Dan McAteer
@danmcateer.bsky.social
Writing an intellectual history of Silicon Valley. PhD student, Oxford History Faculty/ Wadham College
It was criminal
As Martin Wolf, @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social, @johnvanreenen.bsky.social & I all said at the time: the markets were *begging* us to borrow and spend.
An appalling act of economic and fiscal irresponsibility by Osborne and Cameron that will cost us for decades to come.
An appalling act of economic and fiscal irresponsibility by Osborne and Cameron that will cost us for decades to come.
At some point people will look back at the rates available in the 2010s and be utterly bemused that we didn’t take the chance to hugely upgrade our national infrastructure.
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January 7, 2025 at 6:03 PM
It was criminal
Reposted by Dan McAteer
As Martin Wolf, @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social, @johnvanreenen.bsky.social & I all said at the time: the markets were *begging* us to borrow and spend.
An appalling act of economic and fiscal irresponsibility by Osborne and Cameron that will cost us for decades to come.
An appalling act of economic and fiscal irresponsibility by Osborne and Cameron that will cost us for decades to come.
At some point people will look back at the rates available in the 2010s and be utterly bemused that we didn’t take the chance to hugely upgrade our national infrastructure.
on.ft.com/4fNdIQN
on.ft.com/4fNdIQN
UK long-term borrowing costs hit highest level since 1998
Investors worry economy faces increasing risk of stagflation
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January 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
As Martin Wolf, @sjwrenlewis.bsky.social, @johnvanreenen.bsky.social & I all said at the time: the markets were *begging* us to borrow and spend.
An appalling act of economic and fiscal irresponsibility by Osborne and Cameron that will cost us for decades to come.
An appalling act of economic and fiscal irresponsibility by Osborne and Cameron that will cost us for decades to come.
I reckon 2 months before Trump is sick of Musk?
January 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I reckon 2 months before Trump is sick of Musk?
Reposted by Dan McAteer
Musk’s abuse of the Twitter algorithm is increasingly blatant. There is an animal videos site I follow (I know). No sooner had I finished watching a wombat than it automatically moved on to a video of Tommy Robinson ranting about grooming gangs. And this was on the feed I had nominally chosen myself
January 4, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Musk’s abuse of the Twitter algorithm is increasingly blatant. There is an animal videos site I follow (I know). No sooner had I finished watching a wombat than it automatically moved on to a video of Tommy Robinson ranting about grooming gangs. And this was on the feed I had nominally chosen myself
Thank you for opening the door! 😌
@danmcateer.bsky.social welcome
September 4, 2023 at 8:18 PM
Thank you for opening the door! 😌