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Economist, assistant professor University of Crete

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📣 New III working paper by @brankomilan.bsky.social and @marcoranaldi.bsky.social

They provide new global evidence on the evolution, distribution, and measurement of capital income, and the implications for inequality analysis in contemporary capitalism.

🔗 buff.ly/HHadHIv

13.03.2026 10:00 👍 5 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0
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Η Τουρκία ξεπέρασε την Ελλάδα στο κατά κεφαλήν ΑΕΠ Η οικονομία της Τουρκίας μέσα από στοιχεία της Eurostat.

www.efsyn.gr/stiles/ypogr...

11.03.2026 06:58 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

“Venezuela and Iran have 31 percent of the world’s oil reserves. We’re going to have a partnership with 31 percent of the known reserves. This is China’s nightmare. This is a good investment,” said Graham.

09.03.2026 10:54 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Χρυσή Αυγή: Ενοχοι για εγκληματική οργάνωση και στο Εφετείο οι 42 κατηγορούμενοι Πεντέμισι χρόνια μετά την έκδοση της πρωτόδικης απόφασης του Τριμελούς Εφετείου Κακουργημάτων της Αθήνας που χαρακτήρισε εγκληματική οργάνωση υπό το μανδύα πολιτικού κόμματος την Χρυσή Αυγή, το δευτεροβάθμιο δικαστήριο «σφράγισε» αυτή την καταδίκη. «Το δικαστήριο κηρύσσει ενόχους τους κατηγορουμένους με τα ελαφρυντικά που τους αναγνωρίστηκαν στον πρώτο βαθμό», είπε η πρόεδρος της έδρας. Το Πενταμελές […]

Πεντέμισι χρόνια μετά την έκδοση της πρωτόδικης απόφασης, που χαρακτήρισε εγκληματική οργάνωση τη Χρυσή Αυγή, το δευτεροβάθμιο δικαστήριο «σφράγισε» αυτή την καταδίκη.

04.03.2026 07:36 👍 0 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
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Spain’s Sánchez emerges as the EU’s chief critic of Trump’s war in Iran The Socialist prime minister has slammed the war as unjustified and illegal, and his criticism has sparked the threat of a trade war from Trump.

Only one EU leader has dared to directly challenge U.S. President Donald Trump over a war against Iran, calling it unjustified, dangerous and illegal:

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.

03.03.2026 19:53 👍 348 🔁 106 💬 20 📌 26
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Trump Says He’ll Cut Off Trade With Spain Over Air Base Use Donald Trump said he will “cut off all trade with Spain” after the country denied access to its military bases for his bombing campaign against Iran, spurring a sharp rebuke from Madrid that the US president must respect international trade agreements.

Donald Trump directed Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to "cut off all trade with Spain" after the country denied access to its military bases for his bombing campaign against Iran

03.03.2026 21:00 👍 50 🔁 35 💬 27 📌 16
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02.03.2026 10:16 👍 69 🔁 48 💬 0 📌 1

Who would have thought...

28.02.2026 14:03 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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26.02.2026 20:08 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Acemoglu, Autor & Johnson sketching out a pro-worker AI agenda. Worth your time.

24.02.2026 21:12 👍 37 🔁 14 💬 5 📌 0
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Hegseth threatens to force AI firm to share tech, escalating Anthropic standoff The Pentagon is demanding access to Anthropic’s AI technology, threatening to invoke the Defense Production Act if the company doesn’t comply.

Anthropic is prepared to walk away from negotiations — and its $200 million contract with the Defense Department — if concerns over the use of its technology for autonomous weapons or mass surveillance are not addressed.

24.02.2026 21:26 👍 85 🔁 24 💬 6 📌 8
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Without the dots, it looks like polygraph test results from a pathological liar.

23.02.2026 20:16 👍 20508 🔁 4502 💬 690 📌 206
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Κρίση θεσμών και η Τράπεζα της Ελλάδος | ΤΟ ΒΗΜΑ

Ανεξαρτησία των Κεντρικών Τραπεζών δεν σημαίνει ούτε ασυδοσία ούτε μονιμότητα των διοικήσεών τους

19.02.2026 12:14 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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"Υπό την εντύπωση του κακουργηματος τούτου, Έλληνες εθελονταί εφονευσαν αυτοβούλως άλλους ... κομμουνιστάς".
Φαντάζομαι καταλαβαίνουμε όλοι, ποιών οι παππούδες ηταν οι Έλληνες εθελονταί, που δολοφονουσαν αυτοβούλως τους συμπατριώτες τους επειδή αντιστέκονταν στους ναζί

17.02.2026 07:56 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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Pushed by the ECB to create a profitable secondary market for NPLs, with hedge fund investments derisked by the Greek state and a legal re-coding that gave funds credit enforcement, the financial press still “wonders” why auctioned houses end up with investors & do not solve the housing problem. 👏

07.02.2026 10:29 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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Andrés Edery, La Encerrona (Lima)

28.01.2026 16:17 👍 93 🔁 55 💬 2 📌 2
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We hear it all the time:

Since the turn of the 2010s, thanks to the rise of tech, the US has pulled ahead economically.

