mark4harrison.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Warwick. History of Russia, communism, two world wars, and the cold war. Economics of fighting, stealing, cheating, lying, and spying. Home page at http://warwick.ac.uk/markharrison/
👤 Joined on 11 November 2024
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@mark4harrison.bsky.socialProfessor Mark Harrison draws ten lessons on how Europe can prepare its industry for war and discusses the role of industrial policy in a new report published by the @kiel.institute. buff.ly/dsrNTsL
Show PostI know there is a hell of a lot going on right now. But not all of it is bad. Some is astonishingly good - like the results of this study from June. Cervical cancer is a terribly cruel thing. This might, at long last, be the beginning of the end of it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Show PostI don’t claim to understand the financial market but reading about a loss-making company that warns its product might wipe out humanity does not motivate me to buy their shares.
Show PostIf you are going to end the triple lock, you’re better off just ending it. Talking about a process of maybe ending it in the next Parliament, following some sort of review, feels like a way of minimising the fiscal saving while maximising the political pain.
Show PostGreat piece. Has me fundamentally rethinking the value of all those ‘we need to have a conversation about defence to make people realise the risks and costs’ conversations
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