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Paul Hünermund @p-hunermund.com · 03/10/2026

Evidence on taxing the rich from Scandinavian countries www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

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Captain Haddock @realcaptainhaddock.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Microsoft branding nightmare re AI risks to humanity

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Ja aber so geht doch kein STOẞLÜFTEN!!

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Has the CDU locked #Merz in in the attic of the chancellery?

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Terrible of course for anyone else using roads that there are more tanks on the streets in the UK.

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Yaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

While putin is desperately fighting with bridges in Kyiv, we find solutions. I’m in an absolutely beautiful Telegram group, where people can ask for a lift from one bank of the city to another or offer one. I love reading messages there.

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Stanley Pignal @spignal.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A town in Germany has banned the laying of Stolpersteine, the "stumbling stones" remembering victims of the Holocaust. A couple of years I interviewed Gunter Demnig, the artist who came up with the scheme, and met the family behind one of the over-100,000 stones. www.economist.com/europe/2023/...

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Stolpersteine grieve for victims of the Nazis, one at a time

Gunter Demnig’s paving stones spark countless acts of remembrance

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Plattenbau Berlin @plattenbauberlin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Harmonised with the sky.

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Nicolas Fulghum @nicolasfulghum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Italy is getting absolutely hammered by the spike in gas prices. Wholesale electricity prices were above €200/MWh in September, the highest in the EU. Italy relies on gas for over 40% of its electricity generation...a costly position to be in.

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David Schindler @david-schindler.de · 01/10/2026

Almost half of academics in the Netherlands are now foreigners. As in other sectors, only importing workers has allowed employment to increase. It's about time this gets recognized in national policy debates. alexandreafonso.substack.com/p/immigrants...

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Immigrants: The Silent (Almost) Majority in Dutch Academia

Half of Dutch academics are now foreign, but almost no one talks about them.

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Owen Winter @owenwntr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Greens slip into fifth place in our poll tracker, while Reform are only two points off third place. Two parties that dominated discourse in 2025 on their way down

Chart showing polls since 2024. Latest average:

Labour 27
Reform 22
Con 20
Lib Dem 11
Green 10

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Would love to see this for euro only.

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Mujtaba Rahman @mijrahman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Don't believe the Europeans when they say the UK is no longer interesting, a priority etc etc Every senior EU official I've met today in Brussels has spent 20 mins talking about @andyburnham.bsky.social speech. The EU is paying attention and interested - even if it pretends otherwise

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Xan López @xanlopez.net · 30/09/2026

Well, that’s not the opening paragraph I expected.

1. Introduction

In the 1988 sci -fi roleplaying game Cyberpunk , the European Currency Unit serves as the global currency (colloquially referred to as “euro dollar”, “ed" or “eddie”) . In the story, the dismantling of US
democracy, a sovereign debt crisis and geopolitical mistakes
trigger the collap se of the United States . The European Economic
Community steps in and uses its well -regulated banking system and
single currency to displace the dollar’s hegemonic role.

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Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Economist. Substantially improving officials' performance since 1843 www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/09184...

The Home Office is buying 400 subscriptions to The Economist, saying:

"There are a number of required benefits that the subscription to the Economist will bring, that will substantially improve officials' performance in the following duties, per the need to provide the best possible advice to Home Office Ministers and senior officals"

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

if any government departments are interested in improving the quality of transport nerdery or historical trivia they offer to ministers i have a proposal

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We are giving them a subscription for less than 90pc per issue? How much are they paying the FT?

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Antonio Fatas @antoniofatas.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

That is a steep climb for the French-German spread...

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

London tube mystery (to me anyway, a cyclist): why does the Victoria line not go to Morden from Stockwell and the Northern to Brixton instead?

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Another example of how “strategic sectors” arguments can be misused to protect vested interests. economist.com/europe/2026/...

economist.com

Ireland is helping supply Russia’s war machine

The EU considers putting an Irish alumina refiner on its sanctions list

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Musa Okwonga @okwonga.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Cannot get over the beauty of this GIF: it’s Zidane celebrating last night after Olise scored a last minute winner for France. It looks like something from a movie or a high-end fashion advert. Probably the most elegant footballer of all time.

