This is a very cool paper with a clever identification strategy to test the causal impact of the opioid epidemic on various political outcomes. A key point that’s not in the abstract —causal mechanism is voters agreed with GOP tough on crime rhetoric and policy.

“In Victorian mill towns, workers saved up to buy books. In one Scottish locale, a boy noticed a ragman reading a book. The book—which the ragman lent him—was Thucydides. The boy was Ramsay MacDonald, who would go on to become Britain’s first Labour prime minister.”

Kesän keskusteluihin. www.hs.fi/politiikka/a...

Bernd Lange stressing an important point that still sometimes gets lost: For the EU, sectoral tariffs are much more important than a general baseline - most of the EU exports into the US are concentrated in few key sectors.

🎥 ICYMI: Who should be charged? The challenge of fairly allocating electricity system costs Rewatch the event with Benoît Esnault, Anna Stürgkh, Derk Swider & @gzachmann.bsky.social on European challenges of electricity costs and the relative policy trade-offs. 🔗

"Jos emme ole koulutuksen suurvalta, niin mikä me sitten ollaan?" @rmurto.bsky.social‬ peräänkuuluttaa panostuksia T&K-toimintaan, koulutukseen ja työperäiseen maahanmuuttoon. Lue Murron haastattelu tuoreesta Työeläke-lehdestä tyoelakelehti.fi/2025/06/tapa... #koulutus #tulevaisuus

Strong coordination of wage setting in Nordic countries has been maintained through pattern bargaining. However, this may come into conflict with the future needs of labour reallocation due to aging populations & higher demand for military personnel. Lars Calmfors cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky

Auch!!!!

Weapons maker Rheinmetall is now worth more than VW.

Far-reaching statement by the EPP on European defence and Ukraine, calling inter alia for - seizing Russian assets - sped up accession of Ukraine - broad use of joint procurement - joint EU debt instruments for defence (!) www.epp.eu/news/epp-sum...

Powell on price stability: "I think we were getting closer and closer to that ... I do think with the arrival of the tariff inflation, further progress may be delayed. The SEP doesn't really show further downward progress on inflation this year and that's really due to the tariffs coming in."

Trumpin motiivit ovat mitä ovat, mutta lopputulos on silti hyvä: energiapakotteiden tiukentaminen Venäjää vastaan

EU to offer lower tariffs on US cars https://www.ft.com/enrichedcontent/bed348ee-3e05-47f6-8a83-563286b8b99e

JD Vance on Trump's push to "acquire" Greenland: "He doesn't care what the Europeans scream at us ... you've got probably 55,000 people living on Greenland who are not actually happy with Danish government."

No, tullien noston aloittaminen naapureiden kanssa on niin älytön ajatus, että markkinoilla on vieläkin vaikeuksia uskoa, etteikö siitä vetäydyttäisi nopeasti.

"There’s a sense we’re living through times we’ll understand only in retrospect. But the collapse of the old international order and the break in America’s old domestic order are shaping this young century." www.wsj.com/opinion/trum...

Oli ruuhkaa British Libraryn näyttelyssä.

Suomi ei ole erikoisuus syntyvyyden laskussa, vaikka taso onkin suhteellisen alhainen. Talous huono selittäjä tälle.

Tuottavuuoden ja talouden kasvulla on hyvät puolensa.

Joint Expeditionary Force activates UK-led reaction system to track threats to undersea infrastructure and monitor Russian shadow fleet 🇬🇧🇪🇪 www.gov.uk/government/n...

Finland fuels children’s future with financial literacy and food https://www.ft.com/content/26c56174-76ab-493b-9770-6d1ed4996505

Between 1990 and 2020, the share of immigrants in high-income countries doubled, rising from around 7% to 14%. This means that today, one in seven people in high-income countries was born in a different country.

What happens when techno-optimism meets energy system realism? My latest for @BloombergNEF is a long read on AI, called The Power and the Glory. So that's Boxing Day sorted! about.bnef.com/blog/liebrei...

Exxon's gas+CCS play for datacenters offers a way to: - Monetize low-value gas - Capture premiums being paid for speedy connection - Get Big Tech to underwrite pilots - Capture (and maybe protect) IRA subsidies Read today's column here @opinion.bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Some great charts from HSBC - China's *direct* export exposure to the US has slumped and is now at the lowest levels since in modern history, and does not stand out relative to other Asian economies.

Jos Suomessa halutaan koulutusastetta ylös, se käytännössä tarkoittaa miesten koulutusasteen nostoa.

Isot, näyttävät tappiot Northvoltista tulevat vaikeuttamaan seuraavien isojen hankkeiden pääomanhankintaa.

Northvolt Files for Bankruptcy in Blow to Europe’s Battery Hopes www.bloomberg.com/news/article...