Brad MacKay

Professor of Strategic Management, University of St Andrews

[Stian Westlake @stianwestlake]

How do businesses set prices when inflation is high? It's a vital question if we want to understand how to control inflation.

New research from @MizenPaul, @I_Am_NickBloom et al uses data from the @ESRC-funded @DMP_BoE delves into the detail.

[Brad MacKay @RBradMackay]

A study at the University of St Andrews has found that milk is more hydrating than water… https://t.co/hUmMURW0XJ

[Brad MacKay @RBradMackay]

How to fix the UK’s higher and further education finance system via @FT
https://t.co/HQCipaacNI

[Phillips P. OBrien @PhillipsPOBrien]

Well here is by far the clearest articulation of the Ukrainian government's case for continuing to fight at Bakhmut. An interview by @Podolyak_M given to the Italian paper La Stampa, summarized here. https://t.co/VWE9933hN3

[Brad MacKay @RBradMackay]

It seems to me that Lineker has taken the side of basic decency and honouring international commitments rather than a party-political stance. I would hope that resonates with a majority of supporters of all political stripes.

[Brad MacKay @RBradMackay]

A really thoughtful piece on liberal democracy by Martin Wolf in the FT for anyone looking for a good Saturday morning read: https://t.co/3qnLOFi2ge

[Simon Schama @simon_schama]

so beautiful

[Brad MacKay @RBradMackay]

There have been suggestions that Russia’s deportations of Ukrainian children are to demoralise. An additional explanation is demographic trends; a crises that will be compounded as a generation of Russian youth are ground up in Putin’s war of aggression, barbarity & choice (ABC).

[Brad MacKay @RBradMackay]

It seems to me that Mr. Starmer is mixing up politics with economics - the latter of which has a tendency of correcting for the former as we have recently seen. He’s right about business distaste for uncertainty, but questionable on the single market. https://t.co/lSOFvdMo7P

[Brad MacKay @RBradMackay]

For anyone interested in strategy, this interview with Lawrence Freedman, Emeritus Professor of War Studies at King's College London gives some great insight into the war in Ukraine and lessons from history https://t.co/DZXPHVX43H

[Brad MacKay @RBradMackay]

Simon Kuper on how autocrats from Musk to Putin are ruining companies and countries. https://t.co/P5kT5WJOsX

[Phillips P. OBrien @PhillipsPOBrien]

Misunderstanding Soviet Power in WW2 and Russian power today on Phillips’s Newsletter https://t.co/07myoNNEUK

[Brad MacKay @RBradMackay]

Well, there was lots of bad news in the autumn statement, but it was good to see the research budget and plans to increase it to £20 billion protected and recognition of research and universities as drivers of growth and productivity. It would be good to see Scot Gov do the same.

[Lawrence Freedman @LawDavF]

Latest post on why Putin may prefer continuing with the war rather than exploring a negotiated peace. https://t.co/H0Cccy0PAq

[Brad MacKay @RBradMackay]

Very good overview of actions needed to ‘keep the pulse of 1.5c’ alive by Michelle Kilfoyle in the Economics Observatory as we see what materialises at COP27. Lovely to see the analysis conclude with a little can-do hope! https://t.co/cPZYK41uuS

[Brad MacKay @RBradMackay]

Good overview and commentary on recent UK GDP figures by Elias Wilson in the Economics Observatory: https://t.co/wtSbZ1wVcc

[Brad MacKay @RBradMackay]

It’s interesting that in a series of polls (eg. Tony Blair Foundation, IPSOS/Economist) a majority in the UK support economic growth, but almost nothing that brings it about (EU, single market, immigration, investing in science over pensions etc.).

[Brad MacKay @RBradMackay]

Lovely broadcast with John Burnside and how a near death experience influenced his poetry https://t.co/mi02f8SpKC

[Brad MacKay @RBradMackay]

Ukraine attacks military supply routes, invading soldiers and warships. Russia responds by attacking children, playgrounds, civilian infrastructure and world food supplies. It’s difficult to see how history will treat this war…

[Brad MacKay @RBradMackay]

@culturaltutor Fantastic. Thanks!