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wealth concentration is already 200% as bad at is was in 2020. think about that
The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
February 15, 2026 at 3:20 PM
wealth concentration is already 200% as bad at is was in 2020. think about that
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More than half of borrowers now use credit cards just to pay for essentials.
With credit card interest rates around 20%, debt becomes a mechanism of redistribution: money flows from workers to banks simply so households can afford food, rent and utilities.
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
With credit card interest rates around 20%, debt becomes a mechanism of redistribution: money flows from workers to banks simply so households can afford food, rent and utilities.
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
What I read this week
The poverty crisis, the debt crisis, and the cliamte crisis.
open.substack.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:44 AM
More than half of borrowers now use credit cards just to pay for essentials.
With credit card interest rates around 20%, debt becomes a mechanism of redistribution: money flows from workers to banks simply so households can afford food, rent and utilities.
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
With credit card interest rates around 20%, debt becomes a mechanism of redistribution: money flows from workers to banks simply so households can afford food, rent and utilities.
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
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AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
February 13, 2026 at 5:50 PM
AOC: "Extreme level of wealth inequality leads to social instability and drives authoritarianism, right-wing populism, and really dangerous domestic internal politics. That is a direct outcome of the failure of democracies over decades to deliver."
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Great work from the FT's John Burn-Murdoch www.ft.com/content/b474...
January 31, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Great work from the FT's John Burn-Murdoch www.ft.com/content/b474...
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Any lino print /bird enthusiasts out there?
#birds #art #linocut #linoprint #printmaking
Liquoricelino.etsy.com
#birds #art #linocut #linoprint #printmaking
Liquoricelino.etsy.com
January 24, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Any lino print /bird enthusiasts out there?
#birds #art #linocut #linoprint #printmaking
Liquoricelino.etsy.com
#birds #art #linocut #linoprint #printmaking
Liquoricelino.etsy.com
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The purpose of the liberal rules-based order was not to constrain the actions of the United States. It was to lend legitimacy to a world system structured around US empire.
Trump has torn down this façade - what's left is the reality of naked imperialism.
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
Trump has torn down this façade - what's left is the reality of naked imperialism.
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
The Law of the Jungle
The façade that once legitimised empire has collapsed. What remains is power without apology.
open.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 10:14 AM
The purpose of the liberal rules-based order was not to constrain the actions of the United States. It was to lend legitimacy to a world system structured around US empire.
Trump has torn down this façade - what's left is the reality of naked imperialism.
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
Trump has torn down this façade - what's left is the reality of naked imperialism.
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
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Ruben L. Oppenheimer, NRC 13 januari
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January 13, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Ruben L. Oppenheimer, NRC 13 januari
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Read Frank Foer's amazing essay on the civil servants we have lost
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Purged
Donald Trump’s destruction of the civil service is a tragedy not just for the roughly 300,000 workers who have been discarded, but for an entire nation.
www.theatlantic.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:44 AM
Read Frank Foer's amazing essay on the civil servants we have lost
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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if we can't clearly say that a party whitewashing a coup is anti-democratic and un-American, then we've truly lost the plot
Pardon my coup
Accurate political journalism requires a bias toward democracy
www.gelliottmorris.com
January 7, 2026 at 12:00 PM
if we can't clearly say that a party whitewashing a coup is anti-democratic and un-American, then we've truly lost the plot
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NEW article by me!
We can now visualize pathogens down to atoms; design vaccines in weeks; manufacture them in microbial factories; engineer them more precise than ever before.
We're living through a golden age of vaccine development, but only if we continue to invest in them.
We can now visualize pathogens down to atoms; design vaccines in weeks; manufacture them in microbial factories; engineer them more precise than ever before.
We're living through a golden age of vaccine development, but only if we continue to invest in them.
The golden age of vaccine development - Works in Progress Magazine
The first vaccine was a lucky accident. Now we can design new vaccines in weeks, atom by atom.
worksinprogress.co
January 7, 2026 at 3:20 PM
NEW article by me!
