Oli Sharpe
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@olisharpe.bsky.social
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Economics from first principles - Steve Keen on: new book, neoclassical failures, Elon Musk and MMT
YouTube video by Go Meta with Oli Sharpe
youtu.be
I had a fun conversation with Steve Keen last week.
We talked about:
- using models to show the failures of neoclassical economics
- social media voices challenging economic academia
- Modern Monetary Theory (MMT)
- the non-ergodic nature of international trade
... and more!
youtu.be/yL7oEC4891w
We talked about:
- using models to show the failures of neoclassical economics
- social media voices challenging economic academia
- Modern Monetary Theory (MMT)
- the non-ergodic nature of international trade
... and more!
youtu.be/yL7oEC4891w
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Farage just gave a press conference, and claimed that the red tape on businesses has risen since Brexit.
You know what? He's right. But he's wrong about the reason!
It's not because Brexit was done badly. It's because Brexit guarantees more bureaucracy because we have to duplicate EU institutions.
You know what? He's right. But he's wrong about the reason!
It's not because Brexit was done badly. It's because Brexit guarantees more bureaucracy because we have to duplicate EU institutions.
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Farage just gave a press conference, and claimed that the red tape on businesses has risen since Brexit.
You know what? He's right. But he's wrong about the reason!
It's not because Brexit was done badly. It's because Brexit guarantees more bureaucracy because we have to duplicate EU institutions.
You know what? He's right. But he's wrong about the reason!
It's not because Brexit was done badly. It's because Brexit guarantees more bureaucracy because we have to duplicate EU institutions.
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Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
November 5, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Beshear: Let me be clear. The president has both the funding and the authority to fund snap during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.
Just had another, "it would have been faster if I'd just done it myself" interaction with ChatGPT 🙁
Yeah - it's amazing that it could do this task at all. But still, when we're using it as a tool, we judge it as a tool 🙂
Yeah - it's amazing that it could do this task at all. But still, when we're using it as a tool, we judge it as a tool 🙂
November 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Just had another, "it would have been faster if I'd just done it myself" interaction with ChatGPT 🙁
Yeah - it's amazing that it could do this task at all. But still, when we're using it as a tool, we judge it as a tool 🙂
Yeah - it's amazing that it could do this task at all. But still, when we're using it as a tool, we judge it as a tool 🙂
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I’m constantly amazed that more people aren’t demanding we have a fair electoral electoral system which guarantees minority supported parties aren’t able to gain total power! Where is the passion for change?
November 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I’m constantly amazed that more people aren’t demanding we have a fair electoral electoral system which guarantees minority supported parties aren’t able to gain total power! Where is the passion for change?
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The EU is winding down freeports due to money laundering and tax evasion. Britain is expanding them.
Please read and share my latest article on Substack 'The Magic Money Tree: How Brexit Unlocked Britain's Corporate Welfare Bonanza. It is absolutely explosive.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
Please read and share my latest article on Substack 'The Magic Money Tree: How Brexit Unlocked Britain's Corporate Welfare Bonanza. It is absolutely explosive.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
The Magic Money Tree: How Brexit Unlocked Britain’s Corporate Welfare Bonanza
Rachel Reeves’ budget rhetoric hides the biggest corporate giveaway in modern British history
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:07 AM
The EU is winding down freeports due to money laundering and tax evasion. Britain is expanding them.
Please read and share my latest article on Substack 'The Magic Money Tree: How Brexit Unlocked Britain's Corporate Welfare Bonanza. It is absolutely explosive.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
Please read and share my latest article on Substack 'The Magic Money Tree: How Brexit Unlocked Britain's Corporate Welfare Bonanza. It is absolutely explosive.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
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The oligarchy came out in full force against Zohran Mamdani's fight for a more affordable NYC.
It didn't matter.
Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.
It didn't matter.
Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
The oligarchy came out in full force against Zohran Mamdani's fight for a more affordable NYC.
It didn't matter.
Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.
It didn't matter.
Let his victory in the face of Big Money serve as a reminder that people have the power.
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If nothing else, the last nine months should have made it clear that elections matter. But what’s remarkable about America is that we have the power, as citizens, to change this country by voting. Go to IWillVote.com.
