Political economist who advises on and writes about economics and sustainable development, international trade & the least developed countries. Former UN. Scottish. Likes running, cycling & the outdoors. www.emergenteconomics.com | dangay.substack.com
Dan Gay
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The richest human ever to have existed - by far - has just increased his wealth to over a trillion dollars.
If you add up the annual economic output of the world's bottom 103 countries by total GDP you get to SpaceX’s $2.1 trillion market capitalisation.
One reason I consider #AI to be machine learning rather than 'intelligence' is that it seems to have no aesthetic sense.
Here's another ugly graphic from an economic report I just read.
The always insightful Sarah O'Connor excels again in a superb piece about how statistical averages don't always tell the whole story about the winners and losers from industrial upheavals. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
The perfect ingredients for the continued rise of the far right:
"real wage growth to be close to zero across the Eurozone in 2026. ...it could already be “deeply negative” in countries such as France that had no fiscal space to shield consumers."
It's not just Iran drawing these conclusions. Others in the Global South also know multilateralism is failing.
“More than ever before, we have concluded that building trust is a meaningless strategy”. “Only strength can serve as a deterrent, not arguments in international forums about our rights."
A $1.75 trillion SpaceX valuation would be slightly larger than the combined GDP of all the world’s 44 least developed countries.
At least a third of US voters don't think it was the wrong decision to attack Iran? 😱
The bullying continues. The US invents worries about 'forced labour' as an excuse for new tariffs. Somehow I never saw Trump as a labour rights enthusiast.
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I love how out-of-touch these online celebrities make me feel. I'd never heard of Andrew Tait until he got arrested. These guys are completely new to me as well.
"Piker has more than 3 million followers on Twitch and more than 1.5 million on X."👀 www.theguardian.com/media/2026/j...
Fuel for Farage:
"UK average earnings are set to fall outright as inflation rises over the coming months against a backdrop of very weak hiring."
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