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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The whole 'ecological civilization' idea comes back into the West from China... and is just another example of how intellectuals of ALL stripes are looking to China for new social ideas from... authoritarians, abundance types, to the green progressive left

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The text of my review of Jeremy Lent's new book 'Ecocivilization' in is now unlocked - next tweet Short version is: it's a deeply useful, visionary account of a future civilization that is extremely ambitious & could do with a more dynamic presentation of history

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I was lucky enough to see Dolly Parton years ago at the O2 in London. I arrived thinking she was a regular celebrity singer and left blown away by her multi-instrumental musical talent and incredible between song patter and storytelling. What a legend! 💔

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

My review of Jeremy Lent's latest book 'Ecocivilization' An attempt to map out a modern, technological society founded on the dignity of all life In the most recent, beautifully crafted Resurgence & Ecologist: www.resurgence.org/magazine/cur...

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I need to buy @rowhoop.bsky.social's new book! "Economics grows out of ecology... It has never been more urgent that we understand how nature works, and that economists correct their ignorance of ecology." via @graceblakeley.substack.com substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Darwinism does not support capitalism

Darwin described the webs of connectedness that support all life, and economists need to understand that their discipline grows out of ecology

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

'This is the Darwinian message we need most to hear today. “The crisis of nature... has been caused by a failure to see in ecological terms, a failure set up by our philosophical and economic systems” Excellent @philipcball.bsky.social on @rowhoop.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

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Togetherness by Rowan Hooper review – a stunning portrait of cooperation in nature

This corrective to our habitual emphasis on competition had me writing ‘wow’ in the margins again and again

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Anyone who calls Susan Strange the OG will get a retweet from me... Nice thread showing how her study of the waning British economic & political power can help illuminate what's going on with US power

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Modern environmental movement makes little sense without this cosmic view...

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

The House at the Edge of Magic kids books by Amy Sparkes are just brilliant! So full of wild imagination, vivid characters, heart and adventure. I've just finished reading the 4th one to my 9 year-old and we've both loved them.

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Susan Strange saw global finance as a casino back in the 1980s and inspired Ann Pettifor's new book 'The Global Casino' as she explains here... www.youtube.com/clip/Ugkx8dd...

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

The great Sven Beckert in the UK this week!

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

I saw this quote while at Goldsmiths the other week and have to admit that I'd never heard of Mark Fisher before...

A quote in black on a white tiled wall: 'Emanciapatory politics must always destroy the appearance of a 'natural order', must reveal what is presented as necessary and inevitable to be a mere contingency, just as it must make what was previously deemed to be impossible seem attainable' by Mark Fisher (1968-2017)

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Sven Beckert @svenbeckert.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

This Saturday, March 28, I will speak on Capitalism: A Global History. If in town, come join me. oxfordliteraryfestival.org/literature-e...

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American Lecture. Capitalism: A Global History | Oxford Literary Festival

Sven Beckert talks to Ian Goldin - American Lecture. Capitalism: A Global History

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Free event in London tomorrow... (although it's a bit of a stretch now to call it a launch)

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Quakers in Britain @quaker.org.uk · 06/03/2026

Yesterday evening, for the second time in a year, the Met Police raided Westminster Quaker Meeting House and arrested a number of young nonviolent activists. STATEMENT: www.quaker.org.uk/news-and-eve...

Westminster Meeting House raided by Metropolitan Police again. Statement: “For Quakers, faith and action are inseparable. Peaceful protest, prayer and nonviolent action are integral parts of many Quakers' religious life.

Whilst we take the planning of criminal acts very seriously, we believe that this incident is a deliberate targeting of committed young people who want to make our country a more equitable place. This raid is part of a systematic stifling of dissent.

That this is the second time in a year that the police have raided our meeting house dramatically illuminates the broader trend in the UK of cracking down on those who disagree with the government. The right to protest is fundamental to our democracy. It's a key part of how people make their voices heard between elections.” – Oliver Robertson, Head of Witness and Worship
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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

This looks very interesting

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

I'll be talking about economics, imagination, and 'Ricardo's Dream' at Goldsmiths Uni in London on 12 March at 4pm. Come along if you're in town! Cheers @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...

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Ricardo's Dream by Nat Dyer

Book Launch

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Great to see my friend, Dave, sign a contract for his first book on philosophy & aliens. Congrats!

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Abby Innes @abbyinnes.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

As Trump reduces every economic forecaster in the world to a weeping nervous wreck…

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

The lens of history allows you to write a 'true story' of what's happening in the modern economy, whereas models often lead us astray - Stiglitz

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

This is very good on utopian economics as the 'governing science' of governments (right & left), banks, financial institutions, credit rating agencies, corporations & consultancies @abbyinnes.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=zb07...

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How neoliberalism broke economics | Dr Abby Innes

YouTube video by The Institute of Art and Ideas

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Not sure how they found it, but this is apparently @the-syllabus.bsky.social's video of the week 😀

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

FWIW, I've written to the editor pointing out the links between African Brazil and David Ricardo's famous trade theory... will see if they print it

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

The @economist.com piece about Brazil's African heritage is good to see - but they fail to note the link to their hallowed free trade theory... www.economist.com/the-americas...

