Eoin McLaughlin
@eoinaldo.bsky.social
Econ Prof at Heriot-Watt University, interested in #econhist, #landreform, #microfinance, #sustainabledevelopment, #health, #nufc & #Seinfeld (not necessarily in that order)
www.eoinmclaughlin.ie
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Eoin McLaughlin
@eoinaldo.bsky.social
· Oct 1
Manuscript done ✅ Off to production at Bloomsbury!
The book revisits Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations at 250, rethinking prosperity through inclusive wealth & sustainability
More soon… 📖✨
The book revisits Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations at 250, rethinking prosperity through inclusive wealth & sustainability
More soon… 📖✨
This is why I'm still doing in-person exams....:“In my whole degree, I never had an in-person exam. That’s why ChatGPT has gone rampant. It’s just so easy to cheat.”
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February 8, 2026 at 7:31 AM
This is why I'm still doing in-person exams....:“In my whole degree, I never had an in-person exam. That’s why ChatGPT has gone rampant. It’s just so easy to cheat.”
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I've read a lot of literature on existential risk but this is a unique (unhinged?) perspective www.politico.eu/article/trum...
Trump ally and tech billionaire Peter Thiel brings Antichrist warning to Paris
“I heard more about the Antichrist during those 45 minutes than during the rest of my life,” one attendee tells POLITICO.
www.politico.eu
February 8, 2026 at 7:15 AM
I've read a lot of literature on existential risk but this is a unique (unhinged?) perspective www.politico.eu/article/trum...
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A recent fave for our mini reader subscribers was the very funny Once I Was A Tree by Eoin McLaughlin and Guilherme Karsten, we had so much fun creating an activity pack all about trees! 🌲 @nosycrow.bsky.social @eoinaldo.bsky.social #childrensbooks #BookSky
January 26, 2026 at 7:39 PM
A recent fave for our mini reader subscribers was the very funny Once I Was A Tree by Eoin McLaughlin and Guilherme Karsten, we had so much fun creating an activity pack all about trees! 🌲 @nosycrow.bsky.social @eoinaldo.bsky.social #childrensbooks #BookSky
Gordon Brown on Mandelson: observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
February 7, 2026 at 5:40 AM
Gordon Brown on Mandelson: observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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This week’s Gist is about how the U.K. Labour Party unknowingly has been blowing itself up by following Morgan McSweeney’s FG electoral instincts.
They don’t know the patterns, but we do.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-uk-...
They don’t know the patterns, but we do.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-uk-...
The Gist: UK Labour's FG mastermind
The UK Labour Party is being run into the ground, thanks to adopting FG's election tactics. This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
February 6, 2026 at 9:24 AM
This week’s Gist is about how the U.K. Labour Party unknowingly has been blowing itself up by following Morgan McSweeney’s FG electoral instincts.
They don’t know the patterns, but we do.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-uk-...
They don’t know the patterns, but we do.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-uk-...
This has been one of the most read articles on the RTE site in the past 24 hours
February 6, 2026 at 2:45 PM
This has been one of the most read articles on the RTE site in the past 24 hours
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'We're seeing eviction rates not seen in Ireland since the 1850s'. The growth in eviction notices is quite revealing viewed against Ireland's historical record, write @eoinaldo.bsky.social @heriotwattuni.bsky.social @researchireland.ie & Richard McMahon MIC Limerick www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
'We're seeing eviction rates not seen in Ireland since the 1850s'
The issuing of 5,000 eviction notices in three months last year is quite revealing when viewed against Ireland's historical record
www.rte.ie
February 5, 2026 at 4:00 PM
'We're seeing eviction rates not seen in Ireland since the 1850s'. The growth in eviction notices is quite revealing viewed against Ireland's historical record, write @eoinaldo.bsky.social @heriotwattuni.bsky.social @researchireland.ie & Richard McMahon MIC Limerick www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
We wrote an article on the high rate of evictions seen in Ireland last year and putting them in historical perspective www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
February 5, 2026 at 5:13 PM
We wrote an article on the high rate of evictions seen in Ireland last year and putting them in historical perspective www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
The global economic landscape has ruptured, how should the UK respond?: The dilemmas for the UK created by a rupturing world - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
The dilemmas for the UK created by a rupturing world
New priorities are needed to succeed amid unreliable and competing great powers
giftarticle.ft.com
February 2, 2026 at 11:30 AM
The global economic landscape has ruptured, how should the UK respond?: The dilemmas for the UK created by a rupturing world - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
As the etymology of Boycott comes from the Land War in Ireland (Captain Charles Boycott was a land agent socially ostracised) I love seeing his name being put to use for honourable causes:
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... (Archive link archive.is/L7FKw)
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... (Archive link archive.is/L7FKw)
archive.is
January 29, 2026 at 10:19 AM
As the etymology of Boycott comes from the Land War in Ireland (Captain Charles Boycott was a land agent socially ostracised) I love seeing his name being put to use for honourable causes:
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... (Archive link archive.is/L7FKw)
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a... (Archive link archive.is/L7FKw)
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The Doomsday Clock timeline explores every shift of the Clock—forward and backward— over the past 79 years.
Visit the timeline: buff.ly/UfYaZRZ
Visit the timeline: buff.ly/UfYaZRZ
January 27, 2026 at 4:56 PM
The Doomsday Clock timeline explores every shift of the Clock—forward and backward— over the past 79 years.
