Joel Suss
@joelsuss.ft.com
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Data journalist, Financial Times | Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics
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Robert Smith
2 days ago
The BBC will fuck things up from time to time. Lots of major news organisations do; just look at The Times having to memoryhole several fake news stories in a matter of weeks. No one is calling for the abolition of The Times, however.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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UK newspaper editor calls Bill de Blasio fake interview blunder âhumiliatingâ
A Times associate editor reportedly addressed situation in an email to staff, saying: âWe should have been on our guardâ
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/31/the-times-bill-de-blasio-fake-interview?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Adam Bienkov
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How ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
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The 'Great Noticing' Era
Ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring
https://www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-noticing-era
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Social Media Lab
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When deceptionâs more profitable than honesty, users lose. Internal documents suggest that Meta earns $3.5B(!) every 6 mo. from scam ads, revealing a deeper systemic problem: the economic incentive to tolerate âhigher legal riskâ content still outweighs any penalty.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/meta-is-earning-fortune-deluge-fraudulent-ads-documents-show-2025-11-06/
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Summing up Trump authoritarianism in one figure
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đ˘ I interviewed Thomas Piketty for the Financial Times đ˘ We covered a lot of ground including populism (a term he despises), fiscal debt and the long-term trend of economic equality The full interview đ
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Thomas Piketty: âThe left has been a victim of its own successâ
The economist on populism, fiscal debt and the long-term trend of economic equality
https://on.ft.com/4nFLyLk
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Tony Tassell
7 days ago
Thomas Piketty in the FT! - fascinating Q&A exchange here with
@joelsuss.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/860f...
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Thomas Piketty: âThe left has been a victim of its own successâ
The economist on populism, fiscal debt and the long-term trend of economic equality
https://www.ft.com/content/860fb655-09cd-414f-ad99-997a2fa62226
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Also remarkable: the polarisation of young UK voters. Top two parties supported now Reform and Greens
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Young Britonsâ attitudes hardening on crime and welfare
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Remarkable and surprising data on hardening attitudes towards welfare recipients in UK, especially among younger cohorts. Why now?
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Brendan Nyhan
16 days ago
1. Binance founder pardon after enriching Trump family 2. DT Jr. enmeshed in firms getting DOD contracts 3. Trump trying to extract $230 million for himself from DOJ
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Why is WaPo now regularly publishing absolute nonsense from Telegraph columnists?!
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | Londonâs sad decline is a warning to New Yorkers
In three terms as mayor, Sadiq Khan has crushed the economic life out of Britainâs capital.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/10/27/london-decline-mamdani-sadiq-khan-new-york/
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I wrote about the economic costs of US political polarisation in the
@financialtimes.com
In short: they are high, due to myriad channels
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Polarisation paralyses the US economy
[FREE TO READ] Political divergence on Capitol Hill is trickling down to corporate America
https://on.ft.com/47pDYhL
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"Populism is often triggered by bad economies, but then makes what is already bad still worse." Martin Wolf on why escaping the populist trap is so difficult
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The hard task of exiting the populist trap
Javier Mileiâs plight in Argentina demonstrates how difficult it can be to rescue economies
https://on.ft.com/4qn3Svn
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Michael Derby
22 days ago
Checking in on Trumpâs mission to save Argentinaâs foundering libertarian political experiment with American taxpayer cash.
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Fantastic detailed reporting here on Trump inc âthe heart of Trumpâs newfound wealth is a rapidly growing cryptocurrency empire built by the president and his family.â
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How the Trump companies made $1bn from crypto
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How the Trump companies made $1bn from crypto
The president and his family have built a rapidly growing digital assets empire which has been fuelled by the administrationâs industry-friendly policies
https://on.ft.com/4olkLoi
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Really interesting post by Tej Parikh on the declining effectiveness of monetary policy (e.g. due to more and longer fixed loan terms) Not clear though what central banks can do about it. Financial conditions targeting? What alternative to blunt interest rate tool?
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Confronting the limits of monetary policy
[FREE TO READ] The ability of interest rates to guide prices and the economy is diminishing
https://on.ft.com/4h34Hp6
about 1 month ago
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Stephen Bush
about 1 month ago
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Great detailed reporting here on how Netanyahu finally succumbed to pressure from a US president eg. Trump to Netanyahu (when he said Hamas delaying): âWhy are you so fucking negative?â
www.ft.com/content/6a62...