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Jens van 't Klooster 💸💸💸 @jvtk.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Finally out, with @shahinvallee.bsky.social our ambitious story for European Macro Policy Network (EMPN) on the future of the global euro empn.eu/publication/...

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Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Okay, you can dial it down a bit now

The sun setting from the Bazalgette Embankment

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Today I learned about the Hagberg falling number from my rye flour dealer. (Every German has one.) The falling here is literal: they let something fall into a heated rye-flour-water mix to see how fast it reaches the bottom.

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Bee Boileau @beeboileau.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The government’s proposed ‘Your First Home’ scheme would offer eligible first-time buyers in England 20% equity loans on new-builds, with deposits as low as 2.5%. What could it mean for buyers and the housing market? 🧵 below:

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Can't believe you left out Über den Wolken and Gute Nacht Freunde. But I guess you are a real fan, those are just too popular.

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

And the tax treatment of rental income in UK is really bad! Makes no sense.

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Right. Leveraging up beyond 1 home is a bad idea.

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Lost the retirement? How so? (As a tenant, I know how rents have done in the past 5 years.)

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Yes, Munich is technically also just a very big village.

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Munich area is so wild. All the dark brown, bar a few places, is basically farmland and villages.

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Nothing. Take more leave. 👨‍🍼

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Nick Malkoutzis @nickmalkoutzis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The latest ProMacro_Scope – our blend of analysis and exclusive polling – is out. It explains why Greece is macro-stable but socially strained. Data indicates foreign policy caution, fragile economic sentiment and entrenched institutional distrust as the general elections approach.

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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Ok, let’s start simple: what’s a wicket?

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Jakub Jaraczewski @jakubjaraczewski.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This take falls apart the moment you realise that the same Jeffrey Sachs brand of economic shock therapy generated today's Poland (notwithstanding all the damage the shock did). But hey, Western leftists were never great at understanding the region.

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Noah Barkin @noahbarkin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Good piece from @spignal.bsky.social on why Europe’s populists haven’t demonized China. I think the main reason is that they are too busy demonizing their own governments. Paying attention to (and talking about) foreign countries is a step too far. economist.com/europe/2026/...

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Why Europe’s populists don’t criticise China

An ideal target gets a free pass from the demagogues

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John Springford @johnspringford.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A more targeted 'club' here would be the UK aligning on the foreign subsidies regulation, which seeks to level the playing field when state-subsidised Chinese companies buy/build European plants

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Anna Stansbury @annastansbury.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Looking forward to discussing @lugaricano.bsky.social fantastic book Messy Jobs tomorrow @piie.com with @adamposen.bsky.social I think it’s one of the best frameworks we have to think about how AI is going to affect work. (And it’s superbly written, too). Livestream: www.piie.com/events/2026/...

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Book discussion: Messy Jobs: The Work that AI Cannot Reach

As artificial intelligence (AI) transforms the workplace, which jobs will remain valuable—and what makes them resistant to automation? Economist Luis Garicano, coauthor of Messy Jobs: The Work that AI...

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Joel Budd @joelbudd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My piece on the fraught subject of asylum housing. I pull the unusual move of asking current and recent asylum-seekers about their experiences. www.economist.com/britain/2026...

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By housing asylum-seekers so badly, Britain is harming itself

Most will become citizens in time

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Wolfgang Blau @wblau.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“The report also found old electric vehicles stay on the road at double the rate of combustion vehicles: at age 15, the road exit rate for BEVs is 5.4 per cent, compared to 11.9 per cent for petrol vehicles.” thedriven.io/2026/09/24/e...

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Electric cars are more durable than petrol equivalents, and last longer - major report finds

A study of millions of vehicles reveals that EVs are much less likely to fail compared to petrol equivalents, and will last a lot longer.

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