Joel Suss
@joelsuss.ft.com
Data journalist, Financial Times | Visiting Fellow, London School of Economics
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Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
We won a prize last night for best essay! Based on our work using the FT's archive to develop an economic sentiment index (what we have called the 'macro mood')
Essay will be live shortly, amalgamation of a few articles. Some details here: on.ft.com/4n2TVBq
Essay will be live shortly, amalgamation of a few articles. Some details here: on.ft.com/4n2TVBq
November 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
We won a prize last night for best essay! Based on our work using the FT's archive to develop an economic sentiment index (what we have called the 'macro mood')
Essay will be live shortly, amalgamation of a few articles. Some details here: on.ft.com/4n2TVBq
Essay will be live shortly, amalgamation of a few articles. Some details here: on.ft.com/4n2TVBq
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"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
November 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
"What is certain, and felt instinctively by almost everybody, is that things cannot go on in their present way" – The Times, May 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
“It is difficult to imagine a previous period when such an all-pervasive hopelessness was exhibited at all levels of British life” – Professor Stephen Haseler, 1975
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The BBC will fuck things up from time to time. Lots of major news organisations do; just look at The Times having to memoryhole several fake news stories in a matter of weeks.
No one is calling for the abolition of The Times, however.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
No one is calling for the abolition of The Times, however.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
UK newspaper editor calls Bill de Blasio fake interview blunder ‘humiliating’
A Times associate editor reportedly addressed situation in an email to staff, saying: ‘We should have been on our guard’
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:53 AM
The BBC will fuck things up from time to time. Lots of major news organisations do; just look at The Times having to memoryhole several fake news stories in a matter of weeks.
No one is calling for the abolition of The Times, however.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
No one is calling for the abolition of The Times, however.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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How ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
The 'Great Noticing' Era
Ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 12:23 PM
How ever since Labour came to power, the British media has started to notice a whole series of problems they spent the previous 14 years completely ignoring
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-great-...
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When deception’s more profitable than honesty, users lose.
Internal documents suggest that Meta earns $3.5B(!) every 6 mo. from scam ads, revealing a deeper systemic problem: the economic incentive to tolerate “higher legal risk” content still outweighs any penalty. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Internal documents suggest that Meta earns $3.5B(!) every 6 mo. from scam ads, revealing a deeper systemic problem: the economic incentive to tolerate “higher legal risk” content still outweighs any penalty. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
When deception’s more profitable than honesty, users lose.
Internal documents suggest that Meta earns $3.5B(!) every 6 mo. from scam ads, revealing a deeper systemic problem: the economic incentive to tolerate “higher legal risk” content still outweighs any penalty. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Internal documents suggest that Meta earns $3.5B(!) every 6 mo. from scam ads, revealing a deeper systemic problem: the economic incentive to tolerate “higher legal risk” content still outweighs any penalty. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 7, 2025 at 10:37 AM
📢 I interviewed Thomas Piketty for the Financial Times 📢
We covered a lot of ground including populism (a term he despises), fiscal debt and the long-term trend of economic equality
The full interview 👉 on.ft.com/4nFLyLk
We covered a lot of ground including populism (a term he despises), fiscal debt and the long-term trend of economic equality
The full interview 👉 on.ft.com/4nFLyLk
Thomas Piketty: ‘The left has been a victim of its own success’
The economist on populism, fiscal debt and the long-term trend of economic equality
on.ft.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
📢 I interviewed Thomas Piketty for the Financial Times 📢
We covered a lot of ground including populism (a term he despises), fiscal debt and the long-term trend of economic equality
The full interview 👉 on.ft.com/4nFLyLk
We covered a lot of ground including populism (a term he despises), fiscal debt and the long-term trend of economic equality
The full interview 👉 on.ft.com/4nFLyLk
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Thomas Piketty in the FT! - fascinating Q&A exchange here with @joelsuss.ft.com www.ft.com/content/860f...
Thomas Piketty: ‘The left has been a victim of its own success’
The economist on populism, fiscal debt and the long-term trend of economic equality
www.ft.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Thomas Piketty in the FT! - fascinating Q&A exchange here with @joelsuss.ft.com www.ft.com/content/860f...
