Franciscos Koutentakis
@fkoutentakis.bsky.social
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Economist, assistant professor University of Crete
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Grace 🏳️⚧️
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are you just going to do this for every generation
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The Guardian
about 8 hours ago
‘Happiness is not just about GDP’: ambitious plan or utopia?
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‘Happiness is not just about GDP’: ambitious plan or utopia?
Some will question its credibility – but the alternative future to the one imagined in the World Justice Report is far more bleak
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/04/happiness-is-not-just-about-gdp-ambitious-plan-or-utopia?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1780563140
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Steve Randy Waldman
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you can suffocate under the weight of what you haven’t written.
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Οι συντάξεις είναι μια απάτη τύπου πυραμίδας, λέει ο economist και αναπαράγει η Καθημερινή. Ακούμε προσεκτικά....
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Well, "betrayal" does not seem a legitimate term for any serious political analysis. Thanks, but no thanks (it's for subscribers anyway)
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POLITICO Europe
9 days ago
COMMENTARY: The U.S. has the most powerful military in human history. It also hasn’t won a war in more than 30 years.
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America’s way of war isn’t working
The U.S. may have the strongest military in the world, but repeated failures reflect a deeper flaw in its approach to military conflict.
https://www.politico.eu/article/america-us-donald-trump-way-of-war-isnt-working/
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Pavlos Roufos
11 days ago
Read this
open.substack.com/pub/harmonio...
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The Compute Rebellion
Why the Public Is Turning Against AI Before AI Has Fully Arrived
https://open.substack.com/pub/harmoniousdiscourse/p/the-compute-rebellion?r=4z4en&utm_medium=ios
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Gil Durán
11 days ago
One thing AI LLMs are very good at: convincing their victims that mediocrity is greatness, and that the ability to generate high volumes of mediocre content is a substitute for skill, talent, or work. This is the distinct impression I get every time I look at LinkedIn.
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Sophie in't Veld
15 days ago
Greek 🇬🇷 now openly declaring war on the EU Public Prosecutor. Its obstruction of EPPO's work fully justifies the freezing of EU funds for GR. But
@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu
@eppgroup.bsky.social
remain silent and shield their party friends MAGA style.
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a Land Panther 🍉🇵🇸🇨🇺🇬🇱
19 days ago
Μεταβολή ΔΗΛΩΜΕΝΟΥ πλούτου, ανά κόμμα by
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www.tanea.gr/print/2026/0...
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Η χρήση του 2015 ως ρητορικού όπλου - ΤΑ ΝΕΑ
Υπάρχουν θέματα που δεν συζητιούνται ποτέ ήρεμα στην Ελλάδα. Το πρώτο εξάμηνο του 2015 είναι ένα από αυτά. Κάθε φορά που η πολιτική συγκυρία το απαιτεί,
https://www.tanea.gr/print/2026/05/16/opinions/i-xrisi-tou-2015-cros-ritorikou-oplou-cr/
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Giannis Arkoudos
22 days ago
Σύμφωνα με τον
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, η χθεσινή έρευνα των New York Times για βιασμούς Παλαιστινίων από ισραηλινούς "καπελώνεται" στην δημόσια σφαίρα από μία ταυτόχρονη είδηση του CNN για βιασμούς απο Παλαιστίνιους σε Ισραηλινούς την 7η Οκτωβρίου. Τα ελληνικά ΜΜΕ πάντως έκαναν την επιλογή τους.
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Nektaria Stamouli
28 days ago
While much of Europe is turning its back on Trump, Greece is doubling down on the relationship with MAGA. PM Mitsotakis is playing up the role of “Greek thinkers” in inspiring America’s founding fathers and is promising the U.S. president a warm welcome
www.politico.eu/article/gree...
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Greece bets big on MAGA, as other EU countries turn away from Trump
While the U.S. president’s relations with other European countries sour, he is hailing Greece as “terrific”
https://www.politico.eu/article/greece-us-kimberly-guilfoyle-donald-trump/
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Ηγουμενίντζα
29 days ago
Σοβαρά τώρα;
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Χτες το βράδυ μίλησα στην παρουσίαση της Ιθάκης στο Ηράκλειο
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrJn...
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Βιβλιοπαρουσίαη ΙΘΑΚΗ,Ηράκλειο,Κρήτη,29-04-2026: παρέμβση Φραγκίσκος Κουτεντάκης, info-n
YouTube video by info-n
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrJneFiEaNg
about 1 month ago
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Artsy_Burtsy 🇵🇸 🇻🇪
about 1 month ago
Το καλύτερο που διάβασα σήμερα *Και αλήθεια λέει*
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The New Yorker
about 1 month ago
A Kvetchbook by Barry Blitt.
