Economics Teacher
@busecon.bsky.social
HOD for Economics and Business in East London/Essex. Experienced economics examiner. Former DJ and music maker, referee, vegan and Liverpool supporter. All my views are absolutely my own and do not represent the employers I work for,and are often wrong.
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The Economics specifications need a big overhaul
We're big fans of @rethinkecon.bsky.social & this is a great article which features one of the founders @yuanfenyang.bsky.social. We hope we are doing our bit by providing podcasts on a whole range of economists, including @jayatighosh.bsky.social included here. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rethinking Economics, the movement changing how the subject is taught
Born of student disquiet after the 2008 crash, the group says it is reshaping economists’ education
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:57 AM
The Economics specifications need a big overhaul
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Well done to the Economist for producing this video that calls out the BS targeting London that has infested social media. Facts.
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theeconomist on Instagram: "London gets a bad rap. It’s often portrayed online as a crime-ridden wasteland overrun by migrants. In reality it’s one of the safe…"
London gets a bad rap. It’s often portrayed online as a crime-ridden wasteland overrun by migrants. In reality it’s one of the safest major cities in the world.Tap the link in our bio to discover why London’s online reputation is so different from reality.View all 2,904 comments
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February 10, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Well done to the Economist for producing this video that calls out the BS targeting London that has infested social media. Facts.
www.instagram.com/reel/DUcwBj_...
www.instagram.com/reel/DUcwBj_...
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An important voice speaks up for global victims of war, but fails to join all the dots inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Pep Guardiola is a paradox: the humanitarian who won’t criticise Abu Dhabi
The Manchester City head coach’s heart strings are being plucked by global conflicts – but not those concerning the United Arab Emirates
inews.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 7:41 AM
An important voice speaks up for global victims of war, but fails to join all the dots inews.co.uk/sport/footba...
Is he really that stupid?
February 4, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Is he really that stupid?
A great listen
Have you had time to listen to our latest podcast on JS Mill? One of the things we missed out was that he supposedly came up with 'positive' and 'normative' economics in his book 'A System of Logic'. Anyway, listen now to learn more about this complicated man. #EconSky
Our new podcast is OUT NOW! In the 1st episode of Season 9, we look at John Stuart Mill, the man who wrote 'On Liberty' & beloved by libertarians everywhere. As always, we delve into his life & ideas & discover more than we expected. Have a listen. #EconSky #EduSky open.spotify.com/episode/6Ewj...
February 4, 2026 at 7:08 AM
A great listen
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Our new podcast is OUT NOW! In the 1st episode of Season 9, we look at John Stuart Mill, the man who wrote 'On Liberty' & beloved by libertarians everywhere. As always, we delve into his life & ideas & discover more than we expected. Have a listen. #EconSky #EduSky open.spotify.com/episode/6Ewj...
Season 9 - Episode 6 - John Stuart Mill
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February 2, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Our new podcast is OUT NOW! In the 1st episode of Season 9, we look at John Stuart Mill, the man who wrote 'On Liberty' & beloved by libertarians everywhere. As always, we delve into his life & ideas & discover more than we expected. Have a listen. #EconSky #EduSky open.spotify.com/episode/6Ewj...
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Latest from me: I went to Gorton & Denton, and found the national condition, raging on www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In Gorton and Denton, I found a long-festering sense of fury that Labour has no idea how to tackle | John Harris
The people I met were disconnected and angry at the same time. Even if Labour somehow wins this byelection, how does it arrest the slide into hopelessness, asks Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Latest from me: I went to Gorton & Denton, and found the national condition, raging on www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Another great night out in London, were I witnessed, no crimes, no phone thefts, muggings, sharia law. Just people out having a great time Trump/Farage can take their racist dog whistles and do one
January 31, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Another great night out in London, were I witnessed, no crimes, no phone thefts, muggings, sharia law. Just people out having a great time Trump/Farage can take their racist dog whistles and do one
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V good interview. Lots to think about.
www.ft.com/content/9dae... London’s high land prices need ‘market adjustment’, says housing minister
www.ft.com/content/9dae... London’s high land prices need ‘market adjustment’, says housing minister
London’s high land prices need ‘market adjustment’, says housing minister
Matthew Pennycook says far-reaching reform is needed to ‘get more volume out of the system’ and deliver more homes
www.ft.com
January 31, 2026 at 9:04 AM
V good interview. Lots to think about.
www.ft.com/content/9dae... London’s high land prices need ‘market adjustment’, says housing minister
www.ft.com/content/9dae... London’s high land prices need ‘market adjustment’, says housing minister
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Great to make first appearance on IFS Zooms In Pod. @helenmiller.bsky.social and I were joined by the excellent @alanmanning4.bsky.social to talk about what's happened to to the UK minimum wage, and what impact its having on the UK labour market. Give it a listen.
