AdolfoLaurenti
@adolfolaurenti.bsky.social
Economist. US expat from Chicago ❤️ Euro repat, London-based. Opera aficionado. Views are my own. He/him. 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇪🇺🏳️🌈🔸
@radiofreetom.bsky.social are you upset about decorum during your flight? Wait to get to the office...
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...
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Sock it to the shoes: why more offices are going footwear-free
British companies are trialling no-shoes policies as a way to improve focus, comfort and morale – but not everyone is convinced
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
@radiofreetom.bsky.social are you upset about decorum during your flight? Wait to get to the office...
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/s...
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15 September 1929 | Polish Jewish woman Halina Birenbaum was born in Warsaw.
She survived the Warsaw ghetto, Majdanek, Auschwitz (no. 48693), Ravensbrück & Neustadt-Glewe camps. In 1947, she emigrated to Israel.
A poet & writer.
Today she turns 96.
"There is my soul". https://t.co/FEHXSQbTp9
She survived the Warsaw ghetto, Majdanek, Auschwitz (no. 48693), Ravensbrück & Neustadt-Glewe camps. In 1947, she emigrated to Israel.
A poet & writer.
Today she turns 96.
"There is my soul". https://t.co/FEHXSQbTp9
September 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
15 September 1929 | Polish Jewish woman Halina Birenbaum was born in Warsaw.
She survived the Warsaw ghetto, Majdanek, Auschwitz (no. 48693), Ravensbrück & Neustadt-Glewe camps. In 1947, she emigrated to Israel.
A poet & writer.
Today she turns 96.
"There is my soul". https://t.co/FEHXSQbTp9
She survived the Warsaw ghetto, Majdanek, Auschwitz (no. 48693), Ravensbrück & Neustadt-Glewe camps. In 1947, she emigrated to Israel.
A poet & writer.
Today she turns 96.
"There is my soul". https://t.co/FEHXSQbTp9
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Trump's tariffs are one of the dumbest decisions he has ever made as president—and that’s saying something.
April 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Trump's tariffs are one of the dumbest decisions he has ever made as president—and that’s saying something.
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Main thing I'm taking from the German election result is that Musk and Vance support for the AfD made no positive difference whatsoever.
In the current scheme of things that really matters.
In the current scheme of things that really matters.
February 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Main thing I'm taking from the German election result is that Musk and Vance support for the AfD made no positive difference whatsoever.
In the current scheme of things that really matters.
In the current scheme of things that really matters.
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I’d agree but for one significant one: Musk threw the lot at this, and lost. The AfD clearly lost, so Musk lost.
As in the Irish election, the centre held, again.
As in the Irish election, the centre held, again.
February 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I’d agree but for one significant one: Musk threw the lot at this, and lost. The AfD clearly lost, so Musk lost.
As in the Irish election, the centre held, again.
As in the Irish election, the centre held, again.
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Never thought that saving Europe from fascism would mean praying for German rearmament. But here we are.
February 18, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Never thought that saving Europe from fascism would mean praying for German rearmament. But here we are.
Sooo… who had Gaz-a-Lago on their February bingo card?
February 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Sooo… who had Gaz-a-Lago on their February bingo card?
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The ISM Manufacturing PMI finally broke above 50% in January, ending 26 months of contraction... right before tariffs are set to go into effect.
Source: www.ismworld.org/supply-manag...
Source: www.ismworld.org/supply-manag...
February 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The ISM Manufacturing PMI finally broke above 50% in January, ending 26 months of contraction... right before tariffs are set to go into effect.
Source: www.ismworld.org/supply-manag...
Source: www.ismworld.org/supply-manag...
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Leopard: I will eat your face
Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating
Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp
Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating
Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp
J.P. Morgan econs on Trump’s latest are “increasingly concerned that the policy mix may tilt into an unintentionally far less business-friendly stance. The sustained 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico set to start this weekend is materially different than the tariff increases built into our baseline.”
