Posts by blair_fix@mastodon.online
(DIR) Post #APysnfPvNOGGV1lPiy by blair_fix@mastodon.online
2022-11-24T20:59:16Z
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Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic) on economics training and the new open access Core textbook: "How is it possible that a coterie of self-appointed court sorcerers to the world’s governments manage to keep their jobs despite being regularly, predictably, and catastrophically wrong?"Answer: indoctrinationhttps://capitalaspower.com/2022/11/at-last-a-new-econ-101-textbook/
(DIR) Post #ATS49VBBKTiMImXfLE by blair_fix@mastodon.online
2023-03-09T19:52:31Z
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Here's Cory Doctorow commenting on Chris Mouré's research into the Google-Microsoft patent wars."The point of the patent wars wasn’t to guarantee their own profits – it was to deny the other company its profits. It’s “strategic sabotage.”" @pluralistic https://capitalaspower.com/2023/03/the-monopoly-strategy-behind-the-google-microsoft-mobile-patent-wars/
(DIR) Post #ATS49X4AJXI49bH5gO by blair_fix@mastodon.online
2023-03-09T19:54:58Z
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@pluralistic You can read Chris Moure's paper here:https://capitalaspower.com/2021/10/moure-soft-wars-a-capital-as-power-analysis-of-googles-differential-power-trajectory/
(DIR) Post #AVnfbAQNtGNuedeF8a by blair_fix@mastodon.online
2023-05-18T12:20:29Z
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@inglada @marick @pluralistic Are you comparing a time series with 11 observations to a regression with hundreds of observations? Please.
(DIR) Post #AVnfbCOgYYDKlwrulc by blair_fix@mastodon.online
2023-05-18T19:46:43Z
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@inglada @marick @pluralistic I'm going to share data in a followup post. And about the cyberpunk trend, who knows about causation. But I think it's at least plausible that cyberpunk writers were influence by rise of mass incarceration.
(DIR) Post #AWxgULYGd6PBw5ws6q by blair_fix@mastodon.online
2023-06-22T21:11:52Z
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Democracy Now nails it: "A Titanic Disparity in How the World Responds to Maritime Disasters"https://www.democracynow.org/2023/6/22/a_titanic_disparity_in_how_the
(DIR) Post #AZTtXBORKUGV3s0Uqm by blair_fix@mastodon.online
2023-09-05T23:02:04Z
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I'm a little late to the party, but this new audiobook from @pluralistic looks fantastic. "The Internet Con: How to Seize the Means of Computation"Support the Kickstarter here:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doctorow/the-internet-con-how-to-seize-the-means-of-computation
(DIR) Post #AbbaRyzNtjSA20goLo by blair_fix@mastodon.online
2023-10-31T14:58:02Z
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When it comes to the stock market, who benefits?Surprisingly few people, it turns out.Here is the correlation between income share and the stock-market-to-gdp ratio for every US income percentile.For a shocking 87% of people, a rising stock market comes with a *declining* share of income.https://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2023/10/28/when-stocks-go-up-who-benefits/
(DIR) Post #AruzZ750hiKdsZuQfw by blair_fix@mastodon.online
2025-03-10T16:58:10Z
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More grizzly statistics; across US states, homicide rates tend to rise with Republican state control.https://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/01/31/partisan-politics-and-the-road-to-plutocracy/
(DIR) Post #Arv40hAR2UsDRDr1GK by blair_fix@mastodon.online
2025-03-10T17:44:37Z
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@shironeko There are a few Republican dominated states (like Wyoming) that have lower homicide rates than the peak at 70% Republican control. But they're still higher than the most Democrat-controlled states.
(DIR) Post #ArveNHrWswYFxz5DJg by blair_fix@mastodon.online
2025-03-11T00:31:35Z
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@shironeko The original text says "tends to" rise. I think it's a sound summary.
(DIR) Post #Atgrnqh3kUI0ZPFECe by blair_fix@mastodon.online
2025-05-02T17:25:08Z
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The frequency of fascist jargon in French books (left) shows a similar pattern as in English (right). But after 2010, anglophone fascism exploded, but francophone fascism collapsed. Why?My thoughts: https://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/04/15/the-deep-roots-of-fascist-thought/#fascist-thought-in-french-writinghttps://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/04/15/the-deep-roots-of-fascist-thought/
(DIR) Post #AthAMCnoLyMKuUacF6 by blair_fix@mastodon.online
2025-05-02T19:00:20Z
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The inimitable @pluralistic on the misuse of 'realism' in politics and economics:"Realism is a demand dressed up as an observation. Realists like Margaret Thatcher insisted “there is no alternative” to neoliberalism, but what she meant was “stop trying to think of an alternative."https://capitalaspower.com/2025/05/ostromizing-democracy/
(DIR) Post #AtpYsvNcLWDIpO7aEa by blair_fix@mastodon.online
2025-05-06T19:22:18Z
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The rise and fall of the British Empire, as written in the British share of world energy consumption.The empire's 'half life' lasted from 1850 to 1952.https://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/05/04/the-half-life-of-empire/
(DIR) Post #AtwQCnpYaKXxizJTEm by blair_fix@mastodon.online
2025-05-09T21:04:55Z
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To what extent do politicians have a say over the rise and fall of empires?The rhyme between US and British history suggests limits to political agency, at least via liberal democracy. (Revolutions, of course, are a different matter.)https://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2025/05/04/the-half-life-of-empire/