Erik Angner
@erikangner.com
Professor of Practical Philosophy, Stockholm University & Institute for Futures Studies. He/Him. Author of How Economics Can Save the World 🛟 a.co/d/0AZASJz Web: https://linktr.ee/erikangner Opinions &c. my own. Agent: JP Marshall #Econsky #Philsky
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Erik Angner
@erikangner.com
· Oct 21
Have I mentioned my book!? It tries to inspire action by arguing we already sort-of know what needs to be done about the world's biggest problems – and have a pretty good idea of what a solution looks like. Also, economics is not what you think! www.amazon.com/How-Economic...
På SVT:s Aktuellt om varför det är ett misstag att maximera lyckan, hur höga förväntningar och sociala jämförelser kan ställa till det, hur man får en glad jul och varför det är OK att vara sur ibland. En lagom god jul till alla 🎄 www.instagram.com/reel/DSpO1fC...
December 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
På SVT:s Aktuellt om varför det är ett misstag att maximera lyckan, hur höga förväntningar och sociala jämförelser kan ställa till det, hur man får en glad jul och varför det är OK att vara sur ibland. En lagom god jul till alla 🎄 www.instagram.com/reel/DSpO1fC...
Behöver du en julklapp nu – liksom NU!? Det är inte försent! Att skänka ett digitalt gåvokort från Ge Effektivt kan vara det bästa du gjort: geeffektivt.se/gavokort Ge Effektivt stödjer organisationer som gör mest nytta – för att alla ska få en maximalt God Jul 🎄 Tack på förhand :)
Gåvokort
Ge bort en gåva till välgörande ändamål som gör så stor skillnad för så många som möjligt.
geeffektivt.se
December 24, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Behöver du en julklapp nu – liksom NU!? Det är inte försent! Att skänka ett digitalt gåvokort från Ge Effektivt kan vara det bästa du gjort: geeffektivt.se/gavokort Ge Effektivt stödjer organisationer som gör mest nytta – för att alla ska få en maximalt God Jul 🎄 Tack på förhand :)
Om jag förstår saken rätt så har det i svenska fängelser funnits max en transsexuell mördare i Sverige på en och samma gång. Detta låter som något man löser från fall till fall och inte något som kräver utredningar, reformer och debatter på ledarsidorna. www.dn.se/sverige/inte...
Inte första gången biologisk man flyttas till kvinnofängelse – krav på lagändring
Moderaterna vill se lagändring.
www.dn.se
December 23, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Om jag förstår saken rätt så har det i svenska fängelser funnits max en transsexuell mördare i Sverige på en och samma gång. Detta låter som något man löser från fall till fall och inte något som kräver utredningar, reformer och debatter på ledarsidorna. www.dn.se/sverige/inte...
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The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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December 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
The 2025 Headline of the Year Nominees
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Se hela inslaget här: www.svtplay.se/video/8qPyWN...
December 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Se hela inslaget här: www.svtplay.se/video/8qPyWN...
So I was on national television and the clip leading up to my segment was several minutes of Bhutanese 🍆 *You* try to keep a straight face during the interview 😳 #GNH #GrossNationalHappiness #Bhutan #happiness #eggplants
December 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
So I was on national television and the clip leading up to my segment was several minutes of Bhutanese 🍆 *You* try to keep a straight face during the interview 😳 #GNH #GrossNationalHappiness #Bhutan #happiness #eggplants
Ikväll kl 21 kommer jag prata lycka med Cecilia Gralde på Aktuellt 📺 www.svtplay.se/aktuellt Jag kan inte lova att man blir lyckligare av att titta, men försök ändå 🙂
Aktuellt
Aktuellt är SVT:s fördjupande nyhetsprogram som ger dig analyser, debatter och längre reportage.
www.svtplay.se
December 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Ikväll kl 21 kommer jag prata lycka med Cecilia Gralde på Aktuellt 📺 www.svtplay.se/aktuellt Jag kan inte lova att man blir lyckligare av att titta, men försök ändå 🙂
The days are getting longer, and this morning everything was covered with confectioner's sugar. Maybe there's hope, after all.
December 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The days are getting longer, and this morning everything was covered with confectioner's sugar. Maybe there's hope, after all.
Reposted by Erik Angner
On Teaching in the context of Misconduct; With some Ring of Gyges thrown in.
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Come for a picture by @erikangner.com stay for the ring of Gyges
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Come for a picture by @erikangner.com stay for the ring of Gyges
On Teaching in the context of Misconduct; With some Ring of Gyges thrown in.
Because I missed my flight yesterday, I slept uneasily and was at the airport early today with some time to kill.
open.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
On Teaching in the context of Misconduct; With some Ring of Gyges thrown in.
open.substack.com/pub/digressi...
Come for a picture by @erikangner.com stay for the ring of Gyges
open.substack.com/pub/digressi...
Come for a picture by @erikangner.com stay for the ring of Gyges
Happy Winter Solstice to all who celebrate 🌞
December 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Happy Winter Solstice to all who celebrate 🌞
If you're looking for a holiday gift 🎁 that's guaranteed (maybe?) to spark joy 😊 look no further 👀 And if you need a gift now – like, NOW – give them the gift of an audiobook 🎧 www.penguin.co.uk/books/321644...
