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Joel Suss

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Data journalist, Financial Times | Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics joel.suss@ft.com

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Joel Suss @joelsuss.ft.com · 25/09/2026
Victorian era bootmakers have a surprising amount to say about technological disruption in the AI age as.ft.com/r/4a8bd4a9-c...
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
How do workers adapt when technology transforms an industry? Research by Hillary Vipond, III Visiting Fellow & @afsee-lse.bsky.social fellow, was featured in a @financialtimes.com article by @joelsuss.ft.com, examining the effects of mechanisation in bootmaking. www.ft.com/content/bf0a...
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The AI Shift: What can Victorian bootmakers tell us about AI disruption?
The industry transformed when sewing machines took off — but widespread unemployment wasn’t the outcome
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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Join @joelsuss.ft.com for a seminar on new methods for measuring wealth inequality at local and neighbourhood levels across the United States. 📅 29 September 🎟️ Register: buff.ly/sswN9Km
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Chris Giles @chrisgiles.ft.com · 17/09/2026
The BoE, HMT, DMO decision to unwind quantatitive easing completely is NOT something to get worked up by, however tempting. 1) This was always the intention (see Mervyn King 2009) 2) It has tiny fiscal effects (nothing like George Osborne's 2012 gambit, which ONS stopped after my complaints).
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Joel Suss @joelsuss.ft.com · 14/09/2026
Three reasons why the Fed will/should raise rates on Wednesday: 1. core PCE inflation has been trending higher for some time and the Aug CPI release suggests more to come 2. financial conditions are loose 3. household inflation expectations are high and rising My take: as.ft.com/r/8db4741a-0...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The Nigel Farage and Reform foreign donations scandal excluded from all but one national newspaper front page this morning. No sign of it at all on the front pages of the two papers which splashed the polls secretly funded by a Reform donor earlier this year
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Joel Suss @joelsuss.ft.com · 03/09/2026
Incredible undercover work here!
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Andy Brockman @andybrockman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
The legwork, and the sting, which seems to have caught out James Orr, Nigel Farage and Reform-UK was carried out by Verbatim Investigations who have dropped their own take on the story.
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Dirty Money: A Year Undercover in Reform UK
A yearlong investigation into Nigel Farage’s fundraising operation reveals a plot to break the law by bringing foreign money into British politics
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Helen Warrell @helenwarrell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
James Orr: Reform’s head of policy, Cambridge theologian, architect of the new British right. Our profile for @ftweekend.com looks at his links to the Maga movement, Silicon Valley & European populists, and his life as a Cambridge lecturer with @ramshodgson.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/c2d0...
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James Orr and the gospel of the new British right
Reform’s policy head is a Cambridge theologian with an enviable contact book and a belief in ‘faith, family and flag’
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Rachel Rees @rachel-rees.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
As honoured as I am to see that The Times has picked up my Chagos article practically *word for word*, including my hard-gotten quotes, I’d prefer some credit — or for everyone to read my original FT piece! free link to read the evidently enviable article below (cheaper than a Times sub!) 🌴
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FT Edit @ftedit.ft.com · 28/08/2026
US corporate profits have hit a record high while employees’ share has fallen to 60 per cent, the lowest since the 1950s. "The gains that the top is seeing far, far, far outpace the gains — if any — that the bottom is seeing," says a policy adviser. Read the story on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/0AG2YAu
Line chart showing US corporate profits as a share of national income, rising to a record high of roughly 18% in 2026.Line chart showing employee pay as a share of US national income, falling from peaks of around 68% to about 60% in 2026.
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John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 31/07/2026
New from me: Until recently, the gap between comfortably-off and just-getting-started could plausibly be crossed in a decade or two of hard work. Growth in asset prices means that’s no longer true: even a lifetime of striving doesn’t offer a realistic prospect of feeling you’ve “made it”.
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
GREG IP: “.. it feels like he’s winging it.” @wsj.com
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Robert Armstrong @robarmstrong.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Warsh's ban on forward guidance is a legitimate policy choice. The problem is that his chosen justification for it is absolute nonsense.
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Joel Suss @joelsuss.ft.com · 30/07/2026
Nice figure on the Warsh effect -- the gap between the 30yr and 2yr Treasury shot up as.ft.com/r/7d1c8d80-2...
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David Wessel @davidmwessel.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
FT's Robert Armstrong: Warsh’s description of his communications policy is nonsense. Unless Warsh (and the rest of us) get lucky, this will become a bigger problem over time. Warsh’s forward guidance omertà: I don’t believe it can last for ever. www.ft.com/content/fe3f...
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Joel Suss @joelsuss.ft.com · 30/07/2026
Silicon Warsh — our AI version of the real Kevin Warsh — has more credibility Here’s what Silicon Warsh said during fake FOMC meeting: “The Committee needs to demonstrate, through action not rhetoric, its resolve to deliver on price stability.” as.ft.com/r/b843f13d-5... The LLM FOMC votes to raise
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The LLM FOMC votes to raise
Silicon Warsh is a hawk
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Joel Suss @joelsuss.ft.com · 29/07/2026
Chalk this one up to the humans! AI not yet our overlords ...
