Dilek Sayedahmed
@dileksay2.substack.com
Market Design Economist gone rogue | Senior Economic Policy Advisor at WAGE & EIC ✨ One of those academic types who prefers books over people✌🏾 Elaine Benes of economics 🫡 une montréalaise économiste qui fait des choses.
https://dileksay2.substack.com
https://dileksay2.substack.com
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Just some thoughts from an immigrant economist gal wrapping up this historic election season. It really shouldn’t come as a surprise. The rhetoric of the center-left in the U.S. has been, as usual, frustrating.
Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.
—Lorraine Hansberry.
—Lorraine Hansberry.
December 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Never be afraid to sit awhile and think.
—Lorraine Hansberry.
—Lorraine Hansberry.
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Zohran Mamdani has tapped Julie Su as NYC's Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice, a newly created role that, Mamdani said, will focus on tackling inequality, confronting unfair labor practices & corporate abuse & prioritizing workers and consumers over profit.
Su is a longtime labor rights lawyer...
Su is a longtime labor rights lawyer...
December 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Zohran Mamdani has tapped Julie Su as NYC's Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice, a newly created role that, Mamdani said, will focus on tackling inequality, confronting unfair labor practices & corporate abuse & prioritizing workers and consumers over profit.
Su is a longtime labor rights lawyer...
Su is a longtime labor rights lawyer...
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Peace, taken seriously, would also tie together domestic and international policymaking. It would require confronting violence not only abroad but at home in the UK, which is experiencing rising knife crimes, gender-based violence, and the scapegoating of migrants and asylum seekers.
December 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Peace, taken seriously, would also tie together domestic and international policymaking. It would require confronting violence not only abroad but at home in the UK, which is experiencing rising knife crimes, gender-based violence, and the scapegoating of migrants and asylum seekers.
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I feel like this is a timely read to keep on desks and use frequently.
Thirty-eight years ago, a movement for ‘socially useful production’ pioneered practical approaches for more democratic technology development.
Thirty-eight years ago, a movement for ‘socially useful production’ pioneered practical approaches for more democratic technology development.
The Lucas Plan: What can it tell as about democratising technology today? | Adrian Smith
Thirty-eight years ago, a movement for ‘socially useful production’ pioneered practical approaches for more democratic technology development. Perhaps their argument was the most socially useful produ...
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:16 AM
I feel like this is a timely read to keep on desks and use frequently.
Thirty-eight years ago, a movement for ‘socially useful production’ pioneered practical approaches for more democratic technology development.
Thirty-eight years ago, a movement for ‘socially useful production’ pioneered practical approaches for more democratic technology development.
My god this is an incredible piece.
For the activists and local residents, data alone cannot solve their issues. Data cannot transcend the lively and contradictory social worlds that it measures. If data is to act then it needs ultimately to be brought back into those generative social contexts.
For the activists and local residents, data alone cannot solve their issues. Data cannot transcend the lively and contradictory social worlds that it measures. If data is to act then it needs ultimately to be brought back into those generative social contexts.
Smart cities need thick data, not big data
In Barcelona, high-tech data platforms generate demand for old-fashioned community development.
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:26 PM
My god this is an incredible piece.
For the activists and local residents, data alone cannot solve their issues. Data cannot transcend the lively and contradictory social worlds that it measures. If data is to act then it needs ultimately to be brought back into those generative social contexts.
For the activists and local residents, data alone cannot solve their issues. Data cannot transcend the lively and contradictory social worlds that it measures. If data is to act then it needs ultimately to be brought back into those generative social contexts.
Going into 2026, quelques petits rappels de la part de votre économiste de quartier:
There seems to be a trend among passionate free-market lovers. Free markets seem so wonderful, anarchic, and chaotic that it seems absurd to many that they can be planned and designed by anyone.
There seems to be a trend among passionate free-market lovers. Free markets seem so wonderful, anarchic, and chaotic that it seems absurd to many that they can be planned and designed by anyone.
