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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

🎥 Everything you ever wanted to know about the pensions triple lock, how it works, and what @andyburnham wants to do with it, in language hopefully everyone can understand. 8 mins 👇 youtu.be/Yii7WiA-6t4?...

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Labour's pension shake-up explained | Ed Conway Analysis

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Thrilled to be talking to Genevieve Gaunt about Trade World at HENLEY LITERARY FESTIVAL next Thursday (8 Oct). 2pm. Come and say hello! www.henleyliteraryfestival.co.uk/whats-on/edc...

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Ed Conway: Trade World – Henley Literary Festival

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Was SUCH a thrill to talk to my old friend Wilfred Frost on his Master Investor podcast last week. Watch the full thing here 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXQK...

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If Global Trade Breaks, It’s Worse Than 2008 | Ed Conway

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This @lrb.co.uk piece from Arthur Downing is just a fantastic tour d'horizon of Britain's energy system. A must-read for anyone hoping to navigate the coming decade. Remember: energy is more or less EVERYTHING! www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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Arthur Downing · Asset Sweating: Britain’s Energy Crisis

Britain has private ownership while making the state responsible for planning via subsidies. The result is a zombie...

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Mary @imaged.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is a really good piece of writing - informative and engaging. Got me looking at images of Hormuz island and thinking about fish fingers...

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

📽️ What happens when the world's biggest exporter of one of the most important substances for modern civilisation decides to stop exporting it? We might be about to find out. 🛢️Primer on US diesel and the coming fuel crunch, inc why it could be especially grisly for Britain👇 youtu.be/sYnmyKB9_G8?...

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Trump threatens to ban diesel exports, but at what cost?

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Dave Lauchlan @davelauchlan.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I'm listening to the audiobook of this right now. It is fantastic. I do need to take a minor issue with one section though. On the Opium Wars, we were taught all about them in Y9 at my Midlands Comprehensive in the early 80s. (Mr Robbie and Mr Gray set the curriculum and they would probably have

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

📽️ Why the Bank of England is bracing itself for higher inflation and what it means for the rest of us. Oh, and why an obscure change in its quantitative tightening programme (slightly) helps out the Chancellor. Latest primer👇 youtu.be/7KLZETYJ3LM?...

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Will interest rates rise in the coming months? | Ed Conway analysis

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

📽️ It looks as if the world is about to be engulfed in another spike in the cost of living. Here's my 13m explainer on how we avoided the worst of the energy shock this summer, and why we might not be so lucky this winter...👇 youtu.be/cuhNwc-E3lM?...

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War, oil and interest rates: The chain reaction explained | Ed Conway analysis

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

🙌 Thrilled beyond words to have learned that TRADE WORLD made it into the bestseller charts in its first week out there in the wild. Who'd have bet a nerdy supply chain book could be up there with celeb memoirs?! It's mad. Thank you SO much to everyone who's bought a copy 🙏

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

👀 Global shipping industry group makes its first public intervention since it was founded 60 years ago, to warn that the rules governing global shipping are breaking down. "Without maritime trade... the global economy as we know it would come to a sudden halt". www.ft.com/content/c651...

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Global shipping rules are collapsing, say maritime nations

Wars and the growth of the shadow fleet are causing a ‘structural shift’ in global trade, according to 18 maritime authorities

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

✍️ This isn’t just about Jaguar Land Rover (or VW) It’s about the fact that nearly nine tenths of a car is not made by the company whose badge goes on the front. We need to start talking about the other 9/10s of the car industry edconway.substack.com/p/this-isnt-...

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This isn’t just about Jaguar Land Rover (or VW)

It’s about the fact that nearly nine tenths of a car is not made by the company whose badge goes on the front. We need to start talking about the other 9/10s of the car industry

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

🚨OFFER ENDS TONIGHT If you've already ordered or pre-ordered Trade World you can get access to an exclusive essay with bonus material. Email preorder@edmundconway.com with proof of purchase before the end of the day and you'll be sent a link to the essay!

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Another interesting piece from @edconway.bsky.social

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

📽️From the odyssey of a fish finger... 🌾To Russia's astounding dominance of global wheat exports... 🚗And the wave of Chinese imports that threatens the very existence of the Western car industry. 👀Presenting a MEGA screen with charts from my brand new book, Trade World👇 youtu.be/AqBSTqEzVRo?...

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From bread to BYD: The story of global trade told by Ed Conway

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

✍️ The little holes in your bread are telling you something... 🟤How a lab in an obscure village in the south of England invented modern British bread. 🟤What all this has to do with economics. 🟤And why, technically, British bread might no longer be bread... edconway.substack.com/p/the-little...

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The little holes in your bread are telling you something

How a Hertfordshire research lab quietly transformed an iconic British staple food, and the complexion of the countryside - without anyone actually noticing

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

📖 PUBLICATION DAY Today a book I've spent 2yrs working on is finally out. I'll have more to say about it later on, but TRADE WORLD is a brand new story about the hidden underbelly of the modern world. A sort of companion to Material World. But SO much more. I hope you like it!

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🎟️Tickets still available for my first Trade World event TONIGHT👇 Now at the larger capacity War Memorial Hall in Chorleywood. 7pm. Come and hear stories about the unexpectedly bizarre, fascinating underbelly of the modern world. And find out how this town changed the country!

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This was a really fun conversation!

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Ian Thompson @iantyorks.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

This is insane

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Greggles999 @greggles999.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Well, the introduction alone is quite the eye opener! Loving my signed copy. 👍

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Are We Approaching “Peak Ship”? Twenty years ago the Emma Maersk made the front pages. In the following years, ships quietly got even bigger, and changed the world along the way. But for how long? edconway.substack.com/p/are-we-app...

