Paulo L dos Santos

We recently published a study on the transformation of the Eurozone architecture (🔗 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers...., with Alex Goghie, Matteo Giordano & @rikereimer.bsky.social) and launched an accompanying interactive online tool (🔗 monetary-architecture.com).

This is how it came to be 👇

When your job primarily involves repeating c-suite buzzwords and shibboleths with delusional levels of self-confidence...

Every now and again I have to let him, by #Leonberger rules…

YouTube video by FREE – Forum for Real Economic Emancipation Inflation & the Cost of Living Crisis: Who Pays, Who’s Protected?

The Forum for Real Economic Emancipation has put out an edited version of our talks to British trade union activists & educators on Inflation and the Cost of Living Crisis earlier this month. With Ramaa Vasudevan. @freefreeforum.bsky.social @soasnssrfree.bsky.social #EconSky
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That’s my unofficial benchmark for “very likely to be right”.

Bolsonaro to Start Serving 27-Year Sentence Over Coup Plot

Behind the many factors accounting for the stark difference between Bolsonaro’s and Trump’s fates lies a simpler reality: social struggle supports institutions that sometimes punch up, holding powerful people accountable; in its absence, they pretty much never do.
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New leading indicator just dropped

The Contested Domain - Pluto Press The essential writings of one of the most influential Marxist-feminists of our time

My colleague @kmunro-econ.bsky.social's latest book, THE CONTESTED DOMAIN, has just been published! It is a deliberately curated selection of L Vogel's writings, inviting us to conceive & pursue a radical, joined up approach to social emancipation for all. #EconSky
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Not to mention the piss-poor economic "analysis" presupposed by this diatribe. #EconSky

This is obviously offensive, libellous, bigoted, and harks back to the darkest moments of the twentieth century. But if you take a step back you can see that it is also really, really desperate.

Flailing. Banal....

On a footballing note... I don't think the world quite grasps how absolutely extraordinary the moment when Scotland sealed their qualification for the 2026 World Cup at almost the 98th minute of their match against Denmark really was.... Turn up the volume for full effect.

Economics, in the hands of Adam Smith: “The liberal reward of labour... is the natural symptom of increasing national wealth."

Economics, 250 years of technological progress later: "for wage growth to be sustainable, it needs to be consistent with 2 percent inflation".

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Brazil Tries to Keep Climate Cooperation Alive At COP30, the global energy transition is moving forward without the United States.

"Rather than waiting for absolute consensus among U.N. member states, Brazil is moving in smaller groups to push action forward and emphasizing how climate action can lead to economic development."
foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/13/c...

Does governor Miran know who builds houses in this country?
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Wait, does this mean China is not the one paying for Trump's tariffs?!
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Coming up in a little over an hour…

As Western "powers" ditch commitments to decarbonisation, here's the language they use to talk about those helping the world make real progress towards a green transition. #EconSky

Our 3rd session is on 💸Cost of Living Crisis and Inflation💸.

Join the discussion with @plbds.bsky.social and Ramaa Vasudevan, chaired by @hwanheebae.bsky.social on ⏰Wednesday 12 Nov 6-8pm (UK) / 1-3pm (NY) / 12-2pm (OK).

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Is there an accepted term to describe the presumed division of people into different groups like “us” and “them” in regular speech? It is one of the most revealing things about a speaker’s outlook.

Dominant economic theory would have you believe this roughly reflects this man’s marginal contribution to Tesla’s bottom line, not the pervasive cultish sycophancy and groupthink in US corporate governance.

Stumbled on a punchy way to make an old point while talking with my sons about Cuomo, the Dems, Mamdani, and the history of capitalist polities being more hostile to socialism than to fascism.

Most capitalists would rather lose their all of their rights than lose some of their property.

Economics is not just the art of confusing stocks and flows, it is also the art of confusing monetary relationships in distribution with realities of production.
#EconSky

a cartoon of ralph from the simpsons sits on a bus with the words " chuckles i 'm in danger " below him ALT: a cartoon of ralph from the simpsons sits on a bus with the words " chuckles i 'm in danger " below him

My 401(k) realizing that the entire US economy is now dependent on the AI bubble not popping.

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Reminded me of the comparison of the Hayekian entrepreneur to house cats--fiercely asserting its independence and individuality, all while living in a comprehensively controlled environment fined-tuned to its needs.

An industry on the verge of a paradigmatic breakthrough? Or a giant circle-jerk cartelising an industry and propping up valuations towards the end of a wild speculative run?
#EconSky

It only dawned on me recently that I've been working towards the development of a canonical approach to statistical analysis, grounded only on axioms defining, (a) probabilistic measures of rational belief over events, and (b) measures of uncertainty over aggregations of events 🤯

A recent picture of me, caught in the wild.

Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social I'm an epidemiologist. Sewage systems are sexy. Dosco Jones @doscojones.bsky.social I'm an engineer. Sewage systems are sexy.

I’m a sewage system. I also have a great personality.

Then you better be happy somebody else did….
#Presumptions #Privilege