Rory O'Farrell
@rofarrell.bsky.social
Emojinally intelligent economist.🧐 Déisean. (Views my own.) Lecturing economics @WeAreTUDublin Previously @OECD @NERI_Research
Twitter: r_o_farrell
Twitter: r_o_farrell
Reposted by Rory O'Farrell
Workers have been collectively going on strike for fair pay and better conditions for a long time.
As far as we know, for more than three thousand years.
As far as we know, for more than three thousand years.
November 14, 1152 BCE: the first recorded workers' strike occurred in ancient Egypt under Pharaoh Ramses III. Artisans and laborers working on the royal tombs at Deir el-Medina stopped working in protest of delayed and insufficient rations, a form of wages. collezioni.museoegizio.it/en-GB/materi...
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Workers have been collectively going on strike for fair pay and better conditions for a long time.
As far as we know, for more than three thousand years.
As far as we know, for more than three thousand years.
Reposted by Rory O'Farrell
The basic problem with the temporary refugee status policy - especially one lasting up to 20 years - is it leads to very few removals (based on Denmark's experience) but does significantly worsen integration.
November 18, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The basic problem with the temporary refugee status policy - especially one lasting up to 20 years - is it leads to very few removals (based on Denmark's experience) but does significantly worsen integration.
Reposted by Rory O'Farrell
"Dress for the job you want, not the job you have"
Here is Gregory Bovino, the man in charge of ICE agents in Chicago.
October 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
"Dress for the job you want, not the job you have"
Reposted by Rory O'Farrell
Faced with Trumps' tariff chaos, the EU needs to reach a understanding with China, to reduce disruption. But it cannot be based on China massively diverting sales from US to EU while curtailing exports of critical materials for European production and clean tech on.ft.com/42FMvvI
October 13, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Faced with Trumps' tariff chaos, the EU needs to reach a understanding with China, to reduce disruption. But it cannot be based on China massively diverting sales from US to EU while curtailing exports of critical materials for European production and clean tech on.ft.com/42FMvvI
Reposted by Rory O'Farrell
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
What has to happen - must the lDF write GENOCIDE on their tanks & WAR CRIME on their planes - b4 Israel's backers, condoners, financiers and armourers put a stop to this clearly articulated criminal plan?
Europe has failed completely to use available tools.
What has to happen - must the lDF write GENOCIDE on their tanks & WAR CRIME on their planes - b4 Israel's backers, condoners, financiers and armourers put a stop to this clearly articulated criminal plan?
Europe has failed completely to use available tools.
Gaza will be entirely destroyed, Israeli minister says
Bezalel Smotrich says Palestinians will ‘leave in great numbers to third countries’, raising fears of ethnic cleansing
www.theguardian.com
May 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
What has to happen - must the lDF write GENOCIDE on their tanks & WAR CRIME on their planes - b4 Israel's backers, condoners, financiers and armourers put a stop to this clearly articulated criminal plan?
Europe has failed completely to use available tools.
What has to happen - must the lDF write GENOCIDE on their tanks & WAR CRIME on their planes - b4 Israel's backers, condoners, financiers and armourers put a stop to this clearly articulated criminal plan?
Europe has failed completely to use available tools.
Reposted by Rory O'Farrell
Humanity has quietly passed a remarkable milestone: Alcohol consumption is declining, a turning point in a habit at least as old as civilization itself. This unnoticed shift suggests other long-standing habits (from smoking to red meat consumption) could potentially fade just as effortlessly.
May 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Humanity has quietly passed a remarkable milestone: Alcohol consumption is declining, a turning point in a habit at least as old as civilization itself. This unnoticed shift suggests other long-standing habits (from smoking to red meat consumption) could potentially fade just as effortlessly.
Reposted by Rory O'Farrell
“The world cannot silently just watch while this humanitarian crisis is happening & this siege is also, of course, a continuation of many, many decades of illegal occupation.”
Zeteo contributor Greta Thunberg explains how Israel bombed a Gaza Aid ship w/ drones w/ humanitarian volunteers on board.
Zeteo contributor Greta Thunberg explains how Israel bombed a Gaza Aid ship w/ drones w/ humanitarian volunteers on board.
May 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
“The world cannot silently just watch while this humanitarian crisis is happening & this siege is also, of course, a continuation of many, many decades of illegal occupation.”
Zeteo contributor Greta Thunberg explains how Israel bombed a Gaza Aid ship w/ drones w/ humanitarian volunteers on board.
Zeteo contributor Greta Thunberg explains how Israel bombed a Gaza Aid ship w/ drones w/ humanitarian volunteers on board.