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Federico Finchelstein
about 2 months ago
Echoes of Hitler's talks. The leader as prophet of doom that he himself will provoke if he is not given the attention he demands! These ideas of death, violence & foundational traumas & civilizations are extremely dangerous & often lead the leader to make his fantasy a reality
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Η άνιση επίπτωση της έκρηξης τιμών στα ελληνικά νοικοκυριά
Τoυ Σταύρου Ντεγιαννάκη, καθηγητή στο Τμήμα Οικονομικής και Περιφερειακής Ανάπτυξης, Πάντειο Πανεπιστήμιο, και στο Εργαστήριο Μακροοικονομικής Πολιτικής και
https://www.naftemporiki.gr/afieromata/the-n-society/2086609/i-anisi-epiptosi-tis-ekrixis-timon-sta-ellinika-noikokyria/
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ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ
2 months ago
Με χιούμορ και έντονη δόση νοσταλγίας, το ΠαΣοΚ αξιοποιεί το σαρδάμ του Προέδρου της Δημοκρατίας και το μετατρέπει σε βίντεο-προπομπό για το συνέδριό του
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Από το 1821 στο 1981: Όταν το σαρδάμ Τασούλα γίνεται η καλύτερη διαφήμιση του ΠαΣοΚ | ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ
https://ebx.sh/HZRCI6
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Vericocum
2 months ago
Δείτε το Ο ΠΩ ΣΔΗ ΠΟ ΤΕ! 😂
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Giles Wilkes
2 months ago
in fact, you really need to throw in some PIGs to drill the point home. If having all your employment in SMEs was the answer, then Greece and Portugal would be the countries to copy
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pidyo
2 months ago
Παρουσιάστηκε χτες στη Χίο η δημοσίευση του οθωμανικού καταστίχου που περιγράφει την καταστροφή της Χίου το 1822. Επειδή το μυαλό κάνει καμιά φορά περίεργες διαδρομές, εγώ σκέφτηκα την περίεργη μοίρα ενός από τους αιχμαλώτους μετά την καταστροφή. ⬇️
www.politischios.gr/politismos/s...
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Στο φως όλη η αλήθεια για τις Σφαγές της Χίου του 1822
Το Οθωμανικό κατάστιχο του 1825 για τη Χίο αποκαλύπτει τραγικά στοιχεία μετά τη σφαγή του 1822, απεικονίζοντας την κοινωνική κατάρρευση.
https://www.politischios.gr/politismos/sto-fos-oli-i-alitheia-gia-tis-sfages-tis-hiou-tou-1822
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ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ
3 months ago
Η Φράνκα Βιόλα έγινε η πρώτη Ιταλίδα που προσέφυγε στη δικαιοσύνη για να αμφισβητήσει μια παράδοση αιώνων που την υποχρέωνε να παντρευτεί τον βιαστή της.
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Φράνκα Βιόλα: Η γυναίκα που άλλαξε τον ιταλικό νόμο αρνούμενη να παντρευτεί τον βιαστή της | ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ
https://ebx.sh/sffslH
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LSE Inequalities
3 months ago
📣 New III working paper by
@brankomilan.bsky.social
and
@marcoranaldi.bsky.social
They provide new global evidence on the evolution, distribution, and measurement of capital income, and the implications for inequality analysis in contemporary capitalism. 🔗
buff.ly/HHadHIv
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Η Τουρκία ξεπέρασε την Ελλάδα στο κατά κεφαλήν ΑΕΠ
Η οικονομία της Τουρκίας μέσα από στοιχεία της Eurostat.
https://www.efsyn.gr/stiles/ypografoyn/503591_i-toyrkia-xeperase-tin-ellada-sto-kata-kefalin-aep
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“Venezuela and Iran have 31 percent of the world’s oil reserves. We’re going to have a partnership with 31 percent of the known reserves. This is China’s nightmare. This is a good investment,” said Graham.
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Η ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΗ
3 months ago
Πεντέμισι χρόνια μετά την έκδοση της πρωτόδικης απόφασης, που χαρακτήρισε εγκληματική οργάνωση τη Χρυσή Αυγή, το δευτεροβάθμιο δικαστήριο «σφράγισε» αυτή την καταδίκη.
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Χρυσή Αυγή: Ενοχοι για εγκληματική οργάνωση και στο Εφετείο οι 42 κατηγορούμενοι
Πεντέμισι χρόνια μετά την έκδοση της πρωτόδικης απόφασης του Τριμελούς Εφετείου Κακουργημάτων της Αθήνας που χαρακτήρισε εγκληματική οργάνωση υπό το μανδύα πολιτικού κόμματος την Χρυσή Αυγή, το δευτεροβάθμιο δικαστήριο «σφράγισε» αυτή την καταδίκη. «Το δικαστήριο κηρύσσει ενόχους τους κατηγορουμένους με τα ελαφρυντικά που τους αναγνωρίστηκαν στον πρώτο βαθμό», είπε η πρόεδρος της έδρας. Το Πενταμελές […]
https://www.kathimerini.gr/society/564107206/chrysi-aygi-enochoi-kai-sto-efeteio-oi-42-katigoroymenoi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1772610113-1
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POLITICO Europe
3 months ago
Only one EU leader has dared to directly challenge U.S. President Donald Trump over a war against Iran, calling it unjustified, dangerous and illegal: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
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Spain’s Sánchez emerges as the EU’s chief critic of Trump’s war in Iran
The Socialist prime minister has slammed the war as unjustified and illegal, and his criticism has sparked the threat of a trade war from Trump.
https://www.politico.eu/article/spain-pedro-sanchez-emerges-eu-chief-critic-donald-trump-war-in-iran/
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Bloomberg News
3 months ago
Donald Trump directed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to "cut off all trade with Spain" after the country denied access to its military bases for his bombing campaign against Iran
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Trump Says He’ll Cut Off Trade With Spain Over Air Base Use
Donald Trump said he will “cut off all trade with Spain” after the country denied access to its military bases for his bombing campaign against Iran, spurring a sharp rebuke from Madrid that the US president must respect international trade agreements.
https://bloom.bg/4bmifdO
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giorgos
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Who would have thought...
