Economics Teacher
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Economics Teacher
@busecon.bsky.social
HOD for Economics and Business. Subject advocate for AQA Economics. Experienced examiner for AQA. Member of Mucho Macho with Wiiija records. Liverpool fan, referee. “Hipster , woke , vegan , Mockney , metropolitan liberal elite ruining London”
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Really good book by @hannahritchie.bsky.social and thanks for @economicsinten.bsky.social for recommendation.
Basic message, stop eating meat, and beef in particular would help things a lot 🌱 some of the farming stats are absolutely shocking
December 24, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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Maybe I'm Amazed: A Story of Love and Connection in Ten Songs by @johnharris1969.bsky.social is a bargain 99p on Kindle today #affiliatelink
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Maybe I'm Amazed: A Story of Love and Connection in Ten Songs: A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK
In this memoir, a father shares how music has opened up the world to his autistic son, revealing the profound connection and endless wonder that music can bring.
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December 24, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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The 50 best albums of 2025: No 1 – Rosalía: Lux
The 50 best albums of 2025: No 1 – Rosalía: Lux
On her monumental, maximalist opus, the dazzlingly audacious Spanish singer balanced pop and classical, experimentation and accessibility
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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Very readable.
December 22, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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We're really enjoying @hannahritchie.bsky.social's first book 'Not the End of the World' so we can heartily recommend this. However, we do constantly think how optimistic she remains with Trump back-peddalling on a lot of climate stuff and others following... #EconSky
If you’re looking for some holiday reading, my new book — Clearing the Air — is on offer at £1.99 on Kindle for the next 24 hours.

Hope you enjoy!

www.amazon.co.uk/Clearing-Air...
December 22, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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Would be nice if Kier Starmer actually called Donald Trump and the far right out on this.
Don’t believe the fake gloom about London
The UK capital is subject to more than its fair share of misinformation
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December 21, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Jo Cox was murdered before the vote by a far-right terrorist & this is the language this complete disgrace chooses to use
December 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Farage received £25,972 for speaking as 'the man who delivered Brexit' at a Florida Republicans fundraiser dinner in March.

Reform UK is about bringing MAGA Trumpism to our country - politics that serves the super rich & sacrifices the rest.
@bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/11/24/n...
December 16, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Respect to @danielrachel.bsky.social for talking about this masterpiece of a song in his excellent new book on facism in music and holocaust denials open.spotify.com/track/6b12x9...
Ghosts Of Dachau ("Dachau Was A Nazi Concentration Camp, The Scene Of Mass Murders")
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December 16, 2025 at 7:08 AM
December 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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We know we saw it last night but we're still extremely excited and happy that we're mentioned in a The Sunday Times economics article. Thanks @dsmitheconomics.bsky.social for a lovely early Christmas present. 🎅🕺🎄 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
December 14, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Reading Adam Rutherford's "How To Argue with a Racist". Despite the pugnacious title it's largely a fun, readable and highly educational book about genetics (with the occasional glimpse into the worldview of white supremacists). I learned a lot.
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December 13, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Tickets in the bag. Have seen here before at Somerset House, amazing back then, should be even better now, despite the terrible venue!
December 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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OK, the full story is a lot better - the banner is being relocated within the stadium

(sorry not to have posted originally) www.nytimes.com/athletic/687...
Spurs LGBTQ+ flag relocated after Slavia Prague request
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Great to be up in London yesterday for the legends that are Kermode & Mayo, and ‘hello to Jason Isaac’s’ from the States. London isn’t over btw, absolutely packed on a Sunday evening, despite the dog whistles from the far right
December 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Latest from me: on overdiagnosis, a craze/bandwagon the govt is indulging by commissioning an official review, complete with the clunky blurring of mental illness & neurodivergence www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The right’s callous overdiagnosis bandwagon is rolling. Wes Streeting should not be on it | John Harris
Thankfully, we now know more about conditions such as autism and ADHD. The health secretary must not be part of this attempt to turn back the clock, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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End of the week goodness. Although heading into ‘lawless’ London, so wish me luck.
The Future Shape Of Sound / The Too Bad Jims – Whats Cookin
What's Cookin' Xmas Gospel Rock'n'Soul Extravaganza! The Future Shape Of Sound are an (up to) 10 piece Shakedown Gospel Rock’n’Roll Soul Blues outfit. Spearheaded by music producer Alex McGowan aka “...
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December 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
www.theguardian.com/music/ng-int...

Rosalia no.1 obviously. An absolute masterpiece
The 20 best songs of 2025
This year’s outstanding tracks – from post-punk rap to indie-disco and operatic pop – as voted for by 30 Guardian music writers
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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Oh, look. A load of coverage about a new government inquiry into "overdiagnosis" that completely blurs autism & mental illness, and ends up leaning into all those tropes about people making it all up.
December 4, 2025 at 7:19 AM
At Economics In Action today. Nice to be up in London, which isn’t over.
December 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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It is perfectly possible to believe that the economic costs of the UK leaving the EU and the economic benefits of rejoining are asymmetric.
December 3, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Absolutely insane, destroying a world leading industry
Every sympathy for University of Essex (and pressures facing them) but this is very bad news for Southend.

giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Essex university to cut 400 jobs as overseas student numbers plummet
Essex university to cut 400 jobs as overseas student numbers plummet
Roles to be lost are part of wave of redundancy programmes across UK’s higher education sector
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December 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The very sensible suggestion of joining the EU customs union, immediately knocked back by Starmer. He really is hopeless, when it comes to sensible economics
2. It's obvious, or should be, that reforming the property tax system and mitigating Brexit are both necessities for the UK. But when the Prime Minister's economic adviser raised these issues, she was knocked back on both for political reasons. This in a gov't with a 148 seat majority.
December 1, 2025 at 7:12 PM