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Is flying getting more dangerous? @jburnmurdoch.ft.com crunches the numbers and argues the opposite is true. Gift link: on.ft.com/41chEoH

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What actually are the risks posed by the rising U.S. federal debt? And what could trigger a fiscal crisis? Wendy Edelberg, Ben Harris, Louise Sheiner of @brookings.edu #econsky www.brookings.edu/articles/wha...

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Trump’s reckless experiment with financial deregulation | Opinion https://www.ft.com/content/f2a27405-d177-4140-ad2c-e91d61c393fd

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Yeap👇

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Anyone familiar with this journal? I am asked to write a review. rujec.org

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NEW: It's not just coders. DOGE is filled with lawyers, elite attorneys with conservative credentials. We have new names: www.propublica.org/article/elon...

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Where is European #growth supposed to come from? Animal spirits? ECB? External demand? Fiscal? Or ... the European consumer? My sceptical take in this week's @economist.com www.economist.com/finance-and-...

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Just wrote about the UK Apple encryption mess. This is a BIG deal. It doesn't just apply to the UK. It would be an absolute disaster for online privacy and security. www.techdirt.com/2025/02/07/u...

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X doing better than xpected: Morgan Stanley Selling $5.5 Billion of X Debt on Demand Surge www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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@paulgp.com Apologies for the duplicate post, but bsky got sick while posting, so i cancelled

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Obviously, if you're affected by the defunding of USAID, it does create endless inspiration for accounting researchers who want to become relevant.

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This is absolutely the last thing anyone from the Fire Brigades Union should be doing.

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When my colleague Sue-Lin first told me about this podcast idea, and how the global scam industry works, I thought she was joking. It is a lot darker and scarier than I thought. Highly recommended. www.economist.com/audio/podcas...

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in which I 'splain that a disappointing bonus season is Good Actually www.ft.com/content/68e1...

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A former senior Federal Reserve official was arrested on Friday after US prosecutors accused him of passing on economic secrets to China. www.ft.com/content/1cf0...

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Great podcast with Marc Andreessen on how tech dumped Biden www.nytimes.com/2025/01/17/o...

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An earthquake in New Zealand caused the "biggest insured event" in the nation’s history, Jerusalem Demsas writes. What its residents learned in the aftermath a decade ago could help Los Angeles rebuild now:

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+1, i bet they're working on the elevator pitch for that as we speak, just in case

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Tremendous work by an all-star team!

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RFK Jr. just now: - 20% of science funding should be for replication studies - Peer reviews should always be published alongside papers - Cargo cults must be ended and fraudulent celebrity scientists crushed. From Crémieux on X This is great!

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This is bad news for model developers but great news for the economy (us)

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A super-useful Economist Briefing. China’s AI industry has almost caught up with America’s www.economist.com/briefing/202...

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JP Morgan paid Dimon $39m for 2024. That is crazy money BUT how can Goldman pay its CEO the same and give him a retention bonus, a multiple of what Dimon got - piece on my substack on Wall Street CEO pay... open.substack.com/pub/rupakgho...

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My latest oped 👇 Europe is misdiagnosing Trumpian economic policy and preparing for a battle against an America that no longer exists. www.politico.eu/article/dona...

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Investigation finds the Fed is allowing banks to under-report trading activity, lowering their capital requirements. Potentially violates international rules, raises questions about fairness and transparency, and exposes the public to risks. www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2025...

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In retrospect, getting large numbers of anxious academics to join one small social media platform en masse was a mistake

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European banks to reward investors with bumper €123bn in payouts https://www.ft.com/content/cfe4c113-03b5-4cd5-b61f-1c5d7e98e281

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My story in the FT Weekend Magazine today - The Fugitive Prince: how a man with a claim to a royal title and a vast fortune made a deal with a notorious businessman that cost him more than he could have imagined. www.ft.com/content/51f8...

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The World Economic Forum thinks of itself as a place where business and political leaders meet face-to-face to tackle problems. This year, though, Davos is one big watch party for the season premiere of Donald Trump's second term. By me for @breakingviews.reuters.com www.reuters.com/breakingview...

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Every time I start questionning the need to keep paying my @financialtimes.com subscription, they put out an absolutely CORKER of a long read like this one, which makes me go "Ah, go on then. I'll renew for another year." Brilliant read there, @miles-johnson.bsky.social. Loved every word! 🤓

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