Nathan Lane
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Economist and professor at LSE. “Posting through it."
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Rebecca Williams
9 days ago
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Joe Noonan
12 days ago
This is a very good and thoughtful paper. I recommend reading the papers that this workflow actually produces. They are quite strange to read: signals of competence such as rigorously explained empirics but much more underdeveloped positioning of the research.
www.nathanwilmers.com/paper_factory/
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Soumaya Keynes
10 days ago
US supremacy in nuclear submarines is under threat v good from The Economist
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Jake Grumbach
14 days ago
France’s mandated profit-sharing distributes excess profits to workers. This paper shows that the policy raises the labor share and reduces the profit share, with little to no effect on investment, productivity, etc
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NBER
15 days ago
For a climate treaty to be maximally robust, strong, and self-enforcing, it must properly balance supply- and demand-side instruments, from Geir B. Asheim and Bård Harstad
www.nber.org/papers/w35128
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Hetan Shah
18 days ago
Take a look at these fantastic photographs of Indian life by Raghu Rai. He has died aged 83
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Raghu Rai’s masterful images of Indian life – in pictures
Recruited to Magnum Photos by Henri Cartier-Bresson in 1977, the veteran photographer, who has died aged 83, made defining images of grand and intimate Indian life for five decades
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/apr/30/raghu-rai-india-magnum-photos-in-pictures?CMP=share_btn_url#img-11
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Hetan Shah
22 days ago
‘When Queen Elizabeth II flicked the switch at Calder Hall, an electronic dial immediately lit up showing the number of kilowatts the station was generating. Years later, one of the engineers discovered that this was powered by a man turning a handle.’
www.worksinprogress.news/p/why-britis...
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Why British nuclear flopped
Britain gave an elite group of engineers sweeping power and massive resources to deliver a nuclear power revolution. But their nuclear dreams crumbled.
https://www.worksinprogress.news/p/why-british-nuclear-flopped?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=90387&post_id=195735723&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=44755&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
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Kevin Hjortshøj O’Rourke
21 days ago
@sabineweyand.bsky.social
is a superstar and history will remember her as such. And she is very obviously correct on this matter. And the issues at stake are really important.
www.ft.com/content/a714...
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EU’s top trade official leaves after clashing over Trump deal
Sabine Weyand refused to endorse US tariff agreement as WTO-compliant
https://www.ft.com/content/a71432de-e65b-4b42-aad7-b7b1fffd2c81?syn-25a6b1a6=1
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This captured things I haven’t been able to articulate
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Jameel Jaffer
26 days ago
This wild document is the basis for the State Department's decision to cancel the visas and green cards of tech researchers who study the social media platforms and of tech regulators who enforce privacy and transparency laws. Disclosed to us last night in
@thecoalition.bsky.social
v. Rubio.
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Ersatz Doctor
about 1 month ago
We need more viewpoint diversity among journal referees who read my papers. More “accept” and “R&R” viewpoints. Fewer “reject” and “this is the worst paper I’ve ever read” viewpoints.
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A new margin of slop
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Graham Lanktree
about 1 month ago
New UK steel tariffs ‘threaten’ British manufacturing, steel importers warn ministers. Letter from Confederation of British Metalforming to the U.K. trade department warns that protections meant to boost homegrown steelworks risk “severely disrupting supply chains.”
www.politico.eu/article/new-...
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New UK steel tariffs threaten British manufacturing, industry warns
Letter from Confederation of British Metalforming to the U.K. trade department warns that protections meant to boost homegrown steelworks risk “severely disrupting supply chains.”
https://www.politico.eu/article/new-uk-steel-tariffs-threaten-british-manufacturing-industry-warns/
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Kate Mackenzie
about 2 months ago
Quite a week for us! 1/ our podcast is launched: “Electric World Order” is a short series about the geopolitics of energy transition; ep 1 is about how China’s industrial strategy kinda accidentally created Pakistan’s solar boom:
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The Polycrisis
https://thepolycrisis.org/electric-world-order-ep-1-the-quiet-revolution/
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Politics_Oxford
about 2 months ago
DPIR's Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions
@benansell.bsky.social
has launched a new app to explore data by parliamentary constituency:
https://benwansell.github.io/constituency-map/
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Robinson Meyer
about 2 months ago
BYD is doing it: “BYD is moving fast to establish a physical retail presence in Canada, with plans to open 20 branded dealerships within its first year in the market. The world’s largest EV maker is already scouting locations in the Greater Toronto Area.”
electrek.co/2026/03/24/b...
