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
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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.
reading Mary Oliver is like a hug.
I hope this one finds you gently, dear reader.
I hope this one finds you gently, dear reader.
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
reading Mary Oliver is like a hug.
I hope this one finds you gently, dear reader.
I hope this one finds you gently, dear reader.
America gets way too much attention on this. Canada deserves some too. Since the budget mtgs took place recently & I'm still lividly boiling. Plus, I'm moody today for other reasons. Voilà. It is good to have this around. A fun little activity: compare these net worths to the recent budget figures
The Rich List - Macleans.ca
There's a new billionaire topping our list this year. Here are Canada's 40 wealthiest people—and how they made their money.
macleans.ca
November 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
America gets way too much attention on this. Canada deserves some too. Since the budget mtgs took place recently & I'm still lividly boiling. Plus, I'm moody today for other reasons. Voilà. It is good to have this around. A fun little activity: compare these net worths to the recent budget figures
america is not a real place, folks. heck, this globe is no longer a real place.
unreal. a norm for any day. circa 2025.
unreal. a norm for any day. circa 2025.
"Crazy things happen in world politics all the time, yes, but there really aren't many scenes as surreal as Ahmed Sharaa – not so long ago a leading jihadist insurgent in Iraq and Syria and now Syria's president – triumphantly visiting the White House."
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Sharaa shoots his shot
Crazy things happen in world politics all the time, yes, but there really aren't many scenes as surreal as Ahmed Sharaa – not so long ago a leading jihadist insurgent in Iraq and Syria and now Syria's...
abuaardvarkghost.ghost.io
November 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
america is not a real place, folks. heck, this globe is no longer a real place.
unreal. a norm for any day. circa 2025.
unreal. a norm for any day. circa 2025.
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"I want you to understand, regardless of your politics, the historical danger of a secret police. What happens when a militia is deployed in our neighborhoods and against our own people. Left unchecked their mandate will grow; the boundaries of acceptable identity and speech will shrink."
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"I want you to understand, regardless of your politics, the historical danger of a secret police. What happens when a militia is deployed in our neighborhoods and against our own people. Left unchecked their mandate will grow; the boundaries of acceptable identity and speech will shrink."
insanoğlu sınanmadığı şeyin bülbülü,
Sınandığı şeyin dilsizidir.
Hayirli Pazartesiler, efendim. Bon lundi tout le monde!
Sınandığı şeyin dilsizidir.
Hayirli Pazartesiler, efendim. Bon lundi tout le monde!
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
insanoğlu sınanmadığı şeyin bülbülü,
Sınandığı şeyin dilsizidir.
Hayirli Pazartesiler, efendim. Bon lundi tout le monde!
Sınandığı şeyin dilsizidir.
Hayirli Pazartesiler, efendim. Bon lundi tout le monde!
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One of the unacknowledged advantages of this awful era is that it's revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power.
The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever.
But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.
The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever.
But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
One of the unacknowledged advantages of this awful era is that it's revealing for all to see the putrid connections between great wealth and great power.
The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever.
But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.
The intentions of the oligarchs are fully exposed and more blatant than ever.
But remember: We outnumber the oligarchs.
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I skipped this article for a while because I figured I'd read enough about the NYT's Mamdani coverage. I don't want to say the headline does the article a disservice - it is also very much about that - but goes well beyond as well
This is fucking brilliant, and you should read it: lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I skipped this article for a while because I figured I'd read enough about the NYT's Mamdani coverage. I don't want to say the headline does the article a disservice - it is also very much about that - but goes well beyond as well
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
so today is the day i confirm i’m now officiellement une parisienne. je t’explique.
i leave work early—it’s been a fuckin week, yaddi yaddi yadda. i go to this brasserie that’s apparently the spot among my students (first mistake je l’admets). en tout cas, i order my vin rouge, open my book.
i leave work early—it’s been a fuckin week, yaddi yaddi yadda. i go to this brasserie that’s apparently the spot among my students (first mistake je l’admets). en tout cas, i order my vin rouge, open my book.
November 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
so today is the day i confirm i’m now officiellement une parisienne. je t’explique.
i leave work early—it’s been a fuckin week, yaddi yaddi yadda. i go to this brasserie that’s apparently the spot among my students (first mistake je l’admets). en tout cas, i order my vin rouge, open my book.
i leave work early—it’s been a fuckin week, yaddi yaddi yadda. i go to this brasserie that’s apparently the spot among my students (first mistake je l’admets). en tout cas, i order my vin rouge, open my book.
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Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/
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SNAP has existed for 60 years. Benefits have gone out every single month over those six decades, including during government shutdowns. Until now.
Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.
Don’t forget this.
Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.
Don’t forget this.
November 6, 2025 at 9:15 PM
SNAP has existed for 60 years. Benefits have gone out every single month over those six decades, including during government shutdowns. Until now.
Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.
Don’t forget this.
Make no mistake: The money is available to fund SNAP during this shutdown. Trump is making a choice to withhold it.
Don’t forget this.
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"China can produce almost a terawatt of renewable-energy capacity in a year. That is enough to supply as much energy as more than 300 big nuclear-power plants."
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
I love The Economist's bullishness here
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
I love The Economist's bullishness here
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:08 AM
"China can produce almost a terawatt of renewable-energy capacity in a year. That is enough to supply as much energy as more than 300 big nuclear-power plants."
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
I love The Economist's bullishness here
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
I love The Economist's bullishness here
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While US venture capitalists were buying monkey jpegs, and DOGE coins, and figuring out how to get Black women fired, and tweeting about white birthrates, and trying to mandate which bathroom trans kids should use, China was making progress on climate change and taking the lead in a real industry.
China has made cheap, clean energy available in huge quantities. The world should take the win econ.st/4oqFszB
Photo: Eyevine
Photo: Eyevine
November 7, 2025 at 11:22 AM
While US venture capitalists were buying monkey jpegs, and DOGE coins, and figuring out how to get Black women fired, and tweeting about white birthrates, and trying to mandate which bathroom trans kids should use, China was making progress on climate change and taking the lead in a real industry.
some weeks just come swinging. Got brutal feedback on two internal reports, woke up to two journal rejections. voilà. you lift, you run, you note, you build on them. it’s a muscle. it gets stronger, warmer, less shocked each time. – ur economist gal, off to her long run, cuz this week been a century
November 7, 2025 at 9:25 AM
some weeks just come swinging. Got brutal feedback on two internal reports, woke up to two journal rejections. voilà. you lift, you run, you note, you build on them. it’s a muscle. it gets stronger, warmer, less shocked each time. – ur economist gal, off to her long run, cuz this week been a century
Today is yet another day where I confirm writing is one of the hardest fucking crafts out there.
- your neighborly economist gal whose brain is turned into mush from 8 hours of screen time looking at a manuscript which still remains to be a hot mess
- your neighborly economist gal whose brain is turned into mush from 8 hours of screen time looking at a manuscript which still remains to be a hot mess
November 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Today is yet another day where I confirm writing is one of the hardest fucking crafts out there.
- your neighborly economist gal whose brain is turned into mush from 8 hours of screen time looking at a manuscript which still remains to be a hot mess
- your neighborly economist gal whose brain is turned into mush from 8 hours of screen time looking at a manuscript which still remains to be a hot mess
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“This is something I experienced as a woman, but it is something that all women in our country experience,” said Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum. “If I do not file a complaint, where does that leave all Mexican women?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Man gropes Mexican president as she speaks to citizens on the streets
Visibly drunk man tries to kiss and embrace Claudia Sheinbaum, highlighting security risk and harassment women face in Mexico
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:14 AM
“This is something I experienced as a woman, but it is something that all women in our country experience,” said Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum. “If I do not file a complaint, where does that leave all Mexican women?
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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The UK lost £11 BILLION to multinational corporations cheating on their taxes from 2016 to 2021.
Who's robbed us? Our govts know— they have the tax records— but have kept them from the public due to a US-backed global gag order. #NameTheTaxCheaters
Report from @taxjustice.net 👉 bit.ly/taxjustice25
Who's robbed us? Our govts know— they have the tax records— but have kept them from the public due to a US-backed global gag order. #NameTheTaxCheaters
Report from @taxjustice.net 👉 bit.ly/taxjustice25
November 4, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The UK lost £11 BILLION to multinational corporations cheating on their taxes from 2016 to 2021.
Who's robbed us? Our govts know— they have the tax records— but have kept them from the public due to a US-backed global gag order. #NameTheTaxCheaters
Report from @taxjustice.net 👉 bit.ly/taxjustice25
Who's robbed us? Our govts know— they have the tax records— but have kept them from the public due to a US-backed global gag order. #NameTheTaxCheaters
Report from @taxjustice.net 👉 bit.ly/taxjustice25
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In the UK they have a way of dealing with a situation where you feel your conscience no longer permits you to fulfill your duties and it's called resigning
Senate Democratic Minority Leader Schumer’s decision not to endorse Zohran Mamdani in the NYC mayoral race “was driven in large part…by his self-conception as a guardian of Israel, something he considers a core part of his personal and political identity.”
