Jan Dehn
@jandehn.bsky.social
Pre-crastinator. Economist. Ruthlessly woke by today's standards. Pro-migrant. Anti-fascist. Atheist. Decriminalise drugs & sex work. Evolve societies beyond the nation state. Keen blocker of morons.
Blog: https://www.jandehn.com/
Blog: https://www.jandehn.com/
I find it depressing how Left-wingers (of which I am one) suddenly rush to the defence of the BBC after it clearly manipulated news about Trump, when at the same time they endlessly criticise BBC for its Right-wing bias. Stinks of hypocrisy. Politics has no place in the BBC, neither Left nor Right.
November 11, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I find it depressing how Left-wingers (of which I am one) suddenly rush to the defence of the BBC after it clearly manipulated news about Trump, when at the same time they endlessly criticise BBC for its Right-wing bias. Stinks of hypocrisy. Politics has no place in the BBC, neither Left nor Right.
Brexit! The gift that keeps on giving MORE!
BREAKING: Unemployment rate jumps to highest level since late 2020 ahead of budget
news.sky.com/story/unempl...
news.sky.com/story/unempl...
Unemployment rate jumps to highest level since late 2020 ahead of budget
The UK's jobless rate has risen to a level not seen since late 2020, according to official figures released ahead of the budget.
news.sky.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Brexit! The gift that keeps on giving MORE!
BLOG: Voters will have forgotten this betrayal by the next election. It is this type of trick politicians make use of to hoodwink voters. This is why we need democratic reform. Our democracy is a joke. www.jandehn.com/post/let-the...
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 AM
BLOG: Voters will have forgotten this betrayal by the next election. It is this type of trick politicians make use of to hoodwink voters. This is why we need democratic reform. Our democracy is a joke. www.jandehn.com/post/let-the...
Ouch
Denmark faces huge legal bill after failed tax fraud lawsuit on.ft.com/3XjqtM2
Denmark faces huge legal bill after failed tax fraud lawsuit
Nordic country’s tax authority largely on the hook for as much as £400mn
on.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Ouch
This is just beautiful! How fucking stupid can BBC be? All the BBC had to do was to do its job, ie plain old journalism. But! It had to dabble in politics. Where it has no place! And now tax payers will foot this bill, giving Trump money cos BBC top management wanted to play politics. MORONS!!
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
This is just beautiful! How fucking stupid can BBC be? All the BBC had to do was to do its job, ie plain old journalism. But! It had to dabble in politics. Where it has no place! And now tax payers will foot this bill, giving Trump money cos BBC top management wanted to play politics. MORONS!!
This is just beautiful! How fucking stupid can BBC be? All the BBC had to do was to do its job, ie plain old journalism. But! It had to dabble in politics. Where it has no place! And now tax payers will foot this bill, giving Trump money cos BBC top management wanted to play politics. MORONS!!
Trump threatens to sue BBC for $1bn over Panorama edit scandal: Live
Trump threatens to sue BBC for $1bn over Panorama edit scandal: Live
Trump threatens to sue BBC for $1bn over Panorama edit scandal: Live
www.independent.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This is just beautiful! How fucking stupid can BBC be? All the BBC had to do was to do its job, ie plain old journalism. But! It had to dabble in politics. Where it has no place! And now tax payers will foot this bill, giving Trump money cos BBC top management wanted to play politics. MORONS!!
Brexit - the gift that keeps on giving MORE!
Headline from a serious and long working paper on the economic impact of Brexit. Possible that this has been feeding into OBR and HMT discussions?
November 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Brexit - the gift that keeps on giving MORE!
BLOG: AI is a bubble for the most obvious of reasons: the revenues from the billions invested will never be enough to cover the initial outlay. Why? Cos AI is becoming a commodity and commodities command zero profit margins. www.jandehn.com/post/hubris-...
November 9, 2025 at 10:50 PM
BLOG: AI is a bubble for the most obvious of reasons: the revenues from the billions invested will never be enough to cover the initial outlay. Why? Cos AI is becoming a commodity and commodities command zero profit margins. www.jandehn.com/post/hubris-...