NEW PODCAST: Is the minimum wage costing jobs?
@helenmiller.bsky.social, @eduinlatimer.bsky.social and @alanmanning4.bsky.social discuss what we know and what we don't know about the UK minimum wage in our new podcast.
🎧 Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/min...
@helenmiller.bsky.social, @eduinlatimer.bsky.social and @alanmanning4.bsky.social discuss what we know and what we don't know about the UK minimum wage in our new podcast.
🎧 Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/min...
January 29, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Great to make first appearance on IFS Zooms In Pod. @helenmiller.bsky.social and I were joined by the excellent @alanmanning4.bsky.social to talk about what's happened to to the UK minimum wage, and what impact its having on the UK labour market. Give it a listen.
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Harris Federation's accounts have dropped a bit earlier than usual this year, with Schools Week carrying the annual story about increase in Sir Dan Moynihan's £500,000-plus salary two days in advance of accounts publication deadline.
schoolsweek.co.uk/best-paid-ac...
schoolsweek.co.uk/best-paid-ac...
Best-paid academy boss earns £530k after £15k pay rise
Harris Federation CEO Sir Dan Moynihan received £15k wage hike last year, accounts show
schoolsweek.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Harris Federation's accounts have dropped a bit earlier than usual this year, with Schools Week carrying the annual story about increase in Sir Dan Moynihan's £500,000-plus salary two days in advance of accounts publication deadline.
schoolsweek.co.uk/best-paid-ac...
schoolsweek.co.uk/best-paid-ac...
Private sector monopolies in action.
Water bills to rise again, by an average five percent, but what happens depends on where you live... www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2026/01...
January 29, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Private sector monopolies in action.
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Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
Business secretary with little idea how economics work! Which is a bit of a worry
Britain’s business secretary Peter Kyle has called for MPs’ pay to be directly linked to GDP, to incentivise Westminster into prioritising economic growth
www.ft.com/content/e401...
www.ft.com/content/e401...
Link MPs’ pay to GDP, says UK business secretary
Peter Kyle calls on government departments to do more to boost economic growth
www.ft.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Business secretary with little idea how economics work! Which is a bit of a worry
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Britain’s business secretary Peter Kyle has called for MPs’ pay to be directly linked to GDP, to incentivise Westminster into prioritising economic growth
www.ft.com/content/e401...
www.ft.com/content/e401...
Link MPs’ pay to GDP, says UK business secretary
Peter Kyle calls on government departments to do more to boost economic growth
www.ft.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Britain’s business secretary Peter Kyle has called for MPs’ pay to be directly linked to GDP, to incentivise Westminster into prioritising economic growth
www.ft.com/content/e401...
www.ft.com/content/e401...
Really good article.
Latest from me: I went to minehead, to see - no, really - new council houses & flats. We could build them at scale, if we wanted. So why not? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In Somerset, I found glorious proof that the UK can build great council houses. So what is holding us back? | John Harris
It was life-affirming to meet the residents of Rainbow Way in Minehead. But so much still stands in the way of Labour’s vision for social housing, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Really good article.
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Latest from me: I went to minehead, to see - no, really - new council houses & flats. We could build them at scale, if we wanted. So why not? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In Somerset, I found glorious proof that the UK can build great council houses. So what is holding us back? | John Harris
It was life-affirming to meet the residents of Rainbow Way in Minehead. But so much still stands in the way of Labour’s vision for social housing, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Latest from me: I went to minehead, to see - no, really - new council houses & flats. We could build them at scale, if we wanted. So why not? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A great read/listen. @economicsinten.bsky.social is Henry George on your podcast radar?