Visit the timeline: buff.ly/UfYaZRZ
Visit the timeline: buff.ly/UfYaZRZ
The rise of the answer machines - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
The rise of the answer machines
Universities trained students to produce polished responses on demand. Then AI learnt the same trick. What now?
giftarticle.ft.com
January 25, 2026 at 9:39 AM
The rise of the answer machines - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
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AI is supercharging information warfare. Influence operations are being automated. A single setup can generate content, schedule posts, reply at scale, and run engagement loops. When this is self-hosted, it does not rely on a platform vendor and it is harder to detect, take down or attribute. (1/5)
January 24, 2026 at 10:53 AM
AI is supercharging information warfare. Influence operations are being automated. A single setup can generate content, schedule posts, reply at scale, and run engagement loops. When this is self-hosted, it does not rely on a platform vendor and it is harder to detect, take down or attribute. (1/5)
In a week the FT have gone from reporting AI took all entry level jobs to, actually looks like it's macro economic conditions www.ft.com/content/7fbc...
The AI Shift: What millions of job ads reveal about AI displacement
A close inspection suggests all is not what it seems
www.ft.com
January 24, 2026 at 7:12 AM
In a week the FT have gone from reporting AI took all entry level jobs to, actually looks like it's macro economic conditions www.ft.com/content/7fbc...
#BrainRot is what my kids call this: theconversation.com/ai-induced-c...
AI-induced cultural stagnation is no longer speculation − it’s already happening
AI-mediated culture is already being filtered in ways that favor the familiar, the describable and the conventional.
theconversation.com
January 23, 2026 at 7:16 AM
#BrainRot is what my kids call this: theconversation.com/ai-induced-c...
Now available to pre-order www.waterstones.com/book/the-inc...
January 22, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Now available to pre-order www.waterstones.com/book/the-inc...
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The great graduate job drought - www.ft.com/content/c894... brilliant piece, somewhat terrifying for this father of three
The great graduate job drought
Economic uncertainty and the arrival of AI have brought a reduction in entry-level roles, with potentially disastrous consequences for young people
www.ft.com
January 22, 2026 at 7:04 AM
The great graduate job drought - www.ft.com/content/c894... brilliant piece, somewhat terrifying for this father of three
Offshoring universities seems a bit short sighted. Like when industry was off shored, what could possibly go wrong?UK drops target for international student recruitment - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
UK drops target for international student recruitment
Government to encourage education providers to open campuses overseas as it focuses on reducing migration
giftarticle.ft.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Offshoring universities seems a bit short sighted. Like when industry was off shored, what could possibly go wrong?UK drops target for international student recruitment - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
Designed by Grok
Ukip have submitted a new logo and slogan to the Electoral Commission, swapping the £ pound sterling symbol for a cross, that looks very much like it is modelled on the Iron Cross used by Prussia & Germany 1871-1918 and Hitler's Nazi regime from 1933-45
January 13, 2026 at 9:23 AM
Designed by Grok
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Scoop: The EPA will no longer estimate the lives saved by reducing air pollution when writing clean-air regulations, according to documents reviewed by @nytimes.com.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Scoop: The EPA will no longer estimate the lives saved by reducing air pollution when writing clean-air regulations, according to documents reviewed by @nytimes.com.
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
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UK grocers begin to feel impact of appetite-suppressing drugs reut.rs/3NeUsD5
UK grocers begin to feel impact of appetite-suppressing drugs
Britain’s major food retailers are beginning to feel the impact of a new trend as the surging popularity of appetite-suppressing drugs starts to reshape shopping habits and sales.
reut.rs
January 10, 2026 at 6:00 AM
UK grocers begin to feel impact of appetite-suppressing drugs reut.rs/3NeUsD5
I've always liked Jesse Ventura as a wrestling legend, but he's a real American
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Jesse Ventura calls Trump ‘draft-dodging coward,’ hints he may again run for governor
The former Minnesota governor slammed the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis
www.independent.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 8:16 PM
I've always liked Jesse Ventura as a wrestling legend, but he's a real American
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Nice piece on the possible collapse of demand from automation but surprisingly doesn't mention Marx (collapse of effective demand from the substitution of capital for labour) aleximas.substack.com/p/will-advan...
Can advanced AI lead to negative economic growth?
Considering the role of demand in the economics of AI
aleximas.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Nice piece on the possible collapse of demand from automation but surprisingly doesn't mention Marx (collapse of effective demand from the substitution of capital for labour) aleximas.substack.com/p/will-advan...
Editorial from Irish Economic and Social History congratulating Joel Mokyr for his Nobel recognition and highlighting the link between his studies on Ireland and his later work on the industrial revolution (it was only in print, not online but latest issue is here journals.sagepub.com/home/ies)
January 7, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Editorial from Irish Economic and Social History congratulating Joel Mokyr for his Nobel recognition and highlighting the link between his studies on Ireland and his later work on the industrial revolution (it was only in print, not online but latest issue is here journals.sagepub.com/home/ies)
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My first piece for @theconversation.com is now online!
Is it weird to have a favourite natural disaster? Mine is the Night of the Big Wind.
theconversation.com/how-a-feroci...
Is it weird to have a favourite natural disaster? Mine is the Night of the Big Wind.
theconversation.com/how-a-feroci...
How a ferocious 19th-century hurricane helped Irish people get their British pension
The devastating 1839 hurricane that hit the island of Ireland had unexpected benefits for some decades later.
theconversation.com
January 7, 2026 at 8:23 AM
My first piece for @theconversation.com is now online!
Is it weird to have a favourite natural disaster? Mine is the Night of the Big Wind.
theconversation.com/how-a-feroci...
Is it weird to have a favourite natural disaster? Mine is the Night of the Big Wind.
theconversation.com/how-a-feroci...