Working Mans Economics
@workingmansecon.bsky.social
"Markets can remain irrational longer than you or I can remain solvent."
A. Gary Shilling
A. Gary Shilling
If you play Ultimate Team, this card dropped today...
January 17, 2026 at 3:38 AM
If you play Ultimate Team, this card dropped today...
Just a reminder of why they were banned: a long history of violence and racism and unprovoked attacks on civilians in Amsterdam.
January 15, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder of why they were banned: a long history of violence and racism and unprovoked attacks on civilians in Amsterdam.
At the end of the Soviet Union, everyone knew that the government routinely lied to them but no one could envision a different system. Western leaders were convinced that Stlainism would last forever.
Then a stiff breeze caused it all to collapse in a matter of months. Take comfort from that.
Then a stiff breeze caused it all to collapse in a matter of months. Take comfort from that.
January 9, 2026 at 2:56 AM
At the end of the Soviet Union, everyone knew that the government routinely lied to them but no one could envision a different system. Western leaders were convinced that Stlainism would last forever.
Then a stiff breeze caused it all to collapse in a matter of months. Take comfort from that.
Then a stiff breeze caused it all to collapse in a matter of months. Take comfort from that.
Oh really? Perhaps you should try reading your own newspaper.
January 7, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Oh really? Perhaps you should try reading your own newspaper.
Spot on, it's cultural hegemony writ large.
November 13, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Spot on, it's cultural hegemony writ large.
Relentlessly kicking working people is not a hard choice, it's a fucking cowards choice.
In terms of tax, before you even raise one penny of income tax there is £46.8 billion of uncollected tax every single year so there is lots of money lying about to be collected from 'dodgers'
In terms of tax, before you even raise one penny of income tax there is £46.8 billion of uncollected tax every single year so there is lots of money lying about to be collected from 'dodgers'
November 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Relentlessly kicking working people is not a hard choice, it's a fucking cowards choice.
In terms of tax, before you even raise one penny of income tax there is £46.8 billion of uncollected tax every single year so there is lots of money lying about to be collected from 'dodgers'
In terms of tax, before you even raise one penny of income tax there is £46.8 billion of uncollected tax every single year so there is lots of money lying about to be collected from 'dodgers'
It's reminiscent of the Simpsons episode in which Professor Frink says issues this prediction
November 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It's reminiscent of the Simpsons episode in which Professor Frink says issues this prediction
Hapoel fans are definitely "the wrong type of Jews"
October 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Hapoel fans are definitely "the wrong type of Jews"
Just to be clear, it's a ban on far right hooligans who attacked taxis, spouted racist slogans burned Palestine flags & then got a deserved kicking after the game in Amsterdam. Oh & they have a long history of racist abuse including of their own players & political violence
Cry me a fucking river.
Cry me a fucking river.
October 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Just to be clear, it's a ban on far right hooligans who attacked taxis, spouted racist slogans burned Palestine flags & then got a deserved kicking after the game in Amsterdam. Oh & they have a long history of racist abuse including of their own players & political violence
Cry me a fucking river.
Cry me a fucking river.
Maccabi are noted, even amongst Israeli ultras, for their violence and racism, to the extent that they have racially abused their clubs own African and Arab players.
They turned up in Amsterdam, chanted racist slogans, burned Palestine flags and attacked taxis. It was even reported by the Mail FFS
They turned up in Amsterdam, chanted racist slogans, burned Palestine flags and attacked taxis. It was even reported by the Mail FFS
October 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Maccabi are noted, even amongst Israeli ultras, for their violence and racism, to the extent that they have racially abused their clubs own African and Arab players.
They turned up in Amsterdam, chanted racist slogans, burned Palestine flags and attacked taxis. It was even reported by the Mail FFS
They turned up in Amsterdam, chanted racist slogans, burned Palestine flags and attacked taxis. It was even reported by the Mail FFS
Maccabi Tel Aviv fans are notorious for their racism, abuse of their own Arab players and violence. They turned up in Amsterdam, attacked taxis, burned Palestine flag and changed racist slogans. Then after the match they got a hiding.