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FT Alphaville @alphaville.ft.com · 29/07/2026
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The LLM FOMC votes to raise
Silicon Warsh is a hawk
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Joel Suss @joelsuss.ft.com · 29/07/2026
Kevin Warsh's Fed meets today to decide on rates, but the new chair has been tight-lipped, giving no signal on direction Silicon Warsh, on the other hand, loves to talk. At @alphaville.ft.com, I used LLMs to simulate the FOMC. The result: a unanimous vote to raise rates www.ft.com/content/76b4...
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The LLM FOMC votes to raise
Silicon Warsh is a hawk
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Joel Suss @joelsuss.ft.com · 28/07/2026
I've written an op-ed in the @financialtimes.com today where I argue that we should talk more about consumption tax, and in particular the need to reform UK VAT It can be made more efficient and progressive while also raising much needed revenue as.ft.com/r/66472205-f...
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A truly progressive VAT would solve a lot of UK tax problems
Ending exemptions while excluding low-income households would be fairer and bring in far more revenue
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Nick Timiraos @nicktimiraos.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
At dinner before day one of his first meeting as Fed chair, Kevin Warsh told his 18 colleagues he was launching five task forces to rethink how the Fed reads the economy. Chris Waller asked what the point was. Name who's on them, he said, and I'll tell you what they'll say.
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Kevin Warsh Wanted a ‘Good Family Fight’ at the Fed. He’s Getting One.
The new chairman initiated a debate over how the central bank works, and it could test his tight-lipped approach on the economy.
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Chris Giles @chrisgiles.ft.com · 28/07/2026
Since Kevin Warsh boasted about how volatility, bond yields and inflation expectations had fallen since he was sworn in... ... they have all reversed Perhaps, not such a genius
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Joel Suss @joelsuss.ft.com · 27/07/2026
I've written about the troubling, decades-long decoupling of pay & productivity growth The textbook says these should grow together, but reality - far from perfect competition - means capital has captured more of the economic fruits AI risks widening the gap Link 👉 as.ft.com/r/a188bb54-b...
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
If you look closely, there’s some sort of pattern here. www.ft.com/content/9741...
Chart of the labour share of income in France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, UK and US since 1960. All falling.
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Michael Pettis @michaelpettis.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
1/7 FT: "According to economic theory, productivity and real wages should grow in tandem, with the benefits of new technology being shared with the workers who produce the stuff. But in the US, Europe and Japan, pay growth has decoupled from... www.ft.com/content/9741...
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Why wages and productivity look set to diverge further
AI and a falling labour share of GDP risk accelerating decoupling trends across the rich world
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 26/07/2026
Why wages and productivity look set to diverge further ft.trib.al/PrTmG3v
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Why wages and productivity look set to diverge further
AI and a falling labour share of GDP risk accelerating decoupling trends across the rich world
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Josh Spero @joshspero.ft.com · 25/07/2026
Having spent a very happy 18 months sinking into its 3,000 pages, I have written about why reading Proust is essential in the 21st century as.ft.com/r/32995bbf-8...
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Proust in the age of TikTok
The French writer’s seven-volume magnum opus was a challenging choice for a book club — but its evocation of the human psyche makes essential reading for our times
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EconReporter @econreporter.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
@joelsuss.ft.com : The median US household now sees long-run inflation to be 3.5 per cent, against an average of 2.5 per cent from 2015 through 2019. (“Long-run” is expected annual inflation in five years’ time.) (1/2)
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Monetary Policy Radar | Financial Times
Monetary Policy Radar, a new product from FT Professional, has been designed to boost investors’ confidence and help anticipate future monetary policy decisions.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
A betting account in the name of George Cottrell, the convicted fraudster who bankrolled Nigel Farage, received almost $9mn in cryptocurrency from unidentified sources while he was providing gifts to the Reform UK leader great work from @annasophiegross.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/b74c...
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Betting account in George Cottrell’s name received $9mn in crypto from unidentified sources
Deposits in Polymarket wallet came as convicted fraudster was providing gifts to Farage
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Joel Suss @joelsuss.ft.com · 23/07/2026
Household inflation expectations in the US are worryingly high In surveys & social media, people expect higher inflation in the long term. The market is more sanguine, but it's household behaviour that matters Warsh's Fed risks being all talk and no action on rates as.ft.com/r/bfb57ad3-6...
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EconReporter @econreporter.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
@joelsuss.ft.com at FT: Partial fiscal devolution would bring some revenue autonomy, further encouraging experimentation and healthy competition, but also strengthening local accountability. (1/3)
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Andy Burnham should pursue a devolution ‘big bang’
If done right, radical decentralisation could boost UK productivity growth and living standards
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Sarah O'Connor @sarahoconnorft.ft.com · 20/07/2026
What a weird metaphor to choose. I'm no electrician but isn't a circuit breaker the thing that causes all the lights to go out?