Good chapter on him, as in Capitalism and its Critics
Good chapter on him, as in Capitalism and its Critics
January 24, 2026 at 11:14 AM
A great read/listen. @economicsinten.bsky.social is Henry George on your podcast radar?
Good chapter on him, as in Capitalism and its Critics
Good chapter on him, as in Capitalism and its Critics
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January 24, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Great gig last night, Emma Rawicz at The Vortex Jazz club, Dalston. UK 🇬🇧 Jazz at its finest
January 24, 2026 at 8:25 AM
Great gig last night, Emma Rawicz at The Vortex Jazz club, Dalston. UK 🇬🇧 Jazz at its finest
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Deloitte's Football Money League shows again the complete incompetence of those working at West Ham. To be ranked 20th in the league & be floundering at the bottom of the Premier League table says it all. And Karren Brady is giving advice on The Apprentice! #EconSky www.deloitte.com/uk/en/servic...
Deloitte Football Money League 2026
The 2024/25 season set another new record, with the top 20 Money League clubs generating over €12 billion in revenue for the first time.
www.deloitte.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Deloitte's Football Money League shows again the complete incompetence of those working at West Ham. To be ranked 20th in the league & be floundering at the bottom of the Premier League table says it all. And Karren Brady is giving advice on The Apprentice! #EconSky www.deloitte.com/uk/en/servic...
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Hey! Teachers! Latest from me, on the (free) Maybe I'm Amazed Substack: one big & overlooked part of The SEND reform story is what it'll mean for people in schools who deal with the issues every day maybeimamazed.substack.com/p/special-ne...
Special Needs reforms mean huge changes for already-overstretched teachers: how will they make it all work?
"I’d pay good money to watch a Labour MP spend a week in my classroom," says one teacher: their anger and worry are already impossible to ignore
maybeimamazed.substack.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Hey! Teachers! Latest from me, on the (free) Maybe I'm Amazed Substack: one big & overlooked part of The SEND reform story is what it'll mean for people in schools who deal with the issues every day maybeimamazed.substack.com/p/special-ne...
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Last week, 10 British far right activists linked to Raise the Colours were banned from France, after months of harassing migrants and NGO staff. In spite of the ban, ex-member Danny Tommo is now planning an action in Dover on 24 January.
Read our updated briefing: hopenothate.org.uk/2026/01/20/p...
Read our updated briefing: hopenothate.org.uk/2026/01/20/p...
Press Briefing: Raise the Colours – HOPE not hate
Georgie Laming, Director of Campaigns at HOPE not hate said: “We welcome the news that France has banned 10 far-right activists from entering the country....
hopenothate.org.uk
January 20, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Last week, 10 British far right activists linked to Raise the Colours were banned from France, after months of harassing migrants and NGO staff. In spite of the ban, ex-member Danny Tommo is now planning an action in Dover on 24 January.
Read our updated briefing: hopenothate.org.uk/2026/01/20/p...
Read our updated briefing: hopenothate.org.uk/2026/01/20/p...
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“Foreign exporters absorbed only 4% of last year’s U.S. tariff increases by lowering prices, while American consumers and importers absorbed 96%.
“Rather than acting as a tax on foreign producers, the tariffs functioned as a consumption tax on Americans.”
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
“Rather than acting as a tax on foreign producers, the tariffs functioned as a consumption tax on Americans.”
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
Americans Are the Ones Paying for Tariffs, Study Finds
New research contradicts President Trump’s claim that foreigners are footing the bill.
www.wsj.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:29 PM
“Foreign exporters absorbed only 4% of last year’s U.S. tariff increases by lowering prices, while American consumers and importers absorbed 96%.
“Rather than acting as a tax on foreign producers, the tariffs functioned as a consumption tax on Americans.”
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
“Rather than acting as a tax on foreign producers, the tariffs functioned as a consumption tax on Americans.”
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
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As Robert Jenrick jumps ship, Reform’s “new politics” looks more like a spin cycle for the same people behind 14 years of decline.
January 15, 2026 at 5:32 PM
As Robert Jenrick jumps ship, Reform’s “new politics” looks more like a spin cycle for the same people behind 14 years of decline.