Erik Angner
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Professor of Practical Philosophy, Stockholm University & Institute for Futures Studies. He/Him. Author of How Economics Can Save the World 🛟 a.co/d/0AZASJz Web: https://linktr.ee/erikangner Opinions &c. my own. Agent: JP Marshall #Econsky #Philsky
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Erik Angner
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Have I mentioned my book!? It tries to inspire action by arguing we already sort-of know what needs to be done about the world's biggest problems – and have a pretty good idea of what a solution looks like. Also, economics is not what you think! www.amazon.com/How-Economic...
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/2 In light of that, I am in awe and deep respect of the people who are still showing up to monitor the ICE Gestapo, protect and defend their neighbors, do whatever they can to hold ICE to account and call out their lawlessness. What incredible bravery.
January 9, 2026 at 3:46 PM
/2 In light of that, I am in awe and deep respect of the people who are still showing up to monitor the ICE Gestapo, protect and defend their neighbors, do whatever they can to hold ICE to account and call out their lawlessness. What incredible bravery.
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Our special issue with @martinkusch.bsky.social is finally complete and here’s at long last our introduction. I pitched the idea to him in 2019! Thank you for your patience and generosity, Martin. I am proud of this manifesto and hope colleagues will join us in rethinking this old debate #philsci
January 9, 2026 at 9:28 AM
Our special issue with @martinkusch.bsky.social is finally complete and here’s at long last our introduction. I pitched the idea to him in 2019! Thank you for your patience and generosity, Martin. I am proud of this manifesto and hope colleagues will join us in rethinking this old debate #philsci
‼️ Please share widely ‼️ This is the text Texas politicians do not want students to read. It's a fascinating discussion about sex, gender, and desire set at a lively drinking party. It's very important that students know NOT to read it: www.amazon.com/Symposium-Pe... Please help me spread the word.
The Symposium (Penguin Classics)
The Symposium (Penguin Classics) [Plato, Gill, Christopher, Gill, Christopher, Gill, Christopher] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Symposium (Penguin Classics)
www.amazon.com
January 9, 2026 at 2:22 PM
‼️ Please share widely ‼️ This is the text Texas politicians do not want students to read. It's a fascinating discussion about sex, gender, and desire set at a lively drinking party. It's very important that students know NOT to read it: www.amazon.com/Symposium-Pe... Please help me spread the word.
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In the end, as Hannah Arendt pointed out, the only thing that saves us from a particular atrocity is that some people can’t bring themselves to do it. That’s all we are relying on
January 9, 2026 at 10:59 AM
In the end, as Hannah Arendt pointed out, the only thing that saves us from a particular atrocity is that some people can’t bring themselves to do it. That’s all we are relying on
tl;dr "L'État, c'est moi" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by ‘My Own Morality’
www.nytimes.com
January 9, 2026 at 10:36 AM
tl;dr "L'État, c'est moi" www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/u...
These ICE agents in gas masks are so embarrassing. Nobody is gassing them. They're gassing themselves! They're like a man who wears a jock strap because he knows he'll spend all day kicking himself in the balls. (Source: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...)
January 9, 2026 at 8:19 AM
These ICE agents in gas masks are so embarrassing. Nobody is gassing them. They're gassing themselves! They're like a man who wears a jock strap because he knows he'll spend all day kicking himself in the balls. (Source: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...)
We should all include a DO NOT READ section on our syllabi, with the texts politicians prevent us from discussing in the classroom (the complete reference with URLs and page numbers, obvs.)
Martin Peterson's creative response to being banned from teaching Plato (shared with his permission).
January 9, 2026 at 8:00 AM
We should all include a DO NOT READ section on our syllabi, with the texts politicians prevent us from discussing in the classroom (the complete reference with URLs and page numbers, obvs.)
Ahead of a showdown about Greenland, the EU ought to get ready to seize Trump's personal property – his hotels, golf courses, savings, anything – just like they should have seized the Russian oligarchs'. Have they mentioned this at all?
January 8, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Ahead of a showdown about Greenland, the EU ought to get ready to seize Trump's personal property – his hotels, golf courses, savings, anything – just like they should have seized the Russian oligarchs'. Have they mentioned this at all?
Cool new Blue Monday cover by Matt Berninger: www.youtube.com/watch?v=csLf...
Matt Berninger - Blue Monday (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Matt Berninger
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January 8, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Cool new Blue Monday cover by Matt Berninger: www.youtube.com/watch?v=csLf...
My keynote address at the Open Eyes Economy Summit in Kraków, Poland is up. It's about rational optimism as a starting point for action in a world of uncertainty. Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaW0...
