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Eoin McLaughlin

@eoinaldo.bsky.social

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Econ Prof at Heriot-Watt University, interested in #econhist, #landreform, #microfinance, #sustainabledevelopment, #health, #nufc & #Seinfeld (not necessarily in that order) www.eoinmclaughlin.ie

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Eoin McLaughlin @eoinaldo.bsky.social · 7d

Manuscript done ✅ Off to production at Bloomsbury!

The book revisits Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations at 250, rethinking prosperity through inclusive wealth & sustainability

More soon… 📖✨

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Fergal O’Connor @a-fergal.bsky.social · 5d

@seanekh.bsky.social’s @ucc.ie paper presents a new improved Quarterly Irish GDP series from 1950, written with @rebstuart.bsky.social, as part of this @researchireland.ie pathways project on “External Shocks and Fiscal Sustainability”

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Fergal O’Connor @a-fergal.bsky.social · 5d

@eoinaldo.bsky.social kicks of the Irish Macrohist workshop 2025 in @ucc.ie “Explaining the retreat of the Irish Language Fronteir”, paper with @cliochris.bsky.social and Alan Fernihough

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Eoin McLaughlin @eoinaldo.bsky.social · 7d

Manuscript done ✅ Off to production at Bloomsbury!

The book revisits Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations at 250, rethinking prosperity through inclusive wealth & sustainability

More soon… 📖✨

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Eoin McLaughlin @eoinaldo.bsky.social · 14d

NWO: Internal consistency of the Trump sovereignty doctrine www.spectator.co.uk/article/dona...

Donald Trump's new world order

The United Nations General Assembly is meant to showcase international consensus. This week it became a stage for its fiercest critic as Donald Trump returned to New York not to flatter the global ord...

www.spectator.co.uk

Eoin McLaughlin @eoinaldo.bsky.social · 15d

So its now harder to get into the US but NZ have relaxed rules, will there be any change in flows?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

New Zealand loosens residency restrictions as record number of citizens leave

Minister for economic growth says visas for skilled and experienced migrants could help plug gaps in the workforce

www.theguardian.com

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 28d

'As universities close courses and departments in response to financial pressures...students in parts of the North, South West and East of England, as well as large areas of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, are losing access to social sciences, humanities and arts (SHAPE) courses.' 1/2

Humanities and arts degrees disappearing in parts of UK

Students from rural and disadvantaged areas disproportionally affected by subject cuts, British Academy warns

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Eoin McLaughlin @eoinaldo.bsky.social · Sep 7

Another issue with UK national statistics: Office for National Statistics in crisis after another data error www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/market...

Office for National Statistics in crisis after another data error

July's figures were delayed for two weeks after an error in compiling them was identified, prompting revisions to mistakes in previous months' figures.

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Owen Barder @owen.org · Sep 4

Oh. The stochastic parrot does not boost productivity.

www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/m...

M365 Copilot fails to up productivity in UK government trial

: AI tech shows promise writing emails or summarizing meetings. Don't bother with anything more complex

www.theregister.com

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Reuters @reuters.com · Sep 3

Long bond yields rise, gold hits record on fiscal concerns reut.rs/4n5v1Au

Long bond yields rise, gold hits record on fiscal concerns

A global slide in long-dated bonds extended into Asia on Wednesday, with Japanese yield hitting a record high while gold scaled a new peak as mounting concerns over government debt and economic growth rattle investors.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · Aug 29

If I had said, in 2005, that 20 years later the Republican Party would be even *more* systematically opposed, not only to domestic action on climate change, but to action on climate change anywhere in the world, I would have been dismissed as a hysterical partisan.

Trump, With Tariffs and Threats, Tries to Strong-Arm Nations to Retreat on Climate Goals

www.nytimes.com

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Eoin McLaughlin @eoinaldo.bsky.social · Aug 28

The shakedown isn't on paper...
cohen489.substack.com/p/i-promise-...

i promise it's not normal to have multibillion dollar handshake deals with the President

media keeps reporting on Nvidia and AMD's deals with Trump as if they exist - but why aren't they filed with the SEC?

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Eoin McLaughlin @eoinaldo.bsky.social · Aug 13

Very 18th century policy playbook: Scott Bessent floats rolling out export tax to more industries - on.ft.com/3Hd76Qx via @FT

Scott Bessent floats rolling out export tax to more industries

US Treasury secretary says Nvidia revenue-sharing agreement could be a model

on.ft.com

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Eoin McLaughlin @eoinaldo.bsky.social · Aug 13

Droughts in England www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Experts discuss plans to save water as dry conditions worsen across England

National Drought Group meets and water companies prepare to take drastic action as supplies dwindle

www.theguardian.com

Eoin McLaughlin @eoinaldo.bsky.social · Aug 12

The end of reliable US statistics? Donald Trump picks Heritage economist to head US Bureau of Labor Statistics - on.ft.com/3JazKSY via @FT

Donald Trump picks Heritage economist to head US Bureau of Labor Statistics

EJ Antoni is an ally of the president and has criticised the agency for ‘phoney-baloney’ numbers

on.ft.com

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · Aug 10

'given that the middle class has already lost vast amounts of wealth and that...the economic slowdown will endure for several more years yet, it does seem that the era when large numbers of Chinese students sought overseas education is coming to an end'.

China’s real estate collapse is blocking students’ path to the West

I foresee that we will go back to the situation of 25 years ago, when only a small Chinese elite was able to study abroad, says Sabrina Wang

www.timeshighereducation.com

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radams @radamssmash.bsky.social · Aug 8

My goto is to ask LLMs how many states have R in their name. They always fail. GPT 5 included Indiana, Illinois, and Texas in its list. It then asked me if I wanted an alphabetical highlighted map. Sure, why not.

A shitty map created by ChatGPT5. it purports to be US States with an R in their name, but it's wrong and dumb and worthless just like LLMs.

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Eoin McLaughlin @eoinaldo.bsky.social · Aug 7

Or the Daily Mail... www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/pa/art...

Eoin McLaughlin @eoinaldo.bsky.social · Aug 6

Never thought I'd get quoted in the Mirror ( the paper my grandmother still reads) www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-n...

Research examines impact of Great Irish Famine on survivors' height

The study used the historical data of 14,500 individuals, with different exposures to famine conditions and drawn from two prisons in Dublin and Tipperary, born before, during and after the famine

www.irishmirror.ie

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RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social · Aug 7

How changes in height show health effects of the Famine. Analysis of new data by @eoinaldo.bsky.social @heriotwattuni.bsky.social @researchireland.ie & @cliochris.bsky.social @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

How changes in height show the effects of the Famine

New research finds that the long‑term health impacts of the Famine varied by region and socioeconomic conditions

www.rte.ie

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CEPH @cephie.bsky.social · Aug 6

Tune in to RTE Radio 1 at 13:30 today to hear our associate director of outreach @cliochris.bsky.social discuss his paper (co-authored with Matthias Blum and @eoinaldo.bsky.social) on outcomes and impacts of the Great Famine.

www.irishnews.com/news/norther...

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