Heikki Taimio
@heikkitaimio.bsky.social
Eläkeläinen. PT:n tutkija ja T&Y-lehden toimittaja 2001-2021. Ykkösarvoni on oikeamielisyys ja mottoni ”facts have a well-known liberal bias” (Paul Krugman).
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The only “peace plan” that makes sense is the one from Sanna Marin, Finland’s former Prime Minister:
“The way out of the conflict is for Russia to leave Ukraine. That is the way out of the conflict.”
“The way out of the conflict is for Russia to leave Ukraine. That is the way out of the conflict.”
November 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
The only “peace plan” that makes sense is the one from Sanna Marin, Finland’s former Prime Minister:
“The way out of the conflict is for Russia to leave Ukraine. That is the way out of the conflict.”
“The way out of the conflict is for Russia to leave Ukraine. That is the way out of the conflict.”
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Eli ongelma olikin taas vain *ylläri* kermaperseilevät boomerit. Nuorempia ei häiritse pitää huolta toisista ja hyvinvointivaltiosta.
Nuoret digimiljonäärit ajattelevat lähes kaikesta toisin kuin vanha patruunasukupolvi – professori kertoo miksi
Suomen rikkaita tutkinut Anu Kantola kertoo uuden digirikkaiston noususta ja arvoista, jotka poikkeavat jyrkästi patruunasukupolven vastaavista.
yle.fi
November 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Eli ongelma olikin taas vain *ylläri* kermaperseilevät boomerit. Nuorempia ei häiritse pitää huolta toisista ja hyvinvointivaltiosta.
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"Far from draining our welfare system, migrants are supporting the British state’s solvency."
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 AM
"Far from draining our welfare system, migrants are supporting the British state’s solvency."
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
New analysis by @lgilbert.co
ukandeu.ac.uk/lower-migrat...
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Nuclear substantially raises system costs relative to renewables -- in Finland anyway.
1/ New @lut.fi study in collaboration with European partners finds prioritising nuclear power expansion over renewable energy (RE) leads to 71–84% higher annual system costs in Finland by 2050 compared to a cost-optimised RE system. doi.org/10.1016/j.en...
September 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Nuclear substantially raises system costs relative to renewables -- in Finland anyway.
Valkoisen talon mukaan presidentti (ei nimeä!) antaa ilmoituksen tänään klo 21 Suomen aikaa. Mielenkiintoista spekulointia, onko se vakavasti sairastuneeksi epäilty Trump vai Vance: thenightly.com.au/politics/us-...
Wild theories erupt as US President ‘announcement’ confirmed
The White House has confirmed the US President will be making an announcement shortly from the Oval Office, and the internet has gone into overdrive.
thenightly.com.au
September 2, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Valkoisen talon mukaan presidentti (ei nimeä!) antaa ilmoituksen tänään klo 21 Suomen aikaa. Mielenkiintoista spekulointia, onko se vakavasti sairastuneeksi epäilty Trump vai Vance: thenightly.com.au/politics/us-...
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"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
August 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
"A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people."
—The Declaration of Independence
—The Declaration of Independence
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Source: www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10...
www.econstor.eu
August 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Source: www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10...
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This new paper finds that public investment in Germany has favourable macroeconomic effects: it raises output (multiplier: ~2), lowers unemployment, crowds-in private investment and increases tax revenues. Effects stronger for infrastructure spending than private sector grants.
August 19, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This new paper finds that public investment in Germany has favourable macroeconomic effects: it raises output (multiplier: ~2), lowers unemployment, crowds-in private investment and increases tax revenues. Effects stronger for infrastructure spending than private sector grants.
Paul Krugman Brutally Wrecks Trump’s Europe Deal: “Scam on His Voters” newrepublic.com/article/1985... via @newrepublic.com
Paul Krugman Brutally Wrecks Trump’s Europe Deal: “Scam on His Voters”
As the emerging details of Trump’s trade agreement with Europe puncture his hype, economist Paul Krugman explains at length why it’s actually a big loss for our country—and especially for his MAGA bas...
newrepublic.com
July 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Paul Krugman Brutally Wrecks Trump’s Europe Deal: “Scam on His Voters” newrepublic.com/article/1985... via @newrepublic.com
Selvästi Putinilla on joku "ote" Trumpista.