We can now visualize pathogens down to atoms; design vaccines in weeks; manufacture them in microbial factories; engineer them more precise than ever before.
We're living through a golden age of vaccine development, but only if we continue to invest in them.
We can now visualize pathogens down to atoms; design vaccines in weeks; manufacture them in microbial factories; engineer them more precise than ever before.
We're living through a golden age of vaccine development, but only if we continue to invest in them.
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Vondelkerk tijdens de brand van 8 november 1904.
Op tekeningen van Herman Misset.
Op tekeningen van Herman Misset.
January 1, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Vondelkerk tijdens de brand van 8 november 1904.
Op tekeningen van Herman Misset.
Op tekeningen van Herman Misset.
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I’m not worried that the AI bubble will herald the end of capitalism as we know it - or even the end of the AI boom.
I'm worried that it will result in a massive upwards transfer of wealth - and further endanger our democracies in the process.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-ai-cir...
I'm worried that it will result in a massive upwards transfer of wealth - and further endanger our democracies in the process.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-ai-cir...
The AI Circular Economy
Big tech companies and wealthy investors are driving an AI bubble - but they won't be the ones feeling the pain when it bursts.
graceblakeley.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I’m not worried that the AI bubble will herald the end of capitalism as we know it - or even the end of the AI boom.
I'm worried that it will result in a massive upwards transfer of wealth - and further endanger our democracies in the process.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-ai-cir...
I'm worried that it will result in a massive upwards transfer of wealth - and further endanger our democracies in the process.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-ai-cir...
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72% do not feel that they can influence decisions affecting the UK.
Why? Because our political and economic institutions have been captured by the wealthy.
And our democracy is failing as a result.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-uks-fa...
Why? Because our political and economic institutions have been captured by the wealthy.
And our democracy is failing as a result.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-uks-fa...
The UK's Failing Democracy
The Carnegie Foundation's Life in the UK report shows the weakness of UK democracy, and the suffering caused as a result .
graceblakeley.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:31 AM
72% do not feel that they can influence decisions affecting the UK.
Why? Because our political and economic institutions have been captured by the wealthy.
And our democracy is failing as a result.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-uks-fa...
Why? Because our political and economic institutions have been captured by the wealthy.
And our democracy is failing as a result.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-uks-fa...
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Bonuses on Wall Street are expected to break records this year as big bank profits soar.
Bubbles are everywhere - from tech stocks, to corporate bonds - and the banks are profiting.
But they won't be the ones to pay when the crash finally comes.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/what-i-rea...
Bubbles are everywhere - from tech stocks, to corporate bonds - and the banks are profiting.
But they won't be the ones to pay when the crash finally comes.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/what-i-rea...
What I Read this Week
Booming bank profits, the race for critical minerals, and how climate breakdown is driving inflation.
graceblakeley.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Bonuses on Wall Street are expected to break records this year as big bank profits soar.
Bubbles are everywhere - from tech stocks, to corporate bonds - and the banks are profiting.
But they won't be the ones to pay when the crash finally comes.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/what-i-rea...
Bubbles are everywhere - from tech stocks, to corporate bonds - and the banks are profiting.
But they won't be the ones to pay when the crash finally comes.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/what-i-rea...
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Ze komen in nauwelijks een week tijd kant-en-klaar uit de fabriek. Maar het bedrijf dat de woningen bouwt, is failliet. Ondanks de vraag naar huizen.
Hoe dat kan? Gemeenten zijn te langzaam, zegt directeur Wim-Heerke Spronk van het bedrijf uit Emmeloord.
Hoe dat kan? Gemeenten zijn te langzaam, zegt directeur Wim-Heerke Spronk van het bedrijf uit Emmeloord.
Woning klaar in zes dagen, dan begint het wachten op de gemeente (en gaat het mis)
Ze komen in nauwelijks een week tijd kant-en-klaar uit de fabriek. Maar het bedrijf dat de woningen bouwt, is failliet. Ondanks de enorme vraag naar huizen. Hoe dat kan? Gemeenten zijn te langzaam, ze...
www.destentor.nl
October 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Ze komen in nauwelijks een week tijd kant-en-klaar uit de fabriek. Maar het bedrijf dat de woningen bouwt, is failliet. Ondanks de vraag naar huizen.