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Are We Approaching “Peak Ship”?

Twenty years ago the Emma Maersk made the front pages. In the following years, ships quietly got even bigger, and changed the world along the way. But for how long?

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

⭐️ First review for TRADE WORLD⭐️ Emma Duncan writes in @thetimes.com: "This is economics, but the dismal science has never been more enjoyable." Out on Thursday. PRE-ORDER NOW!

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Kevin F. Quinn @kevfquinn.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Ed's Material World was fascinating - his upcoming Trade World looks to be equally so.

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

What is Andy Burnham going to do about the many big climate/environment decisions in his inbox? On this week’s Rare Earth @tomheap.bsky.social and I take a look, with the help of a stellar panel. It’s easy to list the problems, but what’s his solution? Available now: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Conor @conorsymington.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Very interesting. And eye-opening.

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Yes. Unlike in Material World, this time around there are some photos. And, better still, one or two charts...

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Chris King @northernwrites.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I worked in one of those factories in Grimsby. Everyone wanted to be across the road where they worked on peas. It shattered the myth that own brands and brands were basically the same. The difference between the M&S and Kwik Save fish was night and day. Flat or Curled. Nurse, the flashbacks!

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Ian P @goatteeboy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This is a cracking read by Ed. I recommend reading Material World and I’ve ordered my copy of Trade World.

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alikyteler.bsky.social @alikyteler.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

An eye-opening read about how we’re being doomed by our own stupidity. Read about this astonishing 30,000-mile journey from sea to supermarket. Each individual decision can make economic sense, while the entire chain looks completely absurd.

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Dave Jones @popzeus.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This is the most interesting thing I've read in years

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Elaine Burke @elaineburke.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Forget follow the money, follow the cod. This is unbelievable.

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Jon Thomson @juvejon.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Such an insane journey

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Gavin Williamson @soosider3.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

This is well worth a read, its madness

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edinburgher.eurosky.social @edinburgher.eurosky.social · 27/08/2026

This is astonishing. I read his previous book Material World and that is excellent and eye opening.

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

✍️ Want to understand the bonkers nature of the modern economy? Take a ride with me on the 30,000 mile journey the cod in a fish finger takes between being caught off the coast of Scotland and consumed in a British home 🤯 Promise I'm not making this up👇 edconway.substack.com/p/the-30000-...

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The 30,000-mile fish finger

There’s a good chance the cod on your child’s plate has been around the world and back. Not that you’d learn any of that from the label...

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

🎤 TRADE WORLD TOUR 🎤 Secret factories. Weird commodities. Forgotten technologies. Wild tales about the way the modern world actually works. I’ve spent the past few years collecting loads of new stories. Excited to share them with you. Coming to a bookshop or hall near you👇

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TradeWorldEvents | Linktree

Linktree. Make your link do more.

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

✍️ The North Sea is not just about the North Sea The weird and wonderful world of gas, in all its different flavours. And what the strange chemistry of methane has to do with one of the most controversial issues facing the new UK government 👇 edconway.substack.com/p/the-north-...

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The North Sea is not just about the North Sea

The weird and wonderful world of gas, in all its different flavours. And what the strange chemistry of methane has to do with one of the most controversial issues facing the new UK government

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The Radio, the Submarine and the Tariffs What a smashed Toshiba boombox can teach us about Trump, transshipment and the mysterious hidden routes of world trade. edconway.substack.com/p/the-radio-...

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The Radio, the Submarine and the Tariffs

What a smashed Toshiba boombox can teach us about Trump, transshipment and the mysterious hidden routes of world trade

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

🚨Is Britain giving up on the North Sea too soon? Does oil & gas still have a big future in the UK? Is it the answer to our economic problems? Or just another political distraction? Spent the past few months making a Sky News documentary on this. Watch👇 youtu.be/NSdBTwL4iqA?...

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

✍️ The two things no one ever tells you about writing a book... My latest substack, on the weird world of "blurbs", the significance of preorders and... a rare, special limited-time offer! 👇 edconway.substack.com/p/at-least-o...

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At least one very good reason to pre-order Trade World

What no-one tells you about writing a book. And my shameless attempt to confront it...

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Pre-order my new book, Trade World, and there's no need to visit substack whatsoever. Problem solved!

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Lavenham Teacher @robknapp.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

All pre-ordered now as I adored Material World and I had no idea of how important the economics of pre orders are.

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

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At least one very good reason to pre-order Trade World

What no-one tells you about writing a book. And my shameless attempt to confront it...

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

📽️ THE MARADONA EFFECT What the greatest goal of the 20th century teaches you about the economy, about interest rates, and about why the new Federal Reserve chairman has just gotten himself into a little bit of trouble... Yes I know it sounds random but, well, you'll see👇 youtu.be/ZSc2YGRCxNQ?...

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What does Diego Maradona have to do with the cost of your mortgage?

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Ross Mudie @rmudie96.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Super interesting piece.

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Jude @jude-brucemoll.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Worth reading 👍🏻

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Liz Crosbie #AllianceNowUK #FBPE @lizcrosbie.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Interesting substack on what it means to support local companies and Made in Britain - through the back story of the expensive casual wardrobe of Andy Burnham.

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Ed Conway @edconway.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

👕 It might just look like yet another silly season story. But the furore over Andy Burnham's casual-wear actually tells you rather a lot about the architecture of the economy around us, and the profound challenges facing anyone wanting to change it👇 edconway.substack.com/p/what-andy-...

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What Andy Burnham's £80 T-shirt really tells us

This isn't just a story about expensive clothes. It's about where things are made, about why you can't really trust what it says on the label and about what happens after the "end of geography"

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