Israel has been blocking Palestinian Christians from visiting their churches in Jerusalem this Easter, while "religious intolerance and antichristian sentiment has been made mainstream by Israeli political leadership". ✝️☦️
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
‘They are trying to make it unbearable’: Jerusalem Christians face Easter under Israeli crackdown
Palestinians trying to access Christianity's holiest sites in the Old City of Jerusalem face restrictions and hostility
www.theguardian.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Israel has been blocking Palestinian Christians from visiting their churches in Jerusalem this Easter, while "religious intolerance and antichristian sentiment has been made mainstream by Israeli political leadership". ✝️☦️
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Reposted by Rory O'Farrell
The murderous attack from the air on defenceless civilians, in cynical pursuit of political aims is met with horror in the case of Ukraine, and in the case of Palestinians with indifference.
The glaring double standard is shameful. #Sumy #Gaza
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
The glaring double standard is shameful. #Sumy #Gaza
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Wave of Israeli airstrikes kill at least 40 across Gaza, says civil defence agency
Missiles hit encampments for displaced Palestinians as talks on response to Israel truce offer ‘almost complete’
www.theguardian.com
April 18, 2025 at 4:58 AM
The murderous attack from the air on defenceless civilians, in cynical pursuit of political aims is met with horror in the case of Ukraine, and in the case of Palestinians with indifference.
The glaring double standard is shameful. #Sumy #Gaza
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
The glaring double standard is shameful. #Sumy #Gaza
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
In Ireland, since Covid there has been a strong sustained increase in teen employment, especially for girls working part-time.
👨🍳👩🍳👨🌾👩🌾👩💻👨💻
(Boys have higher rates for working full-time, so overall employment rates are fairly equal.)
👨🍳👩🍳👨🌾👩🌾👩💻👨💻
(Boys have higher rates for working full-time, so overall employment rates are fairly equal.)
April 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
In Ireland, since Covid there has been a strong sustained increase in teen employment, especially for girls working part-time.
👨🍳👩🍳👨🌾👩🌾👩💻👨💻
(Boys have higher rates for working full-time, so overall employment rates are fairly equal.)
👨🍳👩🍳👨🌾👩🌾👩💻👨💻
(Boys have higher rates for working full-time, so overall employment rates are fairly equal.)
Reposted by Rory O'Farrell
Caving disguised as divide and rule.
The EU and other countries should not indulge the bully and be seduced by his blatant attempt to make China the fall guy.
The EU and other countries should not indulge the bully and be seduced by his blatant attempt to make China the fall guy.
🚨Trump says he’s raising tariffs on China to 125% and reducing tariffs on other countries to 10% for 90 days.
April 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Caving disguised as divide and rule.
The EU and other countries should not indulge the bully and be seduced by his blatant attempt to make China the fall guy.
The EU and other countries should not indulge the bully and be seduced by his blatant attempt to make China the fall guy.
Reposted by Rory O'Farrell
Brings home the full insanity of it all. USA dismantling production in an area, clean energy, where it had (thanks to IRA) a good claim to comparative advantage. And raising #tariffs against countries like Vietnam so as to reshore footwear and low-end electronics production 🙄
Oh and the climate...
Oh and the climate...
Billions of dollars in clean energy projects have been canceled since Donald Trump took office again — leaving thousands of jobs and the shift to clean energy in doubt.
A stunning number of electric vehicle, battery factories are being canceled
Billions of dollars in clean energy projects have been canceled since Donald Trump took office again.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Brings home the full insanity of it all. USA dismantling production in an area, clean energy, where it had (thanks to IRA) a good claim to comparative advantage. And raising #tariffs against countries like Vietnam so as to reshore footwear and low-end electronics production 🙄
Oh and the climate...
Oh and the climate...
Reposted by Rory O'Farrell
Great essay by @adamtooze.bsky.social that explores why Palestine is so central to US campus politics. This section is worth highlighting, as it articulates the shortcomings of framing anti-Palestine repression primarily through discourses of free speech or Democracy v Authoritarianism (link below)
March 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Great essay by @adamtooze.bsky.social that explores why Palestine is so central to US campus politics. This section is worth highlighting, as it articulates the shortcomings of framing anti-Palestine repression primarily through discourses of free speech or Democracy v Authoritarianism (link below)
Reposted by Rory O'Farrell
I’m just a girl standing in front of a boy telling him it’s not true he has become more right-wing… it is me who has become more left-wing 🫠
March 24, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I’m just a girl standing in front of a boy telling him it’s not true he has become more right-wing… it is me who has become more left-wing 🫠
Reposted by Rory O'Farrell
Belatedly and agonisingly slowly, US support for Israel is declining and sympathy for Palestinians rising. But by the time the curves cross and US backing of the slaughter stops, it may well be too late. 💔
(Via @adamtooze.bsky.social)
(Via @adamtooze.bsky.social)
March 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Belatedly and agonisingly slowly, US support for Israel is declining and sympathy for Palestinians rising. But by the time the curves cross and US backing of the slaughter stops, it may well be too late. 💔
(Via @adamtooze.bsky.social)
(Via @adamtooze.bsky.social)
Reposted by Rory O'Farrell
It is a myth that large numbers of voters who formerly supported social democratic parties have defected to the far-right. Visit Chartbook Top Link to find out more!
