that economists, of all professions, should regulate their scientific production through a cartel remains absurd

a home needs no walls

03/09/2016 - 02/09/2025 it’s not adios it’s hasta pronto grateful for all the good times ❤️ open.spotify.com/track/35p0Z5...

after centuries of disagreement the profession has finally found its unifying trait 🎉

An international call for action just got louder: Today, 7 Nobel Laureates have issued a powerful call for a minimum tax on the ultra-wealthy in Le Monde Here’s a quick breakdown of the debate—and where things stand globally 🧵 www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/a...

quality research you can also show off at the dinner table in scorched-earth mediterranean summer 🔥 killer work by my mates @giacfalk.bsky.social and @fpavanello.bsky.social!!! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

impatiently waiting to see farage rock up to the beach with a pack of diapers

📣Call for papers OPEN for #OxCSAE2026 The CSAE Conference brings together researchers from across the development economics community to discuss Africa. 🎂A special event for us as we celebrate the CSAE's 40th birthday in 2026! Deadline: 14 Sept (funding 03 Aug) www.csae.ox.ac.uk/csae-confere...

New article out on European Economic Review! "Warning words in a warming world: Central bank communication and climate change", with @jdeyris.bsky.social, @davideromelli.bsky.social and G. Scalisi. Available open access here: doi.org/10.1016/j.eu... Speech dataset here: cbspeeches.com

best venue if you ask me :)

One last view over Bergen following a nice #EAERE2025 conference. Always happy to meet friends and colleagues I seldom have the occasion to cross paths with. Including @profejzrobinson.bsky.social @bengroom.bsky.social @elchinosauro.bsky.social And many others @eaere.bsky.social

90% of doing science is being open to new ideas.

Under pressure from the Trump administration, the National Science Foundation (NSF), a $9 billion agency funding scientific research that has made America great, has canceled over a thousand grants and slowed new funding. That's just the beginning and will get way worse unless Congress intervenes.

🏆The winners of the 2025 𝗘𝗔𝗘𝗥𝗘 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 are Romain Fillon, Filippo Pavanello and Rik Rozendaal. Read more at www.eaere.org/best-doctora... Congratulations! #EAEREawards @romainfillon.bsky.social @fpavanello.bsky.social

"Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging... "An emergency order removes protections covering more than half the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service..." www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

The XXVI Annual BIOECON Conference on "Integrating Biodiversity Conservation and Climate Change Solutions," taking place on 1-2 September 2025 at St. John’s College, Cambridge University. Call is here. SUBMIT!! @GRI_LSE @UniofExeterNews @EAERE_envecon www.bioecon-network.org/pages/26th_2...

(very) long journey for this one but so stoked to see "Birds" in print at last! my first ever job in research with the great @bengroom.bsky.social and Charlie Palmer 🦜🦆🦉 bit of a summary thread below.

on fascist salutes and inaugurations.

Commentators emphasize that the CA fires don't discriminate. That's misleading: "only about 40% of local governments have hazard mitigation plans... when climate threats are concentrated in less affluent or non-white neighborhoods [they] are less likely to act": events.stanford.edu/event/floods...

heat will tear us apart.

only a quarter of the way through the book and cannot unread this now - genuinely scared about hearing the soundtrack in my head as i go

especially as he starts promoting AfD in the upcoming German elections. frightening.

Our IFS report on air pollution is out! Good news first: air pollution (PM2.5) has HALVED in England since 2003, with a big drop during Covid. There's no rebound post Covid, somewhat puzzlingly. We use DEFRA data, monitoring station data shows the same thing. (1/7) ifs.org.uk/publications...

just my hometown of Florence being pretty in the fall 🍂 a great 10th Annual FSR Climate conference at the #EUI Florence School of Regulation

on my way back to London from a great edition of the #MonashUni environmental economics workshop - great to spend some time down under and talk about #treeplanting, #forests and #development. plus some local biodiversity amenities… 🦘