David Graham
@randomwalk001.bsky.social
Student - Economics of Sustainability. Former financial services professional. Not building a brand. Fighting ignorance, starting with my own.
Not much better here across the ditch despite a nominally centre-left Government.
November 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Not much better here across the ditch despite a nominally centre-left Government.
This is the guy being lined up as Fed Chair next year? 😳
November 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
This is the guy being lined up as Fed Chair next year? 😳
I, too, but I am fast approaching the tech rollover where I am becoming my parents, and my children are becoming me...
November 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I, too, but I am fast approaching the tech rollover where I am becoming my parents, and my children are becoming me...
Just the same, ‘O’ (oh) is a letter, ‘0’ (zero or nought) is the relevant integer.
November 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Just the same, ‘O’ (oh) is a letter, ‘0’ (zero or nought) is the relevant integer.
A lot to unpack but the ‘ranting lunatic’ line made me guffaw.
November 15, 2025 at 3:48 AM
A lot to unpack but the ‘ranting lunatic’ line made me guffaw.
I prefer to be more eloquent, but what a fckn child.
November 15, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I prefer to be more eloquent, but what a fckn child.
If Bill Ackman fled NYC for Palm Beach it would raise the average IQ of both cities. (Credit: Robert Muldoon former PM NZ).
November 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
If Bill Ackman fled NYC for Palm Beach it would raise the average IQ of both cities. (Credit: Robert Muldoon former PM NZ).
I rarely use the term, but FMD.
October 31, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I rarely use the term, but FMD.
I can't remember seeing 'the establishment' this concerned. Revealing, isn't it?
October 31, 2025 at 6:20 AM
I can't remember seeing 'the establishment' this concerned. Revealing, isn't it?
As if you would take economic advice from these people.
October 29, 2025 at 8:08 AM
As if you would take economic advice from these people.
He is going to need one of those harnesses they put on small children who tend to wander off in supermarkets.
October 29, 2025 at 4:44 AM
He is going to need one of those harnesses they put on small children who tend to wander off in supermarkets.
Indeed. If this dystopian episode of the apprentice has any upside, it is the extent to which cracks were hitherto papered over. The weaknesses in your institutions, the culture of celebrity and wealth, the cult of the individual suppression of the common good.
October 27, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Indeed. If this dystopian episode of the apprentice has any upside, it is the extent to which cracks were hitherto papered over. The weaknesses in your institutions, the culture of celebrity and wealth, the cult of the individual suppression of the common good.
Malaysians endured English, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch colonisers. Surely they have suffered enough.
October 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Malaysians endured English, Spanish, Portuguese and Dutch colonisers. Surely they have suffered enough.
Strange that they need such a big ballroom for a party with so few balls.
October 23, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Strange that they need such a big ballroom for a party with so few balls.
Couldn't you all have bought him a nice Lego set?
October 23, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Couldn't you all have bought him a nice Lego set?
Even plutocrats like Henry Ford understood that you have to pay enough so workers can afford to buy your product.
October 21, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Even plutocrats like Henry Ford understood that you have to pay enough so workers can afford to buy your product.
Federal Government debt is not like private debt. It is just money with an end date and interest rate. At maturity it returns to the ordinary money from whence it came. #MMT
October 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Federal Government debt is not like private debt. It is just money with an end date and interest rate. At maturity it returns to the ordinary money from whence it came. #MMT
Not opposed to taxing fossil fuel production, but they don't need to raise the money. The Feds can create the money if the real resources are available i.e. materials, builders, etc. "Anything we can do, we can afford" - J. M. Keynes.
October 17, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Not opposed to taxing fossil fuel production, but they don't need to raise the money. The Feds can create the money if the real resources are available i.e. materials, builders, etc. "Anything we can do, we can afford" - J. M. Keynes.
"...commonly used ‘net zero’ carbon budgets only
give a 50/50 chance of limiting warming to well below 2°C". - Institute and Faculty of Actuaries & University of Exeter Jan 2025.
give a 50/50 chance of limiting warming to well below 2°C". - Institute and Faculty of Actuaries & University of Exeter Jan 2025.
October 16, 2025 at 6:53 AM
"...commonly used ‘net zero’ carbon budgets only
give a 50/50 chance of limiting warming to well below 2°C". - Institute and Faculty of Actuaries & University of Exeter Jan 2025.
give a 50/50 chance of limiting warming to well below 2°C". - Institute and Faculty of Actuaries & University of Exeter Jan 2025.