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Tech and the Wealth of Nations

Does every country need to have a Silicon Valley?

Opinion | American Women Are Leaving the Work Force. Why?

Erin Hengel @erinhengel.bsky.social · 10d

Here is another: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

www.nytimes.com

Erin Hengel @erinhengel.bsky.social · 10d

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Crypto skulduggery isn’t a bug, it’s the whole point

Exploiting regulatory loopholes is the name of the game

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Erin Hengel @erinhengel.bsky.social · 10d

Hey Anna—I think it already was a gift link.

Politics Podcast · Updated twice weekly · Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart break down current affairs in the UK and abroad. The Rest Is Politics analyses the latest international news, provides deb...

Erin Hengel @erinhengel.bsky.social · 12d

It’s very good!! Do listen!

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...

The Rest Is Politics

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Opinion | The Erasure of American Working Women

Erin Hengel @erinhengel.bsky.social · 13d

The Erasure of American Working Women www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

www.nytimes.com

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Erin Hengel @erinhengel.bsky.social · 16d

I feel like all I ever do on social media nowadays is retweet Paul Krugman.

(As someone who grew up in Arkansas but has lived in Europe (DE, FR, UK) for most of her adult life, it seems farcical to suggest that the average Arkansan is better off than the average UK/EU citizen. I mean, c'mon.)

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Erin Hengel @erinhengel.bsky.social · 16d

Notes on Europe’s Economy

Reports of its death are greatly exaggerated

www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-lot-of-p...

Erin Hengel @erinhengel.bsky.social · 20d

A lot of people just don’t realize how unpopular Trump is

The backlash to ABC/Disney canceling Kimmel shows why it's important for businesses and the public to understand that two-thirds of Americans are not Trump voters

www.gelliottmorris.com

Erin Hengel @erinhengel.bsky.social · 26d

Men’s problems are real. MAGA’s solutions are fake

Exploiting Male Rage

Erin Hengel @erinhengel.bsky.social · 28d

Women, Jobs and Charlie Kirk

The serious implications of Kirk's ideas

Federal Court Temporarily Blocks Trump’s Firing Of Fed Governor Lisa Cook

Reposted by Erin Hengel

Forbes @forbes.com · Sep 10

The judge said Cook had made a strong argument that her “purported removal was done in violation of the Federal Reserve Act’s ‘for cause’ provision.”

The judge said Cook had made a strong argument that her “purported removal was done in violation of the Federal Reserve Act’s ‘for cause’ provision.”

www.forbes.com

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Erin Hengel @erinhengel.bsky.social · Sep 3

"So if you want to know why markets aren’t reacting to the risk of very bad policy if Trump takes over the Fed, you should know that major market reactions to that kind of risk are rare. In fact, I can’t come up with a single example."

Ackshually, Liz Truss's "mini budget" is a pretty good example.

Why Aren’t Markets Freaking Out?

Of Trump, Keynes and Wile E. Coyote

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Erin Hengel @erinhengel.bsky.social · Aug 25

Nobody is safe from weaponized government

We Are All Lisa Cook

Beware the sharing issue in the depths of the higher education iceberg

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Erin Hengel @erinhengel.bsky.social · Aug 21

"I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again – higher education is an endeavour that is profoundly unsuited to very rapid expansion and very rapid contraction at programme, subject and institutional level."

wonkhe.com/blogs/beware...

Jim Dickinson explores the hidden depths of the higher education iceberg - from misconceptions about value to the quiet crisis of overstretched resources and shrinking provision Jim Dickinson explores...

wonkhe.com

Sunday at the garden party for Curtis Yarvin and the new, new right

Erin Hengel @erinhengel.bsky.social · Aug 9

on.ft.com/46IVEq6

What you learn at a gathering of neoreactionaries, Very Online rightwingers and the formerly cancelled

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Ride-sharing apps are good, actually

Erin Hengel @erinhengel.bsky.social · Aug 5

'You get a much better economic policy outcomes if you actually do economic analysis, including tedious ideas about deadweight loss and consumer surplus, than if you do policy on the basis of vibes, naming villains, and hand-waving about “power.”'

open.substack.com/pub/matthewy...

The real "cautionary tale" is that the old taxi cartels were bad

Wokeness: a Retrospective

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · Aug 1

My Retrospective on Wokeness in detail! Blogs are for just saying stuff, after all. So here is my attempt to say what was distinctive (if anything) about a recent era of socio-cultural life, what (if anything) changed, and what (if anything) was to the good

sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2025/08/woke...

In recent times my online sphere has had a fair few people make the claim that, in some sense, the culture has moved on from Woke. The d...

sootyempiric.blogspot.com

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Erin Hengel @erinhengel.bsky.social · Aug 1

popular.info/p/the-myth-o...

The myth of "woke" indoctrination at American universities

According to some prominent billionaires, political pundits, and media figures, American universities have undergone a radical transformation.

popular.info

Erin Hengel @erinhengel.bsky.social · Aug 1

The Media Can’t Handle the Absence of Truth

And their diffidence empowers pathological liars

open.substack.com/pub/rajivset...

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Erin Hengel @erinhengel.bsky.social · Jul 28

The Columbia Deal

On July 23rd, Columbia University signed an agreement with the federal government that covers a broad range of issues including hiring and admissions practices, disciplinary procedures, curricular ove...

The crisis of expertise is about values

Erin Hengel @erinhengel.bsky.social · Jul 18

The crisis of expertise is about values
www.slowboring.com/p/the-crisis...

There's more to life than facts and science

www.slowboring.com

Erin Hengel @erinhengel.bsky.social · Jul 18

Reality still has a well-known liberal bias

The Road to MechaHitler