November 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
If nothing else, the last nine months should have made it clear that elections matter. But what’s remarkable about America is that we have the power, as citizens, to change this country by voting. Go to IWillVote.com.
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What You Can Do About UK Enterprise Zones
🧵 The UK’s enterprise zone network is expanding under Labour’s Industrial Strategy Zones. Here are concrete actions you can take to resist the corporate carve-up of Britain:
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🧵 The UK’s enterprise zone network is expanding under Labour’s Industrial Strategy Zones. Here are concrete actions you can take to resist the corporate carve-up of Britain:
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October 31, 2025 at 10:37 AM
What You Can Do About UK Enterprise Zones
🧵 The UK’s enterprise zone network is expanding under Labour’s Industrial Strategy Zones. Here are concrete actions you can take to resist the corporate carve-up of Britain:
Thread 1/12
🧵 The UK’s enterprise zone network is expanding under Labour’s Industrial Strategy Zones. Here are concrete actions you can take to resist the corporate carve-up of Britain:
Thread 1/12
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My latest article on Substack explores Starmer's rebranding of Jacob Rees-Moggs post-Brexit REUL Bill. Starmer's government has gone even further than Mogg did.
No one voted for this. The UK is being privatised.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
No one voted for this. The UK is being privatised.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
The Deregulation Conspiracy: How Labour Quietly Continues the Tory Brexit Agenda
While you were looking elsewhere, Labour embraced Jacob Rees-Mogg’s deregulatory vision
open.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
My latest article on Substack explores Starmer's rebranding of Jacob Rees-Moggs post-Brexit REUL Bill. Starmer's government has gone even further than Mogg did.
No one voted for this. The UK is being privatised.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
No one voted for this. The UK is being privatised.
open.substack.com/pub/european...
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Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."
October 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
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The Caerphilly result is what we need to see everywhere at the next election: people coordinating to vote tactically for parties which seek a fairer, kinder, greener country.
Pushing out both those who have betrayed our trust AND those who seek to exploit that betrayal.
Pushing out both those who have betrayed our trust AND those who seek to exploit that betrayal.
October 24, 2025 at 7:12 AM
The Caerphilly result is what we need to see everywhere at the next election: people coordinating to vote tactically for parties which seek a fairer, kinder, greener country.
Pushing out both those who have betrayed our trust AND those who seek to exploit that betrayal.
Pushing out both those who have betrayed our trust AND those who seek to exploit that betrayal.
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A thought provoking video by my friend @olisharpe.bsky.social about how we must CHOOSE to be a free and prosperous nation.
Performative protests, as beautiful as they are, are not sufficient.
Our Constitution is just a piece of paper at this point. It is an obviously insufficient zombie document.
Performative protests, as beautiful as they are, are not sufficient.
Our Constitution is just a piece of paper at this point. It is an obviously insufficient zombie document.
Why Nations Fail - Book Summary and Review - plus lessons for USA
YouTube video by Go Meta with Oli Sharpe
youtu.be
October 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
A thought provoking video by my friend @olisharpe.bsky.social about how we must CHOOSE to be a free and prosperous nation.
Performative protests, as beautiful as they are, are not sufficient.
Our Constitution is just a piece of paper at this point. It is an obviously insufficient zombie document.
Performative protests, as beautiful as they are, are not sufficient.
Our Constitution is just a piece of paper at this point. It is an obviously insufficient zombie document.
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Attending a No Kings march is the first step towards saving our democracy.
The next step? Fighting for policies that build a better future.
Here are some ideas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zNxm4RgSNA
The next step? Fighting for policies that build a better future.
Here are some ideas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zNxm4RgSNA
Top 10 Ways to Unrig the System | Robert Reich
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Attending a No Kings march is the first step towards saving our democracy.
The next step? Fighting for policies that build a better future.
Here are some ideas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zNxm4RgSNA
The next step? Fighting for policies that build a better future.
Here are some ideas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zNxm4RgSNA
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Chicago - no kings
October 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Chicago - no kings
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Our enemy here is not Trump, says @ezralevin.bsky.social, one of the organizers of tomorrow's No Kings march: "our enemy is fatalism, nihilism and cynicism"
www.cnn.com/2025/10/16/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/16/u...
