Prof @HWUEconomics , interested in #econhist, #landreform, #microfinance, #sustainabledevelopment, #health, #nufc & #Seinfeld (not necessarily in that order)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Joined September 2012
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After several years of research and writing, today I finally got to hold the first copy of "The Inclusive Wealth of Nations".
Grateful to everyone who helped shape the book along the way.
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Food shortages and disease outbreaks are to be expected in the super El Niño, and need to be addressed
go.nature.com/3UjJ9xy
Fresh off the press! A new Comment in Nature with Matthias Beck on the risks that the current super El Niño poses to global public health, including some less conventional threats.
nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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The Comment builds on some of our earlier research on environmental degradation and public health risks (Risk Analysis, 2025), and the historical experience of pandemics (Social Science & Medicine, 2024).
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Driving into work this morning, Led Zeppelin's When the Levee Breaks seemed a fitting soundtrack.
Originally written about the catastrophic Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, it's a reminder of what happens when nature overwhelms our defences.
youtu.be/uwiTs60VoTM
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More details @EconObservatory @eoinaldo
What was the economic significance of the 1956 Suez crisis?
economicsobservatory.com/wha…
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After 11 years at the University of Southern Denmark (from student to AP), it's time to try something else.
So I'm on the job market this year! 🧵
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How have economists thought about climate change?
A reminder of this 2021 @EconObservatory piece by @eoinaldo, including discussion of the work of the late #EconomicsNobel laureate #WilliamNordhaus
economicsobservatory.com/how…
Here's a short piece I wrote for RTÉ comparing the geopolitical significance of the Strait of Hormuz in 2026 with the Suez Crisis of 1956. Just as Suez marked a turning point in Britain's position as a global power, could Hormuz represent a similar inflection point today?
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It's framed around relative decline and superpower politics. It's based on an article I wrote about the Suez published in Contemporary Social Science (tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…)
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What history tells us about the closure of vital waterways. Disputes over the Suez Canal in 1956 and the Strait of Hormuz 60 years later show geopolitical power is often no match for economic power, writes @eoinaldo @HWUEconomics @Researchirel rte.ie/brainstorm/2026/1015/…
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Congratulations to Panmure House Fellow Professor Eoin McLaughlin on the launch of his new book, "The Inclusive Wealth of Nations: Prosperity, Sustainability, and the Future of Economic Progress".
Professor McLaughlin was joined by @ProfGraemeRoy, Vice Principal and Head of the College of Social Sciences at the University of Glasgow, for a fireside chat attended by a sold-out audience.
The evening concluded with an engaging Q&A session, giving audience members the opportunity to explore the book's ideas and implications in greater depth.
To learn more about The Inclusive Wealth of Nations or purchase a copy, visit: bloomsbury.com/uk/inclusive-…
My comment on intergenerational justice was published in Nature yesterday, drawing on some of the ideas in my recent book, The Inclusive Wealth of Nations.
Governments should invest to develop all types of capital to improve the lives of future citizens and to protect the planet
go.nature.com/4yo5urM
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Short piece on Britain’s long relative decline
NEW on the Economics Observatory – The British disease: what explains the relative decline of the UK economy?
by Eoin McLaughlin (@eoinaldo) and Graham Brownlow (@GrahamBrownlow)
buff.ly/t88duAj
Economics at the Fringe!
I’ll be at the Library of Mistakes this Wednesday, talking about The Inclusive Wealth of Nations with @EconomyofHope
If you’re in Edinburgh, come along 👇
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Available at Bloomsbury bloomsbury.com/uk/inclusive-…
Amazon: amazon.co.uk/Inclusive-Wealt…
Waterstones: waterstones.com/book/the-inc…
Barnes & Nobel: barnesandnoble.com/w/the-inc…
Target: target.com/p/the-inclusive-w…
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