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Stephen Kinsella

@stephenkinsella.bsky.social
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Professor of Economics at the University of Limerick in Ireland. Economic Advisor to An Tánaiste (Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance)

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Ruo Shui @ruoshuiresearch.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
this was excellent. complementary piece for anyone interested (and the Almighty Dollar if you want more)
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There’s no such thing as the petrodollar
War on Iran is changing the currency calculations of Gulf energy exporters. But the dollar’s global role depends on far more than the denomination of a barrel of oil
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Most Irish economic debates pretend to be about numbers. They’re really arguments about structure, particularly who benefits from the upside, and who is left holding the downside when conditions turn. This piece reviews Eoin Lenihan’s Vandalising Ireland.
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The Circuit of Ideas and the Structure of Power
What happens when you apply an almost-Marxist analysis to Ireland's economy but forget how anything actually works
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
My fourth substack looks at housing policy as inequality policy. Next week's piece is a review of Eoin Lenihan's Vandalising Ireland. stephenkinsella.substack.com/p/housing-po...
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Housing Policy Is Inequality Policy
A new paper shows how credit rules, rents, and supply interact to shape who wins and who loses
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
My third substack (is that a noun?) is on what I've learned in needing to get to the point faster and a great book that helped me get there. open.substack.com/pub/stephenk...
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Ten reasons to be optimistic in 2026 open.substack.com/pub/stephenk...
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Ten reasons to be optimistic in 2026
Why optimism is an underpriced asset
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Decided to set up a substack, first post is about strategies for reading more: stephenkinsella.substack.com/p/how-i-acci...
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How I accidentally built a serious reading habit
Or at least, what I find works for me
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
It's that time of year again when I remind us all of the greatest Christmas song. You are all very welcome. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCNv...
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White Wine In The Sun by Tim Minchin
YouTube video by Tim Minchin
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Watch this. You'll feel much better. It's a video we made tracing one student's journey through Immersive Software Engineering, and it is great. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWmm...
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Amy Roys x ISE x Intercom
YouTube video by Immersive Software Engineering @ UL
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
We are hiring a new Professorship in my Department, the Kemmy Chair in Economics. We’re looking for stellar applicants to lead the Department’s development in the coming years. Closing date is Feb 27, 2026. Details here: my.corehr.com/pls/esbsheul...
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
If, like me, you mostly give books for presents, you’ll want to read this. Not a flat recommendation list but a set of strategies for how to give. I’m going to steal the BBC short story one. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
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‘This extraordinary story never goes out of fashion’: 30 authors on the books they give to everyone
Colm Tóibín, Robert Macfarlane, Elif Shafak, Michael Rosen and more share the novels, poetry and memoirs that make the perfect gift
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
You will be visited by three spirits
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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
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Darragh Flannery @dflan.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Looking forward to editing the special issue of the ESR below. Please share widely! @irisheconassoc.bsky.social @isweconomics.bsky.social @esri.ie @stephenkinsella.bsky.social @beta1hat.bsky.social @bthalpin.bsky.social @phonohan.bsky.social @kevindenny.bsky.social @benelsner.bsky.social
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Ruth Curtice @ruthcurtice.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Rare opportunity. We are currently recruiting for a member of our senior leadership team to take forward our work on productivity and growth. Do get in touch if interested. www.resolutionfoundation.org/about-us/opp...
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Research Director • Resolution Foundation
The Resolution Foundation is looking for an exceptional candidate to help lead our research team. This is an exciting opportunity to join the Foundation’s senior leadership as we seek to turn around t...
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Happy #Budget26 day to all who celebrate.
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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
More chocolate, more Nobel prizes www.scientificamerican.com/blog/the…
Scatterplot showing a correlation between rates of chocolate consumption and rates of Nobel Laureates
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
This was great fun. Learned a lot too!
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Bravo, @kjhealy.co. Bravo. And congrats! kieranhealy.org/blog/archive...
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American
In 1995, at the beginning of the last week of August, on the afternoon of an inhumanly hot and intolerably humid day, I arrived at Newark Airport to live in the United States. I was twenty two years o...
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Preach, J. H. Newman.
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Looking forward to learning a bit from @gavreilly.com
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Policy matters, folks. Bad policies like Brexit have long lasting negative effects.
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Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) @esri.ie · 22/04/2025
The Council of the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Martina Lawless as the next Director of the ESRI. Read more: www.esri.ie/news/profess...
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Laura Ryan @lauralimerick.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
Great to reconnect with fellow @UL Alumni based in the capital and meet new faces at the Royal Irish Academy last night. Big thank you to @stephenkinsella.bsky.social for the brilliant insights (and hope!) on where the economy is headed and the challenges and opportunities ahead.