Also remarkable: the polarisation of young UK voters. Top two parties supported now Reform and Greens
on.ft.com/4qKurLm Young Britons’ attitudes hardening on crime and welfare
on.ft.com/4qKurLm Young Britons’ attitudes hardening on crime and welfare
November 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Also remarkable: the polarisation of young UK voters. Top two parties supported now Reform and Greens
on.ft.com/4qKurLm Young Britons’ attitudes hardening on crime and welfare
on.ft.com/4qKurLm Young Britons’ attitudes hardening on crime and welfare
Remarkable and surprising data on hardening attitudes towards welfare recipients in UK, especially among younger cohorts. Why now?
on.ft.com/4qKurLm
on.ft.com/4qKurLm
November 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Remarkable and surprising data on hardening attitudes towards welfare recipients in UK, especially among younger cohorts. Why now?
on.ft.com/4qKurLm
on.ft.com/4qKurLm
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1. Binance founder pardon after enriching Trump family
2. DT Jr. enmeshed in firms getting DOD contracts
3. Trump trying to extract $230 million for himself from DOJ
2. DT Jr. enmeshed in firms getting DOD contracts
3. Trump trying to extract $230 million for himself from DOJ
1. Last week, there were 3 Trump corruption scandals in 4 days that would define any other presidency.
Most people are probably not even AWARE of all three scandals.
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Most people are probably not even AWARE of all three scandals.
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3 Scandals in 4 Days That Would Define Any Other Presidency
During the second Trump administration, corruption scandals that would typically define a presidency receive a day or two of coverage.
popular.info
October 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
1. Binance founder pardon after enriching Trump family
2. DT Jr. enmeshed in firms getting DOD contracts
3. Trump trying to extract $230 million for himself from DOJ
2. DT Jr. enmeshed in firms getting DOD contracts
3. Trump trying to extract $230 million for himself from DOJ
Why is WaPo now regularly publishing absolute nonsense from Telegraph columnists?!
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | London’s sad decline is a warning to New Yorkers
In three terms as mayor, Sadiq Khan has crushed the economic life out of Britain’s capital.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Why is WaPo now regularly publishing absolute nonsense from Telegraph columnists?!
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
I wrote about the economic costs of US political polarisation in the @financialtimes.com
In short: they are high, due to myriad channels
on.ft.com/47pDYhL
In short: they are high, due to myriad channels
on.ft.com/47pDYhL
Polarisation paralyses the US economy
[FREE TO READ] Political divergence on Capitol Hill is trickling down to corporate America
on.ft.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I wrote about the economic costs of US political polarisation in the @financialtimes.com
In short: they are high, due to myriad channels
on.ft.com/47pDYhL
In short: they are high, due to myriad channels
on.ft.com/47pDYhL
"Populism is often triggered by bad economies, but then makes what is already bad still worse."
Martin Wolf on why escaping the populist trap is so difficult
on.ft.com/4qn3Svn
Martin Wolf on why escaping the populist trap is so difficult
on.ft.com/4qn3Svn
The hard task of exiting the populist trap
Javier Milei’s plight in Argentina demonstrates how difficult it can be to rescue economies
on.ft.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:35 AM
"Populism is often triggered by bad economies, but then makes what is already bad still worse."
Martin Wolf on why escaping the populist trap is so difficult
on.ft.com/4qn3Svn
Martin Wolf on why escaping the populist trap is so difficult
on.ft.com/4qn3Svn
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Checking in on Trump’s mission to save Argentina’s foundering libertarian political experiment with American taxpayer cash.
Argentine peso weakens to fresh low despite US intervention on.ft.com/48FKy6a
Argentine peso weakens to fresh low despite US intervention
Currency gains sparked by estimated $400mn of US purchases melt away ahead of crucial election for president Javier Milei
on.ft.com
October 21, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Checking in on Trump’s mission to save Argentina’s foundering libertarian political experiment with American taxpayer cash.
