on gods own county! Have to admit only really knew them from the Balearic comps and ‘Join in the Chant’, it knew of them as a name. But always assumed they were German! Love the Rez reference, although remember it with a Z!
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True, but like Southgate. I suppose it’s easier to accommodate Trent over a season rather than the few weeks he has. But such a loss to England, leaving out the only player who can actually pass the ball, and create chances.
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That’s good, thought it was just me. Rice is very capable at was he does, as was Henderson around 2018, but bizarre that Walker and Henderson are still being picked. Hope Wharton progresses quickly from the U21, and Tuchel realised that we will only win something if he plays TAA, which he won’t
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True, but Declan Rice wasn’t much better last night. Even in his prime, Henderson seems to get stick that Rice never does.
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Is there some underlying dislike that he has for TAA? Maybe the saltiness he has shown about being Klopp’s successor. Can’t think of any other reason to leave the best passer in English football, and all time defender assists on the bench.
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Yes, maybe got caught up in the moment. Mildly annoyed, on reflection. Still seemed to be a deliberate snub
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Doesn’t play the best passer of the ball in English football, and starts the player who has cost us so dearly in the big games. Absolute disgrace.
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Did remind of this gig, back in the day!
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Brilliant, we can tell our children we were there!
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Still paying the price, (some may argue)
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An excellent book on the blandness of music, due to Spotify, which I like, but others use it as ‘background music’ generally
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Is it as good as Town Called Malice, or Too Much Too Young?
Or is it a dull Spotify generated dross that uploads the chorus in the first 30 seconds to generate maximum listens?
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Add, stand up for the consumer and act on monopoly prices and profits. Most markets are broken in this country
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Yes read that, and feel it’s a shame that the same urgency is t going into young people education and mental health & housing. Great article in the weekend FT from @andyhaldane on how we can fix this.
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Wouldn’t be my favourite multiplier! But wouldn’t this generate some sort of ‘military multiplier?’ That could pay for this in the long run