February 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Leopard: I will eat your face
Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating
Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp
Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating
Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp
Never underestimate John Hicks’ fundamental insight: “The best of all monopoly profits is a quiet life”.
the irony is that DeepSeek has probably showed the big US AI firms a much more viable path to profitability; but in doing so it's undermined the possibility of permanent monopoly profits. If everyone can start a trillion dollar company, nobody can.
it's fundamentally different economics. once you start talking about Jevons, you admit that you're in a commodity market.
January 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Never underestimate John Hicks’ fundamental insight: “The best of all monopoly profits is a quiet life”.
This will be a very interesting test of competing public choice theories. On the one hand, we have rarely seen a more deferent party than present-day Republicans. On the other hand, Trump is a lame duck, and congressmen do not take it kindly when interfering with their powers to spend… 🍿 🍿 🍿
“We can simply choke off the money.”
How Donald Trump Plans to Take Spending Control From Congress by @mtredden.bsky.social (from November)
How Donald Trump Plans to Take Spending Control From Congress by @mtredden.bsky.social (from November)
How Trump Plans to Seize the Power of the Purse From Congress
The second-term president likely will seek to cut off spending that lawmakers have already appropriated, setting off a constitutional struggle within the branches. If successful, he could wield the po...
www.propublica.org
January 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This will be a very interesting test of competing public choice theories. On the one hand, we have rarely seen a more deferent party than present-day Republicans. On the other hand, Trump is a lame duck, and congressmen do not take it kindly when interfering with their powers to spend… 🍿 🍿 🍿
Never been a fan of scooters; in fact: never rode one. I wish my first time wouldn’t be on a dark, rainy night in a city whose traffic I am not familiar with. But, hey, I have a ticket for #Rigoletto at @deutscheoperberlin.bsky.social , #BVG is on strike, what else to do?? #SemprePazziPerlOpera
January 27, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Never been a fan of scooters; in fact: never rode one. I wish my first time wouldn’t be on a dark, rainy night in a city whose traffic I am not familiar with. But, hey, I have a ticket for #Rigoletto at @deutscheoperberlin.bsky.social , #BVG is on strike, what else to do?? #SemprePazziPerlOpera
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This paper by the late, great Nick Crafts, on competition and productivity in the UK, well worth a read: cepr.org/voxeu/column...
January 22, 2025 at 8:57 AM
This paper by the late, great Nick Crafts, on competition and productivity in the UK, well worth a read: cepr.org/voxeu/column...
A fair and very balanced assessment of Furtwängler, a very honest assessment of Gergiev, and the differences between the two. Worth reading.
Valery Gergiev and Wilhelm Furtwängler are two conductors who served under their fascist dictator | Dr Helmut Hubel
He who pays the piper calls the tune
Valery Gergiev and Wilhelm Furtwängler are two conductors who served under their fascist dictator
westenglandbylines.co.uk
January 22, 2025 at 9:03 AM
A fair and very balanced assessment of Furtwängler, a very honest assessment of Gergiev, and the differences between the two. Worth reading.
Feeling surprisingly triggered by some Palestinian commentary this morning.
“Did anyone create a word to describe how a person feels after a genocide is over?”
Dude, why don’t we ask Moshe Ridler, who actually survived the Holocaust? 1/2
“Did anyone create a word to describe how a person feels after a genocide is over?”
Dude, why don’t we ask Moshe Ridler, who actually survived the Holocaust? 1/2
January 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Feeling surprisingly triggered by some Palestinian commentary this morning.
“Did anyone create a word to describe how a person feels after a genocide is over?”
Dude, why don’t we ask Moshe Ridler, who actually survived the Holocaust? 1/2
“Did anyone create a word to describe how a person feels after a genocide is over?”
Dude, why don’t we ask Moshe Ridler, who actually survived the Holocaust? 1/2
Swapping innocent hostages for bloody murderers is the right thing to do — but it still makes me want to puke.
January 19, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Swapping innocent hostages for bloody murderers is the right thing to do — but it still makes me want to puke.