Fantastic detailed reporting here on Trump inc
“the heart of Trump’s newfound wealth is a rapidly growing cryptocurrency empire built by the president and his family.”
on.ft.com/4olkLoi How the Trump companies made $1bn from crypto
“the heart of Trump’s newfound wealth is a rapidly growing cryptocurrency empire built by the president and his family.”
on.ft.com/4olkLoi How the Trump companies made $1bn from crypto
How the Trump companies made $1bn from crypto
The president and his family have built a rapidly growing digital assets empire which has been fuelled by the administration’s industry-friendly policies
on.ft.com
October 16, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Fantastic detailed reporting here on Trump inc
“the heart of Trump’s newfound wealth is a rapidly growing cryptocurrency empire built by the president and his family.”
on.ft.com/4olkLoi How the Trump companies made $1bn from crypto
“the heart of Trump’s newfound wealth is a rapidly growing cryptocurrency empire built by the president and his family.”
on.ft.com/4olkLoi How the Trump companies made $1bn from crypto
Really interesting post by Tej Parikh on the declining effectiveness of monetary policy (e.g. due to more and longer fixed loan terms)
Not clear though what central banks can do about it. Financial conditions targeting? What alternative to blunt interest rate tool?
on.ft.com/4h34Hp6
Not clear though what central banks can do about it. Financial conditions targeting? What alternative to blunt interest rate tool?
on.ft.com/4h34Hp6
Confronting the limits of monetary policy
[FREE TO READ] The ability of interest rates to guide prices and the economy is diminishing
on.ft.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Really interesting post by Tej Parikh on the declining effectiveness of monetary policy (e.g. due to more and longer fixed loan terms)
Not clear though what central banks can do about it. Financial conditions targeting? What alternative to blunt interest rate tool?
on.ft.com/4h34Hp6
Not clear though what central banks can do about it. Financial conditions targeting? What alternative to blunt interest rate tool?
on.ft.com/4h34Hp6
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Great detailed reporting here on how Netanyahu finally succumbed to pressure from a US president
eg. Trump to Netanyahu (when he said Hamas delaying): “Why are you so fucking negative?”
www.ft.com/content/6a62...
eg. Trump to Netanyahu (when he said Hamas delaying): “Why are you so fucking negative?”
www.ft.com/content/6a62...
How Trump cornered Netanyahu into signing up for peace
Israel’s prime minister has encountered the first US president he cannot easily outmanoeuvre
www.ft.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Great detailed reporting here on how Netanyahu finally succumbed to pressure from a US president
eg. Trump to Netanyahu (when he said Hamas delaying): “Why are you so fucking negative?”
www.ft.com/content/6a62...
eg. Trump to Netanyahu (when he said Hamas delaying): “Why are you so fucking negative?”
www.ft.com/content/6a62...
📢New piece from me on US inflation today in the @financialtimes.com📢
It's not just (still modest) tariff-related effects boosting core goods and headline above target, core services excluding housing remain elevated
It's not just (still modest) tariff-related effects boosting core goods and headline above target, core services excluding housing remain elevated
October 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
📢New piece from me on US inflation today in the @financialtimes.com📢
It's not just (still modest) tariff-related effects boosting core goods and headline above target, core services excluding housing remain elevated
It's not just (still modest) tariff-related effects boosting core goods and headline above target, core services excluding housing remain elevated
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Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Woman named as new Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first
Bishop of London Dame Sarah Mullally, a former nurse, has been named as the next Archbishop of Canterbury - the first time a woman has been appointed to the role in the Church of England's history.
news.sky.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Please join me in congratulating Woman on her appointment
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Eeee the cover for the UK edition of How to Win a Trade War is out!
Pre-order your copy here...
www.amazon.co.uk/How-Win-Trad...
Pre-order your copy here...
www.amazon.co.uk/How-Win-Trad...
October 3, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Eeee the cover for the UK edition of How to Win a Trade War is out!
Pre-order your copy here...
www.amazon.co.uk/How-Win-Trad...
Pre-order your copy here...
www.amazon.co.uk/How-Win-Trad...
Social media use appears to have peaked everywhere but North America
on.ft.com/4gP83eW Have we passed peak social media?
on.ft.com/4gP83eW Have we passed peak social media?
October 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Social media use appears to have peaked everywhere but North America
on.ft.com/4gP83eW Have we passed peak social media?
on.ft.com/4gP83eW Have we passed peak social media?
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I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...
ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls
Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...
people.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...