Unlearning Economics
@unlearnecon.bsky.social
Economist, YouTuber, gamer, author, academic (in that order)
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Everything Was Already AI
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Everything Was Already AI
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January 9, 2026 at 3:12 PM
NEW VIDEO: Everything Was Already AI youtu.be/Km2bn0HvUwg
Reading Friedrich Bastiat on pollution in the 19th Century just convinced me that reactionaries have been imagining a guy being mean to them and letting it change their politics since forever
www.econlib.org/library/Bast...
www.econlib.org/library/Bast...
January 15, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Reading Friedrich Bastiat on pollution in the 19th Century just convinced me that reactionaries have been imagining a guy being mean to them and letting it change their politics since forever
www.econlib.org/library/Bast...
www.econlib.org/library/Bast...
This essay might be a tad unfair to Graeber. But it makes a valid point.
dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
The Left Needs Bureaucrats - Dissent Magazine
After MAGA, the left will need to be ready with a theory of how to rebuild the federal administrative state—not as it was before Trump, but as something better.
dissentmagazine.org
January 15, 2026 at 10:17 AM
This essay might be a tad unfair to Graeber. But it makes a valid point.
dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
This post by @newqueuelure.bsky.social on the credibility revolution in economics reminds me of the 'intuitition dance' economists do, both with theory and empirics
informationtransfereconomics.blogspot.com/2022/09/is-c...
informationtransfereconomics.blogspot.com/2022/09/is-c...
Is the credibility revolution credible?
Noah Smith made a stir with his claim that historians make theories without empirical backing — something I think is a bit of a category err...
informationtransfereconomics.blogspot.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:30 AM
This post by @newqueuelure.bsky.social on the credibility revolution in economics reminds me of the 'intuitition dance' economists do, both with theory and empirics
informationtransfereconomics.blogspot.com/2022/09/is-c...
informationtransfereconomics.blogspot.com/2022/09/is-c...
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"what's possible within the system", versus "the wider environment in which the system is embedded"
backofmind.substack.com/p/was-the-gr...
backofmind.substack.com/p/was-the-gr...
was the green lantern a good chap?
on having one's head in the game
backofmind.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 11:52 AM
"what's possible within the system", versus "the wider environment in which the system is embedded"
backofmind.substack.com/p/was-the-gr...
backofmind.substack.com/p/was-the-gr...
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I was 20 when HS2 was announced. Great to know i’ll probably be in my late 60s when the Birmingham-Manchester section starts work let alone finishes. Seems like a country doing things the right way!
January 14, 2026 at 7:55 AM
I was 20 when HS2 was announced. Great to know i’ll probably be in my late 60s when the Birmingham-Manchester section starts work let alone finishes. Seems like a country doing things the right way!
I'm honestly starting to feel bad about my critiques of Sowell
January 13, 2026 at 10:46 AM
I'm honestly starting to feel bad about my critiques of Sowell
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Interesting video from @unlearnecon.bsky.social & makes you re-evaluate AI in the context of other learning systems like firms & government. We did get through the Ant Man film & it was truly awful. Check out our podcast on Herbert Simon who features here. #EconSky podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
January 12, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Interesting video from @unlearnecon.bsky.social & makes you re-evaluate AI in the context of other learning systems like firms & government. We did get through the Ant Man film & it was truly awful. Check out our podcast on Herbert Simon who features here. #EconSky podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
NEW VIDEO: Everything Was Already AI youtu.be/Km2bn0HvUwg
Everything Was Already AI
YouTube video by Unlearning Economics
youtu.be
January 9, 2026 at 3:12 PM
NEW VIDEO: Everything Was Already AI youtu.be/Km2bn0HvUwg
Sweet video on housing coops! www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6Q4...
A Proven Policy to Make Housing Affordable for Everyone
YouTube video by WHAT IS POLITICS?
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January 9, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Sweet video on housing coops! www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6Q4...
Leftists often misunderstand the right, this is something I've been thinking about a lot recently and @mattpolprof.bsky.social has nailed it www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-fas...
Why Fascists Always Come for the Socialists First
Contrary to right-wing myths that the "Nazis were socialist," fascists despise socialism and want to destroy it. Here's why the left poses such a threat to them.
www.currentaffairs.org
January 9, 2026 at 11:33 AM
Leftists often misunderstand the right, this is something I've been thinking about a lot recently and @mattpolprof.bsky.social has nailed it www.currentaffairs.org/news/why-fas...