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How Trump cornered Netanyahu into signing up for peace
Israelâs prime minister has encountered the first US president he cannot easily outmanoeuvre
https://www.ft.com/content/6a62d210-bb8b-49f2-a796-48bb7db0d75d
about 1 month ago
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đ˘New piece from me on US inflation today in the
@financialtimes.com
đ˘ It's not just (still modest) tariff-related effects boosting core goods and headline above target, core services excluding housing remain elevated
about 1 month ago
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Katie Martin
about 1 month ago
Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
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Soumaya Keynes
about 1 month ago
Eeee the cover for the UK edition of How to Win a Trade War is out! Pre-order your copy here...
www.amazon.co.uk/How-Win-Trad...
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Social media use appears to have peaked everywhere but North America
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Have we passed peak social media?
about 1 month ago
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Melissa Ryan
about 1 month ago
I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through.
people.com/ice-agents-o...
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ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls
Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children â some of them allegedly naked â from ...
https://people.com/ice-agents-overnight-chicago-raid-11823082
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FT Weekend
about 1 month ago
Why yesterdayâs terrorist attack felt inevitable
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Why yesterdayâs terrorist attack felt inevitable
From foiled terror plots to antisemitic hate crime, Jews are awake to the threats we face
https://on.ft.com/3KRfer6
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Financial Times
about 1 month ago
Opinion: It would be a hugely welcome development to discover that we have not merely reached social media saturation point, but that the experience has been degraded to such an extent that it has shocked people out of their stupor.
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LSE Inequalities
about 1 month ago
In our latest blog, Javier Terrero DĂĄvila (
@oecdsocial.bsky.social
) asks how much income mobility do different countries exhibit? And how does it vary across different groups relating to age, gender, education and where people live?
#LSEInequalitiesBlog
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Who climbs the income ladder? New evidence from tax records
Using surveys to track short-term social mobility â how much people move up or down the income ladder â has limitations. How can using administrative data help?
https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities/2025/09/30/who-climbs-the-income-ladder/
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US electricity prices have risen significantly due to data centre needs âelectricity now costs as much as 267% more for a single month than it did five years ago in areas located near significant data center activity.â
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring
Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. Thatâs being passed on to customers.
https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2025-ai-data-centers-electricity-prices/?ai=eyJpc1N1YnNjcmliZWQiOnRydWUsImFydGljbGVSZWFkIjpmYWxzZSwiYXJ0aWNsZUNvdW50IjowLCJ3YWxsSGVpZ2h0IjoxfQ==
about 1 month ago
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Great reporting here on the political pressure affecting prosecutions of white-collar crime in the US Featuring also great use of LLMs for structuring data đđ
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about 1 month ago
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The Fed's decision to cut rates last week have been criticised with inflation above target A dovish turn also risks making a frothy US market frothier, raising financial stability risk My latest in the
@financialtimes.com
(free-to-read) đ
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about 2 months ago
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Very interesting on Apolloâs clever (and possibly dangerous) arbitraging of capital regulation rules by
@leeharris.ft.com
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The niche debt tool at the heart of Apolloâs private credit machine
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The niche debt tool at the heart of Apolloâs private credit machine
How Apolloâs in-house insurer has raised capital to fund the groupâs lending, without turning to policyholders
https://on.ft.com/46CguXE
about 2 months ago
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Big gap in income gains for 65+ versus working age populations in UK and France, with the increased cost of pensions for governments sending fiscal debts to unsustainable levels and crowding out other spending priorities
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US CPI data is out: inflation continues rising, but the Fed will most likely cut next week due to labour market concerns The tension between price stability and maximum employment will not ease quickly More on the challenge facing the Fed, with lots of charts Free-to-read:
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Sarah O'Connor
2 months ago
Very cool sentiment analysis using FT articles by
@joelsuss.ft.com
. Also brings home how precisely I missed the Good Times.
www.ft.com/content/9a99...
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Partly because both Trump and Manelson were close friends with Epstein?