This idea is everywhere from Washington to Davos—and it's paralyzing Europe

But it's simply not true!

Let's look at what's really happening, with charts🧵

20.01.2026 20:59 👍 388 🔁 201 💬 6 📌 14
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As the world finally punches back, was this the week Donald Trump went too far? | Jonathan Freedland The US president took his bullying doctrine to Davos and hit a wall of opposition. If this creates a new western alliance against him, all to the good, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

As the world finally punches back, was this the week Donald Trump went too far? | Jonathan Freedland

23.01.2026 17:31 👍 127 🔁 44 💬 20 📌 13
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Twin Cities Workers Strike Against ICE. Two Hundred Cities Follow. As two hundred and fifteen cities prepare to walk out today in solidarity with Minneapolis, the whole world is watching.

Twin Cities Workers Strike Against ICE. Two Hundred Cities Follow!! As workers in two hundred and fifteen cities prepare to walk out today in solidarity with Minneapolis, the whole world is watching.

Via: migrantinsider.com/p/twin-citie...

#ICEOUTforGood #AbolishICE #ICEstrike

23.01.2026 15:46 👍 662 🔁 267 💬 15 📌 19
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From nice story to pulped fiction: Carney delivers reality check on rules-based order The speech delivered by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the World Economic Forum in Davos has rightly attracted significant attention. It offered the crisp, crystallised analysis of global orde...

On Carney's analysis of an illusory international framework
www.macropolis.gr?i=portal.en....

21.01.2026 14:57 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump and his cronies can try to dress this up, but it is an illegal act of war to replace Maduro and grab Venezuela's oil for his billionaire buddies.

Full statement below:

03.01.2026 15:56 👍 6762 🔁 1931 💬 388 📌 164

Αν είναι σωστή η κλίμακα των αξόνων, φαίνεται πως τα 2/3 της μείωσης έγιναν μέχρι το 2019

22.12.2025 20:16 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Post-Neoliberal Consensus Is Here Dani Rodrik identifies three tenets of a new consensus that is uniting the left and the right in the United States.

But dont go looking for it in Trump’s
Policies. www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/n...

16.12.2025 11:17 👍 31 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 5
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ΟΙ ΗΛΙΘΙΟΙ ΝΙΚΗΣΑΝ!

14.12.2025 10:05 👍 9 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0

Retain the christian values of racism, sexism and "blessed are the poor for enduring"

10.12.2025 11:29 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Why did Trump pardon the former Honduran president? Follow the Tech Bros. With Roger Stone taking a victory lap for having come up with the idea in the first place.

Why Did Trump Pardon the Former Honduran President? Follow the Tech Bros.

“Próspera is an example of the tech-right concept of the network state, a phrase coined by Silicon Valley venture capitalist Balaji Srinivasan.”

by @kieraevebutler.bsky.social
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

04.12.2025 17:31 👍 279 🔁 124 💬 8 📌 16
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Καρέ-καρέ η μυθιστορηματική απόδραση του Μιχάλη Μπεζεντάκου | LiFO Το 1931 συνελήφθη ως ύποπτος για τον φόνο του αστυφύλακα Γυφτοδημόπουλου και η απόδρασή του λίγο καιρό μετά από τις φυλακές Συγγρού πήρε διαστάσεις θρύλου. Το χρονικό της, όπως το κατέγραψε η εφημερίδ...

Προτού όμως τελειώσει τη φράση του, διαβιβάστηκε τηλεφωνικώς από την Αστυνομική Διεύθυνση Πειραιώς: «Κύριε υπουργέ! Προ πέντε λεπτών οι κομμουνισταί ετυφέκησαν έναν αστυφύλακα εις την Δραπετσώνα!»

23.10.2025 06:46 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

There is a direct correlation between how fake your job is and how much value you see in AI

29.11.2025 16:28 👍 4386 🔁 1501 💬 35 📌 40
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Thanksgiving: A story of celebration and pain, in maps It's a day to give thanks. But for millions of Indigenous Americans, it also serves as a reminder of loss.

For millions of Indigenous Americans, Thanksgiving is tied to a history of invasion, displacement, and devastation as settlers took over the land that is now the US aje.io/bb1ezw

27.11.2025 20:23 👍 228 🔁 116 💬 6 📌 6

I think more than anything else AI feels like a miracle to people with questionable literacy because it can read and write for you, and a lot of us who are highly literate underestimate how many of our society's leaders, esp in business, struggle with literacy.

04.09.2025 14:54 👍 1984 🔁 381 💬 65 📌 57