Important point: university isn't just for posh kids; Erasmus+ gives non-posh kids same chance as posh kids to study abroad, which they otherwise wdn't have; & covers vocational & other non-university training & education exchanges. And if more students come to the UK, that increases UK soft power.

Olympia Bover has been appointed president of the Catalan Statistics Council www.cemfi.es/all_news_blo...

Trump's policies are weakening the US. @helene-rey.bsky.social sees an opportunity for the euro. In an interview on the sidelines of the #UBSCenterForum, she warns of a future where the major powers compete financially. www.ubscenter.uzh.ch/en/news_even... #EconomicsForSociety #UZH #shareUBS

giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/.... An excellent column by Martin Wolf on Trump’s war on Europe. Great economic data to support the arguments and thank you for the generous mention of our European defense proposal. @kiel.institute @cepr.org @voxeu.org @schularick.bsky.social

NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors. The full requirements will end tourism in the United States. Below is the full, mind-blowing list. 🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨 1/

The English version is here; cepr.org/voxeu/column...

Even more important after the US security strategy document. Our proposal for the future of European defense with @schularick.bsky.social @kiel.institute @voxeu.org and Philipp Hildebrand now in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...

The panel featured: • Takeo Hoshi (University of Tokyo) • Signe Krogstrup (@nationalbanken.dk and CEPR) • Philip Lane (@ecb.europa.eu and CEPR) • @helene-rey.bsky.social (London Business School and CEPR) Chaired by: Olivier Garnier (@banquedefrance-off.bsky.social) #EconSky

The first panel of day 1 covered three main topics: differences and similarities b/w the past & current global imbalances, w/ specific discussion of Japan’s experience in the 1980s, whether imbalances are a cause for concern, & what the implications are for the monetary system & the role of the $.

The Trump administration released its latest National Security Strategy--and one thing that can be said is that there is no more pretending. It’s a plan to weaken European unity, to make Europe MAGA, to force Europe to take economic dictation by the USA…. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

🇫🇷 Le Français Thibault Gonzales a été sacré champion du monde de pâté-croûte lundi soir à Lyon, un titre que les chefs japonais défendent farouchement depuis plusieurs années.

@martinsandbu.ft.com (generously) discussing our plan with Moritz Schularick and Philipp Hildebrand for joint financing of next generation defence capabilities (and their spillovers). @kiel.institute @voxeu.org @cepr.org

Vielen Dank! Amazing ceremony full of energy. A wonderful honour.

[Opinion] #EUDefense: "If #Europe fails to act, the very survival of the #European project and its core values would be at risk“, by Philipp Hildebrand, @helene-rey.bsky.social & @schularick.bsky.social | Le Monde
 www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...

@kiel.institute @schularick.bsky.social @sophiepedder.bsky.social For Europe to gain relevance in international negotiations ( Ukraine, trade, democracy…)

www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl... Une architecture européenne pour la défense du futur un cadre à la fois technologique, industriel et financier afin d’atteindre une autonomie stratégique et de favoriser l’intégration des marchés financiers européens. @voxeu.org @cepr.org @sylviekauffmann.bsky.social

European defence governance and financing. Because Europe cannot be blackmailed any longer. If not now then when? @voxeu.org @cepr.org @kiel.institute cepr.org/voxeu/column...

From the US-Russia plan for Ukraine - US firms would get US$100bn in cash from Russia's frozen central bank reserves to invest in Ukraine's reconstruction, with the US (government) ultimately receiving 50% of the profits (US claims over Russia's frozen reserves amount to only US$5bn)

The scramble for Europe is just beginning Europe’s weakness on security had negated its potential strength on trade. One form of frailty had led to another. on.ft.com/4oDf4Tk

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a... Discussion between Olivier Blanchard, Eric Monnet and me. Thank you Christine Ockrent and France culture. @franceculture.fr @cepr.org

The EU, Nobel Peace Prize, must now invest in its defence.

lesechos.fr/idees-debats... via @LesEchos

@cepr.org Vice-President @helene-rey.bsky.social of London Business School will discuss at #UBSCenterForum whether current trade tensions signal temporary disruption or lasting fragmentation. www.ubscenter.uzh.ch/en/news_even... #EconomicsForSociety #UZH #shareUBS @econ.uzh.ch