The worst thing is that you can hear how horny he is bsky.app/profile/zack...
January 8, 2026 at 8:35 AM
The worst thing is that you can hear how horny he is bsky.app/profile/zack...
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2027: US invades UK. PM calls it 'an admirable takeover which should be celebrated for its boldness'.
January 8, 2026 at 8:20 AM
2027: US invades UK. PM calls it 'an admirable takeover which should be celebrated for its boldness'.
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Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.
January 3, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.
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So much truth. And controversial view: for me one of the key differences between radio programmes and podcasts is that radio programmes rarely make me shout GET THE FUCK ON WITH IT I DON’T CARE WHAT YOU SAID EARLIER IN THE PUB I WASN’T THERE
podcasts
January 2, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Watching Stranger Things, it struck me that contemporary programs could be improved a lot simply by cutting about a third of the dialogue out
December 27, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Watching Stranger Things, it struck me that contemporary programs could be improved a lot simply by cutting about a third of the dialogue out
This is the best type of article: reads vaguely like an Onion headline, but actually gives you a new insight into a big problem (cars)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Kids Who Get Driven Everywhere Don't Know Where They're Going
A new study suggests vehicular travel affects children's ability to navigate their neighborhood and connect to their community.
www.bloomberg.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:56 AM
This is the best type of article: reads vaguely like an Onion headline, but actually gives you a new insight into a big problem (cars)
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
*someone fails to unmute themselves before speaking*
Me: haha, what an idiot. A fool - so easy to avoid such a simple blunder
*I fail to unmute myself before speaking*
Me: oh it’s just me, I’m just a lil guy. So easily done guys, lolz
Me: haha, what an idiot. A fool - so easy to avoid such a simple blunder
*I fail to unmute myself before speaking*
Me: oh it’s just me, I’m just a lil guy. So easily done guys, lolz
December 22, 2025 at 3:48 AM
*someone fails to unmute themselves before speaking*
Me: haha, what an idiot. A fool - so easy to avoid such a simple blunder
*I fail to unmute myself before speaking*
Me: oh it’s just me, I’m just a lil guy. So easily done guys, lolz
Me: haha, what an idiot. A fool - so easy to avoid such a simple blunder
*I fail to unmute myself before speaking*
Me: oh it’s just me, I’m just a lil guy. So easily done guys, lolz
too many people cannot understand the difference between general skepticism + specific critiques of economic data; versus blanket rejection of them, usually from a position of complete ignorance
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I don’t understand the “oh, you have a LINE on a GRAPH, you think that MEANS anything?!” people who also self-id as some kind of socialist/communist. how exactly are you going to run the command economy, dude? macroeconomic policy made on vibes?
I don't think this a particularly accurate description.
December 20, 2025 at 4:32 AM
too many people cannot understand the difference between general skepticism + specific critiques of economic data; versus blanket rejection of them, usually from a position of complete ignorance
bsky.app/profile/opin...
bsky.app/profile/opin...
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Here's a pretty incomplete list of YouTube channels owned or funded by private equity.
December 15, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Here's a pretty incomplete list of YouTube channels owned or funded by private equity.
Cars are another area where failure to invest publicly costs us down the line: road repairs, traffic, accidents, pollution, and state-subsidised car trips theconversation.com/how-the-uks-...
How the UK’s dependency on cars slows down the economy
Clogged up Britain
theconversation.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Cars are another area where failure to invest publicly costs us down the line: road repairs, traffic, accidents, pollution, and state-subsidised car trips theconversation.com/how-the-uks-...
Things are increasingly homogeneous and boring: www.experimental-history.com/p/the-declin...
The Decline of Deviance
Where has all the weirdness gone?
www.experimental-history.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Things are increasingly homogeneous and boring: www.experimental-history.com/p/the-declin...
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I was disappointed with several elements of The @economist.com recent articles on minimum wages. To their credit, they've published my response.
Here are some links to the research I reference and to some other research which had to be cut from the published letter
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Here are some links to the research I reference and to some other research which had to be cut from the published letter
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December 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I was disappointed with several elements of The @economist.com recent articles on minimum wages. To their credit, they've published my response.
Here are some links to the research I reference and to some other research which had to be cut from the published letter
1/N
Here are some links to the research I reference and to some other research which had to be cut from the published letter
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