After 127 days in office, Trump has still not ended a war he claimed he would end within 100 days, and has yet to take a single concrete step to pressure the one person refusing to agree to the ceasefire he himself proposed — Putin.
Bracing for more Russian attacks, an anxious Ukraine waits for Trump to do… something
After an unprecedented three-day wave of Russian aerial attacks in Ukraine over the weekend, the world is once again looking to U.S. President Donald Trump to take his first steps toward forcing Mosco...
kyivindependent.com
May 28, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Selvästi Putinilla on joku "ote" Trumpista.
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Olivier Blanchard gives his thoughts on 40 years of evolution of mainstream macroeconomics:
Convergence? Thoughts about the evolution of mainstream macroeconomics over the last 40 years
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the NBER Macro Annual Conference, founded in 1986. This paper reviews the evolution of mainstream macroeconomics since then. It presents Blanchard’s views, info...
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May 8, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Olivier Blanchard gives his thoughts on 40 years of evolution of mainstream macroeconomics:
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Russia is reportedly expanding its military infrastructure along its border with Finland and stockpiling new tanks, likely in preparation for future aggression against NATO. isw.pub/UkrWar042825
April 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Russia is reportedly expanding its military infrastructure along its border with Finland and stockpiling new tanks, likely in preparation for future aggression against NATO. isw.pub/UkrWar042825
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"Sanders’s campaigning against the neoliberal consensus is persuasive with the many voters (and again, especially young people) that believe has left them behind. ... Maybe Democrats can learn something from that.
gelliottmorris.substack.com/p/who-is-the...
gelliottmorris.substack.com/p/who-is-the...
Who is the most popular U.S. elected official?
Maybe Democrats can learn something from them
gelliottmorris.substack.com
March 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
"Sanders’s campaigning against the neoliberal consensus is persuasive with the many voters (and again, especially young people) that believe has left them behind. ... Maybe Democrats can learn something from that.
gelliottmorris.substack.com/p/who-is-the...
gelliottmorris.substack.com/p/who-is-the...
Parempi myöhään kuin ei milloinkaan: HS käsittelee tänään isosti pääomatulojen kasvua ja matalaa verotusta - tasan 20 vuotta sen jälkeen, kun toimittamassani T&Y-lehdessä ilmestyi Matti Tuomalan ja kumppanien 1. artikkeli samasta aiheesta ja sen jälkeen lukuisia muita labore.fi/wp-content/u...
labore.fi
March 24, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Parempi myöhään kuin ei milloinkaan: HS käsittelee tänään isosti pääomatulojen kasvua ja matalaa verotusta - tasan 20 vuotta sen jälkeen, kun toimittamassani T&Y-lehdessä ilmestyi Matti Tuomalan ja kumppanien 1. artikkeli samasta aiheesta ja sen jälkeen lukuisia muita labore.fi/wp-content/u...
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"Increased public investment raises output, both in the short term and in the long term, crowds in private investment, and reduces unemployment.. When there's economic slack and monetary accommodation, demand effects are stronger, the public-debt-to-GDP ratio may actually decline"
March 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
"Increased public investment raises output, both in the short term and in the long term, crowds in private investment, and reduces unemployment.. When there's economic slack and monetary accommodation, demand effects are stronger, the public-debt-to-GDP ratio may actually decline"
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Putinin mukaan Ukrainan sodan juurisyyt pitäisi eliminoida. No mikäpä siinä. Aloitetaan ilmeisimmästä: sehän on Putler itse.
March 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Putinin mukaan Ukrainan sodan juurisyyt pitäisi eliminoida. No mikäpä siinä. Aloitetaan ilmeisimmästä: sehän on Putler itse.
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”Empatia ei kuulu politiikkaan.”
- riikka
- riikka
March 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
”Empatia ei kuulu politiikkaan.”
- riikka
- riikka
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Nyt kiinnostaisi tietää pari asiaa:
- paljonko F-35 -hävittäjistä on jo maksettu ja miten tilaus peruutetaan? Kuinka pian saamme korvaavat Euroopasta?
- miten hankkiudumme eroon DCA-sopimuksesta?
Nyt uhkana ovat tositilanteessa lentokyvyttömät uudet hävittäjät ja Venäjän asiamiehet varuskunnissa.
- paljonko F-35 -hävittäjistä on jo maksettu ja miten tilaus peruutetaan? Kuinka pian saamme korvaavat Euroopasta?
