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I think people underrate the extent there is already a Joe Rogan for libs, and his name is Ezra Klein: - long-form interview format - performs open-mindedness while pushing ideology - embodies a particular ideal of masculinity - listening signals in-group membership

submitted 12 hours ago • 8 comments

Greggs should sell stottie cakes down south but call them "Newcastle Flatbreads" until Londoners get used to it.

submitted 16 hours ago • 0 comments

Not convinced government expenditure as a share of GDP is a good proxy for the size of the state. It mixes up two things: economic activity produced by the state (healthcare and education) and transfer payments (pensions). The latter will normally be spent in the private sector, e.g. on cruises.

submitted 16 hours ago • 2 comments

on.ft.com/3HHhNuw I believe one of the more significant effects of oil price shocks is to (temporarily) reduce demand for fuel inefficient cars. That leads to firings in car factories and “stranded” assets.

submitted 17 hours ago • 1 comment

I was brought up to regard English literature as a kind of secular religion. I never doubted that poetry and novels contained the meaning of life I wrote this about the tragedy of the subject's decline and the dawn of a world in which nobody reads www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...

submitted 4 days ago • 7 comments

Obviously the crude demand situation is dire in terms of growth evaporating and declining volumes setting in a lot quicker than some hoped, but the supply side will be disorderly creating huge opportunities for 'smart' bulls as prices will spike and crash consistently over the next 20/30 years.

submitted 4 days ago • 2 comments

Welcome to Bonne Blue Britain @duncanrobinson.bsky.social www.economist.com/britain/2025...

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

The British and French air forces helped defend Israel from the Iranian attack in April. Now they’re antisemitic countries because of “Muslim immigration”, according to a top Israeli minister.

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Some Labour backbenchers can see the OBR isn’t a pair of handcuffs, but a sword for getting what they want www.economist.com/britain/2025...

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

The OBR is a paper tiger. Savvy chancellors are able to get the answers they want through changing their rules, changing debt measures, changing treatment of QE etc. They can pencil in fantasy "cuts" at the end of the forecast period or increases in petrol duty.

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

What does £39bn for “affordable homes” mean? Is it social housing or some sort of subsidies for developers?

submitted 5 days ago • 3 comments

Yesterday we learned India's LNG demand was 43% lower than the 5 year avg. LNG is pricey so they choose cheaper options! Let's check in on China. Like in the US and everywhere, the Chinese gas industry wants to build more power plants. But there is a catch! "prohibitively expensive" (1/3)

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

More so than the premier league, Harry Potter and OnlyFans?

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

Bit of a “dog bites man” headline when it comes to British infrastructure: Manchester’s Town Hall renovation will be late, costly and worth it economist.com/britain/2025...

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Well one of the 'Still Mostly Renderings' might actually turn up. But the issues are unchanged. We stopped building reactors of that size bc its much less efficient. And the idea that building small numbers will produce substantial volume savings or a true factory line seems brave.

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

Britain could have its own committee to save the world if it wanted on.ft.com/4jKBsXA

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