Duncan Weldon
@DuncanWeldon
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Economist, broadcaster & writer. Author of 200 Years of Muddling Through. Economics, history, other stuff.
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Joined September 2009
RT @Doubting_Ben: This week's episode of The Briefing Room available here - - @DAaronovitch with @DuncanWeldon @Meh….
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Should the UK and other countries worry about rising levels of government debt?
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RT @_paullay: Terrific stuff from @DuncanWeldon on how the Allies in the Second World War sought to minimise their own casualties while inf….
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‘Sharp, occasionally dry and often funny’ would be an excellent dating profile.
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RT @LittleBrownUK: How have war and violence shaped institutions?. The author of Two Hundred Years of Muddling Through, Duncan Weldon is he….
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It’s publication day. Available from wherever you prefer to buy your books/ebooks/audiobooks.
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RT @EngelsbergIdeas: Why liberal democracies win total wars | @DuncanWeldon .
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In both total wars of the 20th century, liberal, capitalist economies showed themselves to be far more adaptable to its demands than their authoritarian enemies.
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Podcast fans can find me on History Hit (talking about the economics of the Mongol Empire) and the Bunker (talking about the economics of war more generally).
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Pre order via this link.
The link:
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First review. Quite early! In Spears. “Former economist”. But I’ll take “fascinating and full of historical detail”.
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RT @LittleBrownUK: 🪙'A brilliant book' Martin Wolf, Financial Times Chief Economics Editor. 🪙'Chock full of marvellous nuggets, this fascin….
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Pre-orders are ridiculously helpful. They are signal to retailers that they should be stocking this.
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4 emails in 48 hours from British SMEs saying they will no longer ship to the EU or Northern Ireland from mid December because of the new GPSR rules. (One benefit of a niche hobby is occasional forewarning of things hitting SMEs).
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I have followed you all to that other place. Same name. New photo. Which now is also the photo here.
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RT @Dan4Barnet: Why can’t Britain build anything anymore?. The news this week of the £100m ‘bat tunnel’ gave us some clues. Here’s the sto….
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