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Tassos
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Gavin Kelly
3 months ago
Acemoglu, Autor & Johnson sketching out a pro-worker AI agenda. Worth your time.
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The Washington Post
3 months ago
Anthropic is prepared to walk away from negotiations — and its $200 million contract with the Defense Department — if concerns over the use of its technology for autonomous weapons or mass surveillance are not addressed.
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Hegseth threatens to force AI firm to share tech, escalating Anthropic standoff
The Pentagon is demanding access to Anthropic’s AI technology, threatening to invoke the Defense Production Act if the company doesn’t comply.
https://wapo.st/3P010WV
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Mark Hamill
3 months ago
Without the dots, it looks like polygraph test results from a pathological liar.
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ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ
4 months ago
Ανεξαρτησία των Κεντρικών Τραπεζών δεν σημαίνει ούτε ασυδοσία ούτε μονιμότητα των διοικήσεών τους
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Κρίση θεσμών και η Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος | ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ
https://ebx.sh/yij3df
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μαGoofys
4 months ago
"Υπό την εντύπωση του κακουργηματος τούτου, Έλληνες εθελονταί εφονευσαν αυτοβούλως άλλους ... κομμουνιστάς". Φαντάζομαι καταλαβαίνουμε όλοι, ποιών οι παππούδες ηταν οι Έλληνες εθελονταί, που δολοφονουσαν αυτοβούλως τους συμπατριώτες τους επειδή αντιστέκονταν στους ναζί
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Pavlos Roufos
4 months ago
Pushed by the ECB to create a profitable secondary market for NPLs, with hedge fund investments derisked by the Greek state and a legal re-coding that gave funds credit enforcement, the financial press still “wonders” why auctioned houses end up with investors & do not solve the housing problem. 👏
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Scott Horton
4 months ago
Andrés Edery, La Encerrona (Lima)
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Gabriel Zucman
4 months ago
We hear it all the time: Since the turn of the 2010s, thanks to the rise of tech, the US has pulled ahead economically. This idea is everywhere from Washington to Davos—and it's paralyzing Europe But it's simply not true! Let's look at what's really happening, with charts🧵
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The Guardian
4 months ago
As the world finally punches back, was this the week Donald Trump went too far? | Jonathan Freedland
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As the world finally punches back, was this the week Donald Trump went too far? | Jonathan Freedland
The US president took his bullying doctrine to Davos and hit a wall of opposition. If this creates a new western alliance against him, all to the good, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/23/world-punches-back-donald-trump-went-too-far-davos?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=bsky_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1769188516
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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑
4 months ago
Twin Cities Workers Strike Against ICE. Two Hundred Cities Follow!! As workers in two hundred and fifteen cities prepare to walk out today in solidarity with Minneapolis, the whole world is watching. Via:
migrantinsider.com/p/twin-citie...
#ICEOUTforGood
#AbolishICE
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Twin Cities Workers Strike Against ICE. Two Hundred Cities Follow.
As two hundred and fifteen cities prepare to walk out today in solidarity with Minneapolis, the whole world is watching.
https://migrantinsider.com/p/twin-cities-workers-strike-against?utm_medium=web
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Nick Malkoutzis
4 months ago
On Carney's analysis of an illusory international framework
www.macropolis.gr?i=portal.en....
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From nice story to pulped fiction: Carney delivers reality check on rules-based order
The speech delivered by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the World Economic Forum in Davos has rightly attracted significant attention. It offered the crisp, crystallised analysis of global orde...
https://www.macropolis.gr/?i=portal.en.the-agora.15901
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Senator Chris Van Hollen
5 months ago
Trump and his cronies can try to dress this up, but it is an illegal act of war to replace Maduro and grab Venezuela's oil for his billionaire buddies. Full statement below:
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Dani Rodrik
6 months ago
But dont go looking for it in Trump’s Policies.
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/n...
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The Post-Neoliberal Consensus Is Here
Dani Rodrik identifies three tenets of a new consensus that is uniting the left and the right in the United States.
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/new-post-neoliberal-economic-policy-consensus-emerging-in-us-by-dani-rodrik-2025-12
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Tassos
6 months ago
ΟΙ ΗΛΙΘΙΟΙ ΝΙΚΗΣΑΝ!
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konel_valar
6 months ago
Retain the christian values of racism, sexism and "blessed are the poor for enduring"
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