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[@meadwaj](/creator/twitter/meadwaj)
"China way ahead on energy U.S. way ahead on chips 100000 neoclassical economists sobbing into their portraits of David Ricardo"  
[X Link](https://x.com/meadwaj/status/1976188672715198675) [@meadwaj](/creator/x/meadwaj) 2025-10-09T07:31Z 39.9K followers, 4362 engagements


"@BioMickWatson @stuartshakesby I used to work for the Royal Society Mick we worked closely with GSK and other pharmaceutical companies on research policy. Sinopharm immediately springs to mind as a successful SOE pharma. Should we talk about the declining rate of drug discovery patent thickets etc etc"  
[X Link](https://x.com/meadwaj/status/1976237118046539802) [@meadwaj](/creator/x/meadwaj) 2025-10-09T10:43Z 39.9K followers, XX engagements


"@ultra_crepidity @ZackPolanski Spain is the very obvious recent example. Switzerland meanwhile has had wealth taxes for XXX years or so. Youre welcome"  
[X Link](https://x.com/meadwaj/status/1980177079758143602) [@meadwaj](/creator/x/meadwaj) 2025-10-20T07:39Z 39.9K followers, XXX engagements


"@ultra_crepidity @ZackPolanski Excellent hasty Googling skills there 👍"  
[X Link](https://x.com/meadwaj/status/1980206451898642697) [@meadwaj](/creator/x/meadwaj) 2025-10-20T09:36Z 39.9K followers, XXX engagements


"@danhind @s_everson @centrist_cee Not my judgement - X is in the realm of big technocratic fixes around which consensus can be found (and its outside of IFS usual remit). X is more scratchy because BoE has opposed but the political cover is Gordon Brown and Richard Tice () both calling for same"  
[X Link](https://x.com/meadwaj/status/1980604837688398155) [@meadwaj](/creator/x/meadwaj) 2025-10-21T11:59Z 39.9K followers, XXX engagements


"@danhind @s_everson @centrist_cee And for sure the closer this moves to government the harder the row but thats why the political top line of wealth taxes matters so much: it (rightly) draws all the real attention"  
[X Link](https://x.com/meadwaj/status/1980605025052205074) [@meadwaj](/creator/x/meadwaj) 2025-10-21T12:00Z 39.9K followers, XXX engagements


"Madness absolute madness. Hyperscale data centres typically are: - hugely resource intensive (typical equivalence would be 30-50k homes water use) - of limited impact on productivity - create very few jobs - depreciate rapidly - youre building a white elephant. Paper below"  
[X Link](https://x.com/meadwaj/status/1975191666232283473) [@meadwaj](/creator/x/meadwaj) 2025-10-06T13:29Z 39.9K followers, 63.6K engagements


"@BioMickWatson @Garybro82547780 @ZackPolanski I dont see any modelling here but their best hazard is that it would raise significantly less than 24bn. If you had listened to the interview you would know Zack offered 15bn as the lower end of his revenue range ie significantly less than 24bn. Try again"  
[X Link](https://x.com/meadwaj/status/1980213471921963374) [@meadwaj](/creator/x/meadwaj) 2025-10-20T10:04Z 39.9K followers, XXX engagements


"@NadineJStorey @Williamgallus @northnthat As in we are at or very close to full employment nationally. The economy really is in a very bad place although theres a certain amount of spare capacity that could be mobilised regionally simply because underinvestment has been so substantial for so long"  
[X Link](https://x.com/meadwaj/status/1980611992722248155) [@meadwaj](/creator/x/meadwaj) 2025-10-21T12:27Z 39.9K followers, XXX engagements


"@DarrellChaloner @clintballinger It doesnt. It means the exact opposite: that those seeking to undermine the programme cant break it. You have to make it difficult for them. When it worked (as in 2017) it helped support a massive surge in support. When it goes (as in 2019) it helped undermine the leadership"  
[X Link](https://x.com/meadwaj/status/1980848689259376943) [@meadwaj](/creator/x/meadwaj) 2025-10-22T04:08Z 39.9K followers, XX engagements


"I am shocked - shocked - to discover the entire exodus story was nothing more than lobbying on behalf of the mega-rich. Wealth tax now"  
[X Link](https://x.com/meadwaj/status/1955899211414736951) [@meadwaj](/creator/x/meadwaj) 2025-08-14T07:48Z 39.9K followers, 211.1K engagements


"Labour again dancing to tune of the online right where Motability has been a big whinge Never mind that it supports car industry sales and thousands of jobs in the UK. Or that only 1/3 eligible use it. Totally the wrong decision. That Green bounce is going to keep on bouncing"  
[X Link](https://x.com/meadwaj/status/1979187261611630815) [@meadwaj](/creator/x/meadwaj) 2025-10-17T14:06Z 39.9K followers, 30.2K engagements


"Greens have more members than the Tories"  
[X Link](https://x.com/meadwaj/status/1979506592853950522) [@meadwaj](/creator/x/meadwaj) 2025-10-18T11:15Z 39.9K followers, 124.1K engagements


"Greens are actually **ahead** of Labour for the first time Detailed results have GRN XXXXX% LAB 15.23%"  
[X Link](https://x.com/meadwaj/status/1978802156737282201) [@meadwaj](/creator/x/meadwaj) 2025-10-16T12:36Z 39.8K followers, 588.7K engagements


"All going swimmingly (and yes this does matter)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/meadwaj/status/1980598596291506403) [@meadwaj](/creator/x/meadwaj) 2025-10-21T11:34Z 39.9K followers, 3476 engagements


"Catching up w @ZackPolanski on BBC this morning. Very pleasing to finally have a political leader point out what ought to be obvious - that the Institute of Fiscal Studies is just one voice amongst many on the economy and that there is no such thing as independent economics"  
[X Link](https://x.com/meadwaj/status/1979924162425594300) [@meadwaj](/creator/x/meadwaj) 2025-10-19T14:54Z 39.9K followers, 122.6K engagements


"@danhind @s_everson @centrist_cee I dont agree - its so destructive of everything else. The actual programme we need (as a first immediate pass) is a combo of (1) taxes on the rich (2) DMO reforms (3) change relationship with Bank of England. Longer term we have to get out of trad social democracy tax n spend"  
[X Link](https://x.com/meadwaj/status/1980599470233694553) [@meadwaj](/creator/x/meadwaj) 2025-10-21T11:38Z 39.8K followers, XXX engagements


"Told ya (link below)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/meadwaj/status/1981094196628115794) [@meadwaj](/creator/x/meadwaj) 2025-10-22T20:23Z 39.8K followers, 5630 engagements