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#AscendedStudies reading list thread I will periodically update this with books, primarily on British economic/financial history and other technical books, will also include academic papers to serve as a centralised reference for my posts.
Those swaps keeping Argentina alive
Niall Ferguson says Milei is proof that neoliberalism works. What he won’t tell you is China is the one keeping Argentina alive. thefp.com/p/niall-fergus…
You don’t know much about the history of the state pension
State pension age could rise to 74 amid warning of UK 'tsunami of OAP poverty'. Male life expectancy in poorer areas such as Blackpool is 73 years. What is planned? Inequitable distribution of income prevent people from saving. Govts won't address it mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
Macroeconomic equivalent of going to Cex to sell your PS5
We're basically at the pawning stage of covering our BoP deficit.
You underestimate how powerful this can be as a political cause to rally around
95 percent of Right Wing nostalgia is just a picture of a woman with unbelievable honkers captioned, “This is what they took from us 😔”
Incredible
Trump: "He has these think tanks. They build buildings for people that think."
We're taking action to stop migrants working illegally as food delivery drivers.
Not our concern
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid urges UK, Germany to block Türkiye’s Eurofighter Typhoon deal, calling it a threat to Israel’s air superiority “Türkiye already has the region’s strongest navy now it wants air parity too,” Lapid warned v.aa.com.tr/3639152
No fucking way
>English literature graduate >Needs translator Many of our universities are just visa mills for the third-world.
The only rebuttal to my point is that maybe robots or some vague form of AI will save us lool How many leading AI and robotics firms do you that are British? In this scenario we would see the technological rents go to foreign firms, further compressing the tax base and…
What a stupid comment, obviously untrue. Now whether there is an achieveable fiscal trajectory is another thing. Given AI and robots, we might see a different world in 10 years time. One that might involve vastly increased productivity and lots of unemployed people...
There’s a small population of British illegal immigrants in the US
ICE in Atlanta arrested Graham Humphrey, a 71-year-old British illegal alien. He has a prior conviction for indecent liberties with a child and will remain in ICE custody until he is removed.
Me after I maxed out my credit card
Jesus coming soon none of this matter
ascended classrooms
First job of the next ACTUAL conservative government: Economic and financial literacy. In every school. From a young age. Minimal effort, huge long term positive impact on the country.
Birth control and managed urbanisation
One thing I tried to push Stephen Kotkin on: Okay, you say that China saw decades of double-digit growth not thanks to the CCP, but because of the hard work and entrepreneurialism of the Chinese people. But India also has lots of hard working entrepreneurial people. Why does…
Doing what China has done would require us to think differently about property rights
In the time it has taken China to build 20,000 kilometres of high-speed railway, one part of Lincolnshire, has managed to build less than one fifth of one road. In the works since 2011, the Spalding Western Relief Road ends abruptly in an empty field 🧵👇