Best (worst?) graph I've ever seen: Who’s right about AI: economists or technologists? - on.ft.com/43oaD6n via @FT

An example of free riding (if another is needed) www.thejournal.ie/eu-presidenc...

Shrinkflation is back! www.theguardian.com/business/202...

After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results: - AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2% - ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1% - ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%

@seanekh.bsky.social’s @ucc.ie paper presents a new improved Quarterly Irish GDP series from 1950, written with @rebstuart.bsky.social, as part of this @researchireland.ie pathways project on “External Shocks and Fiscal Sustainability”

@eoinaldo.bsky.social kicks of the Irish Macrohist workshop 2025 in @ucc.ie “Explaining the retreat of the Irish Language Fronteir”, paper with @cliochris.bsky.social and Alan Fernihough

Manuscript done ✅ Off to production at Bloomsbury! The book revisits Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations at 250, rethinking prosperity through inclusive wealth & sustainability More soon… 📖✨

NWO: Internal consistency of the Trump sovereignty doctrine www.spectator.co.uk/article/dona...

So its now harder to get into the US but NZ have relaxed rules, will there be any change in flows? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

'As universities close courses and departments in response to financial pressures...students in parts of the North, South West and East of England, as well as large areas of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, are losing access to social sciences, humanities and arts (SHAPE) courses.' 1/2

Another issue with UK national statistics: Office for National Statistics in crisis after another data error www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/market...

Oh. The stochastic parrot does not boost productivity. www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/m...

Long bond yields rise, gold hits record on fiscal concerns reut.rs/4n5v1Au

If I had said, in 2005, that 20 years later the Republican Party would be even *more* systematically opposed, not only to domestic action on climate change, but to action on climate change anywhere in the world, I would have been dismissed as a hysterical partisan.

The shakedown isn't on paper... cohen489.substack.com/p/i-promise-...

Very 18th century policy playbook: Scott Bessent floats rolling out export tax to more industries - on.ft.com/3Hd76Qx via @FT

Droughts in England www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The end of reliable US statistics? Donald Trump picks Heritage economist to head US Bureau of Labor Statistics - on.ft.com/3JazKSY via @FT

'given that the middle class has already lost vast amounts of wealth and that...the economic slowdown will endure for several more years yet, it does seem that the era when large numbers of Chinese students sought overseas education is coming to an end'.

My goto is to ask LLMs how many states have R in their name. They always fail. GPT 5 included Indiana, Illinois, and Texas in its list. It then asked me if I wanted an alphabetical highlighted map. Sure, why not.

Or the Daily Mail... www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/art...

How changes in height show health effects of the Famine. Analysis of new data by @eoinaldo.bsky.social @heriotwattuni.bsky.social @researchireland.ie & @cliochris.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

Tune in to RTE Radio 1 at 13:30 today to hear our associate director of outreach @cliochris.bsky.social discuss his paper (co-authored with Matthias Blum and @eoinaldo.bsky.social) on outcomes and impacts of the Great Famine. www.irishnews.com/news/norther... #econhist #econsky

Never thought I'd get quoted in the Mirror ( the paper my grandmother still reads) www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-n...

Tomatoes/Potatoes might share a common ancestor www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...

Good point on public good of education (less discussed these days unfortunately) observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

Global AI rivalry is a dangerous game - on.ft.com/476VM2L via @FT

Pre-AI contaminated web archive arstechnica.com/ai/2025/06/w...

Could strikes on Iran cause a nuclear disaster? - on.ft.com/445Bqnv via @FT

Video abstract of our (with @cliochris.bsky.social & Matthias Blum) paper on the long-term health impact of being born during the Irish famine: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fptL...

Some controversial choices here: ‘Oh no! It’s a Gruffalo!’ Julia Donaldson’s 15 best books – ranked! www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

The full article with @eoinaldo.bsky.social and Matthias can be accessed here: doi.org/10.1111/ehr....

Our colleague @cliochris.bsky.social and co-authors Mathias Blum and Eoin McLoughlin have a video abstract explaining the key findings of their article 'Scarring and selection in the Great Irish Famine' in the Econ. Hist. Rev. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fptL... and also at www.qub.ac.uk/schools/Iris...

Monetary policy for climate policy is second best policy: Bank of England staff depart after downgrade of climate risk - on.ft.com/453qKId via @FT

Nice and depressing www.axios.com/2025/05/28/a...

This isn’t great...: UK turns to shorter-term borrowing as fiscal pressure mounts - on.ft.com/4joXlvj via @FT

A new age of ignorance? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

🚨Survey for university students🚨 I'm currently carrying out a project for DfE examining student mobility in higher education with Anne Devlin & Maureen O'Reilly Please share this short survey with any students in UK/ROI, every response helps! forms.office.com/e/80XqbE5DJG

How changes in height show health effects of the Great Irish Famine. Analysis of new data research by @eoinaldo.bsky.social @heriotwattuni.bsky.social @researchireland.ie & @cliochris.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

The erosion of social literacy might be one of the biggest casualties of the AI revolution www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...

It is indeed shaping up to seem like full-on outright fraud thebsdetector.substack.com/p/ai-materia...

Moody’s strips US of top-notch triple-A credit rating - on.ft.com/4kgzfDS via @FT

A nice depressing AI doom simulation ai-2027.com/race

A summary of our recent paper in the economic history review

Every cloud and all that - unintended consequences of trade wars increasing uncertainty: edition.cnn.com/2025/05/12/b...

Age of neo-mercantalism: The old global economic order is dead - on.ft.com/42Yv4Ws via @FT

England is vibe shifting (hence Blair's intervention): An unwelcome surge of rightwing populism in Britain - on.ft.com/4d6Suh8 via @FT

(Deep-sea) Drill, baby, (deep-sea) drill: www.reuters.com/business/ene...

“Hegseth Crossing the Delaware” By @knecessary.bsky.social For more Kevin’s cartoons, go here: open.substack.com/pub/davidpep...