Ed Conway

YouTube video by Sky News Sky News gains rare access to Bank of England's gold vaults

📽️EXCLUSIVE
For the first time ever, @skynews has been into the @bankofengland's gold vaults to see the world's second biggest trove of physical gold. An extraordinary place. An extraordinary sight.
Have a watch of our film👇 youtu.be/dDlY4AFqV7o?...

Glad you enjoyed it. That's the UK edition. The US edition has a slightly different cover and sub-title. Should be available somewhere!🤞

YouTube video by Sky News The UK is losing the industry that makes everything

🚨Our film is up
We spent months making this👇
About how Britain shut down many of the factories we need to feed us and defend us.
Will have more to say on it in due course but in the meantime - pls watch, share and let me know what you think youtu.be/PQ3hT8tqZgo?...

Enjoy Jan van Eyck. He was more than just a painter The master showed me how exploiting innovation can improve great art

Van Eyck, if you buy Hockney’s thesis, leveraged technology to enable him to depict the world in a novel way. Much as C15th artists embraced new creative tools, C21st technology threatens to disrupt art and creativity.
(£) www.thetimes.com/comment/colu...
By @edconway.bsky.social

Christmas cheer for Britain's biggest chemical plant, but there are two distinct problems The government has just announced it's spending more than £120m to bail out the country's last chemical plant at Grangemouth in Scotland. While this package will undoubtedly provide some Christmas che...

✍️Why on earth is the Government forking out £120m of taxpayer money to save a Scottish chemicals plant?
The answer comes back to one of the most important, and least well-known, pipelines in the country.
The backstory of today's Grangemouth bail-out👇 news.sky.com/story/christ...

YouTube video by Sky News The real reason Venezuela matters

📽️Donald Trump wants you to know he's targeting Venezuela because of illegal drugs.
But what if this were really about something else altogether...?
Dig into the murky world of crude oil refining and you find another, even more intriguing explanation...
Full primer 👇 youtu.be/Pgwny1BiCYk?...

YouTube video by Sky News The messy reality of Trump’s trade war: Ed Conway investigates

If you're interested in how global supply chains work and how this year's US tariffs hit the world's economy, watch this amazing report by @edconway.bsky.social on @skynewsrss.bsky.social. Ed is the frontier of journalism on the global economy, tariffs and sanctions.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=woT0...

This is excellent.

YouTube video by Sky News Sky’s Ed Conway on the frontline of Trump's trade war

📽️ Been working on this film, on & off, for the best part of a year.
It's about the REALITY (not just the theory) of tariffs.
It's the tip of the iceberg of the biggest econ story of our day.
It'll air on Sky News on Fri 9pm but you can watch the whole thing here NOW👇
youtu.be/woT0FX5Ztas?...

YouTube video by Sky News The budget vs your wallet: How the chancellor could raise billions

📽️What on earth is "fiscal drag"?
Why will it form the centrepiece of @RachelReevesMP's efforts to raise money this week?
Why are Budgets getting ever more complex?
And could this one backfire like @George_Osborne's omnishambles?
All this and more in my 11m(!) primer👇 youtu.be/idnW0Wu3BzQ?...

It's a great book! 👏

YouTube video by Sky News Are pre-budget leaks damaging the economy?

📽️Did the Treasury just pull off an audacious trick to reduce the "black hole" by billions - without actually having to do anything about it?
Or is the market rollercoaster yet more evidence of incompetence?
Watch my 10m primer and decide for yourself...
youtu.be/KG1uW-9XKuo?...

Thanks Soumaya glad you're enjoying it!

Thank you glad you enjoyed it!

YouTube video by Sky News Ed Conway analysis: Is raising taxes the only option for the chancellor?

🎥 Why is the chancellor rolling the pitch for tax rises?
Because she's backed herself into a fiscal hole.
So what happens next?
The short answer is a VERY controversial Budget. A massive moment in UK economics and politics.
For the longer answer watch my 13 min (!) primer 👇 youtu.be/uminSMgTxjM?...

YouTube video by Sky News Trade War Explained: The Rare Earth Metals China Dominates and US needs

📽️What on earth are rare earths?
Why do they matter so much?
Why do they nearly all come from China?
And how worried should we be about the latest chapter in the trade war?
These and more questions answered in my latest primer👇 youtu.be/vq4eRtwFjIc?...

The rock that runs the world Arguably the most important mine in the world is located in Spruce Pine, North Carolina. And we don’t have a backup.

today on The Broadside: how a rock from western NC is key to making basically every semiconductor in the world…and why it’s important to know where all the raw materials we need for our stuff actually comes from. featuring @edconway.bsky.social

www.wunc.org/podcast/the-...

If its not built of it its probably built by it but can #steel ever be green? Rare Earth @bbcsounds.bsky.social with @helenczerski.bsky.social @edconway.bsky.social @steelwatch.bsky.social @willarnoldengineer.bsky.social Also BBC R4 today midday

Last week, trying to find arguments to convince my colleagues to stop binning paper clips, I went on a deep dive about what it takes to make one. There was a lot of crossover with this thread. Also - paperclips are reusable almost to infinity.

The Hong Kong/Ukraine numbers are counted separately to the normal asylum numbers (which includes Afghanistan asylum seekers). They are the "safe and legal routes" categories in the breakdown chart I included.

YouTube video by Sky News UK immigration: What the numbers really show

Anyone fancy ten-plus minutes of non-emotive charts on what's really going on with immigration in the UK?
Well, either way, here you go👇 youtu.be/zTs3PDEkB2w?...

Great news 🤓

📖A few years ago I wrote a book about the materials that make the world go round.
It was pretty relevant then. I think it's still pretty relevant (maybe even more relevant) today.
Anyway it's on offer TODAY ONLY👇
Have a read & let me know what you think shorturl.at/ONyBZ

Thanks Paul! Nice to hear from you 👍

Material World: A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future Material World: A Substantial Story of Our Past and Future eBook : Conway, Ed: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

If you have not already bought @edconway.bsky.social Material world then do so today - one day kindle offer, £1.99 - a steal www.amazon.co.uk/Material-Wor...

We already knew about the scale of waste from these kinds of retailers, this is eye opening about the environmental impact of the shipping. All that stuff from Chinese e-commerce is getting *flown*.

The picture does not do justice to how very hot the room was

I can't speak for why, since these decisions are way above my pay grade, but, out of curiosity, what have you got against watching it on YouTube?

YouTube video by Sky News The trade loophole that's costing the UK economy billions

📽️What ACTUALLY happens when you buy an item - some cheap clothes or a trinket - from an e-commerce site like Shein or Temu?
Our deep dive into the fascinating way e-commerce is changing trade. Raising ENORMOUS questions along the way. Feat @samuelmarclowe.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtqw...

A dying industry dies a bit more How did one of the world's most cost-competitive plants become unsustainable in only a couple of decades? Here's what happened to the ethylene cracker at Wilton - and one or two wider lessons

How on earth did one of the world's most cost-competitive chemicals plants become unsustainable in only a couple of decades? Here's what happened to the ethylene cracker at Wilton - and one or two wider lessons... edconway.substack.com/p/a-dying-in...