Prof. Economic Geography, Durham, UK.
Managing Editor @econsocjournal.bsky.social
Finance, money, FinTech, and more.
https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/paul-langley/
Paul Langley
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Martin Wolf is drunk on the AI Kool-Aid
www.ft.com/content/7cbc...
Congratulations @paullangley.bsky.social & @andrewleyshon.bsky.social on the publication of #FinTechCapital @fintechcapital.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social It’s a huge achievement & a timely intervention
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FinTech Capital is now available for pre-order in the US. @paullangley.bsky.social @fintechcapital.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social. It'll be published in the UK in September.
www.zonebooks.org/books/325-fin-tech-capital-the-digital-transformation-of-everyday-money-and-finance
The old generation of illiberal fascism is gaining ground. It is time to fight back @economist.com
CfP for this fantastic network conference in Sri Lanka in December. I've attended one of the previous conferences and fully recommend www.icdtaaussl2026.com#conference
Sickening stuff at University of Nottingham, although I can report from elsewhere that axing academics whilst hiring non-academic staff is more widespread.
Snake oil salesmen
www.ft.com/content/cd81...
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Majority of people in Britain are on their knees after a couple of decades of intensification of inequalities. Meanwhile, over at the FT, ...
www.ft.com/content/0194...
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Should we think of this technology as boon, bane or bubble?
The seventh edition of Digital Transactions in Asia brings together researchers exploring the rapid evolution of digital financial platforms across the Asian region. Hosted at the historic University ...
FT Exclusive: The bank expects revenues from SpaceX’s AI division to rise to $322bn by 2030 from $3.2bn in 2025. ft.trib.al/rQXXAGt
The Economist
Shedding 608 academic posts but creating 75 new managerial posts. No clear answers as to what those posts are, who they will go to, and why we need them.
Financial Times
Onni Gust
2,700 letters sent last month warning staff that they are at risk of redundancy, with Nottingham senior management's goal to shed 608 academic posts, following the 350 professional services staff lost last year. 1/3
With hundreds of jobs on the line and dozens of courses at risk, staff living through one of the biggest university restructuring projects of recent years fear they are shouldering the blame for wider...