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Thomas Sampson @thomsampson.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
For no particular reason, it might be a good time to repost my Starter pack of academic economists who study international trade go.bsky.app/G3dqAYg
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Coolness. Stripe's Economics of AI Fellowship. stripe.events/fellowship
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Economics of AI Fellowship
At Stripe, we're dedicated to fostering a supportive culture that empowers our team members to thrive both professionally and personally.
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University of Limerick @unioflimerick.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Thanks Stephen. We're glad to continue posting here, sharing the latest news and research from across the University. And we have a growing UL Starter Pack in case any of your Followers want to follow other talented academics at UL go.bsky.app/6E5Dav8
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
I'm really glad @unioflimerick.bsky.social has taken the decision not to post on twitter any more. I have not been there since 2023 but for some reason I find my institution leaving it somehow sadder. Still, it is for the best, and we move on.
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Weekend reading sorted! Loved the first one @aspyalone.bsky.social
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
“…that great struggle towards equality…”
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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · 21/03/2025
🆕 JOB AD! 🆕 TARIFFS are here. More are coming. Do you love working with DATA and making CHARTS? Do you want to use ECONOMICS in real time? @piie.com is hiring a Research Analyst for International Trade. Come and work for/with me. APPLY today 👉 www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/41...
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Five years since I had to work at this. What did your #CovidDesk look like?
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 12/03/2025
We deeply regret the US tariffs imposed on Europe. Tariffs are taxes. They are bad for business, and even worse for consumers. Today Europe takes strong but proportionate countermeasures. We remain ready to engage in dialogue ↓
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
GB Shaw on the Boer War.
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
One side will have to go.
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Sascha O. Becker @essobecker.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
It was time to donate again to the 🇺🇦 Kyiv School of Economics led by the amazing @tymofiibrik.bsky.social and @mylovanov.bsky.social 🇺🇦 If you want to support KSE in these tough times 👇 foundation.kse.ua/en
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Home - KSE Charitable Foundation
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Slava Ukraini.
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Sam Lowe @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Everyone follow @chadbown.bsky.social who will, I assume, be creating all the trade and tariff charts a person could ever want/need
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
I’m very glad Trade Talks is back. Missed @chadbown.bsky.social thoughts on this topic. It was a vital listen when trade wasn’t *the* issue of the day and wasn’t my job. So this is just great.
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Just got a Daylight computer. Note taking is lovely. The feel/sound/responsiveness is just right. The screen is calming and easy to look at. Paper and kindle reading is easy. It’s a little heavy but it’s also a V1 product. daylightcomputer.com
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Daylight | A More Caring Computer
Daylight Computer (DC1) is a new kind of calm computer, designed for deep work and health.
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
It's still a lovely feeling. Just published, the first output from our project looking at digital firms, markups and market power, coroporate taxes, and the role intangibles play in driving these dynamics. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Intangible income shifting: the impact of digitalisation on falling corporate tax rates - International Tax and Public Finance
Concerns over the amount of corporation tax paid by firms in digitally intensive industries have led to efforts to reform corporate tax codes at national and international levels. Despite this, there ...
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Epic macro nerdage. 243 countries, macro data since 1066. www.globalmacrodata.com
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Global Macro Database
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
If you thought listening to trade nerds was a mood, wait until you meet the payment systems nerds. TARGET2 chats in 2011 come to mind. It’ll be a blast. @dsquareddigest.bsky.social and @thestalwartt.bsky.social should get the gang back together.
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
I have been reading everything I can find by Claire Keegan. She is a superb writer. Her concision and precision is why she is continually compared, correctly, to Chekhov. This para from her Night of the Quicken Trees in Walk the Blue Fields for example, and his Oysters: ibiblio.org/eldritch/ac/...
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Thomas Sampson @thomsampson.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
With trade policy once again the centre of attention, now seems like a good time to re-share the starter pack of academic economists who study international trade go.bsky.app/G3dqAYg
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 22/01/2025
Physics does not care about our politics, and ultimately the world will continue to warm until we get global emissions of CO2 to (net) zero.
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Irish independent Friday, December 4, 1987. Scrap useless Seanad. Young accept bleak future here. Pressure grows to quit work early. Cigarette sales start to level off.
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Tomas Hirst @tomashirstecon.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Happy trade t-shirt day @alanbeattie.bsky.social @rajakorman.bsky.social
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Ireland’s Programme for Government, 2025: www.finegael.ie/app/uploads/...
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Stefanie Stantcheva @s-stantcheva.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
🚨📊📚Come work with us at the Social Economics Lab at Harvard starting Summer 2025! If you are interested in taxation, public policy, and attitudes towards a range of important topics, apply here: academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/14607
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenkinsella.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Another great one from Issawi. On expectations and achievements: In the most favourable circumstances, achievements cannot exceed the square root of expectations.
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