Peter Ryan
@peterryanresearch.bsky.social
Research on economics, history, and tech at RyanResearch.co with a special focus on Ireland.
Noah Smith in July 2025: Milei's economic policies are working surprisingly well
WSJ in September 2025: "The economy is contracting. Tens of thousands of jobs lost during Milei’s tough austerity drive have yet to come back."
WSJ in September 2025: "The economy is contracting. Tens of thousands of jobs lost during Milei’s tough austerity drive have yet to come back."
September 26, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Noah Smith in July 2025: Milei's economic policies are working surprisingly well
WSJ in September 2025: "The economy is contracting. Tens of thousands of jobs lost during Milei’s tough austerity drive have yet to come back."
WSJ in September 2025: "The economy is contracting. Tens of thousands of jobs lost during Milei’s tough austerity drive have yet to come back."
I argued with this guy before on this point.
It kind of defies logic of everyone’s statements on this and the effects we are seeing. How is the BIS finding stablecoins inflows to treasuries is counteracting status quo if not it being a new untapped source that wasn’t presently there?
It kind of defies logic of everyone’s statements on this and the effects we are seeing. How is the BIS finding stablecoins inflows to treasuries is counteracting status quo if not it being a new untapped source that wasn’t presently there?
September 19, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I argued with this guy before on this point.
It kind of defies logic of everyone’s statements on this and the effects we are seeing. How is the BIS finding stablecoins inflows to treasuries is counteracting status quo if not it being a new untapped source that wasn’t presently there?
It kind of defies logic of everyone’s statements on this and the effects we are seeing. How is the BIS finding stablecoins inflows to treasuries is counteracting status quo if not it being a new untapped source that wasn’t presently there?
It’s a newer version of what Michael Hudson described here:
September 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
It’s a newer version of what Michael Hudson described here:
JKG predicting the rise of the tech right
September 6, 2025 at 8:02 PM
JKG predicting the rise of the tech right
"these public banks guard against oligopoly...produce more competition...[and] prevent “too big to fail” scenarios"
September 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
"these public banks guard against oligopoly...produce more competition...[and] prevent “too big to fail” scenarios"
Sparkassen-Landesbanken remain “the most important financial partner within the German banking industry, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises.”
September 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Sparkassen-Landesbanken remain “the most important financial partner within the German banking industry, especially for small and medium-sized enterprises.”
“Americans saying they want to leave the US jumped from 10% in 2011 to a record 21% by last year…most Europeans live better than most Americans. There’s one big exception: the mega-rich…That leaves about 99% of the population for whom emigrating to Europe would be a life win.” - FT
August 29, 2025 at 11:12 PM
“Americans saying they want to leave the US jumped from 10% in 2011 to a record 21% by last year…most Europeans live better than most Americans. There’s one big exception: the mega-rich…That leaves about 99% of the population for whom emigrating to Europe would be a life win.” - FT
America's uber-neoliberal economic model only truly positively diverges for the top 1% compared to Europe.
The American top 1% earns almost double the income share as the European top 1%s. Ordinary Americans don't see these gains yet face more unaffordability than Europeans.
The American top 1% earns almost double the income share as the European top 1%s. Ordinary Americans don't see these gains yet face more unaffordability than Europeans.
August 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
America's uber-neoliberal economic model only truly positively diverges for the top 1% compared to Europe.
The American top 1% earns almost double the income share as the European top 1%s. Ordinary Americans don't see these gains yet face more unaffordability than Europeans.
The American top 1% earns almost double the income share as the European top 1%s. Ordinary Americans don't see these gains yet face more unaffordability than Europeans.
Latest essay: "American vs. European GDP Per Capita"
I examined nuances in GDP per capita and related metrics to challenge Sam Bowman's soft polemic that Europeans have much worse economic well-being than Americans. At another angle, it's inverted.
ryanresearch.substack.com/p/american-v...
I examined nuances in GDP per capita and related metrics to challenge Sam Bowman's soft polemic that Europeans have much worse economic well-being than Americans. At another angle, it's inverted.
ryanresearch.substack.com/p/american-v...
August 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Latest essay: "American vs. European GDP Per Capita"
I examined nuances in GDP per capita and related metrics to challenge Sam Bowman's soft polemic that Europeans have much worse economic well-being than Americans. At another angle, it's inverted.
ryanresearch.substack.com/p/american-v...
I examined nuances in GDP per capita and related metrics to challenge Sam Bowman's soft polemic that Europeans have much worse economic well-being than Americans. At another angle, it's inverted.
ryanresearch.substack.com/p/american-v...
Of all the things I said on our @cryptocriticscorner.com podcast episode, the most important was me celebrating @cascoinfoundation.org and @bft.wtf for being some of the best journalists in the industry whose work is indispensable.
www.youtube.com/live/6sQJFYc...
www.youtube.com/live/6sQJFYc...
