Eoin McLaughlin
@eoinaldo.bsky.social
Econ Prof at Heriot-Watt University, interested in #econhist, #landreform, #microfinance, #sustainabledevelopment, #health, #nufc & #Seinfeld (not necessarily in that order)
www.eoinmclaughlin.ie
www.eoinmclaughlin.ie
Best (worst?) graph I've ever seen: Who’s right about AI: economists or technologists? - on.ft.com/43oaD6n via @FT
November 12, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Best (worst?) graph I've ever seen: Who’s right about AI: economists or technologists? - on.ft.com/43oaD6n via @FT
Manuscript done ✅ Off to production at Bloomsbury!
The book revisits Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations at 250, rethinking prosperity through inclusive wealth & sustainability
More soon… 📖✨
The book revisits Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations at 250, rethinking prosperity through inclusive wealth & sustainability
More soon… 📖✨
October 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Manuscript done ✅ Off to production at Bloomsbury!
The book revisits Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations at 250, rethinking prosperity through inclusive wealth & sustainability
More soon… 📖✨
The book revisits Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations at 250, rethinking prosperity through inclusive wealth & sustainability
More soon… 📖✨
The erosion of social literacy might be one of the biggest casualties of the AI revolution
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...
May 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The erosion of social literacy might be one of the biggest casualties of the AI revolution
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...
New paper looking at 🧈 productivity in Denmark and Ireland. We find more variance knowledge Irish creameries compared to their Danish equivalents
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
April 16, 2025 at 10:59 AM
New paper looking at 🧈 productivity in Denmark and Ireland. We find more variance knowledge Irish creameries compared to their Danish equivalents
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
What a chart in FT:US dollar’s haven status under threat, fund managers warn - on.ft.com/4j7gRNC via @FT
April 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
What a chart in FT:US dollar’s haven status under threat, fund managers warn - on.ft.com/4j7gRNC via @FT
Crazy times, gold is always a safe haven @a-fergal.bsky.social
www.bullionvault.co.uk/gold-news/go...
www.bullionvault.co.uk/gold-news/go...
April 11, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Crazy times, gold is always a safe haven @a-fergal.bsky.social
www.bullionvault.co.uk/gold-news/go...
www.bullionvault.co.uk/gold-news/go...
A neighbour was clearing out her garage, she found this Lehman Brothers on risk from climate change. Something tells me they missed risks closer to home
March 29, 2025 at 8:09 AM
A neighbour was clearing out her garage, she found this Lehman Brothers on risk from climate change. Something tells me they missed risks closer to home
Re-reading Galbraith's Affluent Society. What a master piece. His take on the conventional wisdom surrounding inequality is brilliant and still relevant.
March 20, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Re-reading Galbraith's Affluent Society. What a master piece. His take on the conventional wisdom surrounding inequality is brilliant and still relevant.
I'm pushing my pet theory that it's really just the "British Disease" redux (trend pre-oil is where the UK is at):
Britain’s productivity puzzle is turning into a crisis - on.ft.com/3EDQTlx via @FT
Britain’s productivity puzzle is turning into a crisis - on.ft.com/3EDQTlx via @FT
February 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I'm pushing my pet theory that it's really just the "British Disease" redux (trend pre-oil is where the UK is at):
Britain’s productivity puzzle is turning into a crisis - on.ft.com/3EDQTlx via @FT
Britain’s productivity puzzle is turning into a crisis - on.ft.com/3EDQTlx via @FT
Found an antique in an antique
February 18, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Found an antique in an antique
New working paper alert - we look at Ireland's monetary experiment in 1955 using novel daily data from the Dublin Stock Exchange. The experiment resulted from a misreading of British policymakers response to a run on sterling. www.quceh.org.uk/uploads/1/0/...
February 13, 2025 at 10:47 AM
New working paper alert - we look at Ireland's monetary experiment in 1955 using novel daily data from the Dublin Stock Exchange. The experiment resulted from a misreading of British policymakers response to a run on sterling. www.quceh.org.uk/uploads/1/0/...
Hannah isnt some of this unintended consequences of fuel transition on shipping? This was advocated as a climate solution without appreciation sulphur was a coolant (image from from the paper)
February 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Hannah isnt some of this unintended consequences of fuel transition on shipping? This was advocated as a climate solution without appreciation sulphur was a coolant (image from from the paper)
Update: Customs v size of the state
February 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Update: Customs v size of the state
Out of curiosity, when did customs (i.e. tariffs) cease to matter as a source of US federal government revenue? they drop off after WWII. So if Trump really wants to make external revenue substitute for internal revenue, looking at 19th century levels of protection.
