Ryan AventVerified account

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Economics columnist, The Economist. My book, The Wealth of Humans, is available now.

Joined November 2008

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    In conclusion, I mention this in my book, which you can order now:

  2. Trump Business Partner Is Philippines’ New Trade Envoy to U.S.

  3. Ryan, did see this piece re Wealth of Humans? Worries of misplaced protectionism all too prophetic

  4. hold some hearings; sponsor a bill requiring more financial disclosure; demand independent-minded regulators

  5. The scope for massive corruption is plain as day. Therefore GOP legislators should do...what? (Assuming they had a mind to.)

  6. If you're a GOP Sen or Rep of good faith (and maybe some influence) what should you do in response to Trump financial conflicts?

  7. Your daily reminder—until this makes front page news—that what’s happening right now at our planet’s poles is *not* normal.

  8. Get your shit together, Donald. Rise to the demands of the office.

  9. ‘The Wealth of Humans: Ryan Avent in conversation with Azeem Azhar’ on

  10. As in: Naming a racist to enforce voting rights and to head a criminal justice system that disproportionately hits PoC is a horrible idea.

  11. Being anti-PC is all contrarian fun and games till someone paints swastikas on your daughter's school.

  12. Twitter these days is just a parade of horrors

  13. If they’d given Roth the Nobel Prize he’d be perfectly positioned to deliver a nice long speech about The Plot Against America.

  14. This is some lovely deadpan from the FT...

  15. Facebook is struggling to work out what its journalistic responsibilities are in this strange new digital age

  16. Thanks for clearing that one up, guys.

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