March 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
It is a myth that large numbers of voters who formerly supported social democratic parties have defected to the far-right. Visit Chartbook Top Link to find out more!
Reposted by Rory O'Farrell
Excellent piece by @edwardluce.bsky.social ! Thank you Ed for speaking out.
www.ft.com/content/bcd3...
www.ft.com/content/bcd3...
Je suis Khalil
The fate of the detained Columbia University graduate is a test of how easily Trump can slide into lawlessness
www.ft.com
March 15, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Excellent piece by @edwardluce.bsky.social ! Thank you Ed for speaking out.
www.ft.com/content/bcd3...
www.ft.com/content/bcd3...
Beware!
🏛️
😠🗡️😠
🤺😰🤺
😠🗡️😠
🏛️
😠🗡️😠
🤺😰🤺
😠🗡️😠
March 15, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Beware!
🏛️
😠🗡️😠
🤺😰🤺
😠🗡️😠
🏛️
😠🗡️😠
🤺😰🤺
😠🗡️😠
Reposted by Rory O'Farrell
NEW 🧵 Is human intelligence starting to decline?
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
March 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
NEW 🧵 Is human intelligence starting to decline?
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
Recent results from major international tests show that the average person’s capacity to process information, use reasoning and solve novel problems has been falling since around the mid 2010s
What should we make of this?
www.ft.com/content/a801...
Is Ireland really the 6th biggest investor in the US?
☁️☁️☁️On paper yes, but investment surged in 2014, just as our GDP got fluffier. ☁️☁️☁️
☁️☁️☁️On paper yes, but investment surged in 2014, just as our GDP got fluffier. ☁️☁️☁️
March 6, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Is Ireland really the 6th biggest investor in the US?
☁️☁️☁️On paper yes, but investment surged in 2014, just as our GDP got fluffier. ☁️☁️☁️
☁️☁️☁️On paper yes, but investment surged in 2014, just as our GDP got fluffier. ☁️☁️☁️
It's worth watching the last 15 minutes of yesterday's 50 minute Trump/ Zelensky meeting to see how things escalated. 📺
youtu.be/AcCeyvdkT8M
youtu.be/AcCeyvdkT8M
50-minute conversation between President Trump and President Zelensky.
YouTube video by Nomadic Diplomat
youtu.be
March 1, 2025 at 8:07 AM
It's worth watching the last 15 minutes of yesterday's 50 minute Trump/ Zelensky meeting to see how things escalated. 📺
youtu.be/AcCeyvdkT8M
youtu.be/AcCeyvdkT8M
Interesting French word: masculinist.
I've never heard in English a male equivalent of feminist.
I've never heard in English a male equivalent of feminist.
L'influenceur masculiniste Andrew Tate de retour aux États-Unis après son départ de Roumanie
L'influenceur masculiniste Andrew Tate de retour aux États-Unis après son départ de Roumanie
L'influenceur masculiniste britannico-américain Andrew Tate est arrivé, jeudi 27 février, en Floride avec son frère Tristan, après avoir pu quitter la Roumanie en dépit de poursuites pour traite d'êtres humains et viols dans ce pays, et d'une demande…
rfi.my
March 1, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Interesting French word: masculinist.
I've never heard in English a male equivalent of feminist.
I've never heard in English a male equivalent of feminist.
Reposted by Rory O'Farrell
This, by @martinsandbu.ft.com is probably the best reading of what MAGA's assault on Europe means and what our takeaway should be. I hope UK leaders learn this and understand that aligning themselves with Europe is the right (morally AND strategically) move here.
February 24, 2025 at 10:24 AM
This, by @martinsandbu.ft.com is probably the best reading of what MAGA's assault on Europe means and what our takeaway should be. I hope UK leaders learn this and understand that aligning themselves with Europe is the right (morally AND strategically) move here.
During the Cold War, the USSR had the benefit of various satellite states, and a global ideology.
However, even at peak the US 🇺🇸 economy war far larger.
Arguably, the US now has a far stronger strategic challenger, with it's economy 72% that of China's. 🇨🇳
However, even at peak the US 🇺🇸 economy war far larger.
Arguably, the US now has a far stronger strategic challenger, with it's economy 72% that of China's. 🇨🇳
February 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
During the Cold War, the USSR had the benefit of various satellite states, and a global ideology.
However, even at peak the US 🇺🇸 economy war far larger.
Arguably, the US now has a far stronger strategic challenger, with it's economy 72% that of China's. 🇨🇳
However, even at peak the US 🇺🇸 economy war far larger.
Arguably, the US now has a far stronger strategic challenger, with it's economy 72% that of China's. 🇨🇳