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The second episode of Lives in Song: Donizetti is now live. So proud to have produced this brilliant and informative series for Opera Rara!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mXy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mXy...
Lives in Song: Donizetti | Episode 2 – “D’un genio” | Flora Willson and Roger Parker
YouTube video by OperaRaraOfficial
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January 16, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The second episode of Lives in Song: Donizetti is now live. So proud to have produced this brilliant and informative series for Opera Rara!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mXy...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mXy...
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Badenoch saying it was a mistake not to have a growth plan for Brexit highlights that she doesn't understand what happened.
There was no growth plan that all parts of the Leave coalition could have agreed on.
Winning required implying different outcomes to different people.
There was no growth plan that all parts of the Leave coalition could have agreed on.
Winning required implying different outcomes to different people.
January 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Badenoch saying it was a mistake not to have a growth plan for Brexit highlights that she doesn't understand what happened.
There was no growth plan that all parts of the Leave coalition could have agreed on.
Winning required implying different outcomes to different people.
There was no growth plan that all parts of the Leave coalition could have agreed on.
Winning required implying different outcomes to different people.
"... a good man, but also proof of how far a pukka accent and background can take an empty vessel on the inert sea of British public life..."
www.ft.com/content/8178...
www.ft.com/content/8178...
Britain should stop pretending it wants more economic growth
Almost everyone in politics has something they prioritise over it
www.ft.com
January 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"... a good man, but also proof of how far a pukka accent and background can take an empty vessel on the inert sea of British public life..."
www.ft.com/content/8178...
www.ft.com/content/8178...
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On Wednesday, I’m presenting a bill for an
🇪🇺EU-UK Youth Mobility Scheme🇬🇧
Labour must step up and back this—it’s time for action.
Young people have lost out on so much due to the Tories' awful Brexit deal—not least the chance to study, work, and experience life in Europe.
🇪🇺EU-UK Youth Mobility Scheme🇬🇧
Labour must step up and back this—it’s time for action.
Young people have lost out on so much due to the Tories' awful Brexit deal—not least the chance to study, work, and experience life in Europe.
January 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
On Wednesday, I’m presenting a bill for an
🇪🇺EU-UK Youth Mobility Scheme🇬🇧
Labour must step up and back this—it’s time for action.
Young people have lost out on so much due to the Tories' awful Brexit deal—not least the chance to study, work, and experience life in Europe.
🇪🇺EU-UK Youth Mobility Scheme🇬🇧
Labour must step up and back this—it’s time for action.
Young people have lost out on so much due to the Tories' awful Brexit deal—not least the chance to study, work, and experience life in Europe.
Thought of the Day.
It is easy to romanticize squalor when you do not live in it.
It is easy to romanticize squalor when you do not live in it.
January 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Thought of the Day.
It is easy to romanticize squalor when you do not live in it.
It is easy to romanticize squalor when you do not live in it.
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January 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Do you own a Kindle? I used to love mine — a ‘space’ for undistracted, focus reading without the temptation from other apps, email, etc. Eventually, though, I drifted away to the iPad Kindle app. Two reasons, (1) I’d rather carry one tablet instead of two, and I need the tools in the iPad, and 1/4
Kindle advice, following Amazon's revamp of its entire range in 2024:
The Best Kindles for 2025
With Amazon refreshing its entire range in 2024—including the introduction of the first colour Kindle—it's hard to know which is the best Kindle for reading. We turned to Kindle expert Maneetpaul…
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January 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Do you own a Kindle? I used to love mine — a ‘space’ for undistracted, focus reading without the temptation from other apps, email, etc. Eventually, though, I drifted away to the iPad Kindle app. Two reasons, (1) I’d rather carry one tablet instead of two, and I need the tools in the iPad, and 1/4
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Not everyone should get to have an opinion on everything. Some of you are dumb.
January 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Not everyone should get to have an opinion on everything. Some of you are dumb.