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Irwin (Bud) Collier @irwincollier.bsky.social · 14h

#EconSky #HarvardEconomics Materials from the Harvard course taught in the Spring term of 1981 by Thomas C. Schelling "Economic Principles and Public Policy." Like and repost if you agree that Schelling is the thinking economist's economist. www.irwincollier.com/harvard-econ...

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David Hollingsworth 🏳️‍🌈 @daveyh39.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Remembering pioneering Armenian American film and theater director Rouben Mamoulian on his 129th birthday. Seen here with Fredric (in makeup) and Miriam Hopkins on the set of the 1931 pre-Code horror classic DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE. He was #BOTD on 10/8/1897 and passed away at 90 on 12/4/1987.

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DoctorTheopolis @drzaiusbaltar.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

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Trevor Ship @trevypoos.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

If you work at a whistle factory, how do you report bad practice?

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Graham Brownlow, FREcon @grahambrownlow.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Never been a fan of novelty popcorn buckets until now!

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Graham Brownlow, FREcon @grahambrownlow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Looks like a 1990s revival. Not sure post 2007-8 financial crisis or Grenfell government deregulation is the right lesson to take. Perhaps reducing compliance costs and/or judicial reviews rather per a reg than the number of regs - as in the 90s- should be the major focus?

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Graham Brownlow, FREcon @grahambrownlow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The only horror film to have both lines about the Economics of the Common Market and a Christopher Lee cameo!

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

In 1989 CEOs made 60x the average worker. Today it's 325x. I guess the corporate ladder is getting taller. With @svaneksmith.bsky.social newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…

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Graham Brownlow, FREcon @grahambrownlow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Alas Anne Krueger, like Baumol, Tullock or Olson, oddly seems fated to never win. Likewise, some of the pioneers of health econ are still with us; my imaginary tenner this year goes to a shared prize for Autor & Katz (with Bloom or Van Reneen in the mix). It won't be another economic historian!

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Graham Brownlow, FREcon @grahambrownlow.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Watching the cult of AGFA trailer show (very much my cup of tea) and trash Cuckoo (not my cup of tea).

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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 04/10/2026

Which Nobel Prize laureate inspires you most? Discover the names and discoveries of this year's laureates as we announce the 2026 Nobel Prizes starting Monday 5 October. Follow along, every day on our social channels, YouTube and nobelprize.org Find more information here: bit.ly/2QRp4Jp

This image is a collage of Nobel Prize laureates. Row one from left to right: Toni Morrison, Maria Goeppert Mayer, Katalin Karikó and Martin Luther King Jr. Row two: Albert Einstein, Elinor Ostrom, Shirin Ebadi and Gabriel García Márquez. Row 3: Amartya Sen, Alexander Fleming, Rabindranath Tagore and Mary Brunkow. Row 4: Marie Skłodowska Curie, Jennifer Doudna, Omar Yaghi and Malala Yousafzai.

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🦆 Eliza Herndon! 🦆 @ducktwacy.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

At an antique shop and they had a giant Road Runner standee to market the stuffed coyote they had lol

A cardboard cutout of the Road Runner next to a taxidermied coyote

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weloveallthat @weloveallthat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Shocked, nay stunned, to discover that Clive Dunn's 1970s novelty number one hit "Grandad" actually merited a Japanese 7" single release.

Japanese cover art for Clive Dunn's "Grandad"showing Dunn in Dad's Army military attire holding a gun in one hand, standing to attention next to some kind of hewn stone monument, possibly a gravestone. The song title is rendered in katakana in a curiously artistic font, as is the name of the B-side. Other Japanese script informs potential local purchasers that the disc is a British number one hit.

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The Amazing Worlds of Doctor Who @worldsofdrwho.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A Berwick Toys' Dalek playsuit, photographed as the press wait outside West London Magistrate’s Court (1966). #DoctorWho

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Graham Brownlow, FREcon @grahambrownlow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Great result for Northern Ireland: 3-0 winners away to Ukraine. How Ukraine ended with eleven players is beyond mysterious. At least two red cards should have been shown. #GAWA

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Graham Brownlow, FREcon @grahambrownlow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Terrible. If you cannot even manage an execution, then maybe you might think twice about if you really should be executing. That's before the ethics.

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Economic thought @economicthought.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Article: Keynesianism without Keynes: French post-World War II reconstruction (1945–1958), by Hélène de Largentaye doi.org/10.1093/cje/...

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Graham Brownlow, FREcon @grahambrownlow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Had this. Weird feature the book they approached me about - a novel - I did not write!

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Jason Bailey @jasondashbailey.com · 28/09/2026

ED WOOD hit theaters on this day in 1994. On its 30th anniversary, I got its origin story from @larrythek.bsky.social for @ebertvoices.bsky.social: www.rogerebert.com/interviews/p...

