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Peter Ryan

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Research on economics, history, and tech at RyanResearch.co with a special focus on Ireland.

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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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RR Radar 4: Trump is Busting Biden’s Industry Boom
Newsletter for high-signal insights, research, and analysis scanned from economics, history, and technology
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I joined Tony Chamas of 1Dime to talk about Marx, List, Carey, economic nationalism, MMT, and state-led development. youtu.be/qXatyeTlnb4?...
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The Forgotten Left Economics Alternative (Ft. Peter Ryan)
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
ESSAY: Beware Tech Bros Bearing Grifts: Collisons, Progress Ireland, and Silicon Valley-style Neoliberalism open.substack.com/pub/ryanrese...
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Beware Tech Bros Bearing Grifts
Collisons, Progress Ireland, and Silicon Valley-style Neoliberalism
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
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Economics of Soccer
Why Can't the US Win the World Cup? Bad Soccer is Good Business
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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 30/05/2026
An interesting quirk of people writing intellectual history of neoliberalism as it leaves its era of ideological hegemony is it can be hard to find a handhold, easier to treat it as a quirky heterodox school of economics, which is what, in some ways, it is becoming.
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
ESSAY: Irish Solidarity with Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Haiti Against Wall Street Imperialism Early 20th century nexus of financial anti-imperialism from pov of Irish revolutionaries sympathizing with "dangers of American finance" in island nations. ryanresearch.substack.com/p/irish-soli...
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Irish Solidarity with Cuba, Dominican Republic, and Haiti Against Wall Street Imperialism
Early 20th Century Nexus of Financial Anti-Imperialism from the Perspective of Irish Revolutionaries
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
ESSAY: A History of the Bitcoin Scaling War (2014-2019) It demonstrated the failure of Bitcoin theory to reflect Bitcoin reality. The only way to understand Bitcoin is to understand the Scaling War. ryanresearch.substack.com/p/a-history-...
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A History of the Bitcoin Scaling War (2014-2019)
The Bitcoin Scaling War between 2014 and 2019 was a debate on whether to increase transaction capacity in each block by increasing the block size limit.
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
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Arthur Griffith's Economics
The Economic Doctrine of the Original Sinn Féin and the Revolutionary Irish Republic
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
If you are curious about how this octopus that seems to control everything in America from culture to politics, then this history should help you better understand where it all started…or more so where it all went wrong. open.substack.com/pub/ryanrese...
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From Wall Street to Weird Street: A History of Venture Capital
America was seen as the beacon of free market capitalism, but in recent years it has become a dumpster fire of venture capitalism.
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
PODCAST: Realism vs. Imperialism with Christopher Mott of The Institute for Peace & Diplomacy. We discuss the history & current iteration of American imperialism. Then we contrast that with Mott's "Washingtonian Realism." Listen below & on all podcast platforms. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Realism vs. Imperialism - Christopher Mott - Ryan Research Podcast Ep. 27
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Just dropped an eBook/PDF of “Money by Vile Means.” Nowhere else will you get: - What Bitcoin actually is (why it's corrupted) - Debunked myths of decentralization - Hidden stablecoin endgame = shadow central banking If you're tired of hype, grab it now. ryanresearch.substack.com/p/money-by-v...
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Will Stablecoins Crash the Economy? Stablecoins just crossed the $300B threshold with forecasts suggesting $1-3T by 2030. Stablecoins expose the economy to risk through its relationship with US Treasuries and could be the catalysts to the next big crash. ryanresearch.substack.com/p/will-stabl...
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Will Stablecoins Crash the Economy?
The total supply of stablecoins (digital assets with a 1-to-1 peg to the US dollar) recently crossed the $300 billion threshold.
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
The crypto market structure bill fight is about stablecoin yield. If allowed, stablecoins will suck out deposits from banks. Deposits are the basis of the banks’ capacity to lend to the normal economy. If you contract deposits, loans must contract too. Stablecoins will break the economy.
