Extreme wealth concentration can no longer be dismissed. Right now, there is unprecedented momentum for taxing the super-rich & tackling tax evasion.

Join the conversation on #TaxTheRich at the #WBGMeetings .

🗓️ Wed 17th April
🕓 4-5.30pm EDT
💻 Zoom: rb.gy/ue34fx

NEW: my column this week is about the coming vibe shift, from Boomers vs Millennials to huge wealth inequality *between* Millennials.

Current discourse centres on how the average Millennial is worse-off than the average Boomer was, but the richest millennials are loaded 💸🚀

In this weeks Business Post I'll be writing about the fragmentation of centre-right politics in Ireland.

Who are Fine Gael and what do they stand for?

Lordy lord. Unless you’re in the 90th percentile of Millennials, you’re getting wrecked by the greatest social crisis in the developed world (housing).

Highly recommended! ⤵️

Josh Alley, our expert on Bayesian statistics at UCD Politics and International Relations is offering a free workshop next Wednesday.

You can attend in person (Newman Building, F301) or via Zoom.

Registration: ucd.ie/connected_poli…

A well-organised farmers’ party that mobilises working-class rural Ireland could easily win 15 Dáil seats.

businesspost.ie/analysis-opini… via Business Post

Opinion: Millennials' ire with boomers may soon be replaced by conflict with the privileged, property-owning elites in their own generation, writes John Burn-Murdoch on.ft.com/3vRab32

Just walked out of Tesco holding my 3-year olds’ hand, and was met with someone speeding through the carpark at approx 50km an hour - texting on his phone!

The level (and increasing amount) of driver stupidity and recklessness out there is shocking.

Mass campaign - Slow Down!

What best describes Fine Gael as a political party?

There are now close to 200 social scientists signing this statement criticizing 🇩🇪's stance on the Israel / Gaza conflict. statementisraelgaza.wordpress.com

We plan to share with 🇩🇪 gov later today. If you are a social scientist in or from DE and want to add your name, please reach out

“Without an analysis of power, it is hard to understand inequality or much else in modern capitalism.”

Nobel winner Angus Deaton rethinks his economics.👀
imf.org/en/Publication…

“Not much in social science makes sense except in light of power struggle … Brandeis was very much about this, but the consumer welfare standard ignored it.”

In conversation with Lina Khan, Daron Acemoglu says you can't understand the economy without accounting for power.👇🧵

As the EU starts another round of enlargement talks, it is time to reflect on lessons from the historic expansion to Central and Eastern Europe. In a recent comment -- published OPEN ACCESS, Veronica Anghel focus on three lessons in particular. 1/

doi.org/10.17645/pag.8…

Rising road deaths: Why is Ireland bucking the European trend?

Spend 10 mins looking at any road in any part of the country, and you'll understand why.

Speeding, stupidity, carelessness and recklessness.

rte.ie/news/primetime… via RTÉ

Political discourse changes all the time.

But there's an emerging new rule of thumb.

Don't trust anyone who uses the term 'woke'.

OpenAI and Meta ready new AI models capable of ‘reasoning’ ft.com/content/78834f… via @ft

“Now is an opportune time to build a new social contract – one which renews our promise as a republic”

Yes - except it’s 15 years too late.

You can vote in the upcoming European Elections on 7th of June here in Ireland if you are an EU citizen and resident here. Fill out an EP1 form and submit it to your local authority like your local county council or city council.

We need to wake up to the fact that having one religion dominate our state-funded education system is simply wrong and that it impedes the human rights of both teachers and pupils in relation to freedom of beliefs. Thanks for speaking so well Paddy Monahan #equalrespect #edchatie

Less than 35% of those under 40 are homeowners.

That is the fundamental problem facing Fine Gael, Simon Harris TD and the future of conservative centre-right politics in Ireland.