Gavin Jackson
@gavinjackson.bsky.social
Mumbai correspondent at the Economist
Another survey by Morgan Stanley finds that the pace at which AI adoption is cutting jobs is fastest in Britain of any country they looked at. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
January 26, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Another survey by Morgan Stanley finds that the pace at which AI adoption is cutting jobs is fastest in Britain of any country they looked at. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Analysts at Morgan Stanley asked whether there is a "productivity boom" in the UK following Purchasing Manager Indices, surveys of the private sector, which found that output growth is accelerating while employment is shrinking.
January 26, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Analysts at Morgan Stanley asked whether there is a "productivity boom" in the UK following Purchasing Manager Indices, surveys of the private sector, which found that output growth is accelerating while employment is shrinking.
Some tentative signs of productivity growth in Britain. The Resolution Foundation reckons that when using Real Time Indicators of working hours, instead of the flawed Labour Force Survey, output per hour has grown 3.4% over the past 18 month. www.resolutionfoundation.org/app/uploads/...
January 26, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Some tentative signs of productivity growth in Britain. The Resolution Foundation reckons that when using Real Time Indicators of working hours, instead of the flawed Labour Force Survey, output per hour has grown 3.4% over the past 18 month. www.resolutionfoundation.org/app/uploads/...
See this story about the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu, J. Jayalalithaa
January 8, 2026 at 9:30 AM
See this story about the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu, J. Jayalalithaa
Sneaky fuckers are proliferating
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December 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Sneaky fuckers are proliferating
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This is outrageous. Good thing it has been abolished. www.ft.com/content/3695...
December 4, 2025 at 9:43 AM
This is outrageous. Good thing it has been abolished. www.ft.com/content/3695...
I am very happy to see the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England for Financial Stability repeatedly talk about banks holding capital.
December 3, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I am very happy to see the Deputy Governor of the Bank of England for Financial Stability repeatedly talk about banks holding capital.
The Indian rupee has fallen below 90 per dollar for the first time.
December 3, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The Indian rupee has fallen below 90 per dollar for the first time.
www.productivity.ac.uk/wp-content/u... I believe the original data source is the PWT. I've done this exercise myself before.
December 3, 2025 at 8:27 AM
www.productivity.ac.uk/wp-content/u... I believe the original data source is the PWT. I've done this exercise myself before.
Japan has very high levels of capital per worker compared to the UK. Despite that it has lower levels of productivity.
The same is true, though to a lesser extent, of Canada and Italy.
The same is true, though to a lesser extent, of Canada and Italy.
December 3, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Japan has very high levels of capital per worker compared to the UK. Despite that it has lower levels of productivity.
The same is true, though to a lesser extent, of Canada and Italy.
The same is true, though to a lesser extent, of Canada and Italy.
Emigration, at around 700,000 people a year, is now the highest since 2012. Which is what you should expect five years after a surge in inward migration.
November 27, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Emigration, at around 700,000 people a year, is now the highest since 2012. Which is what you should expect five years after a surge in inward migration.
Indians were the most common nationality of non-EU citizens emigrating from Britain, according to the latest migration figures.
November 27, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Indians were the most common nationality of non-EU citizens emigrating from Britain, according to the latest migration figures.
Investors expect AI use to soar. That's not happening. www.economist.com/finance-and-...
November 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Investors expect AI use to soar. That's not happening. www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Ah yes, no increase in taxes on working people.
November 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Ah yes, no increase in taxes on working people.
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...
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...
I think there’s something to it
November 21, 2025 at 8:37 AM
I think there’s something to it
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.
Something something calculation problem.
November 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Something something calculation problem.
“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.” www.economist.com/britain/2025...
November 13, 2025 at 7:48 AM
“You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.” www.economist.com/britain/2025...
The city of Mumbai is quite literally built on top of past stock market booms
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November 3, 2025 at 7:42 AM
The city of Mumbai is quite literally built on top of past stock market booms
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Don't think this is accurate. Is it at all credible that Danish mothers were doing 5 minutes of childcare a day in 1965? It is based on a very limited set of data and a model fitted to that which essentially assumes that time spent on childcare increases exponentially.
October 30, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Don't think this is accurate. Is it at all credible that Danish mothers were doing 5 minutes of childcare a day in 1965? It is based on a very limited set of data and a model fitted to that which essentially assumes that time spent on childcare increases exponentially.
Shakespeare probably meant the sword dollar introduced north of the border by his patron James VI of Scotland and I of England. But it would be like setting a play in Revolutionary France and having the characters use euros.
October 29, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Shakespeare probably meant the sword dollar introduced north of the border by his patron James VI of Scotland and I of England. But it would be like setting a play in Revolutionary France and having the characters use euros.
This is what I think of as the most important chart in British politics. It shows the amount people spend on retail sales and the amount they get. Compared to Feb 2022 people are spending about 16% more but consuming 4% less.
October 28, 2025 at 3:50 PM
This is what I think of as the most important chart in British politics. It shows the amount people spend on retail sales and the amount they get. Compared to Feb 2022 people are spending about 16% more but consuming 4% less.