K Aoki, A Auerbach, C Yuji Horioka, A Kashyap, T Watanabe, & D Weinstein discuss the legacy of Takatoshi Ito. His work is notable for challenging the perception that standard economic analysis is somehow ill-suited for understanding the Japanese economy. cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky

Les revenus crypto perçus par Trump ont dépassé les 800 millions de dollars au premier semestre

The Washington Consensus is now largely discredited. Researchers including Tim Besley, @helene-rey.bsky.social, @drodrik.bsky.social and others have published a book on what economists have learned since then. (Although I’d have given it a different title) www.waterstones.com/book/the-lon...

#EEA2025 the recordings of @helene-rey.bsky.social Presidential Address, Ekaterina Zhuravskaya's Marshall Lecture & @ygorodnichenko.bsky.social Schumpeter Lecture are now available here: studio.youtube.com/playlist/PLe...

Fascinating data. There are three things here that really matter to people, and they think matter to everyone: Healthcare Economy Prices There is ONE thing that they assume matters to everyone, because it dominates so much of the narrative, but it is NOT affecting them personally: Immigration

on.ft.com/3IxMjYm And this applies to cryptos as well…

My thoughts on the effect of stable coins on internationalisation of currencies, financial stability and public finances. www.imf.org/en/Publicati...

🔔 End of EEA 2025 Congress 🙏 Thank you @eeanews.bsky.social @helene-rey.bsky.social 👍 All the participants and keynote speakers for their presence and contributions 🙌 BSE team, UB event 🤝 Nos tutelles @univbordeaux.bsky.social @cnrsaquitaine.bsky.social @inrae-france.bsky.social #EEA2025

📣 Today at #EEA2025 Congress @bsebordeaux.bsky.social @univbordeaux.bsky.social, we are pleased to be listening to Helene Rey @helene-rey.bsky.social (London Business School) discuss Geoeconomics and Strategic Minerals for the Green Transition

Open letter to the Israeli government from 23 professors of economics. drive.google.com/file/d/1D_Sv...

In his zeal to make the US the “crypto capital of the world,” Donald Trump is setting the stage for financial and monetary chaos – and, potentially, the loss of America’s “exorbitant privilege.” Read more in a PS Big Picture, with @helene-rey.bsky.social, Yanis Varoufakis, and others. bit.ly/4ouKImi

Having watched Trump in Hannity Fox interview, it seems beyond clear that Putin’s reflexive control is strong, and as a result we are likely to see effort to end or severely limit mail/early voting, even for 2026 midterms, greatly benefiting GOP (which Putin also knows)

Competition of currencies and cryptology @cepr.org

Belle session sur un sujet capital. #RencontreseconomiquesAix.

Fabulous programme for the #EEA25Bordeaux Congress thanks to our great programme chairs @abicadams and @johannesmboehm and the entire scientific committee. Thanks a lot to all. And this is the #EEA40thAnniversary ! Join us in Bordeaux! eea2025.org/eea-scientif...

The plunder of our seas by industrial fishing is a monstrosity in which almost everyone unwittingly collaborates. For decades this truth has been deliberately hidden from us. Now at last the consensus is cracking. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Very good to see that they wish to focus on early career researchers. Much more mobile and thus likely to be willing to brave UK conditions and we desperately need to invest in new posts for the rising generation of researchers in light of the current UK university crisis.

Europe’s Mistral benefits from search for artificial intelligence alternatives https://www.ft.com/content/65f79839-d637-48a7-a0f2-3fab8952b315

This is a very good idea. Great potential and complementarities. Many links.

Jeremy Bowen's long, measured, objective, but ultimately entirely clear and conclusive essay on Israeli war crimes. As Jonathan Sumption puts it: "These things make genocide the most plausible explanation for what is now happening." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

We are pleased to be part of this joint National Academies letter in the Times today ahead of the Spending Review making the case for investment in R&D @royalsociety.org @britishacademy.bsky.social @raeng.org.uk @acmedsci.bsky.social