Tickets are going fast for this year's Public Policy Lecture w/ Prof Ricardo Hausmann @harvardkennedy.bsky.social discussing "Public Policy in the Age of Disruption", chaired by @terzibus.bsky.social 📅 Thu 20 Nov 🕠 17:30 – 19:00 📍 Jesus College 👉 Book now: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/events/annua...

Well @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social is very persuasive. Ordered.

Watch 25-minute lectures on foundation models, credit access, and expertise from our recent micro-conference, featuring presentations from @asheshrambachan.bsky.social, @davidautor.bsky.social, and Nathaniel Hendren. Watch the recordings: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Learned so much about this from @ericbeinhocker.bsky.social and @brettchristophers.bsky.social

Nobel Laureates on innovation being crucial for competitiveness. Dealing back on competition policies, it’s an important part of our work when updating our merger guidelines to better take into account innovation and the appearance of new innovative firms.

@annpettifor.bsky.social great to update your blog post with reference to Matthew syed’s pro austerity article so we can use it to set up a debate. Thank you so much

Co-director @dacemoglumit.bsky.social participated in yesterday's United Nations dialogue session on AI, highlighted in @nytimes.com. Daron stressed that the current path of AI, which emphasizes automation, could lead to greater inequality. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/b...

Loved joining @emmaturner75.bsky.social and @teacherhead.bsky.social for a chat on @mindthegappodcast.bsky.social this week. Out soon. I've got a new addition to my profile bio out of it...!

@rethinkingjames.bsky.social be great to hear you interview @indyjohar.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/0ofe...

@carlotaperez.bsky.social nice hat tip In @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social book review today. Yay

NEW – IEA reiterates ‘no new oil and gas needed’ if global warming is limited to 1.5C | @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/SV5n4NW

Love this for young girls. Teach them weapons

if you want your blood boiling (how else to keep warm this winter), just check what profitability levels your eye-watering energy bills subsidise - over 50% in distribution and transmission

today, Rachel Reeves meets BlackRock & Blackstone bosses to ask what British derisking state can do for them. New Rip-off Britain project by @cmmonwealth.bsky.social shows what institutional ownership has done for us: 200bn from our pockets to Big Finance!

Tl;dr Engineers print money

Clarity of this is amazing thank you #econ1 #econ4

mkt power #econ3 youtu.be/iwJVfRa5xYs?...

‘an economy is a system for producing value, then the value created by modern Western economies no longer corresponds closely to the physical weight of the goods it produces’ #econ2 #econ1 #econ3

Is this mkt power? #econ3

This is an interesting collection of essays on what a new economic policy agenda for these - interesting - times could involve (I have a short comment in it, loads of great contributors): press.lse.ac.uk/books/e/10.3...

Who has the better model - China's engineering state or America's lawyerly society? Both have their strengths and weaknesses as Dan Wang explores in his provocative new book Breakneck. My @financialtimes.com review below on.ft.com/45p1Q5w

Micro y1 and macro y2 #econ1 #econ4

£194 billion. We now know that Right to Buy was one of the largest giveaways of public wealth in UK history. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Lab mkts in micro y2 #econ3

Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements This is a big deal

Micro y1 & macro y2 #econ1 #econ4

Argument against agglomeration h/t @garyseconomics.bsky.social @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/commonpl...

This blew my lil mind. Wow! Especially as ‘unother’ forms one of the 6 motivation levers of the @pepsmccrea.bsky.social framework

Mkt power #econ3

Had a chat with Billy Bragg at Latitude while we were both eating lunch. He told me that teachers and school leaders make more of a difference to the world than musicians ever can and he shook my hand. He made a difference to me today for sure. He is such a nice, humble bloke.

Just published in @jpube.bsky.social: "Does the prospect of upward mobility undermine support for redistribution?" By @donandrewmoore.bsky.social‬, @renechoudhari.bsky.social, & @aileenwu.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #econsky #publiceconomics

99% of after-tax profits are captured by the top 10%, with the top 1% alone accounting for more than 93% Market power as mkt failure #econ3

The comments on Rachel Reeves' FT op-ed about cutting regulation are very revealing 👀 It's clear the public aren't buying this.

🔌💡Life cycle emissions of battery electric cars are 4x less than gasoline cars in EU. A new report from our EU team not only confirms that battery electric cars are better than gasoline cars but also busts some myths about why sometimes other studies claim the opposite. #EVs #battchat 1/3

Agent-based modeling comes of age. Great piece on how @inetoxford.bsky.social is using ABMs with central banks, on macro economics, and for policy design www.inet.ox.ac.uk/news/agent-b...

New @ippr.org report out today Transport isn’t working for low-income households Reducing car dependence is essential for providing greater access to opportunity, cutting transport costs and reducing the harms caused by car-dominated places Read how the UK government can achieve this👇

. @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social calls for new frameworks to better measure & manage data’s role in innovation, AI, & economic development, to inform policy & ensure fair value distribution at @wipo.int conference in Geneva. Watch: www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/rethink...

86% Ss praised for intelligence asked for info on peers vs 23% praised for effort - majority asking for feedback about how they could do better. #6 38% Ss who had been praised for ability lied about the number of problems they solved in the task. Only 13% of the children praised for effort did.

Micro y1 #econ1

📣 NEW BLOG 📣 Teaching the limited capacity brain. A visual guide and model hobbolog.wordpress.com/2025/07/09/t...

These are useful

Does regulation work when there is market power? #econ3

Tipping point, overshoot and slingshot to learn about market failure #econ1

Markets everywhere

Mkt power as mkt failure. Is regulation realistic when public servants will be motivated by private gain

Mkt power as mkt failure? Regulation isn’t realistic in a hyper financialised economy where incentives mean public servants are motivated by private gain?

NEW – OBR: Net-zero is much cheaper than thought for UK – and unchecked global warming far more costly | @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/OTbsfLG

What are the top 20 principles of Teaching & Learning? https://www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/principles-teaching-learning/