Siri, is this what "chat shit get banged looks like"
Siri, is this what "chat shit get banged looks like"
October 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Maccabi Tel Aviv fans are notorious for their racism, abuse of their own Arab players and violence. They turned up in Amsterdam, attacked taxis, burned Palestine flag and changed racist slogans. Then after the match they got a hiding.
Siri, is this what "chat shit get banged looks like"
Siri, is this what "chat shit get banged looks like"
Very true. And a lot of companies are already very disappointed at the returns on their investment in generative AI, per MIT
October 13, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Very true. And a lot of companies are already very disappointed at the returns on their investment in generative AI, per MIT
Much like Trump, Machado took part in the 2002 coup attempt to overthrow Hugo Chavez (who had won a landslide victory in the 2000 election) and replace him with a military junta, signing the notorious Carmona Declaration in the process. But he it's Venezuela and he was an evil Commie so no-one cares
October 10, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Much like Trump, Machado took part in the 2002 coup attempt to overthrow Hugo Chavez (who had won a landslide victory in the 2000 election) and replace him with a military junta, signing the notorious Carmona Declaration in the process. But he it's Venezuela and he was an evil Commie so no-one cares
I refer you to a recent MIT study on the benefits (or otherwise) of generative AI.
October 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
I refer you to a recent MIT study on the benefits (or otherwise) of generative AI.
So it turns out that the Nobel Peace Prize committee saw fit to give the award to a person that played an active part in an attempt to overthrow a democratically elected government. It wasn't Trump though....
October 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
So it turns out that the Nobel Peace Prize committee saw fit to give the award to a person that played an active part in an attempt to overthrow a democratically elected government. It wasn't Trump though....
The Bank of England is worried that AI stocks are entering speculative bubble territory. Not really surprising when you consider that a large amount of passes for generative AI is essentially glorified search engines.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
October 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The Bank of England is worried that AI stocks are entering speculative bubble territory. Not really surprising when you consider that a large amount of passes for generative AI is essentially glorified search engines.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
That's what happens when you sack off building council houses
October 6, 2025 at 11:44 AM
That's what happens when you sack off building council houses
On a similar note, something that rarely gets mentioned is the astonishing rise in the most regressive tax of all, Council Tax.
Council tax has gone up by 57% in 20 years, yet still doesn't cover the cuts to Councils from central government.
Council tax has gone up by 57% in 20 years, yet still doesn't cover the cuts to Councils from central government.
September 23, 2025 at 8:51 AM
On a similar note, something that rarely gets mentioned is the astonishing rise in the most regressive tax of all, Council Tax.
Council tax has gone up by 57% in 20 years, yet still doesn't cover the cuts to Councils from central government.
Council tax has gone up by 57% in 20 years, yet still doesn't cover the cuts to Councils from central government.
Remember when Elon did a similar thing to Grok and it started referring to itself as "MechaHitler"?
September 22, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Remember when Elon did a similar thing to Grok and it started referring to itself as "MechaHitler"?
That chainsaw really worked a charm on reducing Argentinas indebtedness and reliance on foreign financial institutions didn't it?
September 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
That chainsaw really worked a charm on reducing Argentinas indebtedness and reliance on foreign financial institutions didn't it?
Especially when that "investment" largely involves hitching our wagon to the US tech bro oligarchy for a generation, and the building of huge data centres which may well prove to be power hungry white elephants which don't provide many jobs, according to er... the government.
September 18, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Especially when that "investment" largely involves hitching our wagon to the US tech bro oligarchy for a generation, and the building of huge data centres which may well prove to be power hungry white elephants which don't provide many jobs, according to er... the government.
Spot on. It only existed insomuch as we were prepared to turn a blind eye to America's repeated interfering in foreign countries to back the worst, most brutal right wing dictatorships over and over and over again.
September 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Spot on. It only existed insomuch as we were prepared to turn a blind eye to America's repeated interfering in foreign countries to back the worst, most brutal right wing dictatorships over and over and over again.
You know it's what she would have wanted.
September 17, 2025 at 8:35 AM
You know it's what she would have wanted.
Good luck with that
September 17, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Good luck with that
"Whilst crime in DC maybe decreasing, crimes we know nothing about have increased exponentially"
September 16, 2025 at 11:44 AM
"Whilst crime in DC maybe decreasing, crimes we know nothing about have increased exponentially"