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BYD plans 20 Canadian dealerships within a year as 6.1% tariff deal opens the floodgates
BYD is actively scouting 20 dealership locations across Canada, starting in Toronto, after Ottawa slashed Chinese EV tariffs from 100% to 6.1% in January.
https://electrek.co/2026/03/24/byd-plans-20-canadian-dealerships-toronto-first/
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Chad P. Bown
about 2 months ago
How to Win a Trade War and....COFFEE? If you too like coffee,
@barnesandnoble.com
has a special 25% off deal on pre-orders with the code PREORDER25. The deal ends TODAY, so pre-order How to Win a Trade War now! 📚 👉
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/how-to-win...
#BNPreorder
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VoxDev
about 2 months ago
We're live!
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Service-Led Growth
YouTube video by VoxDev
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRXaTLrjPhU
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Aaron Sojourner
about 2 months ago
The US is now net losing tech workers to Europe, especially more senior workers.
www.reveliolabs.com/news/tech/fr...
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Justin Mikulka
about 2 months ago
The Associated Press getting on board. "The war in Iran is exposing the world’s reliance on fragile fossil fuel routes, lending urgency to calls for hastening the shift to renewable energy."
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Energy fallout from Iran war signals a global wake-up call for renewable energy
The Iran war is exposing how much the global economy still depends on fragile fossil fuel supplies. The conflict has virtually choked off the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping lane for a fifth of the...
https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-wars-renewable-energy-asia-4b5fe0693ce5816472c905db85f7da6e
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Centre for Economic Policy Research
2 months ago
Europe’s Defence Strain: Demand Signals, Procurement Hurdles, Tech Opportunities 📆26 Mar 5PM CET📍Online 🗣️Pierre Vandier
@guntramwolff.bsky.social
Guillaume de la Brosse
@katjabego.bsky.social
@nathanlane.bsky.social
Esben Gadsbøll &
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Register:
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Albert Pinto
2 months ago
This is the largest oil supply shock in history in mb/d The enemy gets a vote. Iran is now delivering pain to Trump via multiple paths (1) Gulf Kings (2) Financial meltdown (3) AI tech oligarchs (4) Fuel, fertilizer, food disruptions Read our Polycrisis Dispatch:
buttondown.com/polycrisisdi...
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Liberal Currents
2 months ago
“Felsch emphasizes Habermas’s status as part of a lucky generation of Germans: Born early enough to have witnessed the horrors of Nazism firsthand but late enough to have escaped moral culpability.”
www.liberalcurrents.com/also-a-revie...
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Also a Review of Habermas
Is Habermas a titan of recent philosophy or a stodgy academic lacking a burning political vision?
https://www.liberalcurrents.com/also-a-review-of-habermas/
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Washingtonian
2 months ago
Many Washington Post readers have been notified via email that their subscription rates are set to increase. Nestled at the bottom of these emails, you’ll find an asterisk and the following: “This price was set by an algorithm using your personal data.”
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The Washington Post Is Using Reader Data to Set Subscription Prices. How Does That Work? - Washingtonian
If recent events have not compelled you to cancel your Washington Post subscription, then you might have been in for sticker shock at the dawn of your latest billing cycle. Many readers have been…
https://washingtonian.com/2026/03/12/the-washington-post-is-using-reader-data-to-set-subscription-prices-how-does-that-work/
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Anna Phylaxis
2 months ago
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Margot Finn
2 months ago
39 Sudanese Chevening Scholarship finalists ejected this week from consideration for the scheme, for being Sudanese.
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‘The law changed around me’: top Sudanese students blocked from UK universities by visa ban
High-achieving applicants’ educational plans derailed by ‘emergency visa brake’
https://www.ft.com/content/4493a07e-25c7-4423-9f83-da95a1304bcc
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Andrei Sterescu
3 months ago
Using regional employment data, the map shows which parts of Europe are most exposed to the rise in Chinese import competition across manufacturing industries. The results highlight the industrial core of Germany and the manufacturing belt of CEE.
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Sheilagh Ogilvie
over 1 year ago
Happy to say my new book, “Controlling Contagion”, comes out next month. 700 years of tackling pandemics. Not all bad news…
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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Controlling Contagion
How human institutions—markets, states, communities, religions, guilds and families—have helped both to control and to exacerbate epidemics throughout history.
https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691255569/controlling-contagion?srsltid=AfmBOopWNFM8ExgRn19nzvx0AvDgokaEQ2RuPZeQRjtTWX5lWHJAdism
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Aaron Sojourner
2 months ago
Important work here
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Tim Onion
3 months ago
We killed 85 schoolgirls. We are not the good guys.
