FK Malinowski

Here's a power metal summary of scipost.org/10.21468/Sci.... It is fairly comprehensive and accurate. The text is generated by codex, the graphic by chatGPT, and the music by ACE-step. The research is of me and my coauthors :) I am honestly impressed by ACE-step.

Book recommendation:
One of these book which you read, and feel like you've heard all of this before. And that's because the book and authors made such an impact.
Kind of heavy on policy, and light on daily examples, though.

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Call for less publications published in Nature...?

Book recommendation:
From 2025 Nobel Prize winners - how the technological progress looks in economy and how to simulate it. Food for thought in revising several of my views, as it explicitly discusses impact of taxes and a degree of tradeoff between well-being and pro-business/tech policy.

Europe Does Not Lack Capital - It Lacks Scale Antonin Bergeaud, André Loesekrug-Pietri and Jean Tirole show that the biggest barrier to the sector’s development is structural, not financial.

Europe cannot compete with the United States technologically because its single market exists only on paper, not in practice, Antonin Bergeaud, André Loesekrug-Pietri, and Jean Tirole argue. bit.ly/4qLfLuA

Now, this is research I can wholeheartedly support.
"Under pressure: poroelastic regulation of flow in espresso brewing" ☕️
arxiv.org/abs/2512.21528

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The Greek example was telling: "fixing" budget but increasing the poverty rate to over 50%? Is this really the recommendation for Europe?

There is a money problem, but coordination on taxation is more equitable and sustainable than austerity and tax-rate race to the bottom.

YouTube video by Brian Wicks Leo P at the BBC Proms 2017

Leo P took the mantle piece in epic saxiness!
I don't know if "reinventing" is the right word, but put a light on it, starting in NY metro:
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YouTube video by World Inequality Lab World Inequality Report 2026

Today, we are publishing our World Inequality Report, which reviews the most recent #inequalitydata and exposes the magnitude of #inequality across time, space and all its dimensions.

👇Share this thread, share the report!
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Book recommendation:
A powerful historical argument against conservative fiscal policy. Makes me deeply rethink what should be the (ostensibly) apolitical role of central banks.

Europe’s Tech Firms Need Regulation to Grow Max von Thun explains why watering down legislation like the GDPR and the AI Act will only undermine digital sovereignty.

Europe’s failure to produce globally competitive tech firms should be attributed not to excessive regulation, but rather to weak enforcement, writes @maxvonthun.bsky.social. bit.ly/3Meln1z

Book recommendation:
A detailed story, based on declassified documents and plenty of interviews. Mix of horror and political drama.
And yet, the consequences of the worst accident are less extreme then the fear in popular imagination.

Ahh, another delightful joke/take-down. 😊
eprint.iacr.org/2025/1237.pdf

There is a strong positive association between equality and development over the long run — that's what this new study based on our historical series available on wid.world is clearly showing.

Key findings in thread 🧵(1/9)👇

A Global Cash-Transfer Fund Could End Extreme Poverty Cina Lawson & Rory Stewart show that the conditions are ripe for deploying lump-sum payments to the world’s poorest people.

Today is the #InternationalDayForTheEradicationofPoverty. Last year, Cina Lawson and Rory Stewart argued that seamless digital cash transfers offer a transformative solution to multidimensional poverty, enhancing dozens of outcomes simultaneously.

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Is Economics Promoting Inequality? Kaushik Basu highlights the profession's role in the widening of wealth and income gaps around the world.

The late Nobel laureate Kenneth Arrow pointed out that neoclassical economics' “model laissez-faire world of total self-interest” cannot exist in a “world of any complexity." Believing otherwise only fuels political dysfunction, says Kaushik Basu. bit.ly/477GAAZ

Notably, it's yet another book by a Nobel Prize winner in Economics pointing to Thomas Piketty's work tracing wealth inequality.

Book (recommendation):
A bit dated, but... very damning account of policy of, effectively, government handouts to corporations, and misguided monetary policy before and after 2008 financial crisis.
Sufficiently damning to take it with a grain of salt.

Book recommendation:
Markets... it's just an amoral complex system, but one that touches everyone. So it's worthwhile to learn how to make it work for everyone - based on what we can genuinely test.

Hmm... isn't sledding technically a waterslide? 🤔

Of course, I had to Google THE transplant mentioned in the podcast. 🙄

But it's not easy to un-see. Thanks Mindscape...

Apparently, a decade later it still works just fine. So... yay, I guess.

Governments have been over-promised on near-term usefulness of quantum computing - they invest expecting economic growth. To get a grant, academics are forced to work with clueless industry partners on pretend applications instead of doing fundamental research that actually moves the field forward.

The only right choice...

And leave it as is.

A gem among the infinite disappointing sequels, prequels, spin-offs and cinematic universes other franchises get.

Why Are Markets Ignoring the Obvious About America? Erin Lockwood offers six possible explanations for capital owners’ muted reaction to Donald Trump’s destructive agenda.

Despite firms and markets’ willingness to gamble on short-term gains over the long-term costs associated with Donald Trump's agenda, we should not be under any illusions. Those long-term costs are coming, Erin Lockwood‬ warns. bit.ly/42iVMcE

New existential risk just dropped

Public ownership outperforms privatisation when an enterprise is a skill-based, natural, or network monopoly - WID - World Inequality Database Public ownership outperforms privatisation when an enterprise is a skill-based, natural, or network monopoly This paper develops a theory of when public or private ownership leads to better outcomes, ...

What should be publicly owned, or privatised?

@ewanmg.bsky.social builds develops a theory of when public or private ownership leads to better outcomes, using comparative data from OECD countries in sectors such as water, rail, electricity, and telecommunications ▶️ wid.world/news-article...

Superconducting Qubits and Algorithms (SQA) Conference 2025 - Day 1 YouTube video by Superconducting Qubits and Algorithms Conference

Superconducting Qubits and Algorithms (SQA) conference is about to start, with a free stream available at:
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TOTALLY not the same.
And very valuable, but the way. But why the charade? 🙄