Gavin Jackson
@gavinjackson.bsky.social
Mumbai correspondent at the Economist
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A starter pack of all the Economist journalists I could find on BlueSky. If there are any more I've missed let me know and I'll add them go.bsky.app/GNQbuoM
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I think this is a very important point in yimby discourse: people say they don’t like densification but in London at least the densification is happening anyway. It happens via house shares, kids living in parents houses forever etc. you get the densification with or without more housing!
A long time ago Ian Mulherin made this chart and this is densification. That part is already happening! Look at the line for London!
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I think this is a very important point in yimby discourse: people say they don’t like densification but in London at least the densification is happening anyway. It happens via house shares, kids living in parents houses forever etc. you get the densification with or without more housing!
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How could I forget, here's the UK version
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 AM
How could I forget, here's the UK version
The self driving taxi revolution is here (but not India where we will need to wait for superintelligence before robots can navigate the roads) www.economist.com/who-will-win...
The self-driving taxi revolution is here
It’s Waymo complicated than it looks
www.economist.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The self driving taxi revolution is here (but not India where we will need to wait for superintelligence before robots can navigate the roads) www.economist.com/who-will-win...
Indian car exports are making inroads into Europe, just as Europe tries to keep Chinese cars out. This is before the FTA with Britain is implemented. asia.nikkei.com/business/aut...
November 26, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Indian car exports are making inroads into Europe, just as Europe tries to keep Chinese cars out. This is before the FTA with Britain is implemented. asia.nikkei.com/business/aut...
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Today's FT Big Read: India's steel production has boomed in the past decade. But that growth comes with significant costs.
“We are creating a big carbon monster that we will not be able to tackle in the future,” says @globalenergymon.bsky.social's Henna Khadeeja - on.ft.com/4oVZzWI
“We are creating a big carbon monster that we will not be able to tackle in the future,” says @globalenergymon.bsky.social's Henna Khadeeja - on.ft.com/4oVZzWI
The costs of India’s hunger for cheap steel
Booming production may buoy the domestic economy, but is causing environmental damage and trade tensions
on.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Today's FT Big Read: India's steel production has boomed in the past decade. But that growth comes with significant costs.
“We are creating a big carbon monster that we will not be able to tackle in the future,” says @globalenergymon.bsky.social's Henna Khadeeja - on.ft.com/4oVZzWI
“We are creating a big carbon monster that we will not be able to tackle in the future,” says @globalenergymon.bsky.social's Henna Khadeeja - on.ft.com/4oVZzWI
Wrote about this here. The "anomaly" of the divergence between hard indicators of economic performance and soft indicators of sentiment disappears once if you include higher interest rates, leading to higher mortgage and car payments, in inflation. www.economist.com/finance-and-...
November 25, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Wrote about this here. The "anomaly" of the divergence between hard indicators of economic performance and soft indicators of sentiment disappears once if you include higher interest rates, leading to higher mortgage and car payments, in inflation. www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Brazil is embracing its African roots. www.economist.com/the-americas...
November 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Brazil is embracing its African roots. www.economist.com/the-americas...
COP30 ends with a whimper
www.economist.com/internationa...
www.economist.com/internationa...
COP30 ends with a whimper
The climate conference acknowledged that more climate action is needed, then failed to provide it
www.economist.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
COP30 ends with a whimper
www.economist.com/internationa...
www.economist.com/internationa...
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Ukraine’s dollar debts - geared to a post-war recovery - are trading like this peace plan will move forward. Ukraine’s 2029 bonds are now 72 cents on the dollar, or highest since the last big Trump peace trade in February; Ukraine’s GDP warrants are at a new post-invasion high of 91 cents.
November 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Ukraine’s dollar debts - geared to a post-war recovery - are trading like this peace plan will move forward. Ukraine’s 2029 bonds are now 72 cents on the dollar, or highest since the last big Trump peace trade in February; Ukraine’s GDP warrants are at a new post-invasion high of 91 cents.
Market sentiment seems to have very swiftly gone from Fear of Missing Out to Fear of Losing Out www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Why investors are increasingly fatalistic
Everyone knows share prices have a long way to fall. Even so, getting out now might be a mistake
www.economist.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Market sentiment seems to have very swiftly gone from Fear of Missing Out to Fear of Losing Out www.economist.com/finance-and-...
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Visa restrictions are bad for Indians—but maybe not for India
economist.com/finance-and-...
