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Today is pub day for *THE LANGUAGE OF CLIMATE POLITICS*! MIT philosopher Kieran Setiya; @ksetiya.bsky.social says: "If you want to understand the climate crisis and you only have time to read one book, this should be it." Buy it here👇or wherever books are sold 💚 bookshop.org/p/books/the-la…

Here's a conversion between researcher Erald Kolasi and myself. We talk tariffs, Trump, and the changing world order. youtube.com/watch?v=sozBRB…

Erald Kolasi eraldkolasi.com/about-erald and Blair Fix @[email protected] blogs at economicsfromthetopdown.com talk about tariffs, Trump, and the changing world order Erald Kolasi is a scientist and writer. His most recent book: The Physics of Capitalism: monthlyreview.org/product/the-ph… youtu.be/sozBRBxOQV4?si…

The rate of annual sea level rise has more than doubled over the past 30 years. edition.cnn.com/2025/05/09/cli…

I see that Trump has utterly capitulated on his China tariffs. Perhaps this pattern has something to do with it. Trump talks tough, but China has all the cards. economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/05/04/the…

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Another impressive research from Blair Fix @[email protected].

The Soviet Experiment with Empire by Blair Fix @[email protected] economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/05/13/the… "Since it ultimately collapsed, we know that the Soviet state-dominated approach had a problem with staying power. In this regard, the corporate-dominated approach to industrialization has an advantage, in

Here's the rise and fall of the Soviet Union, measured in terms of its share of world energy use. It's an interesting example of empire creation/collapse, punctuated on both ends by revolution. economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/05/13/the…

... and that's Joe Henrich's WEIRD in one cool chart!

this is how you can tell the corrupt care scandal is getting really serious.

In hindsight, the Cold War wasn't a competition between two superpowers. It was a battle between a dominant empire and an emerging competitor. Here's the energy picture. economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/05/13/the…

Ominous shit: "AI Slop Is Coming For Science" youtube.com/watch?v=hVkCfn…

I'm all in on #NixOS Here, for those who are interested, is my setup today. It's a work in progress. …iencedesk.economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/05/nixing…

In this article, Magness and Makovi have done a public service. They have accidentally shown how nonsense is being published in major economics journals. As such, there are broader lessons to be learned from the Synthetic Marx Affair. Here goes… 1/15

Did the Soviet Union lose the Cold War? In some ways yes, since it ultimately collapsed. That said, for most of the Cold War, the Soviet regime gained ground relative to the United States. Here's the energy picture. economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/05/13/the…

How Economics Became a Cult youtu.be/JeplRmADW3E?si… via YouTube