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Today's Twitter threads (a Twitter thread).

Inside: Higher interest rates increase both the monetary supply and inflation; and more!

Archived at: pluralistic.net/2023/02/04/if-…

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Next week (Feb 8-17), I'll be in #Australia, touring my book #ChokepointCapitalism* with my co-author, @rgibli. We'll be in #Brisbane on Feb 8, and then we're doing a remote event for #NZ on Feb 9. Next is #Melbourne, #Sydney and #Canberra.

chokepointcapitalism.com 2/

Higher interest rates increase both the monetary supply and inflation: It takes a lot of motivated reasoning to believe otherwise.

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1621956679582552065

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Hey look at this

* How popular movements can topple Big Tech monopolies tni.org/en/article/sei…

* Legal shockwaves at the core of digital economy bit.ly/3wUcVJA

* Breadth of the #Fediverse eff.org/deeplinks/2023… 4/

#20yrsago #Pixar dumping #Disney? bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

#20yrsago BrightonPier burns news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e…

#20yrsago Penguins shit all over historic shack web.archive.org/web/2003041514…

#20yrsago #Verisign: holding us accountable will kill the Internet theregister.com/2003/02/03/sex… 5/

#5yrsago #WellsFargo’s punishment for fake account scandal: no more growth until Fed is “satisfied” money.cnn.com/2018/02/02/new…

#5yrsago The coming #EU #privacy regulation will end up remaking the world’s web politico.eu/article/europe… 6/

#1yrago #Rail #monopolies destroyed the American supply chain pluralistic.net/2022/02/04/up-…

#1yrago When crypto-exchanges go broke, you'll lose it all pluralistic.net/2022/02/03/liq…

#1yrago A covid vaccine for your airways pluralistic.net/2022/02/04/up-… 7/

#1yrago Money is power: A political economy parable (with a side of environmental racism) pluralistic.net/2022/02/03/liq… 8/

Thursday's threads: Netflix wants to chop down your family tree; and more!

https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1621147173999235075

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My latest book is Chokepoint Capitalism (with @rgibli), nonfiction about monopoly and fairness in creative labor markets.

chokepointcapitalism.com

Signed copies available from @BookSoup:

booksoup.com/book/978080700… 10/

My latest novel is Attack Surface, a sequel to my bestselling Little Brother books, now in paperback, wherever books are sold.

Signed copies at @darkdel:

darkdel.com/store/p1840/Co… 11/

My ebooks and audiobooks (from @torbooks, @HoZ_Books, @mcsweeneys, @beaconPressBks et al) are for sale all over the net, but I sell 'em too, and when you buy 'em from me, I earn twice as much and you get books with no DRM and no license "agreements."

craphound.com/shop/ 12/

Upcoming appearances:

* Avid Reader (#Brisbane), 2/8
avidreader.com.au/pages/6834-Cho…

* Chokepoint Capitalism: A Kiwi Perspective, 2/13
…alism-a-kiwi-perspective.lilregie.com/booking/attend…

* Future of Arts/Culture/Tech, @ACMI, (#Melbourne), 2/14
acmi.net.au/whats-on/in-co… 13/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* @statelibrarynsw (#Sydney), 2/15
sl.nsw.gov.au/events/chokepo…

* ANU/@canberratimes Meet The Author (#Canberra), 2/16
anu.edu.au/events/in-conv…

* @Aus_Digital Copyright Forum (#Canberra), 2/17:
digital.org.au/2022/11/08/doc… 14/

Upcoming appearances (cont'd):

* #Antitrust, Regulation & Political Economy (#Brussels), 3/2:
brusselsconference.com/registration 15/

Recent appearances:

* Chokepoint Capitalism: Can It Be Defeated? (@ucl_ibil):


* A theory of how internet platforms die (@Marketplace Tech)
marketplace.org/shows/marketpl…

* Graeber's Pirate Enlightment (Everyday Anarchism)
pca.st/w58ald39 16/

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