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ohstevenolan.bsky.social
Economist, Senior Lecturer in Economics at Liverpool Business School
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Harsh on Jazz Odyssey.
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Life on Mars “Take a look at the wrong man beating up the wrong guy.” Better. Black Velvet “A new religion that’ll bring God to his knees.” Much better.
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Only Smarties have the answer - revelation some time in the early 2000s.
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It was quite the whiplash to go from expecting to watch the next episode of the slightly goofy conspiracy show and instead get the best hour of television I’ve seen in years.
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Misread this as “when is was teri” and boy was I confused.
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Their fundamental strategic error from which so much else flows was their 2024 tax pledge. They've trapped themselves for no good reason.
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“Al’s a bit lively though” did pop into my head as I pressed Reply.
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It’s the work of tired old men - but every word of that is meant as a compliment.
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Confusing then that Canada didn’t vote BLUE.
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Have followed so you should be able to.
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Yes - in another life.
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Annoyed I can only like this once.
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Couldn’t do that to a donkey.
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So it comes down to ‘our domestic political economy isn’t capable of taxing winners and compensating losers, so we have no option but to blow up the global trading system. Sorry lads’.
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If this is Die Hard in Murano Street then I am all in.
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And now so has mine.
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Feels like it’s running through quicksand.
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This really nails why I’m struggling to finish this show. Strange simultaneous (and not uncommon) mix of “enjoying this” and “well - bored frankly”.
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Would be nice if the people briefing this were spending their Sunday reading this excellent piece by @dsmitheconomics.bsky.social
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There was a fleeting moment in time (late nineties) and space (Reds on Sauchiehall St in Glasgow) when I too touched that rarefied air.