How Economics Can Save the World
Our world is in a mess. The challenges of climate change, inequality and hunger mean our way of life seems more imperilled and society more divided than ever. But economics can help! From parenting to...
www.penguin.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
If you're looking for a holiday gift 🎁 that's guaranteed (maybe?) to spark joy 😊 look no further 👀 And if you need a gift now – like, NOW – give them the gift of an audiobook 🎧 www.penguin.co.uk/books/321644...
"“The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.” ― Tom Waits on AI (probably) www.goodreads.com/quotes/39946...
December 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"“The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.” ― Tom Waits on AI (probably) www.goodreads.com/quotes/39946...
Reposted by Erik Angner
Ha ha yes! They were supposed to put us all out of work.
December 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Ha ha yes! They were supposed to put us all out of work.
It's fascinating how quickly every effort to "disrupt" the university sector collapses. Maybe the university – one of the oldest spontaneous orders anywhere, an institution much older than the corporation and the nation-state – has something going for it that outsiders don't appreciate?
I guess some knowledge IS forbidden! www.chron.com/culture/arti...
Texas' 'anti-Harvard' university is losing its founders
Who will teach the "Forbidden Courses" now?
www.chron.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
It's fascinating how quickly every effort to "disrupt" the university sector collapses. Maybe the university – one of the oldest spontaneous orders anywhere, an institution much older than the corporation and the nation-state – has something going for it that outsiders don't appreciate?
JD Vance did the meme
December 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
JD Vance did the meme
Somebody insulted the architecture around here, so I went out and took some pictures of the @stockholm-uni.bsky.social University Library during my lunch break. I unironically love this building.
December 18, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Somebody insulted the architecture around here, so I went out and took some pictures of the @stockholm-uni.bsky.social University Library during my lunch break. I unironically love this building.
My most optimistic take is that, now that the entire internet is turning into a cesspool of AI slop, actual physical books written by real authors and published by reputable publishers will have a resurgence, because they are (or can be) the medium with the tightest quality control.
🎉 Hoping somehow we’ll need real libraries back too….
Not info-latte-hubs, libraries….
Not info-latte-hubs, libraries….
Exam time! Technological innovation has destroyed the advances made by technological innovation, so students once again sit their exams using tools from the 18th century ('pencil') and the 2nd century ('paper') #analoglife
December 18, 2025 at 9:09 AM
My most optimistic take is that, now that the entire internet is turning into a cesspool of AI slop, actual physical books written by real authors and published by reputable publishers will have a resurgence, because they are (or can be) the medium with the tightest quality control.
Reposted by Erik Angner
Wrote an opinion piece for The Guardian: "Since migration has become the cornerstone of the current authoritarian turn, it is precisely around migration that resistance needs to form."
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
Ten years of fortress Europe has served only cruelty, profiteers and racists. The next decade is up to us | Maurice Stierl
The hard right and far right are the political winners from the migration ‘crisis’, but only because centrist parties keep legitimising them, says migration and border researcher Maurice Stierl
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Wrote an opinion piece for The Guardian: "Since migration has become the cornerstone of the current authoritarian turn, it is precisely around migration that resistance needs to form."
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
Exam time! Technological innovation has destroyed the advances made by technological innovation, so students once again sit their exams using tools from the 18th century ('pencil') and the 2nd century ('paper') #analoglife
December 18, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Exam time! Technological innovation has destroyed the advances made by technological innovation, so students once again sit their exams using tools from the 18th century ('pencil') and the 2nd century ('paper') #analoglife
Scandinavians in December, waiting for the Sun to return
December 18, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Scandinavians in December, waiting for the Sun to return
The VF piece illustrates both why artists are indispensable and why people in power hate them so much
December 18, 2025 at 6:47 AM
The VF piece illustrates both why artists are indispensable and why people in power hate them so much
This is true for trade books too, in my experience.
My best advice to aspiring authors of scholarly books is to read other scholarly books recently published by your target press. This may seem obvious and yet is not!
December 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This is true for trade books too, in my experience.
Former student reports that she went all the way to Australia on an exchange only to learn that they use my textbook 🙄
December 17, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Former student reports that she went all the way to Australia on an exchange only to learn that they use my textbook 🙄
Doing great here, yes, thanks for asking: “Stockholm on track for darkest December since 1934” www.thelocal.se/20251216/sto...
Stockholm on track for darkest December since 1934
The Swedish capital has recorded just a half-hour of sunlight in the first half of this month, putting it on track for the darkest December since 1934 if the trend continues.
www.thelocal.se
December 17, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Doing great here, yes, thanks for asking: “Stockholm on track for darkest December since 1934” www.thelocal.se/20251216/sto...
A little on the nose, as far as metaphors go youtube.com/shorts/mjDYs...
Strong winds topple replica Statue of Liberty in Brazil
YouTube video by TRT World
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December 16, 2025 at 6:41 PM
A little on the nose, as far as metaphors go youtube.com/shorts/mjDYs...