On Imperial Boomerangs in Montesquieu open.substack.com/pub/digression…. Some further digressions by Eric Schliesser on the boomerang effect on Imperialist States.

Probably best seen by the cycles of motion in capitalism (Kondratieff waves): economic boom and slump; house prices and construction; innovation/technological invention/scientific discoveries; rise and fall of the rate of profit, etc.

I wish we could dispense with the term AI and just recognise it for what it is: 'algorithmic information' carried through an electronic device. Let's call it an Algor. Plain and simple. Good/better for some things, bad/worse for other things.

Yes, a good read. His intro of NLR: "The wariness between intellectual and industrial workers must be broken down. It is one of the most dangerous aspects of the present plight of the socialist movement. Our hope is that NLR will begin to knit together this broken conversation."

The EU's "Rare Earth Anxiety" According to Zhao Junjie sinification.com/p/the-eus-rare…

Peter Thiel's Palantir's strategy for entry into the British health industry is to "Buy our way in" by acquiring smaller rival companies with existing relationships with the NHS in order to "take a lot of ground and take down a lot of political resistance". Thiel = LoTR's Saruman

"It is the rate of investment which governs the rate of saving, and not vice versa." -Joan Robinson An Essay on Marxian Economics (Second Edition) (1966)

On the Dutch Election Campaign and Results open.substack.com/pub/digression… A good update as to what is happening politically in the Netherlands by Eric Schliesser

John Coltrane - Giant Steps #Jazz

Why no one likes land taxes economicforces.xyz/p/why-no-one-l…. "The standard economist recommendation is to move toward more efficient taxes: replace income taxes with consumption taxes, replace corporate taxes with shareholder taxes, and rely more on property taxes."

Stan Getz performs "Cruel Ballad" (full version). Live 1989.

Happy heavenly birthday to Coleman Hawkins (November 21, 1904 – May 19, 1969)!!🎉 #Jazz #botd Stoned - Coleman Hawkins 1964

A list of 50 must-read philosophy books put together by Harrison Fluss.

Good see that Helena Sheehan and Gillian Rose are in the list.

The point is that AI is suggestible, deliberately so, and what matters is who controls the suggestions. Insofar as this cringe has a literary antecedent, it is the panegyrics written for Roman emperors. It is the ritual worship of power.

In the sixth part of my alternative budget, I tackle essential reforms in the mortgage market and social housing. When housing insecurity exists all around us, whilst prices are excessive on so many fronts, housing market and finance reforms are essential. taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11/2…

"If, for example, we consider books as medicines, we understand that it is good to have several at home rather than just a few: when one wants to feel better, then one goes to the ‘medicine cabinet’ and chooses a book. a random book, but the right book for the moment."

On the function of Woke Censoriousness and Lippmann's truth-apt defense of freedom of speech. open.substack.com/pub/digression… Some further digressions by Eric Schliesser on Lippmann's liberalism.

Newton, The fixed Stars, Comets, and Doomsday open.substack.com/pub/digression… Some reading of Newton's cosmology from 300 years ago.

The fiscal challenge open.substack.com/pub/chrisdillo…. I agree with Chris Dillow in this piece when he says, "The government’s challenge isn’t to raise money. It’s a much tougher one than that. It’s about how to achieve a shift in real resources. It is here that taxes enter the picture."