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Economics professor;, competition, antitrust, IO, healthcare
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The Onion
1 day ago
Steph Curry Finally Finishes Eating Mouthguard
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I have a new paper w Andrea Prat & Jake Spitz. We show that Republican appointed Supreme Court Justices vote in favor of the richer party by over 70% today, as compared to D’s at 30%. In the 1950s and both were at 50%. This strong trend may contribute to rising inequality.
www.nber.org/papers/w34643
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Ruling for the Rich: the Supreme Court over Time
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
https://www.nber.org/papers/w34643
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Paul Hünermund
3 days ago
"Looking at the share of a justice's decisions that favor the wealthy over the course of our analysis period, we see that the court becomes more and more polarized along partisan lines."
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American democracy is truly in dire straits...
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Ben Stanley
4 days ago
After this, the EU should absolutely proceed on the assumption that Trump meant what he said about Greenland. Nothing is off the table anymore.
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James Ball
4 days ago
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts. Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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Florian Ederer
5 days ago
Skiing, an activity that Paul calls outdated, fixes this.
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Stanley Pignal
16 days ago
MAGA: Sweden is in the midst of civil war, on the cusp of civilisational erasure Swedes: on your paid holiday, please borrow some free skates so you can enjoy our public rink in the middle of the idyllic square in the heart of our walkable city.
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Chris Murphy
20 days ago
I'm watching his speech and it's wild he has no idea what's going on in the country. 54% of Americans say they won't be able to pay for health care next year. 25% skipped a meal because they couldn't afford it. The economy is good for billionaires. That's all he cares about.
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Florian Ederer
28 days ago
The brilliant Kate Ho has passed away. She was an amazing economist and a genuinely kind human being. Her work shaped how we think about healthcare markets and her generosity touched everyone lucky enough to know her. The profession and the world are poorer without her.
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Bruegel
29 days ago
💡Regime0: Kickstarting growth with an EU wide startup incorporation regime 🗓️10 December 2025 11:30-12:30 JOIN US TOMORROW! W/ Reinhilde Veugelers,
@proffionasm.bsky.social
, Antonio García del Riego, Amaryllis Verhoeven, Martin Schoonbroodt and Robin Wauters. 🔗 Sign up:
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The Observer
2 months ago
‘Elon Musk won’t stop. It’s time the British government got off X’ ✍️ @willjennings.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3LB746A
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‘Elon Musk won’t stop. It’s time the British government g...
The platform has become a swamp of disinformation. Politicians should lead the way out of it
https://bit.ly/3LB746A
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Why has leaving X not already happened? What responsible government is propping up and giving revenue to X with its news?
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Jon Becker
about 1 month ago
I happen to think Donald Trump getting a prize from the most corrupt organization in the world is actually perfect.
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rudy.ca
about 1 month ago
who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
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Christian Odendahl
about 1 month ago
Just leaving this here.
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
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Why Canada should join the EU
Europe needs space and resources, Canada needs people. Let’s deal
https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/01/02/why-canada-should-join-the-eu
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Bruegel
about 1 month ago
💡Regime0: Kickstarting growth with an EU wide startup incorporation regime 🗓️10 December 2025 11:30-12:30 How to attract entrepreneurs to invest in Europe? W/ Reinhilde Veugelers,
@proffionasm.bsky.social
& Antonio García del Riego. 🔗 Sign up for the event:
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Susan Athey
about 1 month ago
ICYMI: New paper for causal effects with panel data, subsuming other approaches. We generate realistic synthetic data based on commonly studied datasets, showing our method substantially outperforms others and providing insight about what in the data-generating process corresponds to gains.
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Philipp Heimberger
about 2 months ago
"academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it... The dominant four collectively generated... $12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024."
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Denny Carter
about 2 months ago
Jamelle was cooking. Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
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Kate Klonick
2 months ago
Just generally I wish there was more enforcement around scams and fraud. Maybe it’s a drop in the bucket, but enforcing the laws that protect our most vulnerable Americans from financial ruin seems like it’s always a good idea.
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Don Moynihan
2 months ago
Let’s hear more of the dangers of democratic socialism under Mamdani
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Stanley Pignal
2 months ago
FIFA awarding a "peace prize" to Trump would be so absolutely on-brand, a truly genius innovation.
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Can lawyers tell me if regular people are allowed to fight unidentified muggers if they do not know whether they are CBP or criminals?
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2 months ago
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸
2 months ago
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Chris Murphy
2 months ago
It's been a few days since Trump announced his "deal" with Xi. It's now clear that Trump got fleeced. America gave up lots and got nothing. It's a story you should know bc few things matter more than the U.S.-China relationship. 1/ So here's a🧵
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Scott Shapiro
2 months ago
I wonder which position in the Trump Administration Andrew will now pick?
