Dealing with the 1st pass of my book manuscript and... no thank you Adobe.

New podcast alert! For this week's edition of The Economics Show, I interviewed Tyler Cowen on the economics of food, though the conversation ended up a bit broader than that. Links to listen here: www.ft.com/content/4c85...

Is AI already making us more productive? It's easy to scoff, but the world is rubbish so for my @financialtimes.com column this week I went searching for glimmers of hope in the data. 1st 300 clicks free to read: as.ft.com/r/55317e0a-f...

Is AI already making us more productive? It's easy to scoff, but the world is rubbish so for my @financialtimes.com column this week I went searching for glimmers of hope in the data. 1st 300 clicks free to read: as.ft.com/r/55317e0a-f...

Quite marvellous from @soumayakeynes.ft.com www.ft.com/content/d6fd... Where is AI showing up in the productivity data?

"The study supports both sides’ view of markets — they make it easier to co-operate with strangers but potentially weaken ties closer to home." Do markets make us moral? @soumayakeynes.ft.com: www.ft.com/content/3c33... #TOK #HumanSciences #Ethics

Do markets make us moral? There's no simple answer, but there is an interesting one ... Read @soumayakeynes.ft.com in today's #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/1V1C89L Then take today's #FTEdit poll 🗳️ ft.trib.al/16kXeRM

Here’s this week’s column-song…

This is such a fascinating article. A short read that is very well worth your time.

Do markets make us moral? In my column this week I wrote about a super-interesting study using historical data to explore how markets have shaped culture. 1st 300 clicks free to read... as.ft.com/r/b02da2ad-d...

This, from Uri Bram's *fantastic* newsletter, made me snort www.atvbt.com/the-confound...

A reminder that the announcements re the India-EU trade deal are a bit like seeing someone’s dating profile. They have chosen what to share. What really matters is what you see when they turn up in person… (the deal’s text) which may not be for ages.

Maybe the president saw this and decided to help me out (US tariffs on SK collagen masks => more for instagram-addled Brits)

Types of trade deal: - Our multinational companies want to integrate with places that have low-paid workers to make them competitive - Desperate attempt to integrate so that we don't kill each other - Nasty meanies over there are being horrid THIS WILL SHOW THEM - Our diplomats were bored

Tariff categories: - IT LOOKED AT ME FUNNY SO I TARIFFED IT - You may not be a nail but I am tariff hammer and I will hit you - My budget deficit, it is so large - Gimme your lunch money or I will tariff you - Response to legit economic / geopolitical grievance

Good morning South Korea!

Have now spent more time on instagram over the past 48 hours than I had in the prev roughly 10 years, and have very suddenly developed a strong urge to spend vast sums of money on South Korean skincare products

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My new year's resolution was to do more on social media, so please behold my first ever instagram reel, in which I turned my column into a song.

So @soumayakeynes.ft.com wrote this about buying Greenland, but it turns out it already has wider application www.ft.com/content/3fb7...

What's wrong with buying a bit of territory? My column this week... as.ft.com/r/dca4d7b1-2... 1st 300 clicks free to read

What's wrong with buying a bit of territory? My column this week... as.ft.com/r/dca4d7b1-2... 1st 300 clicks free to read

Available to preorder… amzn.eu/d/2HUJOC5

With new link: www.ft.com/content/92e2...

FT journos starter pack… go.bsky.app/FuqnwdD

...probably should have tweeted this out before the jobs numbers, huh

Economists are facing a recession (My column this week) 1st 300 clicks free to read... as.ft.com/r/6d67877e-4...

Just before Christmas the US effectively banned Chinese drone maker DJI. Why? by Chris Miller as.ft.com/r/8b300a12-a...

Must be an economics conference! $10.80 hoooo yeah

Arg of those supporting military action in Venezuela: “it is not enough just to secure oil access through licences for US firms, only regime change would allow Venezuela’s oil sector to open up under a new government and push Russian and Chinese companies out of the country” ecfr.eu/article/maga...

In 2025 I read a bunch of books. Here are my favourites, in no particular order...

on my way to the ASSAs, and so far I have (1) packed zero pens and (2) gone to the wrong terminal

…my 2026

In 2025 I read a bunch of books. Here are my favourites, in no particular order...

Only a few more hours of this deal to go...

What to read in 2026, from the @financialtimes.com as.ft.com/r/078de6ab-b... And don't forget to pre-order here: UK: www.waterstones.com/book/how-to-... US: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/how-to-win... (The B&N new year deal is still going on!)

What to read in 2026, from the @financialtimes.com as.ft.com/r/078de6ab-b... And don't forget to pre-order here: UK: www.waterstones.com/book/how-to-... US: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/how-to-win... (The B&N new year deal is still going on!)

If you were thinking of pre-ordering our book How To Win A Trade War, then today is a VERY good day to do it (in the US), because Barnes & Noble Premium & Rewards Members get 25% off pre-orders Dec 30-Jan 1 only www.barnesandnoble.com/w/how-to-win...

If you were thinking of pre-ordering our book How To Win A Trade War, then today is a VERY good day to do it (in the US), because Barnes & Noble Premium & Rewards Members get 25% off pre-orders Dec 30-Jan 1 only www.barnesandnoble.com/w/how-to-win...

🤓 BUCKET LIST 🤓 'HOW TO WIN A TRADE WAR' (my forthcoming book with the amazing @soumayakeynes.ft.com) is part of a New Year's Day sale thingie! Barnes & Noble Premium & Rewards Members get 25% off pre-orders Dec 30-Jan 1 only #BNPreorder Instructions Here: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/how-to-win...

...I did it! In 2025 I: 1. Had a baby 2. Wrote a book 3. Did absolutely nothing else Filed the book last night, please celebrate with me by preordering it... (it's fun! you'll enjoy it!) UK: www.waterstones.com/book/how-to-... US: www.simonandschuster.com/books/How-to...

Office for Banter Responsibility, amirite?

THANKS ALL!! (I win)

HELP ME settle a debate with @chadpbown.com Which cover for “How to Win A Trade War” grabs you most? The blue one or the white one? And ARE YOU AMERICAN? (favourite the option that applies to you!)

Am on an audiobook binge rn and am *finally* getting around to reading @edconway.bsky.social‘s wonderful book Material World! Highly recommend. Making me very jealous of all his trips to mines… amzn.eu/d/476P6ZJ

Fascinating on the boom for rare earths companies, by @jamiesmythft.bsky.social and Camilla Hodgson www.ft.com/content/755d...

Where are Islington Council's conservation officers when you need them

"Two other people familiar with the situation said the US was considering requiring companies exporting any software to China to obtain a license, which could have a dramatic impact on Chinese industries." www.ft.com/content/fbc5...

The Dutch government seized control of chipmaker Nexperia after Washington warned the company would not be removed from its export control list if its Chinese CEO Zhang Xuezheng remained in charge by @andybounds.bsky.social @benhallnews.bsky.social & Ryan McMorrow www.ft.com/content/db01...

China's exports to the US plunge... and pop up elsewhere www.ft.com/content/8dc3...