Kevin Denny

@kevindenny.bsky.social

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Economist at University College Dublin, Former Head of School. I’m just paying my rent everyday in the tower of Econ. Eclectic interests: labour, education, health, voting and handedness.
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Kevin Denny @kevindenny.bsky.social · 1d

Happy Christmas, Nollaig Shona Daoibh

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Kevin Denny @kevindenny.bsky.social · 4d

Full disclosure

Kevin Denny @kevindenny.bsky.social · 4d

Europe 1 Québec 0

Kevin Denny @kevindenny.bsky.social · 4d

But most people don’t , including me. I don’t know why

Kevin Denny @kevindenny.bsky.social · 5d

They are masters of extracting value- the reason they are one of the biggest airlines in the world.

Kevin Denny @kevindenny.bsky.social · 5d

But it’s not just any minute, it’s a minute standing in a cramped, crowded aisle

Kevin Denny @kevindenny.bsky.social · 5d

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Rare look inside the secret LEGO Museum reveals the system behind a toy giant's remarkable longevity

To what does LEGO owe its remarkable half-century success story? CBS News visits the toy giant's Denmark headquarters to find out.

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Kevin Denny @kevindenny.bsky.social · 6d

Typically restaurants here won’t split the bill, rightly believing the customers should internalise these decisions.

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Kevin Denny @kevindenny.bsky.social · 7d

It is well known, I hope, that the level of GDP in Ireland is a particularly bad measure of economic activity (hint: divide by ~2). What this shows is that the change may also be a lousy indicator of changes in economic wellbeing -unlike many countries.