Hi @sanpages.eurosky.social, here is a piece you might genuinely like, after all we are citing you. :}

1/19 Over the last several years, Alexander Matros and I have been on a very strange journey. We started with a technical idea about contest theory, and ended up with a paper about institutions. Let's try the power of #EconSky - please like and repost!

Folks, anyone could help with ArXiv endorsement? Theoretical Economics:)

This morning the Washington Post published my op-ed online (scheduled to appear in print on Sunday). 800 words is hardly enough to explain why I think what I do...I could write a whole book about that (forthcoming Tuesday:) #econsky #academicsky #medicine marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2026/05/its-...

"A whole civilization will die tonight" and "God Bless the Great People of Iran" in one breath. Unbelievable.

This is infuriating. Of the many tested and working policies to achieve equality of opportunity, they have chosen the one that will put millions of learners, unable to know what info is right or wrong, in the hands of hallucinating machines.

We are pleased to announce that the Makris Symposium in Economic Theory will take place in Bristol on Monday-Tuesday, 23-24 March 2026. MSET2026 is an in-person event organised by the same team as VSET.

We have just advertised a one-year postdoc in Oxford for anyone interested in economic theory and especially market design: econjobmarket.org/positions/11.... Feel free to reach out for more info! Applications from folks on the current job market and those planning to go next year are welcome!

Yesterday I've decided to pay heed to the historic moment and watch Trump speech on a rally right before inauguration. Just clicked on a random moment of the YouTube video: "Crime rates across the world are falling. And you know why!? Because they are sending all their criminals to the US!"

Sunset over the Isle of Man.

Well, with all the news around Syria, there is something that might be of interest to this community. About a week ago, Bashar Assad's son Hazef got a PhD in mathematics from Moscow State University with the following topic "Arithmetic Issues in of Polynomials in Algebraic Number Fields."

Anton Kolotilin, Hongyi Li, Andriy Zepechelnyuk On Monotone Persuasion https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.14400

Super exciting result, solving a century-old puzzle problem 🟥 ↔️ 🔺️

Well, with all the news around Syria, there is something that might be of interest to this community. About a week ago, Bashar Assad's son Hazef got a PhD in mathematics from Moscow State University with the following topic "Arithmetic Issues in of Polynomials in Algebraic Number Fields."

Our department's Christmas / New Year celebration! :)

And one more thing. Hi everyone #econsky! Likely will be posting more science related stuff, conference pictures, etc. But for now - one small photo taken near Lancaster University!

Sunset over Glasgow