What links the recent Israeli government attacks against its Attorney General and the new Leadership Institute Israeli branch? Or Asher and I answer that in a new paper in @PoPpublicsphere on the ideological shift of Israel's Right- a 🧵: doi.org/10.1017/S153...

NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!! #Diaspora–Local #Cooperation as a Driver of #Ideological #Change: The #Ascendance of #American #Conservatism in #Israel By Or Asher & @mandelkern.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S153...

In a new paper, we provide fresh evidence on the macroeconomic effects of public investment in 27 EU member states. We find that public investment has favorable effects on output and unemployment; doesn't crowd out private investment; and doesn't jeopardise debt sustainability.

Today, five Palestinians died in Gaza after being starved to death by Israel. via @nirhasson.bsky.social

1/5Happy to share this from @psjeditor.bsky.social, w Shir Gal (TAU). We study the conditions under which business corporations expand their institutional power. We find that *how* the state purchases (its acquisition regime) shapes corporations' instit' power onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🚨New article🚨 The consensus is that contestation pushed central banks to talk 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 about inequality & climate. Our theory: At first, CBs seek to ward off politicization by talking 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 about controversial topics. We tested this 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬.🧵 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Excellent analysis of far right economic and financial policy by @ingarade.bsky.social 💯 www.postneoliberalism.org/articles/fin...

I have joined hundreds of other Israeli academics in calling on our academic system to take immediate action against the war in Gaza—for the sake of the lives that can still be saved and for our future here. Full letter (English follows Hebrew & Arabic): docs.google.com/document/d/1...

This was the moment, just over a month ago, when the ADL could've put an end to Republicans doing Nazi salutes. They didn't. They chose instead to provide cover by calling it "an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm." Now the sieg heil salute has been normalized. The ADL literally had ONE JOB.

1/8 New (open access) paper with @assafbondy.bsky.social in NPE explores a puzzling phenomenon: How do mainstream economists become key players in trade unions? We examine the case of Israel's Histadrut, where economists gained pivotal positions in collective bargaining. 🧵 doi.org/10.1080/1356...

A new blogpost with Tami Oren on how short-term post-2008 interventions have evolved into long-term changes in macroeconomic policy. The post is based on our recently published article @ripejournal.bsky.social (open access) (link to article in first comment)

💥New! How Quantitative Easing went from temporary crisis-response to permanent policy change, by @mandelkern.bsky.social and Tami Oren. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

I am planning a survey experiment regarding people's attitudes on macroeconomic policy; I want to include a battery of questions regarding macroeconomic literacy. Any recommendations for existing surveys/studies which already did that? Thanks!

finally, an FT piece that connects the crisis of liberal democracies to macrofinancial politics - though it misses the elephant in the room: the institutional status-quo put in place by neoliberalism

My new article is out!! Capital controls critically shaped the evolution of export/finance-led economies. The Bundesbank used controls on innovative financial products until 1998 and hindered Frankfurt's development into a vibrant financial hub doi.org/10.1093/ser/...

אז מה זה בעצם אגף התקציבים באוצר? ואיך הוא הפך מגוף שתפקידו לשמור על קופת המדינה לגוף שקובע את המדיניות הכלכלית בישראל? אירחתי בפודקאסט "נותנים עבודה" את @mandelkern.bsky.social מרצה באונ' ת"א ועמית מחקר בכיר בפורום ארלוזורוב על איך עובד אגף התקציבים ועל הדרך לאזן את כוחו מול משרדי הממשלה המקצועיים.

Reminder: The application deadline for our postdoctoral program is coming up next Friday! We welcome applications from postdoctoral researchers in political economy, economic sociology and sociology of low-carbon transitions. s.gwdg.de/2v6csN

Just created this starter pack. Let me know if you would like me to add you! go.bsky.app/ptifSR

A lot of fun to read, this from @bhgreeley.bsky.social (if you're not an economist). www.ft.com/content/1e25...