February 3, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Out of curiosity, when did customs (i.e. tariffs) cease to matter as a source of US federal government revenue? they drop off after WWII. So if Trump really wants to make external revenue substitute for internal revenue, looking at 19th century levels of protection.
Key assumption is that there'll be no retaliation: ‘A trade war on steroids’: Trump ushers in new era of US protectionism - on.ft.com/4heatDo via @FT
February 2, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Key assumption is that there'll be no retaliation: ‘A trade war on steroids’: Trump ushers in new era of US protectionism - on.ft.com/4heatDo via @FT
Dust Devils on the rise www.science.org/content/arti...
January 29, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Dust Devils on the rise www.science.org/content/arti...
New paper out in Risk Analysis looking at ways to mitigate future public health risks. We argue for a greater engagement between Planetary Boundaries and Global Catastrophic Risk approaches to existential risk and place emphasis on monitoring Inclusive Wealth onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
January 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
New paper out in Risk Analysis looking at ways to mitigate future public health risks. We argue for a greater engagement between Planetary Boundaries and Global Catastrophic Risk approaches to existential risk and place emphasis on monitoring Inclusive Wealth onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reading up on roots of Britain's productivity puzzle/British Disease, nice cartoon from Pollard's Wasting of the British Economy
December 13, 2024 at 7:42 AM
Reading up on roots of Britain's productivity puzzle/British Disease, nice cartoon from Pollard's Wasting of the British Economy
Anyone know anything about this website peeref? I regularly get weird spam emails, but asking me to retrospectively rate my own work is a new low.
December 11, 2024 at 11:45 AM
Anyone know anything about this website peeref? I regularly get weird spam emails, but asking me to retrospectively rate my own work is a new low.
Classic footnote from Barbara Solow's paper on the William's thesis.
December 10, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Classic footnote from Barbara Solow's paper on the William's thesis.
Shortly after the case the private creamery Slattery's was blown up. The following year Ballymac was blown up, as were other creameries. So this is what our paper is analysing. How did this commercial conflict spillover to the wider conflict.
December 3, 2024 at 9:38 AM
Shortly after the case the private creamery Slattery's was blown up. The following year Ballymac was blown up, as were other creameries. So this is what our paper is analysing. How did this commercial conflict spillover to the wider conflict.
New working paper on the Milk Wars in early 20th century Ireland. We look at the role of creamery competition in aggravating violence in the Irish countryside during the war of independence ehes.org/working-pape...
December 3, 2024 at 9:38 AM
New working paper on the Milk Wars in early 20th century Ireland. We look at the role of creamery competition in aggravating violence in the Irish countryside during the war of independence ehes.org/working-pape...
Nice morning read on AI vulnerability, good thing we're all so trusting with our data hiddenlayer.com/innovation-h...
November 22, 2024 at 8:32 AM
Nice morning read on AI vulnerability, good thing we're all so trusting with our data hiddenlayer.com/innovation-h...
US protectionism is back big time - also, I would love to see study on how WWE influenced US culture; Linda McMahon was a big player in Trump campaign and Trump basically cuts wrestling promos:
Donald Trump asks arch protectionist Robert Lighthizer to run US trade policy - on.ft.com/3YEadW9 via @FT
Donald Trump asks arch protectionist Robert Lighthizer to run US trade policy - on.ft.com/3YEadW9 via @FT
November 9, 2024 at 8:12 AM
US protectionism is back big time - also, I would love to see study on how WWE influenced US culture; Linda McMahon was a big player in Trump campaign and Trump basically cuts wrestling promos:
Donald Trump asks arch protectionist Robert Lighthizer to run US trade policy - on.ft.com/3YEadW9 via @FT
Donald Trump asks arch protectionist Robert Lighthizer to run US trade policy - on.ft.com/3YEadW9 via @FT
Here's a piece on the history of why people forgot their age (and why it matters) in Irish censuses. The population "pyramids" (i.e., they look more like a ship than a pyramid) from 1841 & 1871 are the best illustrations of the issue www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
October 18, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Here's a piece on the history of why people forgot their age (and why it matters) in Irish censuses. The population "pyramids" (i.e., they look more like a ship than a pyramid) from 1841 & 1871 are the best illustrations of the issue www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...