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Joel Suss @joelsuss.ft.com · 20/07/2026
With the Andy Burnham era beginning, I argue that the new PM should go for a devolution 'big bang' This could help solve two big problems: low productivity in the public sector and in the UK's second-tier cities My Free Lunch column: as.ft.com/r/c9866d20-9...
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Excellent Free Lunch by @joelsuss.ft.com this:
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Andy Burnham should pursue a devolution ‘big bang’
If done right, radical decentralisation could boost UK productivity growth and living standards
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Joel Suss @joelsuss.ft.com · 14/07/2026
I've written about the Fed and BoE's trust deficit for the @financialtimes.com central banks newsletter A growing % of households in US and UK are 'de-anchored', expecting far higher inflation in long run. Low levels of trust are an important reason why as.ft.com/r/99d85a19-0...
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Sam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
wrote for the magazine about the open source software that underpins our digital lives, how it is being upended by AI code tools, and about maintainers as.ft.com/r/b7f62212-9...
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Who cleans up after the vibe-coding party?
Our obsession with AI code-writing tools is overwhelming the web’s unsung human caretakers
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Joel Suss @joelsuss.ft.com · 10/07/2026
🤖 Can an AI ‘superforecaster’ beat the market? 🤖 When it comes to predicting Fed decisions, the AI does not (yet) have an edge as.ft.com/r/aded4aa2-4...
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Amy Borrett @amyborrett.ft.com · 10/07/2026
🚨NHS hospitals have admitted to a litany of errors in the data behind a headline claim about the success of the controversial £330mn Palantir contract after a @financialtimes.com investigation found dozens of irregularities. Scoop w/ @laurahughesft.bsky.social as.ft.com/r/7ab92d75-3...
Line chart of the total additional days in hospital due to delayed discharge, patients with length of stay of 7+ days, showing NHS hospitals admit to errors in data used to justify Palantir contract
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Martin Stabe @martinstabe.ft.com · 07/07/2026
🚨We're hiring!🚨 The @data.ft.com team is hiring a graphics journalist. job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/financialtim...
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Graphics journalist, Visual and Data desk ( Contractor)
London
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Brandon T. Snider @brandontsnider.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Back on my bullsh
an image that has boxes and a flow chart- GET A NEW IDEA > START A NEW PROJECT > TELL EVERYONE. the pattern repeats circularly, ignoring the box that says FINISH PROJECT
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Amy Borrett @amyborrett.ft.com · 30/06/2026
💡Does the UK lose its best ideas to America? New data suggests the bigger challenge is much closer to home: scaling spinouts from outside Oxford and Cambridge. Enjoyed digging into the data with the help of @paulswinney.bsky.social for @alphaville.ft.com Full story here: as.ft.com/r/d60411f3-9...
Treemap of declared investment in spinouts by university showing UK spinouts have an Oxbridge biasStacked bar chart of share of spinouts by ownership and employee numbers showing there has been no Great British sell-off
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Joel Suss @joelsuss.ft.com · 29/06/2026
Kevin Warsh's desire to turn back the clock on Federal Reserve communications will add volatility to the rates markets Warsh, as evidenced by his first meeting, wants to return to the Greenspan era, a time characterised by frequent & large monetary policy surprises More: as.ft.com/r/72d10976-8...
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Joel Suss @joelsuss.ft.com · 29/06/2026
This is really interesting -- on the misdirected spending targeting UK 'left behind' places High street makeover is far less important than good jobs www.ft.com/content/a108...
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This town received a £96mn post-Brexit makeover. It voted Reform anyway
Hartlepool has had the most regeneration funding per head of anywhere in England
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Joel Suss @joelsuss.ft.com · 29/06/2026
It's great that the UK govt is looking to encourage solar panels, heat pumps and batteries, but there's got to be a more direct and effective way than this? as.ft.com/r/373ea167-a... UK government to subsidise bank loans for green home improvements
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Joel Suss @joelsuss.ft.com · 27/06/2026
My homage to Alan Greenspan’s Fedspeak in this weekend’s @financialtimes.com Where I consider also the prospects of Kevin Warsh’s desire to turn back the clock on Fed comms as.ft.com/r/7ee6eb0f-0...
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Greenspan and the important art of Fedspeak
Former Fed chair’s ambiguous communication style contrasted with his efforts to make the bank more transparent
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Gale Sinatra @galesinatra.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
I think we just passed oops.
A timeline of climate change concern.
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Joel Suss @joelsuss.ft.com · 26/06/2026
We hear a lot about how AI promises, or threatens, to transform the world of work. But for that to happen companies will actually need to use the tech -- so far, adoption is very low @sarahoconnorft.ft.com & I look at why in the @financialtimes.com AI shift newsletter --> as.ft.com/r/bf9e25ce-0...
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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Yes, obviously it is suspended, but is it operating or not? Useless TfL app.
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Andrew Martin @andrewmartin.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Political ideology is the strongest predictor of Messi-Ronaldo preference. Authoritarians who like short-form video are more likely to think Ronaldo is the GOAT.
plot predicting messi-ronaldo preference
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