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US-Israeli strike on girls' school kills at least 85 students, Iran's judiciary says
At least 85 students have been killed in US-Israeli strikes that hit an Iranian girls' school in Hormozgan province, Iran's judiciary said on Saturday. Washington has not commented on the reported str...
https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260228-us-israeli-strike-on-iranian-school-kills-more-than-50-students-state-media-says
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Alberto Alemanno
3 months ago
The World Needs Europe to Get Its Act Together – Fast by Dani Rodrik SPOT ON
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prosyn.org/TWmTfey
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The World Needs Europe to Get Its Act Together – Fast
Dani Rodrik argues that an attractive alternative to the US and Chinese models has become more important than ever.
https://prosyn.org/TWmTfey
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Robinson Meyer
3 months ago
Today on a special emergency episode of Shift Key: I’m joined by the great
@jonasnahm.com
to discuss the big SCOTUS tariff ruling; what it means for solar, EVs, and electricity; and why it’s time (alas) to learn about the other tariff powers the president can use — as well as their limitations.
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What the Supreme Court’s Tariff Ruling Means for the Energy Transition
In this emergency episode, Rob unpacks the decision with international supply chain specialist Jonas Nahm.
https://heatmap.news/podcast/shift-key-s3-e30-supreme-court-tariffs
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Financial Times
3 months ago
Ottawa’s shift away from US defence manufacturers aims to create 125,000 jobs
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Ottawa’s shift away from US defence manufacturers aims to create 125,000 jobs
‘Buy Canadian’ strategy will raise military spending to 5 per cent of GDP and boost economy, new plan says
https://ft.trib.al/85RYA9n
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Harry Connolly (he/him)
3 months ago
I never noticed this either.
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Adam
3 months ago
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We’re simply in the zone where we continually watch people get executed on video
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Ben Zipperer
4 months ago
Increased deportations led to more crimes against Hispanics but fewer reports to the police New research on how immigration enforcement undermines public safety and increases vulnerability, from Gonçalves Jácome Weisburst
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Jake Grumbach
4 months ago
New QJE for the minimum wage literature uses IRS data to study effects on small and medium size businesses. The effects seem…very good
academic.oup.com/qje/article/...
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Paul Kelleher
4 months ago
Crooked Timber needs assistance. Surely we can get this done for one of the great OG academic blogs.
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Keri Blakinger
4 months ago
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404 Media
4 months ago
SCOOP: Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities on the ground. Inside the app called ELITE—what ICE uses to find neighborhoods to raid.
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‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activit...
https://www.404media.co/elite-the-palantir-app-ice-uses-to-find-neighborhoods-to-raid/
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404 Media
4 months ago
This week, 404 Media obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer. Watch now:
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Podcast: The ICE Tool That Tracks Entire Neighborhoods
We talk all about Webloc, ICE's tool for monitoring phone locations; the continuing Grok abuse wave; and how police unwittingly revealed millions of Flock surveillance targets.
https://www.404media.co/podcast-the-ice-tool-that-tracks-entire-neighborhoods/
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Andrew Heiss
4 months ago
Perennial reminder of this excellent paper about how secret police forces are swamped with underachievers “We don’t want clever people. We want mediocrities.” (Ungated summary here
ajps.org/2019/10/08/w...
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Hetan Shah
4 months ago
Great piece exploring how HS2 ended up being the most expensive railway track per kilometre in the world
www.ft.com/content/3f73...
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Menzie Chinn
4 months ago
The gold market did not get the memo - gold prices post DoJ, post-Tillis
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Kevin Hjortshøj O’Rourke
4 months ago
By kow-towing to Trump on trade the EU convinced him, and others no doubt, that it was weak, which just encourages more bullying. If as a result the US takes Greenland by force, the EU will have to do much more forceful things than imposing a 35% tariff or whatever. Weakness makes us all less safe.
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Kyle Cheney
4 months ago
HAPPENING NOW: In federal court in MN, DOJ is struggling to articulate why a person following an ICE vehicle — so long as they are obeying traffic laws — can be stopped for "reasonable suspicion" of a crime. Judge Menendez sharply questioning that contention.
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