Peter Tanham

Interested in the intersection of tech and public policy.

[Peter Tanham @PeterTanham]

You can find me at https://t.co/baMnOyLpRB

[Tom Harwood @tomhfh]

We should build loads and loads and loads of houses that look like this.

Millions of them.

Make them cheap as chips.

[Philippa Sigl-Glöckner @PhilippaSigl]

Mhm there are quite a lot of books describing what’s wrong w the European macroeconomic construct but I don’t know one that pulls the story together, so I will try in a thread: /1

[Peter Tanham @PeterTanham]

@YuleGoat @IrishTimes Great piece Jack!

[Dogpatch Labs @dogpatchlabs]

⏰Only 3 days left to apply for ‘Founders’, Ireland’s Talent accelerator!

40 exceptional individuals. €100k seed investment. No idea needed. Plus, €2,000 monthly stipend. 💸

What would you do if you weren’t afraid? Deadline is this Sunday at midnight. https://t.co/fO1wJRRUAl

[Hot Press @hotpress]

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has launched a new online anonymous platform where survivors can share their stories.

@DublinRCC @WeConsentIRL @RCNIreland @WomensAidNI

https://t.co/t4RTrVw5Lh

[Vitor Constâncio @VMRConstancio]

The Bloomberg survey of professional investors shows that 90% think that “companies on both sides of the Atlantic have been raising prices in excess of their costs since the pandemic began in 2020. “ Almost four out of five said that tight monetary policy is the answer 1/

[Peter Tanham @PeterTanham]

This is very cool

[Philippa Sigl-Glöckner @PhilippaSigl]

Since there wasn’t time to explain a possible alternative to debt to GDP let me try with a little visual:

The idea is to compare debt to the asset stock that can still operate in a net zero world.

2 reasons why this tracks fiscal sustainability better than debt to GDP: /1

[Peter Tanham @PeterTanham]

In this week's newsletter: The next budget will see the government faced with huge amounts of spare cash, but very few ways to spend it well.

My argument that the surplus should be saved:

https://t.co/2FFshGED0v

[Peter Tanham @PeterTanham]

The EU's new fiscal rules are based on GDP, so they'll barely apply to Ireland because our GDP numbers are half make-believe. Handy 🤷

https://t.co/PgU0rEJ4OF

[Seán Keyes @Keyes]

Good thread on why solely "affordable" housing isn't the way to go

[Peter Tanham @PeterTanham]

@paulg ChatGPT seems to parse it just fine.

A language model that can't understand metaphor and context would be completely unusable.

[Peter Tanham @PeterTanham]

@Bubblenoma From memory of the last time I read up - Vitamin D doesn't have enough science behind it to be an official recommendation, but the early research seemed significant and promising and there's no real downside to taking a daily supplement. Worth a punt.

[James Medlock @jdcmedlock]

I can finally say it: I settled the bet early with @balajis! Took some time to work out the details but he proceeded in good faith and you can see the receipt of funds on chain in the next tweet. $500k to me (so I get 30% post tax as planned) and 500k to @GiveDirectly

[Joe Weisenthal @TheStalwart]

Pepsi. 14% revenue growth. Virtually no volume growth. https://t.co/TTkpiHs9rC

[Peter Tanham @PeterTanham]

@Aidan_Regan Interesting proposals. I wonder how many vacant properties & lots are owned by the banks that the Irish govt own?

[Kate Mackenzie @kmac]

Amazing how quickly the possibility of profit-driven inflation went from ludicrous to established. https://t.co/JH8XPPyTsu

[Peter Tanham @PeterTanham]

I really hope there’s a team in some Government department getting ready to analyse, rank and purchase commercial property at steep discounts and convert it to (emergency) accommodation, if/when the market turns.

[Seamus Coffey @seamuscoffey]

On a 12-month basis, €24 billion of Corporation Tax has been collected. It is now heading for €5,000 on a per capita basis with most of this paid by foreign-owned firms. It is unclear where the peak will be as it continues to go in only one direction.

[Gerard Brady @GerardBrady100]

The table below shows the annual increase in residential rents across a group of EU comparators and Ireland between 1997 and 2022.

Red = average annual rents up by 5% or more
Green = increasing by 2% or less
Yellow = rents falling

Spot the outlier.