Steven Bosworth
@sjbeconobot.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Economics, University of Reading
He/him, autistic
He/him, autistic
New trade theory stays winning
November 16, 2025 at 8:11 AM
New trade theory stays winning
Hoagieus corpus
November 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Hoagieus corpus
And yet we are very effective public communicators! This whole tiff seems to have started because a newspaper journo wasn’t really aware of the literature the economist in question was contributing to, but got the gist of it through her book.
October 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
And yet we are very effective public communicators! This whole tiff seems to have started because a newspaper journo wasn’t really aware of the literature the economist in question was contributing to, but got the gist of it through her book.
My hunch is that other social sciences don’t want us participating in their discussions because they think we are talking behind their back in a foreign language (math).
October 27, 2025 at 7:26 PM
My hunch is that other social sciences don’t want us participating in their discussions because they think we are talking behind their back in a foreign language (math).
Your research services office will be enthusiastic about the generous overheads 🥁
October 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Your research services office will be enthusiastic about the generous overheads 🥁
“in a just world, my oppressor would wear the same chains as me”
October 22, 2025 at 6:58 AM
“in a just world, my oppressor would wear the same chains as me”
Properly understood, neoliberalism is expressing The Good Life as an optimization problem that the state cannot possibly solve because it lacks private information about your preferences.
October 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Properly understood, neoliberalism is expressing The Good Life as an optimization problem that the state cannot possibly solve because it lacks private information about your preferences.
Does it count if the word describes everything I do or may in the future dislike and does not describe things I like?
October 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Does it count if the word describes everything I do or may in the future dislike and does not describe things I like?
Weirdly lamentable that ai won’t after all be destroying jobs in the consulting industry.
October 8, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Weirdly lamentable that ai won’t after all be destroying jobs in the consulting industry.
JSM learning about incels: “and they can’t just wait wait for their one true love’s husband to die? Pathetic.”
October 7, 2025 at 6:01 AM
JSM learning about incels: “and they can’t just wait wait for their one true love’s husband to die? Pathetic.”
How do you know this much about me??
October 5, 2025 at 7:16 PM
How do you know this much about me??
Bajorans: cause celebre of the galactic woke, internally a lot of shit to work through (v. Irish-coded)
October 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Bajorans: cause celebre of the galactic woke, internally a lot of shit to work through (v. Irish-coded)
Zionists will go on and on to diaspora Jews about how our safety hinges on the survival of a Jewish state when the reverse is much closer to being true.
October 2, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Zionists will go on and on to diaspora Jews about how our safety hinges on the survival of a Jewish state when the reverse is much closer to being true.
“..next week we are delighted to welcome to our seminar series..”
October 2, 2025 at 6:20 AM
“..next week we are delighted to welcome to our seminar series..”
The U.S. health care system, leading the way.
October 1, 2025 at 8:26 AM
The U.S. health care system, leading the way.
Discipline is for sissies, apparently.
October 1, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Discipline is for sissies, apparently.
Begging Kier Starmer to extend the same consideration to all the Mexican nationals being kicked out of the US 🙏
September 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Begging Kier Starmer to extend the same consideration to all the Mexican nationals being kicked out of the US 🙏