Hoe dat kan? Gemeenten zijn te langzaam, zegt directeur Wim-Heerke Spronk van het bedrijf uit Emmeloord.
Hoe dat kan? Gemeenten zijn te langzaam, zegt directeur Wim-Heerke Spronk van het bedrijf uit Emmeloord.
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Good moment to remember that US foreign policy is also being reoriented to enable foreign censors and authoritarian propaganda around the world
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
America Surrenders in the Global Information Wars
The U.S. is reorienting its foreign policy to protect governments that manipulate and suppress information.
www.theatlantic.com
September 18, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Good moment to remember that US foreign policy is also being reoriented to enable foreign censors and authoritarian propaganda around the world
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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“Until we confront the climate emergency and the corporate capture of our food system, inflation will remain a permanent feature of daily life.“
Read my latest on the structural causes of food price inflation
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
Read my latest on the structural causes of food price inflation
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
What's Driving Food Price Inflation?
Tariffs, climate breakdown, and the corporate capture of global agriculture.
open.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
“Until we confront the climate emergency and the corporate capture of our food system, inflation will remain a permanent feature of daily life.“
Read my latest on the structural causes of food price inflation
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
Read my latest on the structural causes of food price inflation
open.substack.com/pub/gracebla...
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Vandaag is dag 200 van het tweede presidentschap van Trump. Ik houd vanaf dag 1 alle besluiten van Trump en de impact daarvan bij op reportersonline.nl/besluiten-tr.... Tijd voor een draadje met de highlights van dag 101-200:
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Alle besluiten van Trump - en de impact daarvan
Een overzicht van de besluiten van de Amerikaanse president en van de wereldwijde gevolgen.
reportersonline.nl
August 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Vandaag is dag 200 van het tweede presidentschap van Trump. Ik houd vanaf dag 1 alle besluiten van Trump en de impact daarvan bij op reportersonline.nl/besluiten-tr.... Tijd voor een draadje met de highlights van dag 101-200:
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One of the most shocking things I have read for a while:
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t.co/lg46ijHLDF
April 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
One of the most shocking things I have read for a while:
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t.co/lg46ijHLDF
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on the Kleptocracy Presidency: The number and nature of conflicts of interest is astonishing
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
The Kleptocracy Presidency
Under Trump, conflicts of interest are just part of the system.
www.theatlantic.com
April 14, 2025 at 10:52 AM
on the Kleptocracy Presidency: The number and nature of conflicts of interest is astonishing
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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"No one, apparently, is willing to prevent a single man from destroying the world economy, wrecking financial markets, forcing this country and other countries into recession if that’s what he feels like doing when he gets up tomorrow morning"
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
This Is Why Dictatorships Fail
The authors of the Constitution separated powers for a reason.
www.theatlantic.com
April 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"No one, apparently, is willing to prevent a single man from destroying the world economy, wrecking financial markets, forcing this country and other countries into recession if that’s what he feels like doing when he gets up tomorrow morning"
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Millions die prematurely from air pollution every year.
Where does this pollution come from?
In our new article, @pablorosado.com and I look at the breakdown, pollutant-by-pollutant.
ourworldindata.org/air-pollutio...
Where does this pollution come from?
In our new article, @pablorosado.com and I look at the breakdown, pollutant-by-pollutant.
ourworldindata.org/air-pollutio...
Air pollution kills millions every year — where does it come from?
A breakdown of the sources of many air pollutants that damage our health and ecosystems.
ourworldindata.org
March 31, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Millions die prematurely from air pollution every year.
Where does this pollution come from?
In our new article, @pablorosado.com and I look at the breakdown, pollutant-by-pollutant.
ourworldindata.org/air-pollutio...
Where does this pollution come from?
In our new article, @pablorosado.com and I look at the breakdown, pollutant-by-pollutant.
ourworldindata.org/air-pollutio...
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