BLOG: Britain’s political system serves an elite, not the people. If voters finally see this, great! The electoral system need major reform. Here is how to bring Britain back to the knowledge-frontier of democracy.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
BLOG: Britain’s political system serves an elite, not the people. If voters finally see this, great! The electoral system need major reform. Here is how to bring Britain back to the knowledge-frontier of democracy.
www.jandehn.com/post/a-very-...
www.jandehn.com/post/a-very-...
BLOG: Britain’s political system serves an elite, not the people. If voters finally see this, great! The electoral system needs major reform. Here is how to bring Britain back to the knowledge-frontier of democracy. www.jandehn.com/post/a-very-...
We really need to talk about the British electoral system
The British electoral system allows parties to focus on rivals, not issues. Fundamental challenges are therefore neglected.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
BLOG: Britain’s political system serves an elite, not the people. If voters finally see this, great! The electoral system needs major reform. Here is how to bring Britain back to the knowledge-frontier of democracy. www.jandehn.com/post/a-very-...
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BLOG: The fact that Trump can relegate 40 MILLION Americans to starvation without a major revolt underlines the single most ugly feature of American culture: it’s utter selfishness. To understand how this is even possible red on: www.jandehn.com/post/the-dar...
November 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
BLOG: The fact that Trump can relegate 40 MILLION Americans to starvation without a major revolt underlines the single most ugly feature of American culture: it’s utter selfishness. To understand how this is even possible red on: www.jandehn.com/post/the-dar...
BLOG: Britain’s political system serves an elite, not the people. If voters dinally see this, great! The electoral ststem need major reform. Here is how to bring Britain back to the knowledge-frontier of democracy.
www.jandehn.com/post/a-very-...
www.jandehn.com/post/a-very-...
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
BLOG: Britain’s political system serves an elite, not the people. If voters dinally see this, great! The electoral ststem need major reform. Here is how to bring Britain back to the knowledge-frontier of democracy.
www.jandehn.com/post/a-very-...
www.jandehn.com/post/a-very-...
As a Dane, I am relieved to see that the rest of the world is finally waking up to the ugly reality of official Danish xenophobia. Unfortunately, this seems to be happening only because Britain wants to cope my country’s most shameful policy.
Denmark has a cosy international reputation - but warmth doesn't extend to asylum seekers
Denmark has a cosy international reputation - but warmth doesn't extend to asylum seekers
Denmark is regularly ranked as one of the happiest countries in the world - with a cosy international reputation as the home of hygge and Lego, the idealistic fictional prime minister Birgitte Nyborg in Borgen and the woolly jumpers of TV detective Sarah Lund.
news.sky.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:17 AM
As a Dane, I am relieved to see that the rest of the world is finally waking up to the ugly reality of official Danish xenophobia. Unfortunately, this seems to be happening only because Britain wants to cope my country’s most shameful policy.
BLOG: Trump’s Brownshirts will soon add gas chambers to their concentration camps. Are you STILL so naive that you think I am exaggerating? www.jandehn.com/post/trump-s...
November 9, 2025 at 2:11 AM
BLOG: Trump’s Brownshirts will soon add gas chambers to their concentration camps. Are you STILL so naive that you think I am exaggerating? www.jandehn.com/post/trump-s...
BLOG: They drown, they've no rights, they're persecuted, treated like lesser humans. Yet they come. Why? Because economic refugees earn 130 TIMES MORE MONEY in rich countries than at home. We will NEVER stop them, so we need brand new thinking on immigration policy.
www.jandehn.com/post/on-drug...
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On drugs and immigration
Drug smuggling and people-smuggling obey the same economic incentives. Governments have failed to stop both. What do we do now?
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November 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
BLOG: They drown, they've no rights, they're persecuted, treated like lesser humans. Yet they come. Why? Because economic refugees earn 130 TIMES MORE MONEY in rich countries than at home. We will NEVER stop them, so we need brand new thinking on immigration policy.
www.jandehn.com/post/on-drug...
www.jandehn.com/post/on-drug...
