Tom Sasse
@tomsasse.bsky.social
Public policy editor at The Economist
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Some personal news: I will be moving to Delhi in January to be the Economist's South Asia bureau chief.
I am obviously hugely excited about this. Welcome all recommendations and tips.
I am obviously hugely excited about this. Welcome all recommendations and tips.
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Canada and France both have similarities with Britain. But the place that comes closest according to our measures may seem a surprising one
Which country is most similar to Britain?
Clue: none of the ones its politicians obsess over
econ.st
November 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Canada and France both have similarities with Britain. But the place that comes closest according to our measures may seem a surprising one
Some personal news: I will be moving to Delhi in January to be the Economist's South Asia bureau chief.
I am obviously hugely excited about this. Welcome all recommendations and tips.
I am obviously hugely excited about this. Welcome all recommendations and tips.
November 27, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Some personal news: I will be moving to Delhi in January to be the Economist's South Asia bureau chief.
I am obviously hugely excited about this. Welcome all recommendations and tips.
I am obviously hugely excited about this. Welcome all recommendations and tips.
Reposted by Tom Sasse
Narendra Modi plans to free up India’s giant labour force by @tomsasse.bsky.social www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Narendra Modi plans to free up India’s giant labour force
Socialist employment restrictions will be swept away
www.economist.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Narendra Modi plans to free up India’s giant labour force by @tomsasse.bsky.social 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-...
Do read this on the budget, by our economics editor, Henry Curr. (Much better than the Kemi version): www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
This bodge-it budget does not give Britain what it needs
Without ambitious reform, the country will not thrive
www.economist.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Do read this on the budget, by our economics editor, Henry Curr. (Much better than the Kemi version): www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
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Most of the criticisms of Britain's Online Safety Act seem to have been wrong: www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Britain’s controversial experiment in regulating the internet
The effects of a new law have been less dramatic than critics warned
www.economist.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Most of the criticisms of Britain's Online Safety Act seem to have been wrong: www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Silicon Valley, Wall Street and Washington are conspiring in one of American capitalism’s great money-making eras. CEOs are embracing risky financial strategies that involve jaw-dropping feats of paper engineering—and offer clues as to the nature of the coming crash www.economist.com/business/202...
The seven deadly sins of corporate exuberance
A frenzy of financial innovation has ensnared America Inc. What could go wrong?
www.economist.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Silicon Valley, Wall Street and Washington are conspiring in one of American capitalism’s great money-making eras. CEOs are embracing risky financial strategies that involve jaw-dropping feats of paper engineering—and offer clues as to the nature of the coming crash www.economist.com/business/202...
This is good, on the bus fare cap and Labour's half-hearted devolution
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Labour is reluctant to get off the bus
A national bus-fare cap exposes the government’s fondness of central control
www.economist.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This is good, on the bus fare cap and Labour's half-hearted devolution
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
www.economist.com/britain/2025...
A new disruptive transport technology is rapidly changing cities across the rich world. It is not the self-driving electric car, but the humble bicycle, writes @dlknowles.bsky.social www.economist.com/internationa...
Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war
www.economist.com
October 12, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A new disruptive transport technology is rapidly changing cities across the rich world. It is not the self-driving electric car, but the humble bicycle, writes @dlknowles.bsky.social www.economist.com/internationa...
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India wants to be a developed country by 2047, the 100th anniversary of its independence from Britain. But what does that actually mean? I have a go at crunching the numbers.
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Narendra Modi’s paltry target for India’s growth
The prime minister wants a $10trn economy by 2047. He should be bolder
www.economist.com
October 9, 2025 at 10:27 AM
India wants to be a developed country by 2047, the 100th anniversary of its independence from Britain. But what does that actually mean? I have a go at crunching the numbers.
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
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One of the Conservative party's contributions to our country has been keeping people who think you can measure integration through skin colour out of office - what next, are they only going to be lukewarm on the property-owning democracy?
Thank the Tories for keeping Robert Jenrick out of high office
Shadow justice secretary’s comment about not seeing a ‘white face’ shows he does not understand integration
www.ft.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:23 AM
One of the Conservative party's contributions to our country has been keeping people who think you can measure integration through skin colour out of office - what next, are they only going to be lukewarm on the property-owning democracy?
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There are good reasons to think the number of small boat crossings may fall in the next couple of years - and it will have little to do with whatever has been announced at party conferences
Europe’s astonishing drop in illegal migration
economist.com/internationa...
Europe’s astonishing drop in illegal migration
economist.com/internationa...
October 2, 2025 at 9:13 AM
There are good reasons to think the number of small boat crossings may fall in the next couple of years - and it will have little to do with whatever has been announced at party conferences
Europe’s astonishing drop in illegal migration
economist.com/internationa...
Europe’s astonishing drop in illegal migration
economist.com/internationa...
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London exclusive: Competition between big money e-bike operators has hit the point where Hackney residents will now get flat fare £1.75 journeys within the borough, with Lime and Voi winning a contract that predicts *up to £93m* in revenue from one borough. www.londoncentric.media/p/lime-bike-...
E-bike fares capped at £1.75 in Hackney — could the rest of London be next?
Exclusive: Lime and Voi win the battle for control of the £93m Hackney rental e-bike market, amid a fierce London-wide battle between deep-pocketed companies vying for control of a booming industry
www.londoncentric.media
September 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
London exclusive: Competition between big money e-bike operators has hit the point where Hackney residents will now get flat fare £1.75 journeys within the borough, with Lime and Voi winning a contract that predicts *up to £93m* in revenue from one borough. www.londoncentric.media/p/lime-bike-...
"the stronger the vision of Palestinian statehood grows on the outside, the more it fades within" - www.economist.com/middle-east-...
Palestine is unrecognisable on the ground
The UN stands up a state that is disappearing from view
www.economist.com
September 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
"the stronger the vision of Palestinian statehood grows on the outside, the more it fades within" - www.economist.com/middle-east-...
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Non-zero chance that Your Party never polls above Change UK
September 19, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Non-zero chance that Your Party never polls above Change UK
Wrote about why it will be hard for the government to turn things around when food prices keep going up: www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Britain’s rising food prices are a political headache
Voters hate inflation. They notice it most at the supermarket
www.economist.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Wrote about why it will be hard for the government to turn things around when food prices keep going up: www.economist.com/britain/2025...
"The insinuation of those who see population decline as a disaster is that human societies cannot flourish without expanding. The evidence for that is flimsy" www.economist.com/briefing/202...
A contracting population need not be a catastrophe
The economics of a shrinking world
www.economist.com
September 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
"The insinuation of those who see population decline as a disaster is that human societies cannot flourish without expanding. The evidence for that is flimsy" www.economist.com/briefing/202...
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Join The Economist’s Foreign Department
The Economist is hiring an Asia correspondent
Join The Economist’s Foreign Department
econ.st
September 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Join The Economist’s Foreign Department
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My column in tomorrow's paper:
Starmer and Badenoch are handling the far-right march all wrong
A look back to the days of Enoch Powell suggests a better model
www.ft.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:37 PM
My column in tomorrow's paper:
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Once elections were fought between left and right. Now the main fight is within these camps
The new battle for Britain
Once elections were fought between left and right. Now the main fight is within these camps
econ.st
September 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Once elections were fought between left and right. Now the main fight is within these camps