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dannyblanchy.bsky.social
Prof of econ dartmouth and ex MPC Bank of England working a lot now on the declining wellbeing of the young around the world I am here https://sites.dartmouth.edu/blanchflower/ And grandad of ten and another on the way [email protected]
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submitted 21 hours ago • 9 comments

Republicans think inflation is set to fall they should put their money where lack of brains are If you think inflation is set to fall good luck I recall folks in 2008 thought oil prices going to hit $200 so I watched deals at $125 or so 6 months ahead the seller bought 5 minutes earlier at $40

submitted 21 hours ago • 2 comments

The news has become too hard to watch with a president who is a deranged lunatic with a side kick who is running round with a chain saw so I went fishing and caught my biggest sea trout ever - 27 inches

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Liz Truss is great. She is useless, stupid and everyone hates her, everytime she opens her mouth support for Donald Trump/Nigel Farage plummets. Who couldn't love a person like that?

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

In 1938, Nazi Germany held "peace talks" about Czechoslovakia with England, France, and Italy. The Czechs were not there. In 2025, Putin's Russia is holding "peace talks" about Ukraine with the US and Saudi Arabia. The Ukrainians are not there.

submitted 3 days ago • 85 comments

I lost my job at the National Science Foundation yesterday, along with 167 of my colleagues, including some dear friends. This was the best job I've ever had, and I thought it would be my last. The PI community has been sympathetic and supportive, without exception. I will miss working for you.

submitted 3 days ago • 603 comments

This is why you fight these cowards. The moment you stand up to them, they crumble. Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights. He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.

submitted 4 days ago • 8248 comments

How people respond to subjective wellbeing and mental health questions is strongly linked to survey mode and differs by age. See our paper out today: www.nber.org/papers/w33475 @sriucl.bsky.social @nberpubs.bsky.social @uclsociology.bsky.social @dannyblanchy.bsky.social @undp.org

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

My house is on the Gulf of Mexico duh always has been

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Spoken like a true dictator.

submitted 6 days ago • 1294 comments

submitted 7 days ago • 1078 comments

Doing great 👍

submitted 7 days ago • 1850 comments

We are calling for a nationwide and international boycott of all Elon Musk-related products and services. Sell your Tesla shares, avoid buying Tesla vehicles, cancel Starlink, and delete your X accounts.

submitted 8 days ago • 781 comments

Hegseth's Rammstein speech is a watershed moment for Europe. It means the USA is no longer a reliable ally, even if its democracy survives ... 1/ ... but Hegseth is right on one thing. We now have to spend a lot more on defence 🧵

submitted 9 days ago • 22 comments

Tag tag and bobtail secretaries of state who fortunately have so little influence we can probably just ignore the morons

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

I hope someone is keeping a list of all the companies complying with the Trump anti DEI shit because at some point he'll be out of office but we will still have the receipts regardless of how long it takes............

submitted 11 days ago • 9 comments

So if a court decides to hold some Trump brown nosing flunky in Contempt and throws them in jail can the rapist felon immediately pardon them?

submitted 10 days ago • 7 comments

Kash Patel Could Be Going Down As Whistleblower Allegations Suggest Senate Perjury: Kash Patel's confirmation vote is on Thursday, but multiple whistleblowers have come forward to allege that Patel personally directed an illegal purge of the FBI which means he lied to the Senate.

submitted 10 days ago • 24 comments

So rf Trump encourages bribery from abroad What could go wrong www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/u...

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

FT editorial: "rather than a purringly efficient bureaucracy, the result is likely to be a federal government with huge holes hacked out of it at Doge’s whim" "sacrificing the rule of law to government efficiency is a good way to end up with neither" www.ft.com/content/f766...

submitted 11 days ago • 9 comments