BLOG: Exactly right. Huge political forces rely on conflating the state of Israel and Jewish people. One is a nation state, the other a culture. Two entirely different things. My piece on this: www.jandehn.com/post/israel-...
November 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
BLOG: Exactly right. Huge political forces rely on conflating the state of Israel and Jewish people. One is a nation state, the other a culture. Two entirely different things. My piece on this: www.jandehn.com/post/israel-...
BLOG: There is an Emperor’s Clothes delusion going on wrt immigration. With salaries 130 times greater in Europe than in Africa, we will NEVER stop immigration. Like with drugs, we must replace our useless cruelty systems with effective legalisation and regulation. www.jandehn.com/post/on-drug...
On drugs and immigration
Drug smuggling and people-smuggling obey the same economic incentives. Governments have failed to stop both. What do we do now?
www.jandehn.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
BLOG: There is an Emperor’s Clothes delusion going on wrt immigration. With salaries 130 times greater in Europe than in Africa, we will NEVER stop immigration. Like with drugs, we must replace our useless cruelty systems with effective legalisation and regulation. www.jandehn.com/post/on-drug...
Reposted by Jan Dehn
Reposted by Jan Dehn
Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Hundreds of thousands of people, dead because of a decision made by the world's richest man
BLOG: Africans earn EUR 1 per day. The EU min wage is about EUR 13 per hour. For a 10 hr workday, Europeans therefore earn 130 times more than Africans. This is why Africans migrate - and no amount of cruelty will stop them. So let us have some new ideas please. www.jandehn.com/post/on-drug...
On drugs and immigration
Drug smuggling and people-smuggling obey the same economic incentives. Governments have failed to stop both. What do we do now?
www.jandehn.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:07 PM
BLOG: Africans earn EUR 1 per day. The EU min wage is about EUR 13 per hour. For a 10 hr workday, Europeans therefore earn 130 times more than Africans. This is why Africans migrate - and no amount of cruelty will stop them. So let us have some new ideas please. www.jandehn.com/post/on-drug...
Reposted by Jan Dehn
70.5% OF NEW TARIFFS WERE PASSED ONTO CONSUMERS — PER LENDINGTREE LENDINGTREE DATA SHOW THAT OVER TWO-THIRDS OF NEW TARIFF COSTS WERE DIRECTLY BORNE BY CONSUMERS, HIGHLIGHTING HOW TRADE BARRIERS ARE DRIVING UP RETAIL PRICES AND ADDING TO INFLATIONARY PRESSURES.
November 7, 2025 at 3:27 PM
70.5% OF NEW TARIFFS WERE PASSED ONTO CONSUMERS — PER LENDINGTREE LENDINGTREE DATA SHOW THAT OVER TWO-THIRDS OF NEW TARIFF COSTS WERE DIRECTLY BORNE BY CONSUMERS, HIGHLIGHTING HOW TRADE BARRIERS ARE DRIVING UP RETAIL PRICES AND ADDING TO INFLATIONARY PRESSURES.
As the house burns, we look to our great leader for authority, guidance and direction….
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
As the house burns, we look to our great leader for authority, guidance and direction….
Reposted by Jan Dehn
This is officially one of the strangest pictures in American history, and I do not doubt that it will be considered iconic a hundred years from now.
100% serious here.
100% serious here.
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
This is officially one of the strangest pictures in American history, and I do not doubt that it will be considered iconic a hundred years from now.
100% serious here.
100% serious here.
BLOG: This is only one of the many unrecognised truths about immigration. Another truth is that immigration cannot be stopped so we really need to start using our brains to define a completely new approach. Read on: www.jandehn.com/post/on-drug...
November 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
BLOG: This is only one of the many unrecognised truths about immigration. Another truth is that immigration cannot be stopped so we really need to start using our brains to define a completely new approach. Read on: www.jandehn.com/post/on-drug...