Calling anyone interested in inequality and why so many economists ignored it for so long! Watch here for the illuminating thoughts of @brankomilan.bsky.social, @laywilliams.bsky.social, @undercoverhist.bsky.social, @annastansbury.bsky.social Thanks to Wendy Carlin for asking me to moderate.

I *highly* recommend @brankomilan.bsky.social and @laywilliams.bsky.social superb books on the history of thought on economic inequality. And if you want to see them discussing these topics, with @undercoverhist.bsky.social @johncassidysays.bsky.social and myself, video below.

Caption contest: My entry: "I hear we might have to start wearing gold ties."

NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...

Caption contest: My entry: "I hear we might have to start wearing gold ties."

"After Zohran Mamdani’s victory, Republicans are fearmongering about Democrats turning socialist. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is busy taking stakes in private companies and ordering them around"--my latest column. www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...

The seat in the British Museum where Karl Marx studied “productive forces”? It was G7. Fun nugget. @johncassidysays.bsky.social really did his homework for this book

If you are around Providence on Friday come listen to @johncassidysays.bsky.social talk his wonderful book Capitalism and Its Critics. Its the one stop shop for anything worth saying about capitalism that anyone useful ever said...well worth the read

Legit to ask what the Dems' exit strategy would have been if Trump/Rs had doubled down. But folding when your opponent is showing a queen high seems pretty weird.

"After Zohran Mamdani’s victory, Republicans are fearmongering about Democrats turning socialist. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is busy taking stakes in private companies and ordering them around"--my latest column. www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...

Billionaire brain.

Yes, it's a political comment.

Sometimes, I just don't get it.

‘When Adam Smith wrote “It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer or the baker that we expect our dinner but from their regard to their own interest,” he omitted any discussion of the unpaid work of his mother (& later his sister) that went into cooking his dinner.’ on.ft.com/4olyOut

America lives in airports, but it hates being stuck there for hours and hours. The public pressure to reopen the government is about to intensify enormously.

No other agency of the U.S. government has saved more lives per dollar than U.S.A.I.D.—it supplied medicine, food, and staffing for some of the most desperate and vulnerable. A new short documentary shows the impact of its dismantling. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/2a5Jm5

This an inside the Beltway take. Regardless of their ideology, Democrats who ran on the cost of living and opposing Trump won big. Incumbency is now hitting the Republicans as it hit Democrats in 2024. Trump didn't abolish the laws of political gravity. He won the popular vote by 1.5%.

Trump’s trade war has unfolded as a series of threats, announcements, pauses, starts and deals, and the coining by the FT’s own @robarmstrong.bsky.social of the term “Taco” — Trump always chickens out. Even with all the changes, the de facto tariff rate is at its highest level in nearly a century.

Building a gilded palace during a government shutdown isn't a good look.

This an inside the Beltway take. Regardless of their ideology, Democrats who ran on the cost of living and opposing Trump won big. Incumbency is now hitting the Republicans as it hit Democrats in 2024. Trump didn't abolish the laws of political gravity. He won the popular vote by 1.5%.

Pretty clear why Trump isn't attending the SCOTUS hearing on tariffs. He'd probably have stood up and contradicted his own solicitor general.

Markets panic after socialist victory in NYC—oh wait a minute.

Almost like 10 months of chaotic policy making and presidential power grabs and ICE raids and self-dealing and not cutting the cost of living turned off some voters.

Amusing to watch centrist Democratic consultants and commentators jumping aboard the Mamdani train. They know a phenom when they see one.

Amusing to watch centrist Democratic consultants and commentators jumping aboard the Mamdani train. They know a phenom when they see one.

Outside the Paramount Theater a crowd gathers to cheer the next mayor.

Take it from me, someone who watches a lot of Jeopardy when political ads exclusively run: Every Mikie Sherrill ad was about lowering costs. So was every Zohran Mamdani. Moderates and leftists agree on what the message should be.

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Almost like 10 months of chaotic policy making and presidential power grabs and ICE raids and self-dealing and not cutting the cost of living turned off some voters.

NYT Pitchbot: Are Democrats doing too well in this election?

www.goodreads.com/book/show/21... Now finished and what a truely outstanding book by @johncassidysays.bsky.social I gave it 5/5 on GoodReads, so expect sales to rocket now!

So old school I vote on Election Day.

"We spend so much time on the global economy and global agreements. But there is so much that can be done internally”--Dani Rodrik, the Harvard economist, talking to me about his new book "Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World." www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...

The accountants will need to add a new line to their cost of doing business tallies.

"We spend so much time on the global economy and global agreements. But there is so much that can be done internally”--Dani Rodrik, the Harvard economist, talking to me about his new book "Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World." www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...

OK, regardless of source, credit where due: That's a great headline.

Capitalism’s promise of prosperity has always been shadowed by ecological destruction and persistent exploitation. Our podcast of the week excavates capitalism's critics, many of whom anticipated crises now intensifying. With @johncassidysays.bsky.social on @climatepod.bsky.social buff.ly/x4otfzM

#AI destroys everything, and I'm going to make a prediction. I have no idea when, but eventually, this absurd AI bubble will burst. Here a couple of great books on other bubbles. "Tulipomania" by Mike Dash "Dot.Con: The Real Story of Why the Internet Bubble Burst" by @johncassidysays.bsky.social

Thrilled and honored to learn that Publishers Weekly has picked "Capitalism and its Critics" as one of its best 20 books of 2025.

Call me crazy, but I’m starting to suspect that both of these companies could afford to be taxed a little bit more.

Thrilled and honored to learn that Publishers Weekly has picked "Capitalism and its Critics" as one of its best 20 books of 2025.

“Without the Trump name, you wouldn’t see World Liberty Financial raising this kind of money” In this new in-depth look at the Trump crypto empire, Reuters reports that cash is flooding into it from around the world. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

"The real target here is Venezuela, and US President Donald Trump’s administration is clearly signaling that land strikes are imminent. " www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...

That silly Vapors tune was in honor The Don's trip to Tokyo. Here's a real early 80's new wave song, with a rare duet from Mick'n'Joe, and a cameo from Bernie Rhodes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQhT...

"The larger lesson here is that the American political system isn’t equipped to deal with a rogue President, particularly when one party abrogates its responsibilities." www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...

Last week Trump leveled the East Wing, demanded $230M from Justice Dept & pardoned a billionaire w/ties to his family biz. "It may be very difficult to rein him in,” Richard Painter a former ethics lawyer in the Bush WH, tells me. “He thinks he is invincible.” www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...

"Let's go with the pink marble, and lots of gold leaf--we aren't paying for it."