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Sums it up.

Trump’s unprovoked attack on Iran has no mandate – or legal basisUS president violates UN charter just days into his Board of Peace era, and chooses to take the biggest gamble of his administrationwww.theguardian.com

Colour pencil shop in Tehran, Iran. (courtesy of reddit.com)

A convincing performance at the Emirates is to be cherished these days. And to top the experience, in the queue to the station after the game I overheard a Wigan fan tell another Wigan fan: "and we didn't concede any goals from set play". Classic.

And here is the link for anyone wanting access from outside of the UK: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Economic RightsMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the relationship between democracy and capitalism.www.bbc.co.uk

Perhaps my favourite podcast of all time is this 26 year old (to the day) conversation between Melvyn Bragg, Will Hutton and Amartya Sen appearing as part of the BBCR4's 'In Our Time': www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

In Our Time - Economic Rights - BBC SoundsMelvyn Bragg and guests discuss the relationship between democracy and capitalism.www.bbc.co.uk

How on earth are these secondary sanctions going to help those protesters who rose up due to economic grievances? The tariffs will hurt consumers all over Iran as the state has no capacity to absorb them. The irony is palpable.

Also, can China invade Taiwan now? Just asking.

A fascinating AI generated webinar involving John Maynard Keynes: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbUc... This AI version even does not disappoint and also tucks in: "Practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influences are usually the slaves of some defunct economist."

A Conversation with John Maynard AI Keynes, about AI, generated by AI | Markus Academy | Ep. 155YouTube video by Markus' Academywww.youtube.com

As might be expected Keynes did not do too badly.

Thomas Schelling died on this day in 2016. Had he continued to live he'd be about 104 now. Game theory was his thing and conflict and cooperation his primary focus. His writings made for a difficult read., but I enjoyed his 'The Strategy of Conflict'. He won the Nobel Prize in 2005.

Hans Singer would be 115 today. He provided the impetus for several key UN agencies, including the WFP. Architect of the Prebisch-Singer doctrine. He was at Bretton Woods with Keynes! Met him at Sussex U. whilst a Warwick grad student. Years later he wrote the foreword to my book with Mehmet Odekon.

Spreadsheet Britain in full force.

Asylum seekers’ jewellery could be seized to pay for processing costs, says Home Office ministerIdea borrowed from Denmark is latest attempt to reduce number of people seeking asylum in UKwww.theguardian.com

7 years ago today in the company of colleagues from St. Teresa's in Kochi, State of Kerala, Southern India.

I came across the following very useful looking search tool by @paulgp.com by chance: paulgp.com/econlit-pipe... Well worth a browse.

Economics Literature SearchFull-text search across 15,000+ papers from top economics journals and NBER working papers. Track how empirical methods have evolved over time.paulgp.com