Chris Dillow

@SimonMagus @substack I am c+ping. But the moment I try to p, the problem occurs.

@CJFDillow @substack I've not had this problem. But then I write posts using word or Google docs and then c+p.

I've a question about @substack. When I'm trying to write a post, it says "working offline" so I can't post. How do you solve this? The AI support gives loads of suggestions, all of which are useless.

@yorksranter I've been trying to import since Friday: it just says its processing the request.

@CJFDillow it's built in to Wordpress: #movable-type-and-typepad" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">developer.wordpress.org/advanced-admin…

@CJFDillow have you seen that TypePad is closing down by the 30th September? I have downloaded your entire blog

Blogged: constraints aren't "given" as Econ101 claims, but have to be discovered - which is a political as well as economic issue. stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_…

@michaelphe14501 Scott's point is that capital equipment facilitates learning by doing: you need to have some kit to do stuff with, ideally (but not necessarily) newish.

@CJFDillow Hoe does Scott differ from learning by doing?

Blogged: a (partial) defence of the government's approach to economic growth: stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_…

Blogged: the government is using market forces where it shouldn't, and not using them where it should: stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_…

Blogged: how capitalism undermines the value of democracy: stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_…

@worstall That's not what I said, nor is it in Richard II: he is killed only after being deposed, & is the only person Bolingbroke kills (on stage). One message from Shakespeare in that you can't merely kill your way to power: see eg Macbeth, Hamlet, or Richard III.

@CJFDillow Kill everyone who stands in the way of power? Hasn't that been tried more than once last century?

Blogged: what Shakespeare can teach us about how to win power: stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_…

Blogged: there are two political agendas - one on how to improve the real world and another dealing in fantasies and crank issues, and the latter is dominant: stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_…

@SimonGordo8341 Thanks!

Blogged: there are good economic reasons why the centre-right has collapsed: stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_…

Musk has dominated UK politics without (AFAIK) spending a cent. Which proves Smith words: there's a "disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful". The problem is, this disposition is incompatible with any worthwhile conception of democracy.

@SimonMagus Depends on the conflict between ideology & incentives. Looking at ideology, Labour is doomed & the populist right will be nutters. If, however, Labour responds to the incentive to get re-elected, it'll do whatever's necessary to improve growth & public services.

@CJFDillow True. Do we end up like much of Europe? And do the populist right turn out like Meloni, rather more sensible than everyone predicted?

@SimonMagus Except that the centre left has a huge parliamentary majority. But yes, it too seems unable to grasp the need for radical measures to boost economic growth - a failure which might well destroy its support in 2029.

@CJFDillow The same applies surely to the centre left (not least because the difference in economic outlook is hard to identify)

With higher gilt yields fuelling talk of the need for tighter fiscal policy, here's one I wrote earlier on how fiscal conservatism is in theory compatible with radical economic policy elsewhere: stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_…

Blogged: the question is not just: "what should the government do?" It is rather: "how can we create pressures that force governments into positive change?" stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_…

Blogged: the public sphere has suffered from a tragedy of the commons: stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_…