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/u...
Even on Election Day, Schumer Is Mum on Mamdani
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:32 AM
In the UK they have a way of dealing with a situation where you feel your conscience no longer permits you to fulfill your duties and it's called resigning
"The idea that Mamdani should be feared by voters because he is Muslim, and because of his position on Palestine, is not only acceptable in media coverage and political discourse, but pervades it.
November 5, 2025 at 10:33 PM
"The idea that Mamdani should be feared by voters because he is Muslim, and because of his position on Palestine, is not only acceptable in media coverage and political discourse, but pervades it.
A superb piece by the ever-excellent @hebagowayed.bsky.social. Merci @therumpus.net!
"While I am proud to see Mamdani ascend to the ranks of the highest political office in NYC, espousing a socialist politics and an inclusivity that insists that Muslims are a part of New York, I am also fearful.
"While I am proud to see Mamdani ascend to the ranks of the highest political office in NYC, espousing a socialist politics and an inclusivity that insists that Muslims are a part of New York, I am also fearful.
Zohran Mamdani’s Campaign and the Radical Idea that Muslims are Human - The Rumpus
It is against this background of a country that has reduced Muslims into a dark, foreign, terrorist “other,” that Mamdani ran a campaign that centers the affordability of the city for all who live wit...
therumpus.net
November 5, 2025 at 10:26 PM
A superb piece by the ever-excellent @hebagowayed.bsky.social. Merci @therumpus.net!
"While I am proud to see Mamdani ascend to the ranks of the highest political office in NYC, espousing a socialist politics and an inclusivity that insists that Muslims are a part of New York, I am also fearful.
"While I am proud to see Mamdani ascend to the ranks of the highest political office in NYC, espousing a socialist politics and an inclusivity that insists that Muslims are a part of New York, I am also fearful.
I Woke Up
and it was political.
I made coffee and the coffee was political.
I took a shower and the water was.
— by Jameson Fitzpatrick.
and it was political.
I made coffee and the coffee was political.
I took a shower and the water was.
— by Jameson Fitzpatrick.
November 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I Woke Up
and it was political.
I made coffee and the coffee was political.
I took a shower and the water was.
— by Jameson Fitzpatrick.
and it was political.
I made coffee and the coffee was political.
I took a shower and the water was.
— by Jameson Fitzpatrick.
More than $8 million from Mike Bloomberg.
$3 million from Airbnb’s co-founder.
$3 million from the Estée Lauder family.
$2 million from Bill Ackman.
$1 million from DoorDash.
$200K from Walmart's heiress.
Mayor Mamdani didn't just beat Andrew Cuomo.
$3 million from Airbnb’s co-founder.
$3 million from the Estée Lauder family.
$2 million from Bill Ackman.
$1 million from DoorDash.
$200K from Walmart's heiress.
Mayor Mamdani didn't just beat Andrew Cuomo.
November 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
More than $8 million from Mike Bloomberg.
$3 million from Airbnb’s co-founder.
$3 million from the Estée Lauder family.
$2 million from Bill Ackman.
$1 million from DoorDash.
$200K from Walmart's heiress.
Mayor Mamdani didn't just beat Andrew Cuomo.
$3 million from Airbnb’s co-founder.
$3 million from the Estée Lauder family.
$2 million from Bill Ackman.
$1 million from DoorDash.
$200K from Walmart's heiress.
Mayor Mamdani didn't just beat Andrew Cuomo.
Elana Leopold, executive director.
Maria Torres-Springer, the former first deputy mayor.
Lina Khan, the former federal trade commission chair.
United Way's president and CEO, Grace Bonilla.
Former deputy mayor for health and human services Melanie Hartzog.
That’s it. I am sending in my CV. ✅
Maria Torres-Springer, the former first deputy mayor.
Lina Khan, the former federal trade commission chair.
United Way's president and CEO, Grace Bonilla.
Former deputy mayor for health and human services Melanie Hartzog.
That’s it. I am sending in my CV. ✅
November 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Elana Leopold, executive director.
Maria Torres-Springer, the former first deputy mayor.
Lina Khan, the former federal trade commission chair.
United Way's president and CEO, Grace Bonilla.
Former deputy mayor for health and human services Melanie Hartzog.
That’s it. I am sending in my CV. ✅
Maria Torres-Springer, the former first deputy mayor.
Lina Khan, the former federal trade commission chair.
United Way's president and CEO, Grace Bonilla.
Former deputy mayor for health and human services Melanie Hartzog.
That’s it. I am sending in my CV. ✅
Sir. Can I send in my CV?
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November 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Sir. Can I send in my CV?
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