Optymizm jako obowiązek. Co ekonomia mówi o naszej przyszłości? - Erik Angner
YouTube video by Open Eyes Economy
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January 8, 2026 at 2:05 PM
My keynote address at the Open Eyes Economy Summit in Kraków, Poland is up. It's about rational optimism as a starting point for action in a world of uncertainty. Watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaW0...
🚨 BANNED IN TEXAS 🚨 Come study the works US politicians don’t want you to read: www.su.se/english/educ... Application deadline January 15 @stockholm-uni.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 7:33 AM
🚨 BANNED IN TEXAS 🚨 Come study the works US politicians don’t want you to read: www.su.se/english/educ... Application deadline January 15 @stockholm-uni.bsky.social
”You don’t protect students by banning 2,400-year-old philosophy.” Powerful statement by FIRE:
Texas A&M to philosophy professor: Nix Plato or be reassigned
Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson has a choice: Drop readings related to race and gender — including ones by Plato — from his course, or face reassignment.
www.thefire.org
January 7, 2026 at 6:50 PM
”You don’t protect students by banning 2,400-year-old philosophy.” Powerful statement by FIRE:
Öppen föreläsning: "Är en bättre värld möjlig?" på Tranströmerbiblioteket vid Medborgarplatsen i Stockholm den 28/1: biblioteket.stockholm.se/evenemang/ar... Evenemanget är gratis och öppet för alla, men man måste boka plats i förväg.
Evenemang: Öppen föreläsning: Är en bättre värld möjlig? — Stockholms stadsbibliotek
Finns det vetenskapligt grundade metoder som skulle kunna tillämpas och låta så många som möjligt att få ett bättre liv? Kan ett hållbart ekonomiskt förhållningssätt få bukt med krig och pandemier, sv...
biblioteket.stockholm.se
January 7, 2026 at 2:58 PM
Öppen föreläsning: "Är en bättre värld möjlig?" på Tranströmerbiblioteket vid Medborgarplatsen i Stockholm den 28/1: biblioteket.stockholm.se/evenemang/ar... Evenemanget är gratis och öppet för alla, men man måste boka plats i förväg.
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Computational Social Scientists in the Nordics, unite!
🇩🇰🇫🇮🇳🇴🇸🇪🇮🇸
The brand new Nordic Society for CSS welcomes all researchers and practitioners based in the Nordics. The Society will promote student mobility, events, and education initiatives.
Join for free: nosocss.org/join.html.
🇩🇰🇫🇮🇳🇴🇸🇪🇮🇸
The brand new Nordic Society for CSS welcomes all researchers and practitioners based in the Nordics. The Society will promote student mobility, events, and education initiatives.
Join for free: nosocss.org/join.html.
January 5, 2026 at 7:57 AM
Computational Social Scientists in the Nordics, unite!
🇩🇰🇫🇮🇳🇴🇸🇪🇮🇸
The brand new Nordic Society for CSS welcomes all researchers and practitioners based in the Nordics. The Society will promote student mobility, events, and education initiatives.
Join for free: nosocss.org/join.html.
🇩🇰🇫🇮🇳🇴🇸🇪🇮🇸
The brand new Nordic Society for CSS welcomes all researchers and practitioners based in the Nordics. The Society will promote student mobility, events, and education initiatives.
Join for free: nosocss.org/join.html.
At the University of Alabama at Birmingham we had students protesting the module on evolutionary game theory on religious grounds. So we renamed it "the dynamic theory of games" and the students were none the wiser. >
So glad we got rid of cancel culture though
Texas A&M actually tells a philosophy professor he may not teach Plato.
January 7, 2026 at 9:11 AM
At the University of Alabama at Birmingham we had students protesting the module on evolutionary game theory on religious grounds. So we renamed it "the dynamic theory of games" and the students were none the wiser. >
So glad we got rid of cancel culture though
Texas A&M actually tells a philosophy professor he may not teach Plato.
Texas A&M Bans Plato - Daily Nous
Drop the race and gender material from your course and the Plato readings, or teach a different course. You have a day to decide. That's a paraphrase of what Martin Peterson, professor of philosophy a...
dailynous.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:06 AM
So glad we got rid of cancel culture though
Was there ever a bigger mark than the Trump voter? Every campaign promise was a brazen lie.
Removing Maduro Was ‘Donroe Doctrine’ in Action, Trump Says
President Trump said that his decision to oust Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro stemmed from a two-century policy of U.S. leadership in the Western Hemisphere known as the “Monroe Doctrine.”
“We ha...
www.wsj.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Was there ever a bigger mark than the Trump voter? Every campaign promise was a brazen lie.
So the gym will be intolerably crowded now for like two weeks, huh?
January 6, 2026 at 11:29 AM
So the gym will be intolerably crowded now for like two weeks, huh?