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Visa restrictions are bad for Indians—but maybe not for India
Remittances may fall, but opportunities are opening up
economist.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Visa restrictions are bad for Indians—but maybe not for India
economist.com/finance-and-...
economist.com/finance-and-...
Flexicurity with Indian characteristics
www.financialexpress.com/money/five-y...
www.financialexpress.com/money/five-y...
Five years on, 4 labour codes come into effect; rules expected in a week, says official
Overhaul of workforce governance consolidates 29 laws.
www.financialexpress.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Flexicurity with Indian characteristics
www.financialexpress.com/money/five-y...
www.financialexpress.com/money/five-y...
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This stuff really boils my piss.
It's a long time since I had my kids but the range of things that can go wrong in childbirth is very very large. Why you'd go down this route is a total mystery to me
It's a long time since I had my kids but the range of things that can go wrong in childbirth is very very large. Why you'd go down this route is a total mystery to me
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This stuff really boils my piss.
It's a long time since I had my kids but the range of things that can go wrong in childbirth is very very large. Why you'd go down this route is a total mystery to me
It's a long time since I had my kids but the range of things that can go wrong in childbirth is very very large. Why you'd go down this route is a total mystery to me
Global banks pour into India as regulators open up to foreign money on.ft.com/47Ya7yK
Global banks pour into India as regulators open up to foreign money
Local financial sector has had $8bn worth of deals involving foreign companies
on.ft.com
November 23, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Global banks pour into India as regulators open up to foreign money on.ft.com/47Ya7yK
India enforces four new labour codes in major overhaul of worker rules
www.reuters.com/business/wor...
www.reuters.com/business/wor...
www.reuters.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:27 PM
India enforces four new labour codes in major overhaul of worker rules
www.reuters.com/business/wor...
www.reuters.com/business/wor...
A lot of axolotls: the amphibian-themed banknote Mexicans don’t want to spend www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
A lot of axolotls: the amphibian-themed banknote Mexicans don’t want to spend
Nearly 13m people are hoarding millions of dollars’ worth of the stylish 50 peso note, featuring Mexico’s cutest critter
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
A lot of axolotls: the amphibian-themed banknote Mexicans don’t want to spend www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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**NEW CHINA SOLAR EXPANSION STORY**
China has doubled the export of solar cells+wafers to assemble abroad in the last several months.
It still exports about the same amount of solar panels.
In October - for the first time - it exported more cell+wafers than panels 🧵
China has doubled the export of solar cells+wafers to assemble abroad in the last several months.
It still exports about the same amount of solar panels.
In October - for the first time - it exported more cell+wafers than panels 🧵
November 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
**NEW CHINA SOLAR EXPANSION STORY**
China has doubled the export of solar cells+wafers to assemble abroad in the last several months.
It still exports about the same amount of solar panels.
In October - for the first time - it exported more cell+wafers than panels 🧵
China has doubled the export of solar cells+wafers to assemble abroad in the last several months.
It still exports about the same amount of solar panels.
In October - for the first time - it exported more cell+wafers than panels 🧵
Great news. Mumbai needs more parks. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
India’s Richest Family Powers Push for Green Space in Mumbai
The Coastal Road Garden is the latest billionaire-led redevelopment project in the megacity.
www.bloomberg.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Great news. Mumbai needs more parks. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Donald Trump and the rise of “insider capitalism”
economist.com/business/202...
economist.com/business/202...
Donald Trump and the rise of “insider capitalism”
The returns to access in America are soaring
economist.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Donald Trump and the rise of “insider capitalism”
economist.com/business/202...
economist.com/business/202...
Why don’t people mention the impact of school closures during lockdown on graduate employment and neets?
November 21, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Why don’t people mention the impact of school closures during lockdown on graduate employment and neets?
Will Britain copy asylum policy from a place with poor integration?
economist.com/britain/2025...
economist.com/britain/2025...
Will Britain copy asylum policy from a place with poor integration?
Everything sounds better in Danish
economist.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Will Britain copy asylum policy from a place with poor integration?
economist.com/britain/2025...
economist.com/britain/2025...
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Indian undergrads have long learned English and studied medicine or computer programming hoping to get a job elsewhere. Increasingly they’re learning French or German too.
November 20, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Indian undergrads have long learned English and studied medicine or computer programming hoping to get a job elsewhere. Increasingly they’re learning French or German too.
Welcome to Anything Goes America www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
Welcome to Anything Goes America
Where the loosening of rules and tolerance of corruption will lead
www.economist.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Welcome to Anything Goes America www.economist.com/leaders/2025...