I'm Schumpeter columnist @TheEconomist.

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Joined August 2011
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Thanks to @TheEconomist’s #Schumpeter/@HenryTricks for this nice write up: “An excellent new book, “The Power and the Money”, by Tevi Troy, is a timely reminder for bosses of their complex history with America's commanders-in-chief . . .” economist.com/business/2024/…
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#IStandWithEvan - 250 days is 250 days too long. Time to come home.
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Russia is sending 20-year-old boys to die here. Thousands of them. Thank god Ukrainians have not lost their dignity and humanity.
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"one of the main routes is via the Polish-Ukrainian border, where supplies from Germany, America and others are crossing. As women and children flee Ukraine, guns and missiles are entering" economist.com/the-economist-…
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Scenes in Kherson today.
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“This is not just an attack on a sovereign country, it is the future of European security at risk and, frankly, the future of the post-war global order at risk.” @zannymb, The Economist’s editor-in-chief, talks to “The Economist Asks” podcast econ.st/3hjQzto
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This is an invasion. Naked unprovoked war. Whatever Russia-India diplomatic nuances may be, India needs to call it out for what it is.
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Watching the countries of Europe start to unite against Putin is encouraging. Watching the people of Ukraine fight for their freedom is an inspiration to free and oppressed people around the world.
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#Estonia is banning Russian airlines from our airspace. We invite all EU countries to do the same. There is no place for planes of the agressor state in democratic skies. #StandWithUkraine
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I've followed EU affairs from close and far for over a decade and I can't recall anything like this. Polish PM gatecrashes Berlin to lobby for sanctions.
Prime Minister @MorawieckiM in #Berlin 🇩🇪: Today there is no time for the selfishness that we see also here in #Germany. This is why I came to @OlafScholz to shake Germany's conscience so that they decide on firm and crushing sanctions that would influence Putin's decisions.
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This by @RMCunliffe is very clear about why the new policing bill is such a threat to freedom of speech. If it was being proposed in Hong Kong, we would see the threat much more clearly newstatesman.com/politics/uk…
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How much does the perilous mistrust of the excellent UK-developed AstraZeneca vaccine relate to the way the UK government has worked so assiduously to undermine its reputation for trustworthiness in public life?
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The fighting has declined in Syria. But the country is now divided into enclaves, each with a foreign protector econ.st/3tck3Nz
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The first question EssilorLuxottica’s 85-year-old owner asks when he visits the factory floor is, “What do you have to show me that is new?” econ.st/3qNjb0i
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An antitrust crackdown in China means tech platforms may have to restrain aggressive sales practices econ.st/30wIEk9
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After @Stripe’s valuation soared to $95bn with its latest funding round, revisit @kncukier’s conversation with its co-founder and CEO @patrickc about what it means to be innovative, on our “Babbage” podcast econ.st/2NjrtQ1
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Even with the recent surge in e-­commerce, 85% of global retail is offline. Online marketplaces still have a lot of territory to cover econ.st/3vddT1z
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If a new criminal-justice bill is enacted it would allow police to clamp down on protests in Britain econ.st/3vh7NgG
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can’t believe this is happening: crass, insensitive, disproportionate, outrageous
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Good article by @HenryTricks in the @TheEconomist talking about the merits of a $TWTR / $SQ combination cc @jack
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