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Pull the String: Larry Karaszewski Remembers “Ed Wood” at 30

A look back at one of the best movies of the '90s by one of its writers.

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David Hyman @davidhyman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Fifty-four years ago today, Dracula A.D. 1972 opened at the Columbia Shaftesbury Avenue... #DraculaAD1972 #1970s #film #films #AlanGibson #ChristopherLee #PeterCushing #CarolineMunro #StephanieBeacham #ChristopherNeame #Dracula #horror

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Colin J Donnelly @cjdonnelly72.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Spectacular Moon over Queens University tonight🌕

The Moon over Queens University Belfast.

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Mikey Slashic @mikeyslashic.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

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Belfast Telegraph @belfasttelegraph.co.uk · 25/09/2026

The death of unionist historian Gordon Lucy has led to an outpouring of tributes. The Fermanagh man passed away in the Royal Victoria Hospital following a short illness. He was 69.

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Tributes paid following passing of unionist historian Gordon Lucy

Tributes honour unionist historian Gordon Lucy, reflecting on his work on Ulster unionism, the Orange Order and Protestant identity after his passing.

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Nick Garland @npjgarland.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Everything in the new issue of the relaunched @ippr.org Progressive Review is now FREE TO READ here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1...

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Will Sloan @willsloanesq.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

RIP

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The B-Movie Vault @thebmovievault.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

R.I.P Richard Harrison, star of many, MANY ninja movies, and an equal number of memes.

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Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 24/09/2026

Private equity dealmakers are missing out on personal windfalls from winning bets. Now some are looking outside of the industry to reinvent themselves

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Private Equity’s Path to Riches Is Getting Harder to Follow

Dealmakers are missing out on big windfalls as buyout firms hold on to companies longer, leading some of them to reconsider their jobs

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Attention economic historians. warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econ... Up to £20k of research funding. And with a smooth and quick application process.

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Graham Brownlow, FREcon @grahambrownlow.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Piece with Eoin McLaughlin on the relationship between the NI economy and long-run British relative decline. watttheecon.substack.com/p/northern-i...

watttheecon.substack.com

Northern Ireland’s Economy

A Case of the British Disease?

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Hugh Odling-Smee @smeeho7.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Brilliant piece of research and writing by @sammanning88.bsky.social - on the VHS scene in NI in the 80s. Featuring violence, paramilitaries, singing pirates and ET. mubi.com/en/notebook/...

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The Armchair Answer to the Troubles

Pirates, police, and paramilitaries: the rise and fall of VHS in Northern Ireland.

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Graham Brownlow, FREcon @grahambrownlow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

In Belfast spoons defence, it's one of the few places in the city with any choice of real ale (most pubs in Belfast have zero).

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Michael Legel @mjlegel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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Graham Brownlow, FREcon @grahambrownlow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Good to know that all other problems in the UK have been solved leaving MPs the time to discuss Eurovision.

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David Higham @oldtrotter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Interesting table from IfG. Amazing how much Starmer was prepared to pay to make a problem of his own making go away and a reminder of just how much civil service experience Johnson discarded.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

As a new NFL season begins, here’s a reminder: publicly funded stadiums for billionaire sports team owners are a scam. Watch.

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The Sports Stadium Scam | Robert Reich

Billionaires have found one more way to fleece the public: sports stadiums.And if we don’t play ball, they’ll take our f

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Douglas Ogg @dougogg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I hate to sound like a Luddite, but I agree with this.

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Quantum Of Silliness @quantumofsilliness.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

He’s an actor everyone looked up to. Remembering the mighty Richard Kiel today on his birthday.

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Graham Brownlow, FREcon @grahambrownlow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Well worth a listen. I am not a comic book reader, but found the episode really interesting.

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Graham Brownlow, FREcon @grahambrownlow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Commando and They Live would be good choices add in Evil of Frankenstein ( Kiwi Kingston) and Plan Nine from Outer Space (Tor Johnson)

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Graham Brownlow, FREcon @grahambrownlow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Nice to review Acemoglu's latest book. Plenty of insights in the book relevant to devolved as well national level. The themes of sharing power and prosperity that run through the book are considered in my review.

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Graham Brownlow, FREcon @grahambrownlow.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The variation within NI school quality is pretty high; there are very few private schools in NI too. England outperforming the NI average does give a pause for thought even if rationing by house price or school fees is much rarer in NI than England.

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Alex Selby-Boothroyd @alexselbyb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Well this ain't good www.economist.com/internationa...

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Graham Brownlow, FREcon @grahambrownlow.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Looks like the Mr Blake character from I, Monster, the Amicus film.

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