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Great piece by @superwuster.bsky.social on how the UK became a digital colony of the US by believing the "dream of the 1990s" and "the logic of free trade and globalisation" h/t @unlearnecon.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...

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Has Britain become an economic colony?

The UK could’ve been a true tech leader – but it has cheerfully submitted to US dominance in a way that may cost it dear

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Last Friday, I got to meet Benjamin Lipscomb author of 'The Women Are Up To Something'. He's in London researching his new book on the BBC. We decided to meet up at philosopher Mary Midgley's childhood home in Greenford, Middx. - where we got a personalised tour from historian Peter Hounsell

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Love this story about the long evolutionary history of kissing - it's 21 million years old, don't you know? Helps to chip away at some of the more wild 'Nature red in tooth and claw' claims out there www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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First kiss dates back 21 million years, say scientists

A new study looks at how the mouth-on-mouth smooch came into being, and concludes that Neanderthals also kissed.

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Thanks for joining, Agnes! Pleased that analogy landed with you

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

I've been thinking about this today

A sketch of the tree of life by Charles Darwin from his notebook circa 1837. The words 'I think' are above and A, B, C, D at different elements of the tree. They are all unified in the trunk of the tree where a 1 is circled - representing the universal common ancestor of all life (a radical idea then and still not fully assimilated into our worldview).

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

This is tonight at 7pm (UK time). More than 60 people signed up already...

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 10/11/2025

SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten. "I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Nice, new review of Ricardo's Dream "If you are interested in economics, history, politics and world affairs you should read this book" michaelcoblenz.medium.com/simple-econo...

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Simple Economics in a Complex World

Book Notes — Ricardo’s Dream: How Economists Forgot the Real World and Led Us Astray, by Nat Dyer. Bristol University Press, 2024…

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

I'm saddened by the hypocritical treatment of the BBC - and agree with Naomi Alderman that it's an institution worth protecting

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Next Tuesday 18th Nov, I'll be giving a free, online talk on imagination, models, and the making of economic knowledge for @economicresearch.bsky.social Reserve a spot & find out more here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-econom...

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The Economics of Imagination: What Happens When Models Replace Reality

Join Nat Dyer to explore imagination, models, and the making of economic knowledge.

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

Nice pushback on the corporate propaganda we're pushed daily...

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

The recording of my talk about the philosopher Mary Midgley and economics is already online. Thanks to the whole @inparenthesis.bsky.social team & to @philosophellie.bsky.social, @drelizabethmac1.bsky.social, @amytaggart.bsky.social, @iangr.bsky.social for joining! www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYNC...

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Nat Dyer: 'Midgley amongst the economists'

YouTube video by Women In Parenthesis

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

I got to see the brilliant @lukewrightpoet.bsky.social perform in Bath last night. So full of energy, verbal dexterity and invention, and an excellent mimic too. Hard to do justice to the show 'Pub Grub' in a few words, but...

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

I'm doing an online webniar tomorrow at 3pm (UK) with the wonderful @inparenthesis.bsky.social team on 'Mary Midgley among the economists' Looking forward to joining the dots between one of our best recent philosophers and the critique of mainstream economics More info & zoom link below 👇

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Chris has been doing amazing work highlighting carbon trading scams of all sort for at least the last 15 years. So it was a pleasure to speak to him about climate, forest-carbon markets, and the visions of free market economists...

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

I might write something about this kind of comment (left on @unlearnecon.bsky.social recent video). I see no value at all in 'proving' in a perfectly contextless world that countries A & B could benefit form trading X & Y. What makes anyone think this logic then maps onto reality?

Comment that reads: 'I understand that the example of England and Portugal maybe only worked because of the slaves and the gold, that doesn't matter for the sake of the argument, as well as the moral value of that episode. You can change the names of the countries for fictional ones, and change the products for letters like product A and B. for the argument you are making in this video you have to prove mathematically that the theorem doesn't work. And if the perfect scenario in which it work is unattainable, you have to explain why it will always be unattainable and then put the example in numbers if you don't do that, then, as you said you don't understand the theorem of comparative advantage. You really don't get this or in reality you really are not interested with anything else but to prove your point even if it rests on flawed logic?'

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Me talking about David Ricardo & comparative advantage on the excellent @pitchforkeconomics.bsky.social pod

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Unlearning Economics @unlearnecon.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

THIS IS NOT A DRILL! My actual book launch event - which is only 6 months late - is at LSE October 13th, you can sign up here: www.lse.ac.uk/events/why-w...

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Zane Selvans @zaneselvans.org · 24/09/2025

Good video essay from @unlearnecon.bsky.social riffing on Ricardo’s Dream, about politics & power relations that exist alongside “free” trade and profoundly shape commerce. And the recent, mysterious “rediscovery” 🙄 of this fact by previously dominant states. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsOY...

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The Death of Free Trade

YouTube video by Unlearning Economics

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

I've listened to a lot of Pitchfork Economics over the years so it was a real pleasure to be a guest on the show. Listen here: buff.ly/jQUTct6

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

I had to deleted Bluesky app from my phone again... just get too sucked in otherwise & it's not great for productivty or my mood.

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