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Crypto Critics’ Corner @cryptocriticscorner.com · 12/01/2026
Episode 173: @cascoinfoundation.org and @bft.wtf are joined by @peterryanresearch.bsky.social to discuss the vile truth of Bitcoin, the blocksize war, and the role of Tether cryptocriticscorner.com/2026/01/12/e...
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Andrew Jackson @andrewlrjackson.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
I’ve written something on John Collison’s Op-Ed and environmental democracy Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
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On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
PODCAST w/ @angelicaoung.bsky.social for a deep dive on China and Taiwan. As tensions rise, could there also be rising friendship? We talk trade, geopolitics, and history. Such as the new election of Cheng Li-wun and shared legacy of Sun Yat-sen. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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The China and Taiwan Deep Dive - Angelica Oung - Ryan Research Podcast Ep. 25
Oung is a journalist and researcher writing for Taiwan-focused Taipology and nuclear-focused Elemental.
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Mark Blyth @mkblyth.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Start the week with Part Two of of my chat with Leah Downey on her book, Our Money: Monetary Policy As If Democracy Matters, and all the stuff that has gone on since the summer... player.captivate.fm/episode/7654...
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Independent from who exactly? Central banks and democracy (part two)
Quickly and easily listen to The Rhodes Center Podcast with Mark Blyth for free!
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Noah Smith in July 2025: Milei's economic policies are working surprisingly well WSJ in September 2025: "The economy is contracting. Tens of thousands of jobs lost during Milei’s tough austerity drive have yet to come back."
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H.E. Cas Piancey @cascoinfoundation.org · 23/09/2025
“Rather than take on bankers, the IMF, or even cryptocurrency policy in Argentina, it appears as though Milei has decided to double down on debt and keep the central bank fully operational. It turns out no one is a libertarian during a financial crisis.” Yall should read this article.
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Mark Blyth @mkblyth.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
The Rhodes Center Podcast is back. Me and Leah Downey on her wonderful book Our Money: Monetary Policy as if Democracy Matters. This is part one of two. In part two we discuss what happens when democracy starts to get the upper hand. Coming soon: player.captivate.fm/episode/eb5e...
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Independent from who exactly? Central banks and democracy (part 1)
Quickly and easily listen to The Rhodes Center Podcast with Mark Blyth for free!
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
U.S. right wing populism used the tragedy of neoliberal globalization, financialization, and deindustrialization and neocon wars to bait people into a sleight of hand where the true goal was to divert more money to those same neoliberal oligarchs and neocon defense contractors.
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
JKG predicting the rise of the tech right
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
"these public banks guard against oligopoly...produce more competition...[and] prevent “too big to fail” scenarios"
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Sparkassen-Landesbanken remain “the most important financial partner within the German banking industry, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises.”
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Latest Essay: The US JPMorgan Chase plans to launch in Germany. This puts it in direct conflict with Germany’s Sparkassen-Landesbanken. This represents another instance of US-dominated global neoliberalism against indigenous political economy. ryanresearch.substack.com/p/why-does-t...
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Why Does the US Want to Take Over German Banking?
US-dominated global neoliberalism against indigenous political economy
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
“Americans saying they want to leave the US jumped from 10% in 2011 to a record 21% by last year…most Europeans live better than most Americans. There’s one big exception: the mega-rich…That leaves about 99% of the population for whom emigrating to Europe would be a life win.” - FT
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
America's uber-neoliberal economic model only truly positively diverges for the top 1% compared to Europe. The American top 1% earns almost double the income share as the European top 1%s. Ordinary Americans don't see these gains yet face more unaffordability than Europeans.
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
"American GDP per capita growth was 48 percent more than American median income growth. In contrast, Austria’s was 3 percent more, Germany’s was 3 percent more, Denmark’s was 17 percent more, France’s was 9 percent less, and Italy’s was 2 percent more."
