Eoin McLaughlin
@eoinaldo.bsky.social
Econ Prof at Heriot-Watt University, interested in #econhist, #landreform, #microfinance, #sustainabledevelopment, #health, #nufc & #Seinfeld (not necessarily in that order)
www.eoinmclaughlin.ie
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Eoin McLaughlin
@eoinaldo.bsky.social
· Oct 1
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… 📖✨
The book revisits Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations at 250, rethinking prosperity through inclusive wealth & sustainability
More soon… 📖✨
Terms of trade shock on the horizon for the UK? Currency traders bet against sterling ahead of Budget - on.ft.com/4ppSrli via @FT
Currency traders bet against sterling ahead of Budget
Investors buy option protection on fears Rachel Reeves’ tax-raising measures could hurt growth
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Terms of trade shock on the horizon for the UK? Currency traders bet against sterling ahead of Budget - on.ft.com/4ppSrli via @FT
Fresh off the printing press, Mary O’Sullivan’s Connell lecture on the Irish woolen industry before and after the Union: A Sheepish Account of Ireland's Changing Role in an Imperial Age, 1780–1824. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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November 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Fresh off the printing press, Mary O’Sullivan’s Connell lecture on the Irish woolen industry before and after the Union: A Sheepish Account of Ireland's Changing Role in an Imperial Age, 1780–1824. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Best (worst?) graph I've ever seen: Who’s right about AI: economists or technologists? - on.ft.com/43oaD6n via @FT
November 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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...
www.thejournal.ie/eu-presidenc...
Concerns across Europe that Ireland's military shortfalls could put major summit at risk
Security concerns are being raised as Ireland prepares to take on the rotating presidency of the EU next summer.
www.thejournal.ie
November 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
An example of free riding (if another is needed)
www.thejournal.ie/eu-presidenc...
www.thejournal.ie/eu-presidenc...
Shrinkflation is back! www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Shrinkflation hits everyday staples, piling more pressure on households
Which? finds products shrinking while supermarkets keep prices flat or rising
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Shrinkflation is back! www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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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%
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
October 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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%
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
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@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”
October 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
@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”
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@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
October 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
@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… 📖✨
The book revisits Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations at 250, rethinking prosperity through inclusive wealth & sustainability
More soon… 📖✨
October 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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… 📖✨
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...
Donald Trump's new world order
The United Nations General Assembly is meant to showcase international consensus. This week it became a stage for its fiercest critic as Donald Trump returned to New York not to flatter the global ord...
www.spectator.co.uk
September 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
New Zealand loosens residency restrictions as record number of citizens leave
Minister for economic growth says visas for skilled and experienced migrants could help plug gaps in the workforce
www.theguardian.com
September 23, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
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'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
Humanities and arts degrees disappearing in parts of UK
Students from rural and disadvantaged areas disproportionally affected by subject cuts, British Academy warns
www.timeshighereducation.com
September 10, 2025 at 6:03 AM
'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...
Office for National Statistics in crisis after another data error
July's figures were delayed for two weeks after an error in compiling them was identified, prompting revisions to mistakes in previous months' figures.
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September 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Another issue with UK national statistics: Office for National Statistics in crisis after another data error www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/market...
Reposted by Eoin McLaughlin
Reposted by Eoin McLaughlin
Long bond yields rise, gold hits record on fiscal concerns reut.rs/4n5v1Au
Long bond yields rise, gold hits record on fiscal concerns
A global slide in long-dated bonds extended into Asia on Wednesday, with Japanese yield hitting a record high while gold scaled a new peak as mounting concerns over government debt and economic growth rattle investors.
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September 3, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Long bond yields rise, gold hits record on fiscal concerns reut.rs/4n5v1Au
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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.
Trump, With Tariffs and Threats, Tries to Strong-Arm Nations to Retreat on Climate Goals
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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...
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cohen489.substack.com/p/i-promise-...
i promise it's not normal to have multibillion dollar handshake deals with the President
media keeps reporting on Nvidia and AMD's deals with Trump as if they exist - but why aren't they filed with the SEC?
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August 28, 2025 at 5:56 AM
The shakedown isn't on paper...
cohen489.substack.com/p/i-promise-...
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
Scott Bessent floats rolling out export tax to more industries
US Treasury secretary says Nvidia revenue-sharing agreement could be a model
on.ft.com
August 13, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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/...
Experts discuss plans to save water as dry conditions worsen across England
National Drought Group meets and water companies prepare to take drastic action as supplies dwindle
www.theguardian.com
August 13, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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
Donald Trump picks Heritage economist to head US Bureau of Labor Statistics
EJ Antoni is an ally of the president and has criticised the agency for ‘phoney-baloney’ numbers
on.ft.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:59 AM
The end of reliable US statistics? Donald Trump picks Heritage economist to head US Bureau of Labor Statistics - on.ft.com/3JazKSY via @FT
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'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'.
China’s real estate collapse is blocking students’ path to the West
I foresee that we will go back to the situation of 25 years ago, when only a small Chinese elite was able to study abroad, says Sabrina Wang
www.timeshighereducation.com
August 10, 2025 at 6:29 AM
'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'.
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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.
August 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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...
Never thought I'd get quoted in the Mirror ( the paper my grandmother still reads) www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-n...
Research examines impact of Great Irish Famine on survivors' height
The study used the historical data of 14,500 individuals, with different exposures to famine conditions and drawn from two prisons in Dublin and Tipperary, born before, during and after the famine
www.irishmirror.ie
August 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Or the Daily Mail... www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/art...
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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...
How changes in height show the effects of the Famine
New research finds that the long‑term health impacts of the Famine varied by region and socioeconomic conditions
www.rte.ie
August 7, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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...
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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
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#econhist #econsky
Research reveals impact of Great Irish Famine on survivors’ height
The research examined the impact of one of the defining events in Irish history.
www.irishnews.com
August 6, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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
www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
#econhist #econsky