Tom Sasse
@tomsasse.bsky.social
South Asia bureau chief at The Economist
Part of the issue is a lack of growth. A recent study showed that cohorts who experience more GDP growth in their lifetimes are more likely to trust the government and have positive perceptions of their living standards. academic.oup.com/qje/advance-... In Britain, such voters are dying out
This is so beautifully put. I'd recommend reading the whole thing. (I'm assuming this is @bryce.lol's prose in the latest Alphaville Substack post.)
The Hillsborough law is a noble, popular and bold idea: to make it a crime for the state to lie. The problem is it may make for a less honest and open state. My note this week on good intentions and unintended consequences www.economist.com/britain/2026...
Britain’s “Hillsborough law”, pledging candour, is avoiding it
A bill to jail dishonest bureaucrats may result in a less honest state
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The Economist’s science and technology internship
We invite applications for the 2026 Richard Casement internship
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Ready, steady, unionise! Trade unions have high hopes for the new Employment Rights Act. The most overlooked provisions - on union recruitment, recognition and industrial action - are probably the most important. But where they lead, no one knows economist.com/britain/2026...
When Narendra Modi became Indian prime minister, Obama was president, Cameron was PM and Merkel was chancellor. Twelve years later, Modi enjoys a 70% approval rating is eyeing taking the title of India's longest-serving PM from Nehru. @tomsasse.bsky.social on why Modi is as dominant as ever
The remarkable recovery of Narendra Modi
Despite an electoral reverse in 2024, the prime minister now seems as dominant as ever
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Starmer, Farage, Badenoch et al share a strange consensus: that state capacity is broken, and the answer is a stronger prime minister in a faster, more centralised system - pulling levers like the Fat Controller and grabbing power back from agencies. Is it smart? www.economist.com/britain/2026...
State capacity is the issue of the age
The Labour Party and its rivals agree on much about what is wrong with government
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Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has moderated in office economist.com/britain/2025... from The Economist
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has moderated in office
Aside from some eye-catching gestures, Reform councils have focused on potholes and budget holes
economist.com
Martin Parr transformed photojournalism economist.com/culture/2025... from The Economist
Martin Parr transformed photojournalism
Six images captured by one of Britain’s best photographers
economist.com
Brace yourself, but it appears that when it comes to emigration, the Mail and the Telegraph may be full of ***t www.economist.com/britain/2025... From The Economist
Self-driving cars will transform urban economies www.economist.com/finance-and-... Really thoughtful, evenhanded analysis from The Economist, that suggests to me the transition will be more jagged than optimists expect
Self-driving cars will transform urban economies
A robotaxi boom is coming. The impacts might be broader than you expect
economist.com
Canada and France both have similarities with Britain. But the place that comes closest according to our measures may seem a surprising one
Which country is most similar to Britain?
Clue: none of the ones its politicians obsess over
econ.st
Some personal news: I will be moving to Delhi in January to be the Economist's South Asia bureau chief. I am obviously hugely excited about this. Welcome all recommendations and tips.
Narendra Modi plans to free up India’s giant labour force by @tomsasse.bsky.social www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Narendra Modi plans to free up India’s giant labour force
Socialist employment restrictions will be swept away
economist.com
Visa restrictions are bad for Indians—but maybe not for India economist.com/finance-and-...
Visa restrictions are bad for Indians—but maybe not for India
Remittances may fall, but opportunities are opening up
economist.com
Do read this on the budget, by our economics editor, Henry Curr. (Much better than the Kemi version): www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
This bodge-it budget does not give Britain what it needs
Without ambitious reform, the country will not thrive
economist.com
This really is v good. on.ft.com/47YTi6P How to get the UK out of its economic hole
How to get the UK out of its economic hole
Reeves’ challenge is to remedy the disaster that Brexit has been for the country
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Most of the criticisms of Britain's Online Safety Act seem to have been wrong: www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Britain’s controversial experiment in regulating the internet
The effects of a new law have been less dramatic than critics warned
economist.com
Silicon Valley, Wall Street and Washington are conspiring in one of American capitalism’s great money-making eras. CEOs are embracing risky financial strategies that involve jaw-dropping feats of paper engineering—and offer clues as to the nature of the coming crash www.economist.com/business/202...
The seven deadly sins of corporate exuberance
A frenzy of financial innovation has ensnared America Inc. What could go wrong?
economist.com
This is good, on the bus fare cap and Labour's half-hearted devolution www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Labour is reluctant to get off the bus
A national bus-fare cap exposes the government’s fondness of central control
economist.com
A new disruptive transport technology is rapidly changing cities across the rich world. It is not the self-driving electric car, but the humble bicycle, writes @dlknowles.bsky.social www.economist.com/internationa...
Forget EVs. Cycling is revolutionising transport
Pedal power is booming, spinning up a new culture war
economist.com
India wants to be a developed country by 2047, the 100th anniversary of its independence from Britain. But what does that actually mean? I have a go at crunching the numbers. www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Narendra Modi’s paltry target for India’s growth
The prime minister wants a $10trn economy by 2047. He should be bolder
economist.com
One of the Conservative party's contributions to our country has been keeping people who think you can measure integration through skin colour out of office - what next, are they only going to be lukewarm on the property-owning democracy?
Thank the Tories for keeping Robert Jenrick out of high office
Shadow justice secretary’s comment about not seeing a ‘white face’ shows he does not understand integration
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There are good reasons to think the number of small boat crossings may fall in the next couple of years - and it will have little to do with whatever has been announced at party conferences Europe’s astonishing drop in illegal migration economist.com/internationa...