”Last night in Sweden,” in contrast to what you may have heard, rates of lethal violence were at record lows ⤵️
Bara ett år har sett färre mord sedan 60-talet.
January 6, 2026 at 10:53 AM
”Last night in Sweden,” in contrast to what you may have heard, rates of lethal violence were at record lows ⤵️
Vet ingenting om händelserna i Lund, men det är sånt här som gör filosofiämnet avskräckande för många och mindre intressant för alla: www.sydsvenskan.se/lund/fylla-g... Jag är tacksam till de som sagt ifrån, och hoppas universitetet agerar med kraft. (via @kallekn.mastodonsweden.se.ap.brid.gy)
Fylla, grabbkultur och sexuella trakasserier på Filosofiska institutionen
Utredare slår fast: ”Ytterst olämpligt beteende.”
www.sydsvenskan.se
January 5, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Vet ingenting om händelserna i Lund, men det är sånt här som gör filosofiämnet avskräckande för många och mindre intressant för alla: www.sydsvenskan.se/lund/fylla-g... Jag är tacksam till de som sagt ifrån, och hoppas universitetet agerar med kraft. (via @kallekn.mastodonsweden.se.ap.brid.gy)
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”Givetvis kan inte gängbrottsligheten bekämpas genom att utvisa fast anställda undersköterskor i Norrlands inland, men ändå låter vi den skändliga politiken dirigeras av mobbare. Det är bisarrt och beklämmande att bevittna”
www.dn.se/kultur/nikla...
www.dn.se/kultur/nikla...
Niklas Rådström: Jag måste få säga det – jag skäms över Sverige
Det spelar ingen roll vad invandrare gör för att integreras – i dagens Sverige har de ändå inte en chans.
www.dn.se
January 4, 2026 at 6:17 PM
”Givetvis kan inte gängbrottsligheten bekämpas genom att utvisa fast anställda undersköterskor i Norrlands inland, men ändå låter vi den skändliga politiken dirigeras av mobbare. Det är bisarrt och beklämmande att bevittna”
www.dn.se/kultur/nikla...
www.dn.se/kultur/nikla...
Are we ”mission accomplished” in Venezuela or are we just moving on to the next country anyway?
New: Trump admin officials tell Zeteo that Trump is “very interested” in secret plans drawn up last year to send US Special Forces into Mexico.
One official even says Trump recently asked for updates on preparations for a possible operation.
One official even says Trump recently asked for updates on preparations for a possible operation.
After Trump’s Venezuela Invasion, Mexico Could Be Next
Officials tell Zeteo that Trump remains ‘very interested’ in the idea of sending US Special Forces into Mexico, as the president threatens Colombia and Cuba, too.
zeteo.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Are we ”mission accomplished” in Venezuela or are we just moving on to the next country anyway?
”We’re closely monitoring the situation” is the geopolitical equivalent of ”thoughts and prayers.”
I have spoken with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and our Ambassador in Caracas. The EU is closely monitoring the situation in Venezuela.
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
The EU has repeatedly stated that Mr Maduro lacks legitimacy and has defended a peaceful transition. (1/2)
January 4, 2026 at 2:39 PM
”We’re closely monitoring the situation” is the geopolitical equivalent of ”thoughts and prayers.”
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Great survey of world reaction.
China, Brazil and South Africa are the most pointed and principled. Russia is firmer than the snippet I saw earlier suggested.
France is unsurprisingly the strongest European reaction. Starmer and Von der Leyen competing for title of best-behaved lapdog.
China, Brazil and South Africa are the most pointed and principled. Russia is firmer than the snippet I saw earlier suggested.
France is unsurprisingly the strongest European reaction. Starmer and Von der Leyen competing for title of best-behaved lapdog.
January 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Great survey of world reaction.
China, Brazil and South Africa are the most pointed and principled. Russia is firmer than the snippet I saw earlier suggested.
France is unsurprisingly the strongest European reaction. Starmer and Von der Leyen competing for title of best-behaved lapdog.
China, Brazil and South Africa are the most pointed and principled. Russia is firmer than the snippet I saw earlier suggested.
France is unsurprisingly the strongest European reaction. Starmer and Von der Leyen competing for title of best-behaved lapdog.
The new Swedish–American Defense Cooperation Agreement gives Trump effectively unlimited use of Swedish military bases, which he can use to threaten Denmark and seize Greenland www.svt.se/nyheter/utri...
Uhhhh. So to be clear this would be the end of the transatlantic alliance and Europeans should really make that clear.
January 4, 2026 at 8:54 AM
The new Swedish–American Defense Cooperation Agreement gives Trump effectively unlimited use of Swedish military bases, which he can use to threaten Denmark and seize Greenland www.svt.se/nyheter/utri...