August 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Of all the things I said on our @cryptocriticscorner.com podcast episode, the most important was me celebrating @cascoinfoundation.org and @bft.wtf for being some of the best journalists in the industry whose work is indispensable.
www.youtube.com/live/6sQJFYc...
www.youtube.com/live/6sQJFYc...
"If stablecoins get big enough...they will be more powerful than Jerome Powell's Federal Reserve."
Watch the latest @cryptocriticscorner.com w/ @cascoinfoundation.org and @bft.wtf where we discuss stablecoin shadow central banking and the history of Bitcoin.
www.youtube.com/live/6sQJFYc...
Watch the latest @cryptocriticscorner.com w/ @cascoinfoundation.org and @bft.wtf where we discuss stablecoin shadow central banking and the history of Bitcoin.
www.youtube.com/live/6sQJFYc...
August 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
"If stablecoins get big enough...they will be more powerful than Jerome Powell's Federal Reserve."
Watch the latest @cryptocriticscorner.com w/ @cascoinfoundation.org and @bft.wtf where we discuss stablecoin shadow central banking and the history of Bitcoin.
www.youtube.com/live/6sQJFYc...
Watch the latest @cryptocriticscorner.com w/ @cascoinfoundation.org and @bft.wtf where we discuss stablecoin shadow central banking and the history of Bitcoin.
www.youtube.com/live/6sQJFYc...
August 7, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I joined Emily Jashinsky and @krystalball.bsky.social on Breaking Points to discuss my latest crypto-skeptic essay in
Compact Magazine: Money by Vile Means.
Check out our conversation and read the essay in Compact.
youtu.be/zxukz4elQRs?...
Compact Magazine: Money by Vile Means.
Check out our conversation and read the essay in Compact.
youtu.be/zxukz4elQRs?...
July 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
I joined Emily Jashinsky and @krystalball.bsky.social on Breaking Points to discuss my latest crypto-skeptic essay in
Compact Magazine: Money by Vile Means.
Check out our conversation and read the essay in Compact.
youtu.be/zxukz4elQRs?...
Compact Magazine: Money by Vile Means.
Check out our conversation and read the essay in Compact.
youtu.be/zxukz4elQRs?...
“Stablecoins, the government, and the corporations all win; a shadow central bank conducts shadow money printing to shadow monetize the debt and shadow quantitative ease.”
July 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
“Stablecoins, the government, and the corporations all win; a shadow central bank conducts shadow money printing to shadow monetize the debt and shadow quantitative ease.”
The founder of the P2P Foundation, where Satoshi announced his original Bitcoin white paper, had this to say about my essay.
July 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The founder of the P2P Foundation, where Satoshi announced his original Bitcoin white paper, had this to say about my essay.
Actually it does.
July 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Actually it does.
MONEY BY VILE MEANS
Over 10 years in the making and one of Compact's longest essays ever.
This is my definitive deep dive guide to critique Bitcoin.
From libertarian ideal to cynical state capture, I debunk the myths of Bitcoin and reveal its dark reality.
www.compactmag.com/article/mone...
Over 10 years in the making and one of Compact's longest essays ever.
This is my definitive deep dive guide to critique Bitcoin.
From libertarian ideal to cynical state capture, I debunk the myths of Bitcoin and reveal its dark reality.
www.compactmag.com/article/mone...
July 25, 2025 at 6:36 PM
MONEY BY VILE MEANS
Over 10 years in the making and one of Compact's longest essays ever.
This is my definitive deep dive guide to critique Bitcoin.
From libertarian ideal to cynical state capture, I debunk the myths of Bitcoin and reveal its dark reality.
www.compactmag.com/article/mone...
Over 10 years in the making and one of Compact's longest essays ever.
This is my definitive deep dive guide to critique Bitcoin.
From libertarian ideal to cynical state capture, I debunk the myths of Bitcoin and reveal its dark reality.
www.compactmag.com/article/mone...
ESSAY:
Ireland's Mamdani Moment:
Discontented Youth Will Decide Ireland's Next Election in 2030
Please read more here:
ryanresearch.substack.com/p/irelands-m...
Ireland's Mamdani Moment:
Discontented Youth Will Decide Ireland's Next Election in 2030
Please read more here:
ryanresearch.substack.com/p/irelands-m...
July 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
ESSAY:
Ireland's Mamdani Moment:
Discontented Youth Will Decide Ireland's Next Election in 2030
Please read more here:
ryanresearch.substack.com/p/irelands-m...
Ireland's Mamdani Moment:
Discontented Youth Will Decide Ireland's Next Election in 2030
Please read more here:
ryanresearch.substack.com/p/irelands-m...