- miten hankkiudumme eroon DCA-sopimuksesta?
Nyt uhkana ovat tositilanteessa lentokyvyttömät uudet hävittäjät ja Venäjän asiamiehet varuskunnissa.
March 1, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Nyt kiinnostaisi tietää pari asiaa:
- paljonko F-35 -hävittäjistä on jo maksettu ja miten tilaus peruutetaan? Kuinka pian saamme korvaavat Euroopasta?
- miten hankkiudumme eroon DCA-sopimuksesta?
Nyt uhkana ovat tositilanteessa lentokyvyttömät uudet hävittäjät ja Venäjän asiamiehet varuskunnissa.
- paljonko F-35 -hävittäjistä on jo maksettu ja miten tilaus peruutetaan? Kuinka pian saamme korvaavat Euroopasta?
- miten hankkiudumme eroon DCA-sopimuksesta?
Nyt uhkana ovat tositilanteessa lentokyvyttömät uudet hävittäjät ja Venäjän asiamiehet varuskunnissa.
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Craig Unger, an American journalist and writer who has written two books on Trump’s connections to Russia’s security services and the Russian mafia, says he is "absolutely certain" that the U.S. president is a Russian asset.
Is Donald Trump a Russian asset? This US author is 'completely certain' he is
Questions about U.S. President Donald Trump's possibly shady relationship with Russia and the country's security services have long swirled, even culminating in a special counsel investigation during ...
kyivindependent.com
February 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Craig Unger, an American journalist and writer who has written two books on Trump’s connections to Russia’s security services and the Russian mafia, says he is "absolutely certain" that the U.S. president is a Russian asset.
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Some 26.1% of Ukrainians said they completely approve Zelensky, while another 36.9% said they tend to approve him. The overall figure is higher than in polls conducted years before Russia's full-scale invasion, as well as in the spring of 2024.
February 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Some 26.1% of Ukrainians said they completely approve Zelensky, while another 36.9% said they tend to approve him. The overall figure is higher than in polls conducted years before Russia's full-scale invasion, as well as in the spring of 2024.
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⚡️63% of Ukrainians approve Zelensky as president, poll shows.
63% of Ukrainians approve Zelensky as president, poll shows
Some 26.1% of Ukrainians said they completely approve Zelensky, while another 36.9% said they tend to approve him. The overall figure is higher than in polls conducted years before Russia's full-scale...
kyivindependent.com
February 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
⚡️63% of Ukrainians approve Zelensky as president, poll shows.
Trumpin ja Muskin alamäki voi johtaa siihen, että kongressin republikaanien lojaalisuus heitä kohtaa heikkenee heidän pelätessään paikkojensa menettämistä seuraavissa vaaleissa, joihin tosin on melko pitkä aika, yli 20 kk.
Elon Musk is cratering in polls:
WaPo: Only 34% approve of Musk's role, 63% worry about his data access
CNN: 54% say it's bad Musk was given a big role
Majorities disapprove of Trump in CNN, WaPo, Gallup.
On the pod, @juliaazari.bsky.social is great on all this:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
WaPo: Only 34% approve of Musk's role, 63% worry about his data access
CNN: 54% say it's bad Musk was given a big role
Majorities disapprove of Trump in CNN, WaPo, Gallup.
On the pod, @juliaazari.bsky.social is great on all this:
newrepublic.com/article/1917...
Trump Suddenly Slips in 3 Brutal New Polls—and Musk Looks Even Worse
As several national polls offer bad news for Donald Trump and Elon Musk, a leading political scientist explains why conditions are ripe for Democrats to run harder against their authoritarian overreac...
newrepublic.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Trumpin ja Muskin alamäki voi johtaa siihen, että kongressin republikaanien lojaalisuus heitä kohtaa heikkenee heidän pelätessään paikkojensa menettämistä seuraavissa vaaleissa, joihin tosin on melko pitkä aika, yli 20 kk.
Hyvä ketju, joka eurooppalaisten poliitikkojen tulisi ymmärtää.
This is true. So what can Europe do? In the short term, it can improve Ukraine's "outside option" - ie what Ukraine gets if it says "no" to whatever Trump and Putin cook up. /
This — but Europe can only empower Ukraine to reject a bad deal by creating a better one.
February 18, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Hyvä ketju, joka eurooppalaisten poliitikkojen tulisi ymmärtää.