Economics writer. Author. Expect history, economics, finance and other stuff. Some cricket. Wrote Two Hundred Years of Muddling Through. Blood and Treasure, on the economics of war, out now.https://bsky.app/profile/duncanweldon.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanweldon.bsky.social/post/3mx53dxue7c2mChat, is this good? [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Oct 2026 14:02 +0000at://did:plc:eiroqhvmrl6xbr35pavye5lw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx53dxue7c2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanweldon.bsky.social/post/3mx4om4sups2dMy hand writing has become so bad that I am struggling to make sense of a note I wrote for myself on Friday.05 Oct 2026 10:14 +0000at://did:plc:eiroqhvmrl6xbr35pavye5lw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx4om4sups2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanweldon.bsky.social/post/3mx4npszv6s2d(Sadly gone) IMF WEO Database > IMF Data Portal.05 Oct 2026 09:58 +0000at://did:plc:eiroqhvmrl6xbr35pavye5lw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx4npszv6s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanweldon.bsky.social/post/3mx4mtswsnk2dDon’t understand this new England approach. Warming up? Playing practice games? It’ll never catch on. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/cr0j0w2nj19no05 Oct 2026 09:42 +0000at://did:plc:eiroqhvmrl6xbr35pavye5lw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx4mtswsnk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanweldon.bsky.social/post/3mx4iahnbsk2dIf the Great War was long periods of boredom punctuated by moments of sheer terror, then MPFC is long periods of tedium punctuated by moments of genius. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Oct 2026 08:20 +0000at://did:plc:eiroqhvmrl6xbr35pavye5lw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx4iahnbsk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanweldon.bsky.social/post/3mx4gqnfquk2dTop tip: double your morning step count by forgetting your youngest’s packed lunch when doing the school run.05 Oct 2026 07:53 +0000at://did:plc:eiroqhvmrl6xbr35pavye5lw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx4gqnfquk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanweldon.bsky.social/post/3mx2pce5rkc2gWas my birthday last week. Bought myself Cricket 26 on the PlayStation. My family regret this decision.04 Oct 2026 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:eiroqhvmrl6xbr35pavye5lw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx2pce5rkc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanweldon.bsky.social/post/3mx2h3do37s2uWhy is the lawyer a lion?04 Oct 2026 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:eiroqhvmrl6xbr35pavye5lw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx2h3do37s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanweldon.bsky.social/post/3mwxh5um46k2kThe real demonstration of the strength of Indian white ball cricket is that they can play a T20 and an ODI on the same day with two strong sides. Can’t imagine England managing that.03 Oct 2026 08:17 +0000at://did:plc:eiroqhvmrl6xbr35pavye5lw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwxh5um46k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanweldon.bsky.social/post/3mwvusqz5gc24How long ago was the 2005 Ashes? Long enough ago that four sons of that England team are now professional cricketers. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/articles/c63r5dd3zgyro02 Oct 2026 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:eiroqhvmrl6xbr35pavye5lw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvusqz5gc24https://bsky.app/profile/duncanweldon.bsky.social/post/3mwvav6gch22aEngland have the easier group here. https://www.icc-cricket.com/tournaments/icc-cricket-world-cup-2027/news/fixture-schedule-announced-for-icc-men-s-cricket-world-cup-202702 Oct 2026 11:19 +0000at://did:plc:eiroqhvmrl6xbr35pavye5lw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvav6gch22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanweldon.bsky.social/post/3mwuydbhdcc2dSomething very striking about it being 2026, all the talk of AI and super intelligence and tech competition and here we are talking about diesel inventories. A useful reminder that these two books are a useful frame for understanding the world.02 Oct 2026 08:46 +0000at://did:plc:eiroqhvmrl6xbr35pavye5lw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwuydbhdcc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanweldon.bsky.social/post/3mwuvfkhhmk2oStrong recommend. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Oct 2026 07:54 +0000at://did:plc:eiroqhvmrl6xbr35pavye5lw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwuvfkhhmk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanweldon.bsky.social/post/3mwtpch5hn22sThroughly enjoyed Traitors. Excellent cast. Ross Kemp being ultra paranoid and Richard E Grant being Richard E Grant were the highlights.01 Oct 2026 20:32 +0000at://did:plc:eiroqhvmrl6xbr35pavye5lw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwtpch5hn22shttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanweldon.bsky.social/post/3mwtlcxj4r22sDo the contestants get told who the other celeb traitors are before the start? Because I doubt, say, Richard E Grant knows who all these people are?01 Oct 2026 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:eiroqhvmrl6xbr35pavye5lw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwtlcxj4r22shttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanweldon.bsky.social/post/3mwszzcdj2s2uAn interesting read. https://engelsbergideas.com/essays/smrs-a-short-history-of-a-nuclear-pipe-dream/01 Oct 2026 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:eiroqhvmrl6xbr35pavye5lw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwszzcdj2s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanweldon.bsky.social/post/3mwsy4aqfo22uI find this fascinating. Connecting up my bank account to an AI agent is just a hard no for me. But maybe I’m just out of touch? I can remember being baffled about how wary my parents were about online banking for a long time. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/22/technology/meta-muse-ai-agent.html01 Oct 2026 13:37 +0000at://did:plc:eiroqhvmrl6xbr35pavye5lw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwsy4aqfo22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanweldon.bsky.social/post/3mwsnt6w5js2aThe most useful word in financial journalism is ‘as’. ‘Markets did x as y happened’ almost always works.01 Oct 2026 10:33 +0000at://did:plc:eiroqhvmrl6xbr35pavye5lw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwsnt6w5js2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanweldon.bsky.social/post/3mwsl32y6cc2pThe silver living, to a very big cloud, if you’re sitting in HMT today is that amid a global bond sell off gilts aren’t being hit the hardest. Which feels a bit different to other recent sell offs.01 Oct 2026 09:44 +0000at://did:plc:eiroqhvmrl6xbr35pavye5lw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwsl32y6cc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanweldon.bsky.social/post/3mwshudjhvk2pLots to think about here. Three immediate thoughts - https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/global-imbalances-and-china-challenge01 Oct 2026 08:46 +0000at://did:plc:eiroqhvmrl6xbr35pavye5lw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwshudjhvk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanweldon.bsky.social/post/3mwsfjvbbac2t2010s macro policy discussion was dominated by talk of interest rate floors. The 2020s are more about ceilings.01 Oct 2026 08:05 +0000at://did:plc:eiroqhvmrl6xbr35pavye5lw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwsfjvbbac2thttps://bsky.app/profile/duncanweldon.bsky.social/post/3mwqu2frjss26Seized control of the television.30 Sep 2026 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:eiroqhvmrl6xbr35pavye5lw/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqu2frjss26