December 18, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Going into 2026, quelques petits rappels de la part de votre économiste de quartier:
There seems to be a trend among passionate free-market lovers. Free markets seem so wonderful, anarchic, and chaotic that it seems absurd to many that they can be planned and designed by anyone.
There seems to be a trend among passionate free-market lovers. Free markets seem so wonderful, anarchic, and chaotic that it seems absurd to many that they can be planned and designed by anyone.
I feel like this is a timely read to keep on desks and use frequently.
Thirty-eight years ago, a movement for ‘socially useful production’ pioneered practical approaches for more democratic technology development.
Thirty-eight years ago, a movement for ‘socially useful production’ pioneered practical approaches for more democratic technology development.
The Lucas Plan: What can it tell as about democratising technology today? | Adrian Smith
Thirty-eight years ago, a movement for ‘socially useful production’ pioneered practical approaches for more democratic technology development. Perhaps their argument was the most socially useful produ...
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:16 AM
I feel like this is a timely read to keep on desks and use frequently.
Thirty-eight years ago, a movement for ‘socially useful production’ pioneered practical approaches for more democratic technology development.
Thirty-eight years ago, a movement for ‘socially useful production’ pioneered practical approaches for more democratic technology development.
let them not say
December 15, 2025 at 7:07 PM
let them not say
As Hannah Arendt reminds us, even in the darkest of times, we have the right to expect some illumination.
Chag Sameach.
Happy Hanukkah, friends.
Chag Sameach.
Happy Hanukkah, friends.
December 15, 2025 at 2:20 PM
As Hannah Arendt reminds us, even in the darkest of times, we have the right to expect some illumination.
Chag Sameach.
Happy Hanukkah, friends.
Chag Sameach.
Happy Hanukkah, friends.
"Even in the darkest of times we have the right to expect some illumination."
— Hannah Arendt
— Hannah Arendt
December 15, 2025 at 5:21 AM
"Even in the darkest of times we have the right to expect some illumination."
— Hannah Arendt
— Hannah Arendt
At the European Parliament Financial and Budgetary Services FISC Subcommittee hearing on the taxation of ultra-high-net-worth individuals, our commissioner and EU Tax Observatory director Gabriel Zucman presented a provoking argument:
December 15, 2025 at 5:18 AM
At the European Parliament Financial and Budgetary Services FISC Subcommittee hearing on the taxation of ultra-high-net-worth individuals, our commissioner and EU Tax Observatory director Gabriel Zucman presented a provoking argument:
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America has the most marketized health care system, with co-pays and HSAs already in place to patients to act like consumers. And we have the most expensive system with poor outcomes.
Ron Johnson: "Obamacare has caused this consolidation. The solution is consumerism. Free market competition."
December 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
America has the most marketized health care system, with co-pays and HSAs already in place to patients to act like consumers. And we have the most expensive system with poor outcomes.
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Predicting that some universities will soon pledge to provide AI-free instruction, and that this will be an advantage in recruiting and training top students
Nothing will make you an education AI skeptic faster than grading some college take home assignments. Admins who haven’t been in a classroom in years push it as a learning tool. Students are laughing at them as they use it as a cheating tool. It’s all instructors are texting about with each other.
December 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Predicting that some universities will soon pledge to provide AI-free instruction, and that this will be an advantage in recruiting and training top students
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All I can say this morning is look for the helpers, like Ahmed.
“Seven News reported the bystander was a 43-year-old fruit shop owner from the Sutherland Shire named Ahmed.”
“Seven News reported the bystander was a 43-year-old fruit shop owner from the Sutherland Shire named Ahmed.”
Bystander tackles and wrestles gun from alleged gunman during Bondi beach mass shooting
Bystander tackles and wrestles gun from alleged gunman during Bondi beach mass shooting
Video shows the man rushing one of the alleged gunmen who shot dozens of people on Sunday evening in Australia
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Bondi beach shooting live updates
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Bondi terror attack: full report
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What we know so far about the shooting in Australia
A bystander tackled and wrestled a gun from one of the two alleged gunman during the Bondi beach mass shooting in which at least 12 people were killed, footage shows.