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Peter Mandelson predicts fresh revelations about friendship with Jeffrey Epstein
2 months ago
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After my article on the rise in negative news yesterday, nice to see a good news story!: "the delivery of one of the largest UK infrastructure projects roughly on time and close to budget"
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âSuper sewerâ chief bows out to the sweet smell of success
Londonâs ÂŁ5bn Thames Tideway project has been completed without drama using a pioneering financial model
https://on.ft.com/41OFYOS
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It was only a matter of time I guess? The question is whether plunging share prices of these crypto hoarders will force crypto fire sales and push down crypto prices, potentially setting off further selling
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It was only a matter of time I guess? Question is whether the plunging shares of these crypto hoarders will force crypto fire sales and push down crypto prices
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Robin Wigglesworth
2 months ago
Sentiment analysis on four decades worth of FT newspaper articles. 𼳠Rreally cool stuff from
@joelsuss.ft.com
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FT Alphaville
2 months ago
We read the news today. Oh boy.
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Bad news: thereâs more of it about
More than 40 years of FT coverage, charted
https://on.ft.com/4n2TVBq
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I wrote about negative news for
@alphaville.ft.com
, featuring 40+ years of FT content (over 3mn articles) distilled down to a single economic sentiment series
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Bad news: thereâs more of it about
More than 40 years of FT coverage, charted
https://on.ft.com/4n2TVBq
2 months ago
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Molly Knight
2 months ago
what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.
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I watched Miran's senate confirmation hearing so you don't have to. He didn't persuade anyone he would actually be independent, indeed he made his case worse by saying he would not resign from white house role as chair of council of economic advisers đ¤Ż
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Miranâs confirmation hearing fails to dispel Fed independence fears
[FREE TO READ] Trumpâs nominee is not planning to resign as chair of Council of Economic Advisers if he is confirmed as a Fed governor
https://on.ft.com/47oAZba
2 months ago
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Fascinating article on why demographic decline may not actually be good for the environment One reason is that the decline in birth rates are concentrated amongst progressives, meaning the future may be more conservative
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2 months ago
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"there is sufficient reason to believe you may have made false statements..." from Trump's letter to Cook đ¤Śââď¸
www.ft.com/content/0cae...
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Donald Trump says he is firing Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook âeffective immediatelyâ
Policymaker says she âwill not resignâ and vows to fight presidentâs attack on central bank
https://www.ft.com/content/0caecc8d-3f48-4088-bc1a-6f4087c331c9
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đ˘ I've written the
@financialtimes.com
Free Lunch newsletter today on the rise of populism & its economic implications đ˘ No surprise: populism makes for very bad economics, with clear negative impacts regardless of whether it is left-wing or right wing variety Free-to-read linkđ
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3 months ago
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This is very interesting on the practice of head shaping in Andean culture, different groups made different shapes to signify sacred mountains. Remains me a bit of the Smeds and the Smoos
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/s...
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Was Head-Binding an Ancient Way to Get a Leg Up?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/science/anthropology-head-binding.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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"Snowfall is rare in the area, so the ski resort intended to rely entirely on artificial snow" Why did anyone think building a ski resort in the Saudi desert was a good idea?
www.ft.com/content/6dfc...
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Saudi Arabiaâs 2029 Asian Winter Games at risk from snow mountain delay
Kingdom eyes alternative countries to host event after falling behind on construction of desert ski resort
https://www.ft.com/content/6dfc7fd8-5fb3-4eb6-9fed-c5faa78e4b40
3 months ago
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Tess Owen
3 months ago
For
@wired.com
I wrote about the Trump admin's latest propaganda strategy: incorporating the casual nihilism and cruelty of the highly online far-right into memes about deportation
www.wired.com/story/trump-...
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The Trump Administration Is Using Memes to Turn Mass Deportation Into One Big Joke
Memes shared by the White House, DHS, and ICE have used catchy TikTok tunes to normalize mass deportation and Christian nationalist narratives. Experts say that's the point.
https://www.wired.com/story/trump-administration-dhs-white-house-deportations-meme/
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Lovely article here about the surprising diversity and cosmopolitanism in the Canadian arctic town of Inuvik
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The migrants who choose life in the Arctic
Inuvik in northern Canada is home to the worldâs northernmost mosque and an igloo-shaped Catholic church
https://on.ft.com/45ueQp4
3 months ago
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Joey Politanođłď¸âđ
3 months ago
I can't fucking believe it, these idiots exempted 700 goods from the 50% tariffs on Brazilâorange juice, nuts, iron ore, gas, etc etcâBUT THEY SPECIFICALLY LEFT THE 50% TARIFFS ON COFFEE, OUR 2ND LARGEST IMPORT FROM BRAZIL. They're genuinely trying to kill me for drinking coffee.
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