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@Pete_Spence

Englishman in New England. Economics, powerlifting, and my dog Bernanke.

Maine, USA
Joined March 2011
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    2 Dec 2015

    There is no natural right to high returns.

    15 retweets 56 likes
  2. 9 hours ago

    New proposal for a "universal child benefit" is interesting, especially what it wld replace:

    4 retweets 2 likes
  3. 10 hours ago

    Press releases are overrated.

  4. 11 hours ago

    Maybe the government should just set all prices directly, and we won't have this problem any more

    Do people who complain the Bank "has failed to meet its inflation target" actually think inflation should be 2% every single month?
    1 retweet 4 likes
  5. 11 hours ago

    He's getting bigger again

    8 likes
  6. Oct 24

    Hillary Clinton is the Republican you're looking for

    1 like
  7. Oct 24

    Every word of this

    87 retweets 102 likes
  8. Oct 24

    Why neoliberal? Too many libertarians only pretend to care about the consequences of policies they back (via )

    2 likes
  9. Oct 24

    Did anyone enjoy that Walking Dead episode? Anyone?

  10. Oct 24

    Wrong.

    Trump explains why the First Amendment has "too much protection" for free speech
    535 retweets 691 likes
  11. Oct 24

    If Clinton does win, it'll be really interesting to see which people continue to defend Trump.

  12. Oct 24

    Well this explains all those horribly under dressed gingerbread men in British supermarkets

    VAT Zero Rating is the dumbest thing ever.
    9 retweets 14 likes
  13. Oct 24

    Reporting of this Civitas study is very silly. Even if nominal tariff amounts matter, they matter much more as a share of GDP.

    1 like
  14. Oct 24

    That's a brutal chart for Trump. via

    125 retweets 101 likes
  15. Oct 23

    Read this

    As someone who works primarily with unaccompanied minors let me just smash this continued women & children first myth re: refugees.
    14 retweets 12 likes
  16. Oct 23

    There is no natural right to high returns

    Surely there must be something wrong with a macro theory which does not allow for a positive real interest rate!
    2 retweets 3 likes
  17. Oct 22

    I get that I'm a US resident, not a citizen, but it angers me to be told I don't have a home here.

    10 likes
  18. Oct 22

    Californian airport staffer told me "no, you don't" live in Maine, while holding my British passport at check in.

    4 likes
  19. Oct 22

    These awards are sponsored by the Sun, so it's important that we all vote for Gary Lineker as best presenter.

    470 retweets 324 likes
  20. Oct 21

    Getting a bit of a spanking today, but things could be worse: Imagine, just for a second, being a refugee having to flee from your home.

    28,864 retweets 70,100 likes
  21. Oct 21

    Fixed it for you.

    54 retweets 68 likes

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