Video of the scene shows the alleged gunman standing on a footpath between a grassy area and parking lot holding a shotgun and firing into the distance. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
All I can say this morning is look for the helpers, like Ahmed.
“Seven News reported the bystander was a 43-year-old fruit shop owner from the Sutherland Shire named Ahmed.”
“Seven News reported the bystander was a 43-year-old fruit shop owner from the Sutherland Shire named Ahmed.”
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Compare the statement about the antisemitic terror attack in Australia by the Israeli Prime Minister with the one by Zohran Mamdani, and ask yourself who more truly cares about condemning antisemitism, as opposed to using it to promote unrelated politics.
December 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Compare the statement about the antisemitic terror attack in Australia by the Israeli Prime Minister with the one by Zohran Mamdani, and ask yourself who more truly cares about condemning antisemitism, as opposed to using it to promote unrelated politics.
Wow. You search for a little light, feel a brief breeze of relief—and then life says, hold my beer, and delivers another hell. There is so much hate in this world. Please be cautious of the inevitable flood of misinformation that follows atrocities like this. Verify what you see and hear.
December 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Wow. You search for a little light, feel a brief breeze of relief—and then life says, hold my beer, and delivers another hell. There is so much hate in this world. Please be cautious of the inevitable flood of misinformation that follows atrocities like this. Verify what you see and hear.
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Last Hanukkah, Rabbi Schlanger urged people to celebrate boldly, “to be more Jewish” in the face of antisemitism.
Our menorahs tonight will also be yahrzeit candles–with grief for this grievous loss and rededication to shine brighter than slaughter & hate.
Our menorahs tonight will also be yahrzeit candles–with grief for this grievous loss and rededication to shine brighter than slaughter & hate.
December 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Last Hanukkah, Rabbi Schlanger urged people to celebrate boldly, “to be more Jewish” in the face of antisemitism.
Our menorahs tonight will also be yahrzeit candles–with grief for this grievous loss and rededication to shine brighter than slaughter & hate.
Our menorahs tonight will also be yahrzeit candles–with grief for this grievous loss and rededication to shine brighter than slaughter & hate.
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Ahmed el Ahmed, a 43 yr-old Muslim father of two, risked his life to tackle the terrorist who killed 12 at a Sydney Hanukkah celebration, disarming him in that incredible video.
He is in hospital with two gunshot wounds to the arm & hand.
Thank you, dear Ahmed. You are a hero!
He is in hospital with two gunshot wounds to the arm & hand.
Thank you, dear Ahmed. You are a hero!
Hero bystander who tackled gunman in incredible footage identified
In the aftermath of the devastation at Bondi, a deluge of footage poured onto social media. One video of an act of incredible bravery stood out.
www.smh.com.au
December 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Ahmed el Ahmed, a 43 yr-old Muslim father of two, risked his life to tackle the terrorist who killed 12 at a Sydney Hanukkah celebration, disarming him in that incredible video.
He is in hospital with two gunshot wounds to the arm & hand.
Thank you, dear Ahmed. You are a hero!
He is in hospital with two gunshot wounds to the arm & hand.
Thank you, dear Ahmed. You are a hero!
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Look for the heroes.
"..the bystander was a 43-yr-old fruit shop owner from the Sutherland Shire named Ahmed. A family member interviewed on Sun night outside a major Sydney hospital where victims from the attack were being brought said the father of two had been admitted after being shot twice."
"..the bystander was a 43-yr-old fruit shop owner from the Sutherland Shire named Ahmed. A family member interviewed on Sun night outside a major Sydney hospital where victims from the attack were being brought said the father of two had been admitted after being shot twice."
Bystander tackles and wrestles gun from alleged gunman during Bondi beach mass shooting
Bystander tackles and wrestles gun from alleged gunman during Bondi beach mass shooting
Video shows the man rushing one of the alleged gunmen who shot dozens of people on Sunday evening in Australia
*
Bondi beach shooting live updates
*
Bondi terror attack: full report
*
What we know so far about the shooting in Australia
A bystander tackled and wrestled a gun from one of the two alleged gunman during the Bondi beach mass shooting in which at least 12 people were killed, footage shows.
