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Unlearning Economics @unlearnecon.bsky.social · 16d

NEW VIDEO: The Death of Free Trade youtu.be/XsOYGt7EKG8

The Death of Free Trade

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Unlearning Economics @unlearnecon.bsky.social · 15d

THIS IS NOT A DRILL! My actual book launch event - which is only 6 months late - is at LSE October 13th, you can sign up here:

www.lse.ac.uk/events/why-w...

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Unlearning Economics @unlearnecon.bsky.social · 1d

Just logged onto twitter thinking "it can't make me that mad"

Oh boy was I wrong

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Unlearning Economics @unlearnecon.bsky.social · 2d

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Update on Trump Tariff Mayhem

YouTube video by Unlearning Economics Live

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Unlearning Economics @unlearnecon.bsky.social · 5d

Oh my god Tyler Cowen www.thefp.com/p/my-favorit...

My Favorite Actress Is Not Human

Tilly Norwood doesn’t need a hairstylist, has no regrettable tweets, and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances. That’s because she’s AI, writes Tyler Cowen.

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Unlearning Economics @unlearnecon.bsky.social · 5d

This report on the way heterodox economists were treated at the University of Manitoba is absolutely infuriating

drive.google.com/file/d/1pXe1...

caut-ahic-report---manitoba-economics-(2015-01).pdf

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Unlearning Economics @unlearnecon.bsky.social · 5d

go Mihai!!

Unlearning Economics @unlearnecon.bsky.social · 6d

Interesting one for @dsquareddigest.bsky.social: who should be accountable in this situation?

'We want them off the payroll,' Met chief tells BBC after secret filming exposes officers' misogyny and racism
Sir Mark Rowley insists he won't resign - adding that in the Met it's "the misogynists and racists frankly who want me out".

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Unlearning Economics @unlearnecon.bsky.social · 7d

POV: you allowed people to talk about the labour theory of value in your subreddit www.reddit.com/r/Unlearning...

The UE Subreddit being overtaken by LTV threads.

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Unlearning Economics @unlearnecon.bsky.social · 7d

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Water Privatisation is An Actual Crime

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Unlearning Economics @unlearnecon.bsky.social · 8d

Well yeah, the burden of proof rests on the person claiming the matrix is relevant to trade in reality, not on me to prove that it isn’t!

Unlearning Economics @unlearnecon.bsky.social · 8d

Shockingly, this point was anticipated in the video. The Portugal-England history raises issues like development of industry over time, terms of trade, and finance - all of which are absent from ricardo‘s matrix.

The lesson is, as always, don’t read the comments!

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Nat Dyer @natjdyer.bsky.social · 8d

I might write something about this kind of comment (left on @unlearnecon.bsky.social recent video).

I see no value at all in 'proving' in a perfectly contextless world that countries A & B could benefit form trading X & Y.

What makes anyone think this logic then maps onto reality?

Comment that reads: 'I understand that the example of England and Portugal maybe only worked because of the slaves and the gold, that doesn't matter for the sake of the argument, as well as the moral value of that episode. You can change the names of the countries for fictional ones, and change the products for letters like product A and B. for the argument you are making in this video you have to prove mathematically that the theorem doesn't work. And if the perfect scenario in which it work is unattainable, you have to explain why it will always be unattainable and then put the example in numbers if you don't do that, then, as you said you don't understand the theorem of comparative advantage. You really don't get this or in reality you really are not interested with anything else but to prove your point even if it rests on flawed logic?'

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Unlearning Economics @unlearnecon.bsky.social · 12d

This event is completely free to attend, you can sign up here!

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Unlearning Economics @unlearnecon.bsky.social · 16d

NEW VIDEO: The Death of Free Trade youtu.be/XsOYGt7EKG8

The Death of Free Trade

YouTube video by Unlearning Economics

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Reposted by Unlearning Economics

Hettie O’Brien @hettieobrien.bsky.social · 12d

I’ll be interviewing Cahal Moran (that’s @unlearnecon.bsky.social to people on here) at the Conduit Club next Thursday about his new book, Why We’re Getting Poorer - you can sign up here: www.theconduit.com/upcoming-eve...

Why We’re Getting Poorer: With Cahal Moran - The Conduit

Thurs 2 Oct, 6pm - 7:30pm Economist and Unlearning Economics creator Cahal Moran reveals why our economy is failing us—and what we can do about it.

www.theconduit.com

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 13d

unforgettable television

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Unlearning Economics @unlearnecon.bsky.social · 12d

This event is completely free to attend, you can sign up here!

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Matt McManus @mattpolprof.bsky.social · 14d

Good video by @unlearnecon.bsky.social making the case globalization has continued. Its just increasingly not US lead.

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The Death of Free Trade

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Unlearning Economics @unlearnecon.bsky.social · 14d

@jdportes.bsky.social been following you on immigration for a long time and love you work, any chance you'd like to chat on my channel?

Unlearning Economics @unlearnecon.bsky.social · 14d

Somehow it make sense that the right's idea of a public intellectual is basically a PR strategy

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Unlearning Economics @unlearnecon.bsky.social · 15d

THIS IS NOT A DRILL! My actual book launch event - which is only 6 months late - is at LSE October 13th, you can sign up here:

www.lse.ac.uk/events/why-w...

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Unlearning Economics @unlearnecon.bsky.social · 15d

You should watched the documentary Merci, padron!

Unlearning Economics @unlearnecon.bsky.social · 15d

I reliably get ill after releasing a video, even one that didn’t seem particularly stressful to make

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Unlearning Economics @unlearnecon.bsky.social · 16d

I like them, but I can understand why someone wouldn‘t

Unlearning Economics @unlearnecon.bsky.social · 16d

A moment of appreciation for @mattpolprof.bsky.social and @nathanjrobinson.bsky.social for reading Ben Shapiro's latest book so we don't have to www.currentaffairs.org/news/ben-sha...

Ben Shapiro’s Latest Book Adopts a Horrifying “Creators vs. Parasites” Worldview

Supposedly, the world is divided into good, noble “lions” and evil, grasping “scavengers.” Guess which one Ben thinks he is?

www.currentaffairs.org

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Unlearning Economics @unlearnecon.bsky.social · 16d

Oh fuck. Well I hadn’t thought of poor Bernard Arnault. Forget the wealth tax, people, it will cost him over 0.5% of his fortune!

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Wealth tax would be deadly for French economy, says Europe’s richest man

LVMH owner Bernard Arnault, who could take €1bn hit, says proposed 2% levy ‘aims to destroy liberal economy’

www.theguardian.com

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