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Jan 29 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Hypothetically,... if this levelling up white paper is 400 pages,... even I'm going to struggle to read that.
Wait,... what?! 400 pages is just the first section.
It'll be very heavy "complexity and nuance" British bullshitting if the UK government's levelling up white paper is a thousand pages of complexity and nuance to make highly-educated people feel clever, but then the railways aren't electrified and Leeds has no tram.
Panic over. 400 pages the whole thing. Leaked to the capital city press nicely in advance it seems. Hope it's ace.

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Jan 30
I think I've done it. I think I've calculated fiscal transfers by Region/Nation/Country/State/City (I'm not taking any chances on the outrage replies) for both the UK and Germany. And I feel like they're probably pretty close to comparable too.
The caveat (but also a strength I think) is that they're for 2010. And a lot has changed since 2010. So if you like what the data shows you can say that it shows exactly what you like. And if you don't like what the data shows you can say it's out of date and irrelevant. 🤣🤣
WITH HUGE CAVEATS THAT IF PEOPLE START SHOUTING AT ME THAT IT'S WRONG THEY'RE PROBABLY RIGHT --- (and also that the data is 2010 and a lot has changed since then). Image
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Jan 30
Proper menu that.
Somewhat seriously though, there is lots of good economics to be done on the returns to varying amounts of choice. Did the focus these ladies were able to give to just three products improve both quality and efficiency? Or would more variety and choice be better? Do we know?
I typically chose restaurants by how small their menu is. The smaller the better. But then I have no dislikes and no allergies, which is quite rare.
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Jan 30
I assume that Mr. France Insoumise will not soumise himself to the verdict of the French left's Presidential candidate selection. But maybe I should check.
Seems I was right. And seemingly most of the other too. Good thing the French presidential system isn't one that heavily punishes a divided left eh? 🙃 ImageImageImage
I'm not surprised that the left are struggling to unite. It's hard to create a common enemy in a country whose taxes are already the highest in the world, where poverty is quite low, where housing is pretty good, and where the current government is largely functional. ImageImage
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Jan 30
"What if all workers wrote software, not just the geek elite?" > a very interesting piece. I remain a huge proponent of the world's most mature low code/no code software --- Microsoft Excel. It sounds like Microsoft haven't stopped there. economist.com/business/2022/…
“A field worker making something for other field workers is hugely valuable as the feedback loop is faster,” is the best quote. Spot on.
"The interface may look cluttered: the landing page jams in 150 buttons and a local-news ticker—the app equivalent of an airplane cockpit," > is another very important line. A lot of what low code/no code is going to offer will horrify a lot of the existing field. Good.
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Jan 27
Good. She is right.
Much better a trip on a private jet than lying about it which is what the current PM would do.
Also. Foreign Secretary of a top six world power. Until an election, she's pretty important.
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Jan 25
Preparing some data for a thing. Astonishing. Image
I know what the answer is going to be. But then I see the answer and it's just even more.
Part of why Saxony outperformed South Yorkshire is EU spending. Much more happened in East Germany, in part because their economies were weaker. But it's actually not much money. German fiscal transfers were over 10 times greater. open-innovations.org/projects/jrf/e… ImageImage
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