‘No Kings’ co-organizer responds to GOP officials who have ripped the rally | CNN
CNN’s Dana Bash speaks with Ezra Levin, one of the organizers for the “No Kings” rallies. Levin responds to GOP officials who have criticized the protests.
www.cnn.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Our enemy here is not Trump, says @ezralevin.bsky.social, one of the organizers of tomorrow's No Kings march: "our enemy is fatalism, nihilism and cynicism"
www.cnn.com/2025/10/16/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/16/u...
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In September 2024, Chancellor Rachel Reeves flew to New York. Her mission? To meet Stephen Schwarzman, CEO of Blackstone, the world’s largest private equity firm and now, remarkably, what they claim is “the largest provider of newly built affordable housing in the UK for the last three years.”
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October 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
In September 2024, Chancellor Rachel Reeves flew to New York. Her mission? To meet Stephen Schwarzman, CEO of Blackstone, the world’s largest private equity firm and now, remarkably, what they claim is “the largest provider of newly built affordable housing in the UK for the last three years.”
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AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.
October 16, 2025 at 1:36 AM
AOC: And they are able to radicalize a generation of young boys in particular, away from healthy masculinity and into an insecure masculinity that requires the domination of others who are poorer, browner, darker, or a different gender than them.
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They lie about the ECHR.
Just like they lied about Brexit. Claiming if we just got rid of that ‘European’ thing, we’d be free, we’d have control, all our problems solved…
It’s NOT TRUE.
We’d inflict more chaos on ourselves and torch our own human rights framework for NOTHING.
For liars.
Again.
Just like they lied about Brexit. Claiming if we just got rid of that ‘European’ thing, we’d be free, we’d have control, all our problems solved…
It’s NOT TRUE.
We’d inflict more chaos on ourselves and torch our own human rights framework for NOTHING.
For liars.
Again.
The European Convention on Human Rights is being misrepresented in the UK, says former Supreme Court President Lady Hale👇
🔗 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... via @the-independent.com
“It seems so short-sighted. I’m sorry, I’m really, really worried about it.”
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms
🔗 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... via @the-independent.com
“It seems so short-sighted. I’m sorry, I’m really, really worried about it.”
#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms
October 16, 2025 at 6:20 AM
They lie about the ECHR.
Just like they lied about Brexit. Claiming if we just got rid of that ‘European’ thing, we’d be free, we’d have control, all our problems solved…
It’s NOT TRUE.
We’d inflict more chaos on ourselves and torch our own human rights framework for NOTHING.
For liars.
Again.
Just like they lied about Brexit. Claiming if we just got rid of that ‘European’ thing, we’d be free, we’d have control, all our problems solved…
It’s NOT TRUE.
We’d inflict more chaos on ourselves and torch our own human rights framework for NOTHING.
For liars.
Again.
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"Portland’s protests are getting ridiculous.
That’s the point.
Protesters in cities like Portland, Oregon, are using humor to reveal the absurdity of MAGA’s claims about them, joining a rich history of clowning against authoritarianism."
www.fastcompany.com/91421423/por...
That’s the point.
Protesters in cities like Portland, Oregon, are using humor to reveal the absurdity of MAGA’s claims about them, joining a rich history of clowning against authoritarianism."
www.fastcompany.com/91421423/por...
Portland’s protests are getting ridiculous. That’s the point
Protesters in cities like Portland, Oregon, are using humor to reveal the absurdity of MAGA’s claims about them—and it might be working.
www.fastcompany.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
"Portland’s protests are getting ridiculous.
That’s the point.
Protesters in cities like Portland, Oregon, are using humor to reveal the absurdity of MAGA’s claims about them, joining a rich history of clowning against authoritarianism."
www.fastcompany.com/91421423/por...
That’s the point.
Protesters in cities like Portland, Oregon, are using humor to reveal the absurdity of MAGA’s claims about them, joining a rich history of clowning against authoritarianism."
www.fastcompany.com/91421423/por...
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October 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."
October 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Obama: "When you see an administration suggest that ordinary street crime is an insurrection or a terrorist act, that is a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy."