Robert Bigg @robertbigg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Currently the iOS update gives you 26.7 even when you didn’t request it … tvOS and macOS seem to be behaving as one might expect.. from 26.7 it then offers 27 and so far seems OK 120
Reposted by Robert BiggCléo Chassonnery-Zaïgouche @cleocz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026We are very happy to launch the *Cambridge Elements in History of Economics series* The 1st Element *The Mathematisation of Economics* by Marcel Boumans is freely available online until 18 September! www.cambridge.org/core/publica...cambridge.orgHistory of EconomicsWelcome to Cambridge Core 13520
Robert Bigg @robertbigg.bsky.social · 07/09/2026“For a gov’t borrowing in its own currency, the…domestic constraint is the availability of productive resources & the possibility of inflation, not an arbitrary debt-to-GDP ratio…What refuses to die is the belief that prosperity can be restored by governments spending less. The zombie is austerity!” 041
Robert Bigg @robertbigg.bsky.social · 24/07/2026It seems that every age has to debunk the same economic fallacies… 010
Reposted by Robert BiggJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Was wondering what happened to this. If I remember correctly I put in a claim for three books. I’m sure others here put in claims of their own. 4217
Reposted by Robert BiggJo Michell @jomichell.bsky.social · 21/07/2026I disagree with 'most importantly, inflation is caused by the balance between supply and demand' other than in the most trivial sense. Inflation is caused by incompatible claims on output leading to increases in nominal wages and prices and/or by shifts in the terms of trade or exchange rates. 5165
Robert Bigg @robertbigg.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Excellent by @nakedkeynes.bsky.social on the role of the Fiscal-Naval State in UK economic development. open.substack.com/pub/nakedkey... 210
Robert Bigg @robertbigg.bsky.social · 28/06/2026So AI perversely brings back (hand)written exams. I am reminded of those who played table football before exams not just for relaxation but also to strengthen their wrists to write all the faster. open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...open.substack.comWhat Will AI Do To Our Minds?Cognitive damage, not productivity gains, may be the most important consequence 131
Robert Bigg @robertbigg.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Great to see a new version of Soulver, one of my goto apps on mobile and Mac desktop. Thankfully still subscription free! soulver.appsoulver.appSoulver — Notepad, meet calculatorA natural-language notepad calculator for Mac, iPad & iPhone. One-time purchase, 60-day free trial. 000
Reposted by Robert BiggLuke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · 21/06/20262) Part of what Burnham is relying on is getting Labour a fresh look and resetting, but you get one shot on that and the clock starts from When it’s clear he’s PM, there’s a real risk that honeymoon window ends up being squandered when he’s not actually PM and tied to outgoing admin 2338
Reposted by Robert BiggGuy De Launey @guydelauney.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Is binning expert correspondents in eastern Europe a good idea at a time like this? Disinformation on the rise, Russia interfering in many countries, threatening several and actually at war with one? Well, BBC News management seems to think so. It's disposing of me and 4 of my colleagues. 931210524
Robert Bigg @robertbigg.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Congratulations to @dkuehn.bsky.social on the HES Goodwin Award for his article "Before NBER: Warren Nutter’s Soviet Research at the CIA," published in the Journal of the History of Economic Thought 47(2), 2025. 130
Robert Bigg @robertbigg.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Interesting insight from @nakedkeynes.bsky.social “neoclassical economists are not neoliberals, because they emphasize market failures & accept wide domains for public policy. But neoliberals must be neoclassicals … because their argument depends on the market as the privileged mechanism of order.” 140
Reposted by Robert BiggMatías Vernengo @nakedkeynes.bsky.social · 28/05/2026This the chart I use in my first class of the history of economics. The Smith/Ricardo/Marx vs Bentham/Mill/Marshall or social conflict vs rationalist/utilitarian traditions. I teach this course less than I would like 84710
Robert Bigg @robertbigg.bsky.social · 26/05/2026It’s an interesting thought. It can also be seen as a mechanism for reducing the consumer’s surplus in favour of the seller. 000
Robert Bigg @robertbigg.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Lawyers doing better than the authors in AI copyright case arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...arstechnica.comAnthropic’s $1.5B copyright settlement is getting messy as judge delays approvalLawyers accused of rushing historic settlement to seize $320 million in fees. 000
Robert Bigg @robertbigg.bsky.social · 15/05/2026So the Nikkei index was -1.9% overnight, the S&P500 currently-0.6%, the £/$ -0.5%, & FTSE100 -1.7%- but according to the Telegraph the UK impact is all due to the prospects of Andy Burnham whilst the Mail reckons he has spooked the markets & the £ is in a nosedive when it’s up on both 1 & 2 years! 000
Reposted by Robert BiggCléo Chassonnery-Zaïgouche @cleocz.bsky.social · 12/05/2026New publication! 🥳 2159
Reposted by Robert BiggNature @nature.com · 11/05/2026Science publishing giant Elsevier has joined the dozens of firms and individuals suing artificial intelligence companies over their alleged use of copyrighted works in training AI models go.nature.com/4eFGLZKgo.nature.comElsevier vs. Meta: first science publisher sues over scraped research papersScience publishing giant Elsevier has joined a class action lawsuit against Meta that alleges the reproduction of copyrighted works in developing the Llama AI model. 16375146
Reposted by Robert BiggDaniel Kuehn @dkuehn.bsky.social · 23/04/2026I am not a Hayek scholar but it's still really exciting to see these digitized papers online. Digitized archives are so valuable for broadening the scope of people who do history of economics. www.hoover.org/news/papers-...hoover.orgThe Papers Of Friedrich August Von Hayek Now Accessible Online 02214
Robert Bigg @robertbigg.bsky.social · 18/04/2026CSEP (www.cambridgepluralism.org) is concerned about prospective changes to the Cambridge economics curriculum. The faculty had already decided to lose the 1st yr Politics paper, & now seeks to suspend the optional History & Philosophy of Economics paper. This is the only non-mainstream paper. 110
Robert Bigg @robertbigg.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Science: the accepted view has changed. Philosophy of Science: was that Popperian, Kuhnian, or Lakatosian? 010
Robert Bigg @robertbigg.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Once upon a time there there were American Servicemen nowadays, from the recent White House briefing, we now have american warriors… 000
Reposted by Robert BiggMike Makowsky @mikemakowsky.bsky.social · 30/03/2026The immediate problem with AI in academic economics publishing isn't AI writing papers, it's AI writing referee reports for journals. economistwritingeveryday.com/2026/03/30/t...economistwritingeveryday.comThe actual AI problem in academic economicsThere is a steady flow of takes on the impact of AI on academic economics research, whether its the example of someone writing an ostensibly legitimate, if somewhat trite, research paper with only … 033
Reposted by Robert BiggCourtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 30/03/2026Hello! Today is THE LAST DAY to file a claim in Bartz v. Anthropic. GET YOUR MONEY! Check the works list to see if you are on it here: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/ File a claim here: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/claim-form 5477555
Robert Bigg @robertbigg.bsky.social · 27/03/2026..and this adds to the previously reposted paper: “This is not the end of dollar dominance, but it may be the beginning of a subtler, more plural financial order. The implications for the international system are profound.” 010
Robert Bigg @robertbigg.bsky.social · 27/03/2026This is a fascinating analysis of the modern role of the dollar hegemony. It brings the interwar/postwar analysis of its rise up to date. 031
Reposted by Robert BiggSteve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Uk government backtracks on allowing AI copyright theft www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukGovernment backtracks on AI and copyright after outcryHowever, the government's position is now unclear, saying it 510735
Reposted by Robert BiggMatías Vernengo @nakedkeynes.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Today is the 250 anniversary of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations. I suggest that he is one of the least well understood early economists nakedkeynesianism.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-...nakedkeynesianism.blogspot.comThe Wealth of Nations at 250! Misunderstood icon of free marketsToday, March 9th, marks the 250th anniversary of the publication of The Wealth of Nations (WN) in 1776. Adam Smith may also be one of the m... 3117
Robert Bigg @robertbigg.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Does anyone have a scanned copy of the introduction to TK Rymes ‘Keynes’s Lectures 1932-35’ ? It seems very hard to find, there are restrictions on the archive.org copies! Would be very grateful for sight of this to double check some details.archive.orgInternet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine 000
Robert Bigg @robertbigg.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Equally (more so outside the US) where government has gradually limited its own support and forced academia to seek alternative funding 010
Reposted by Robert BiggMichael McKee @mckonomy.bsky.social · 30/01/2026While I have been preoccupied reporting on Kevin Warsh's Fed nomination, it seems the administration has proven me wrong about Minnesota. The president is not backing off and the assault on Minneapolis continues. Don't let it get lost in the blizzard of other news. 36636
Reposted by Robert BiggGlen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Can hardly believe what I'm seeing here. No doubt there'll be time to add some more insult to injury every day next week, like every day this week, but surely it can't go on forever. 14216
Robert Bigg @robertbigg.bsky.social · 21/12/2025Reading original sources is always key, read first, read more, then look at commentaries, reviews etc, but always come to your own view - then critique/discuss it. AI does none of this just facile summaries at best. 000
Reposted by Robert BiggJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 21/12/2025We made a mistake by calling the output of AI ‘slop’. In academia it is now looking much more like toxic pollution, on the verge of laying waste to previously fertile plains. Suing for royalties is only a small part of the battle. 1035395
Robert Bigg @robertbigg.bsky.social · 17/12/2025So much for my IT skills! I finally resolved the underperformance of my home network by replacing an old Cat5 cable between the router and the ISP’s modem - now 3x better!! Should stick to the history of economics… 010
Robert Bigg @robertbigg.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Interesting retrospective- I recall this being published, Adrian Wood was then still lecturing in Cambridge but left shortly after. 010
Robert Bigg @robertbigg.bsky.social · 07/11/2025This looks interesting - a Palgrave Macmillan lecture on decolonisation with @nakedkeynes.bsky.social Esteban Pérez Caldentey, @jayatighosh.bsky.social & Wyndham Hacket Pain cassyni.com/events/GFrm3...cassyni.comCassyni | Science starts with a seminarSeamlessly organise, run and publish academic research seminars. Get started in minutes. 041
Robert Bigg @robertbigg.bsky.social · 24/09/2025@cacrisalves.bsky.social Hi, at my suggestion, Bob Cord has been trying to reach you… maybe his email ended up in spam? 120
Robert Bigg @robertbigg.bsky.social · 09/08/2025Reading the latest @resmedia.bsky.social newsletter I am encouraged that there seems to be a growing argument about narratives, in-between methods, radical uncertainty etc. that move, if not away from, then at least, wider than formal models. 131
Robert Bigg @robertbigg.bsky.social · 27/07/2025And many economists appear to actively ignore past theories - the latest version must surely either incorporate or supersede how the subject was approached before. It seems to lead more to reinvention than reappraisal. 030
Robert Bigg @robertbigg.bsky.social · 27/07/2025Harald Jähner’s ‘Vertigo’ on Weimar Germany does exactly that to great effect. 110
Robert Bigg @robertbigg.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Very pleased to say that my chapter on Sidney Alexander for the Palgrave volume on MIT Economics is finally out! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...link.springer.comThe Palgrave Companion to MIT EconomicsThis book offers a comprehensive history of economics at MIT, highlighting the key figures from the department. 141
Robert Bigg @robertbigg.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Some thoughts on reading ‘Decolonizing Economics’ by @devikadutt.bsky.social @cacrisalves.bsky.social @surbhikesar.bsky.social @ingridhk.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/robertbi...open.substack.comReorienting the Economic DebateThoughts on ‘Decolonizing Economics’ by Dutt, Alves, Kesar, & Kvangraven. This is a significant book, despite what, for some, might be a forbidding title. It is not always comfortable reading, it can ... 252
Robert Bigg @robertbigg.bsky.social · 26/06/2025I was most impressed by this book when I read it, and this review confirms that. “A more speculative argument is that Hodgson’s institutionalism may represent a new … perspective ... Hodgson proposes a new form of institutional economics that has reached a wide audience” 010
Reposted by Robert Biggeconcam.bsky.social @econcam.bsky.social · 05/06/2025It is with great sadness that we have learned of the death of Mr James (Jim) Trevithick, who was an academic in the Faculty from 1976 to 2002. Jim was interested in macroeconomic issues such as inflation and unemployment. www.econ.cam.ac.uk/news/2025/re... 112
Robert Bigg @robertbigg.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Sadly Jim Trevithick passed away at the end of May. He helped bounce some ideas around from an undergraduate essay & later became my PhD supervisor as the work developed. His lectures on money & macroeconomic teaching in general will be remembered fondly by many. www.kings.cam.ac.uk/news/2025/ja...kings.cam.ac.ukJames Trevithick (1945-2025)Jim joined King’s as a Fellow in Economics 1977. He studied at the London School of Economics obtaining a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Economics. He came to Cambridge in 1976 as an Assistant Lecturer in the Fac... 000
Robert Bigg @robertbigg.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Absolutely, it is the process of gathering/understanding the information which results both in the written essay and the analytical building blocks to a knowledge that can be used elsewhere - initially in the subsequent exam - where the questions will be different. AI destroys that learning process. 010
Robert Bigg @robertbigg.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Some great, quite philosophical, questions here about the nature of equilibrium and the homogeneity of capital and labour. Plus the breadth of the subjects. Would definitely have gone for Q5… 020