Video of the scene shows the alleged gunman standing on a footpath between a grassy area and parking lot holding a shotgun and firing into the distance. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Look for the heroes.
"..the bystander was a 43-yr-old fruit shop owner from the Sutherland Shire named Ahmed. A family member interviewed on Sun night outside a major Sydney hospital where victims from the attack were being brought said the father of two had been admitted after being shot twice."
"..the bystander was a 43-yr-old fruit shop owner from the Sutherland Shire named Ahmed. A family member interviewed on Sun night outside a major Sydney hospital where victims from the attack were being brought said the father of two had been admitted after being shot twice."
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The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
‘I heard 40, 50 shots’: Witnesses fled Bondi Beach as gunmen targeted Jewish event
Gunshots ripped through a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney, killing at least 12 people
www.irishtimes.com
December 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The anti-Semitic mass shooting in Australia will cause a national conversation and policy change. We know this because the 1996 Port Arthur massacre led to significant restrictions on guns.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
The shooting at Brown will do nothing. We know this because it occurred on the anniversary of Sandy Hook.
I am in Baldwin state of mind these days:
“I can't be a pessimist because I am alive. To be a pessimist means that you have agreed that human life is an academic matter. So, I am forced to be an optimist. I am forced to believe that we can survive, whatever we must survive.”
“I can't be a pessimist because I am alive. To be a pessimist means that you have agreed that human life is an academic matter. So, I am forced to be an optimist. I am forced to believe that we can survive, whatever we must survive.”
December 12, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I am in Baldwin state of mind these days:
“I can't be a pessimist because I am alive. To be a pessimist means that you have agreed that human life is an academic matter. So, I am forced to be an optimist. I am forced to believe that we can survive, whatever we must survive.”
“I can't be a pessimist because I am alive. To be a pessimist means that you have agreed that human life is an academic matter. So, I am forced to be an optimist. I am forced to believe that we can survive, whatever we must survive.”
Yesterday, ever-excellent economist Gabriel Zucman was auditioned by the European Parliament on the crucial topic of taxing high-net-worth individuals.
Watch the audition replay here:
Watch the audition replay here:
Subcommittee on Tax Matters Ordinary meeting - Multimedia Centre
The multimedia platform of the European Parliament is the official public available repository of the media production of the Secretariat of the European Parliament, managed by the Directorate-General...
multimedia.europarl.europa.eu
December 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Yesterday, ever-excellent economist Gabriel Zucman was auditioned by the European Parliament on the crucial topic of taxing high-net-worth individuals.
Watch the audition replay here:
Watch the audition replay here:
What is the best way to tax high-net-worth individuals (HNWI) in Europe effectively?
Wealth taxes and high-net-worth individuals in Europe: Five Lessons for the Twenty-First Century - Eutax
www.taxobservatory.eu
December 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM
What is the best way to tax high-net-worth individuals (HNWI) in Europe effectively?
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Great thread highlighting the lack of tax the rich pay in France and the consequence that arises from it. Obviously this happens in other countries as well. It's still fascinating how politicians demonise those on benefits but have to little to say on this. The 'wealth creator' argument we assume.
Bernard Arnault pays proportionally less income tax than an employee on minimum wage: on the $3.2 billion in LVMH dividends he received in 2023, he paid less than 2% tax.
The Arnault case is instructive because of the sums involved: $3 billion in dividends that are almost entirely tax-free.
The Arnault case is instructive because of the sums involved: $3 billion in dividends that are almost entirely tax-free.
December 11, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Great thread highlighting the lack of tax the rich pay in France and the consequence that arises from it. Obviously this happens in other countries as well. It's still fascinating how politicians demonise those on benefits but have to little to say on this. The 'wealth creator' argument we assume.