Captain Europe (retired)

captaineurope.bsky.social

18 October 2026 17:13

And the policy failure (to come back to the FT article) was to allow them to do those things. If we had proper employment and competition laws, rigorously enforced, Bezos would now be a moderately successful, comfortably wealthy businessman.

Jasdev Sekhon

jasdevsekhon.bsky.social

18 October 2026 11:28

Ooh that's a brave opinion to be posting on bluesky 😅

Ivaylo Iaydjiev

iaydjiev.bsky.social

11 October 2026 13:56

V good sector-by-sector look. Similar if you also look across countries. Excellent point in also thinking "trade offence" "The picture, then, is not one of relentless industrial decline. Europe is holding its own in important areas, its industries are adapting and it retains considerable strengths"

Layer8

layer8problem.bsky.social

04 October 2026 12:17

Most people who like small businesses must not have much experience actually working for one.

Peter Ellis

pjie2.bsky.social

21 September 2026 05:00

I’m sure they have an explanation, but it still proves the measure is profoundly inadequate to address the actual economy. A measure you can maximise by firing 99.99999% of the population but leaving one “highly productive” therapist talking to billionaires at a zillion quid an hour is sus.