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Matt Steinglass
2 months ago
The Netherlands finished burying all of its telecom and low/medium voltage power lines more than 20 years ago. When you look out at a Dutch street your view is not obstructed by overhead crap. Why is America still a primitive mess and why aren’t Americans even trying to fix it
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Anne Applebaum
3 months ago
Whoever is the next Democratic presidential candidate should vow to tear down the hideous ballroom and rebuild the Rose Garden, I bet there are a lot of votes in that
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Zack Beauchamp
3 months ago
Reforming the GOP is indeed the best way out of America's crisis in the long term. The scary thing is that no one has even the outlines of a credible plan for how to do that
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Kimberly Atkins Stohr
3 months ago
The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.
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Why are Starbucks tea bags made of plastic? Am I right about this? It seems so and I don’t want to be drinking microplastics. Who could fix this?
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Bruegel
3 months ago
🏅 The Nobel Prize committee’s message for European innovation 💡 It is time for Europe to embrace creative destruction as a necessary consequence of successful growth and
#innovation
✏️ Will policymakers take note? By
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#EconSky
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The Nobel Prize committee’s message for European innovation
The award of the Nobel Prize to economists working on creative destruction contains a lesson that policymakers should be ready to let some firms go
https://buff.ly/FVohLzz
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Home of the Brave
3 months ago
On October 18th, millions of brave Americans will stand up and peacefully protest against the authoritarian disease metastasizing under Donald Trump. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.
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T&E
3 months ago
Biofuels are a bad climate solution and a huge waste of land, food and millions in subsidies. Burning crops for fuel only pushes us further away from our climate goals. But biofuel production is only growing across the planet. 4/
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We’re Going To Keep The Popehat
3 months ago
Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.
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Molly Jong-Fast
3 months ago
It almost ceases to be ideological, I think anti-moron could be a lane for a political party.
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Bruegel
4 months ago
💻 Digital platform regulation: are we all included in the digital economy? 📅 25 September 2025 13:30-14:30 CET Can smart regulation make digital markets fairer, more open and better for users? w/
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Jeff Gordon at CLS
4 months ago
What people can do right now: cancel their Disney+ streaming subscriptions. Disney is making an economic calculation here. Thus far -- they see only the benefits from cancelling Kimmel. We the media-consuming people have the power to make them see the costs.
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States are stepping up! Look at the Northeast Public Health Collaborative that is going to fulfill formerly federal functions like recommending vaccines. Yay.
www.maine.gov/governor/mil...
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Maine, Northeastern States Formally Announce Northeast Public Health Collaborative
Regional partnership of public health agencies and leaders will share expertise, improve coordination, and promote and protect evidence-based public health Several Northeastern states -- including Mai...
https://www.maine.gov/governor/mills/news/maine-northeastern-states-formally-announce-northeast-public-health-collaborative-2025-09-18
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“It could put loyalties at risk” says Bloomberg. Really? American farmers and Republicans are like Carlie Brown and the proverbial football. They always come back so they can always be exploited.
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The Typist
10 months ago
Bluesky has set up headquarters in Belgium.
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Bluesky finally found in Belgium
Any Digital Services Act questions will go to the Belgian telecom regulator as Bluesky established its legal headquarters in the country.
https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/03/13/bluesky-finally-found-in-belgium
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Mark Lemley
4 months ago
I'm tired of all the winning
www.404media.co/2-000-shippi...
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$2,000 Shipping: International Sellers Charge Absurd Prices to Avoid Dealing With American Tariffs
Some sellers on eBay and Etsy have jacked up their shipping costs so American buyers won't buy their products.
https://www.404media.co/2-000-shipping-international-sellers-charge-absurd-prices-to-avoid-dealing-with-american-tariffs/
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Claudia Sahm
4 months ago
Lisa Cook must stay on as a Fed Governor. She must vote Wednesday. It’s not about her, it’s about us.
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Henry Farrell
4 months ago
"“We’ve become a party that too often trims its sails. Too cautious, too rudderless. Too attached to poll-washed, pundit-rinsed, and donor-dried messages,” he said. “What comes out of the wash is all bleached and blow-dried.”
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Kara Swisher
4 months ago
What he said
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Sumit Sharma
4 months ago
My take on the Google search remedies decision in
@techpolicypress.bsky.social
➡️Remedies Not Enough as Google will still be default ➡️None of the other remedies compensate for this ➡️ Just relying on AI is bananas
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US Court's Remedies Not Enough Given Google Can Continue to Pay for Search Defaults | TechPolicy.Press
The remedies ordered will not pry open competition, because Google can continue to pay to be a default service, writes Sumit Sharma.
https://www.techpolicy.press/us-courts-remedies-not-enough-given-google-can-continue-to-pay-for-search-defaults/
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Chris Murphy
4 months ago
Republicans are in charge of everything. If the government shuts down, it's on them. I'm transparent about how you get my vote. And it's not hard. I just need a budget that doesn't destroy our health care system, and funds democracy, not totalitarianism and corruption.
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The ideas in this paper would have helped restore competition in search. I am afraid what we got will not make much (perhaps zero) difference.
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