Peter Ryan
@_PeterRyan
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Research on economics, history, and tech @Ryan_Research | Special focus on Ireland
Joined October 2012
1/ MONEY BY VILE MEANS Over 10 years in the making and one of Compact's longest essays ever. This is my definitive deep dive guide to critique Bitcoin. From libertarian ideal to cynical state capture, I debunk the myths of Bitcoin and reveal its dark reality.
“Bitcoiners are unable to acknowledge their dependence on the state.” Read Peter Ryan’s @_PeterRyan piece in COMPACT:
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Morning, I've just got an early Christmas present - a lovely review of the US edition of "Money" in @WSJ by the economics legend Jim Grant of @GrantsPub - one of the true greats in our business. I'm honoured and delighted you enjoyed the book. 👇 https://t.co/PjzrAbMyEb
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Money is one of humanity’s greatest inventions. But crises of credit have been with us since ancient times.
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I agree with much of the content. But it’s never optimal to have too many eggs in one basket. Liberal PM Carney (with a map of county Mayo in his office) is diversifying Canada’s trade and not putting up with bullying tactics from America. Seems like something Ireland could take
I don’t think @TedSmyth is any fan of President Trump but we maintain ties with countries not governments. The idea that we should turn our backs on our most important economic partner is, frankly, risible.
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How much of American GDP growth has been tech bubbles post-COVID?
Trying to do some synthesis on the perpetually ongoing EU-US growth discourse here: 1) Undeniable at this point that the US economy has grown faster than the EU as a whole over the last 6 years. The US has grown ~5% more on a per-capita basis since pre-COVID. But importantly,
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uncanny
It’s getting very close to that time when we all need to be stockpiling the champagne and popcorn.
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Good pod crossover
We’re About to Print Dow 50,000 | TCAF 221 🎙️ @Downtown & @michaelbatnick are joined by @tracyalloway & @TheStalwart to discuss AI and the market, cash on the sidelines, the Fed, and more! YouTube ⏯️ https://t.co/udYo9pPEBg Podcast 🎧 https://t.co/EVcMgoPkSt
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PE Ratios by region, cap segment, and market cap
have fun staying poor Apollo casually predicting ZERO returns for the S&P 500 over the coming DECADE.
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“Liquidate their longs” “Good, now liquidate their shorts” “Good, now liquidate their longs” “Good, now liquidate their shorts” “Good, now liquidate their longs” “Good, now go for their longs again”
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Are you tired of winning yet?
have fun staying poor Apollo casually predicting ZERO returns for the S&P 500 over the coming DECADE.
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"Trumpian populism may be the story of our age but I'm increasingly convinced that we're underplaying the tech-authoritarian elephant in the room." My Swamp Notes newsletter. Free to read.
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Acolytes of the broligarchs have a grip on key nodes of Washington’s power ministries
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‘Don’t listen to reports of Ireland’s demise’. A link to my contribution to @WSJopinion correcting the falsehoods about #Ireland peddled by British commentator Dominic Green earlier in the week. Thanks to @WSJ for giving me space to set the record straight.
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Former Amb. Daniel Mulhall replies to Dominic Green.
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One click, and your data could be exposed to AI agents—forever? Inga Cherney, threat researcher and member of Cato CTRL, discusses how to develop a Zero Trust mindset when working with AI, and how to steer clear of hanging permissions in AI agents.
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Maybe because more supply in a financialized, investor-driven market doesn't actually reduce price? 🏘️
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Here we go: real wages just fell for the first time since 2022. We got quarterly ECI this morning, which economists and the Fed follow closely for wage trends, and for Q3 it fell below inflation. This is as inflation picks up, and the labor market and wages further weaken.
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Manufacturing productivity growth has collapsed right across the industrialized world. I feel like Brenner and Riley would've been on firmer ground with a narrower periodization (and focus on post-GFC stagnation rather than post-1970) and had they looked directly at productivity
This curve is not supposed to do this. This is the beating heart of tradables where productivity is supposed to grow exponentially. It may falter for a year or two, but a decade long decline means something has gone terrible wrong.
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California continues losing tech jobs—in data released today, the Golden State lost more than 18k jobs over the last year and its share of US tech employment dipped to the lowest level since 2013
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The billions being spent in the AI boom aren't solving California's tech job market because 1) investment money is not generating many coding jobs 2) the problem is primarily local (lack of new housing & general high cost of living) rather than cyclical https://t.co/uZTKphm3Yf
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Amidst the AI Boom, Employment in Silicon Valley is Shrinking
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The median Irish citizen is now a Catherine Connolly voter who wants a tougher approach to immigration
POLL/POBALBHREITH: Q. Should the Government adopt a tougher approach to immigration? Yes: 76% No: 16% Not sure: 8% Source: @Ireland_Thinks/@TheSundayIndo
#Ireland #Poll
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Check this excerpt of an interview between Unplugged CEO Joe Weil and podcaster Julian Dory. We ran a third-party test with the same 33 apps installed on an iPhone vs an UP Phone to see which device kept out third-party data harvesters. The results will surprise you.
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New definition of capitalism just dropped
@_PeterRyan I think it's a bit of both. Someone in his position is there because they believe whatever they need to, not because they think critically about everything.
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Is he cynically spreading slopaganda or is he just this dumb?
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang says, “Essentially, Bitcoin mining is taking excess energy and storing it into a new form. It's called currency. And you take that currency wherever you like. So you took energy from one place and now you've transported it everywhere.”
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