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Latest essay: "American vs. European GDP Per Capita" I examined nuances in GDP per capita and related metrics to challenge Sam Bowman's soft polemic that Europeans have much worse economic well-being than Americans. At another angle, it's inverted. ryanresearch.substack.com/p/american-v...
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Of all the things I said on our @cryptocriticscorner.com podcast episode, the most important was me celebrating @cascoinfoundation.org and @bft.wtf for being some of the best journalists in the industry whose work is indispensable. www.youtube.com/live/6sQJFYc...
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
"If stablecoins get big enough...they will be more powerful than Jerome Powell's Federal Reserve." Watch the latest @cryptocriticscorner.com w/ @cascoinfoundation.org and @bft.wtf where we discuss stablecoin shadow central banking and the history of Bitcoin. www.youtube.com/live/6sQJFYc...
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Crypto Critics’ Corner @cryptocriticscorner.com · 22/08/2025
Join us live tomorrow at 2pt/4ct/5et with @peterryanresearch.bsky.social to discuss the reality of bitcoin youtube.com/live/6sQJFYc...
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The Vile Truth of Bitcoin (feat. Peter Ryan) - Episode 173
YouTube video by Crypto Critics' Corner
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H.E. Cas Piancey @cascoinfoundation.org · 22/08/2025
Livestream tomorrow featuring @peterryanresearch.bsky.social! www.youtube.com/live/6sQJFYc...
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The Vile Truth of Bitcoin (feat. Peter Ryan) - Episode 173
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H.E. Cas Piancey @cascoinfoundation.org · 08/08/2025
Protos is reporting Tesla news a week before anyone else.
Numerous media sites reporting that Tesla is axing most of its menu.Protos, a week ago: While Tesla fanboys continue to post four and five-star reviews on Google, and excited YouTubers upload video after video raving about the car company's much-talked-about new diner, something odd appears to have happened with its menu.

Namely, most of the items that were originally on there have vanished.
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Check out my latest podcast which is a recoding of a live debate between @gonglei89.bsky.social and Miquel Vila on: “Is China’s growth sustainable?” youtu.be/xH2zCKHkmN8
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Is China's Growth Sustainable? - Lei Gong and Miquel Vila - Research Podcast Ep. 23
YouTube video by Ryan Research
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
How is crypto a "shadow central bank"? Read more at: ryanresearch.substack.com/p/money-by-v...
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
I joined Emily Jashinsky and @krystalball.bsky.social on Breaking Points to discuss my latest crypto-skeptic essay in Compact Magazine: Money by Vile Means. Check out our conversation and read the essay in Compact. youtu.be/zxukz4elQRs?...
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
MONEY BY VILE MEANS Over 10 years in the making and one of Compact's longest essays ever. This is my definitive deep dive guide to critique Bitcoin. From libertarian ideal to cynical state capture, I debunk the myths of Bitcoin and reveal its dark reality. www.compactmag.com/article/mone...
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
I’ve just released the extended version of Money by Vile Means clocking in at 30k words compared to 6k in my abridged version. More data, more quotes, more evidence, and especially more story! There’s over 100 citations and plenty of visuals! ryanresearch.substack.com/p/money-by-v...
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Money by Vile Means
Confronting the Reality of Bitcoin [Extended Version]
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 27/07/2025
“Stablecoins, the government, and the corporations all win; a shadow central bank conducts shadow money printing to shadow monetize the debt and shadow quantitative ease.”
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
The founder of the P2P Foundation, where Satoshi announced his original Bitcoin white paper, had this to say about my essay.
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lenne0816 @lenne0816.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Must read.
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Humble crypto pig @baltcoin.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Take seriously someone who writes these two paragraphs in the same article, knowing the history first hand, is really difficult.
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Peter Ryan @peterryanresearch.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
MONEY BY VILE MEANS Over 10 years in the making and one of Compact's longest essays ever. This is my definitive deep dive guide to critique Bitcoin. From libertarian ideal to cynical state capture, I debunk the myths of Bitcoin and reveal its dark reality. www.compactmag.com/article/mone...
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