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edbaker3.bsky.social

Data Scientist | Economics | Behavioural | Trade and Development | Politics. Views not my own. mastodon: @[email protected]

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𝟑.𝟒 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 people now live in countries where interest payments exceed public healthcare budgets. 𝟐.𝟕 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 people live in places that spend more on servicing their debt than educating their children.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

Big if true.

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

The UK death spiral: populism -> brexit -> economic malaise -> populism.

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

Tariff taxes on finished products and exemptions for raw materials risks pushing developing countries away from industry and towards commodity dependence.

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Average US Tariff Increase by Product Group

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

- In 2023 Americans spent about $9000 per person on goods from abroad. - They paid about $250 on tariff tax. - If they want to buy the same now they'd have to pay $2650. - If they keep their spending the same they will now buy 3/4 of what they bought before.

submitted 82 days ago • 0 comments

The US imposes 104% tariff rates on China, or average 83% with exemptions. If the US wanted to import the same as it did in 2023, they will now have to pay an extra $2500 extra in tax per person. Below graph are the types of products they import:

submitted 83 days ago • 0 comments

Africa and Least Developed Countries contribute virtually nothing to the US trade deficit in Goods - the US actually has a trade surplus with the LDCs in Africa.

submitted 87 days ago • 0 comments

@hudde.bsky.social und ich haben das AfD-Ergebnis in den 299 Bundestagswahlkreisen & den rund 4400 Gemeindeverbänden ausgewertet. Unsere Ergebnisse vom Montag und zahlreiche neue gibt es nun als Blogbeitrag für @emppolitikwiss.bsky.social. Thread 🧵👇. www.politik-wissenschaft.org/2025/02/28/a...

submitted 123 days ago • 7 comments

Male-female friendships are a under-rated driver of gender equality. When women can fraternise freely, they can share ideas, gain respect, & build empathy with men who care about their wants & welfare. Countries with high male-female friendships score better on equality 👇

submitted 136 days ago • 8 comments

Brilliant chart in Martin Wolf's column this am. The US has a trade surplus with Canada once you exclude oil and gas- which it uses to make the goods it sells to.... Canada.

submitted 146 days ago • 4 comments

Plausible theory of Musk that I hadn't considered thus far. I think the problems it has are: why now? What about the damage the obsession with the UK [and Germany and US] is doing to X's user base and thus ad revenue, and to the Tesla brand [now toxic to liberals]?

submitted 173 days ago • 8 comments

It is hard for public institutions to change gear and communication policies. But consider this: UK and German public institutions that post information on twitter but not on bluesky are providing free benefits and competitive advantages to a platform that aims to put the far right in power.

submitted 176 days ago • 10 comments

The last General Election has seen much talk about Reform UK's popularity in so-called 'left-behind places, characterized by socioeconomic deprivation. Looking at variation in deprivation levels across the UK's constituencies suggests this pattern exists, but only partially. A short thread. 🧵

submitted 180 days ago • 3 comments

Musk could bypass the law against foreign donations and make Reform the 𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐊 by exploiting a legal loophole.

submitted 190 days ago • 0 comments

Can’t stop thinking about how totally crazy this line is from Labour ‘We promised new laws on money in politics in our manifesto but now we’re not going to do it because Nigel Farage could make political cap out of it (while Reform receives tens of millions in actual capital)’ 🤯🤯🤯

submitted 191 days ago • 48 comments

Lindner shocked to find out his idol support afd. Musk has not rushed to conclusion from afar. That's who he is.

submitted 191 days ago • 1 comment