Len Metson

lenmetson.com

19 October 2026 08:58

I've had a great time exploring Berlin so far, where I'll be based until the end of Jan, visiting @dynamics.bsky.social Please reach out if you're around and fancy a coffee and/or have any tips for whilst I'm here ☕

Federica Genovese

fgenovese.bsky.social

16 October 2026 08:42

Kick off of Krugman's James Martin Memorial Lecture on "Is Europe Losing the Future" this evening at Oxford. Kudos for, 5 minutes in, going straight to the argument that "the people that say that Europe is falling behind have a political agenda"

Federica Genovese

fgenovese.bsky.social

16 October 2026 08:42

giggle at his "it often comes loudly from the Americans"

Federica Genovese

fgenovese.bsky.social

16 October 2026 08:42

I always had a weak spot for how Krugman explains things, but you gotta love a Nobel laureate that says "we tend to think of GDP as mass or energy, but it is not -- GDP is a metaphor more than a physical quantity"

Federica Genovese

fgenovese.bsky.social

16 October 2026 08:41

tldr the whole talk rotates around 2 fallacies: "labour productivity in US is higher"-> high prod. is not distributed across the US but mostly driven by tech hubs in CA/WA, which are not driving up US purchasing power "domestic AI will make the US win"-> no evidence domestic AI is well controlled