The rise and fall of the internal combustion engine, China edition. robbieandrew.github.io/carsales/

"The EU and China have expressed interest in joining the agreement, which may make it one of the most significant outcomes of the November summit..." Let's hope!! www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

To mark the 200th anniversary of the first passenger railway, the Royal Mail has issued a new set of 10 stamps – perfect for railway fans to use on their Christmas Cards. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/new...

Annual open day at #KEK. 4,000 people wandering around a high energy physics lab has to be peak Tsukuba

Nippon Foundation Honorary Chair Yohei Sasakawa met the head of the Russian Orthodox Church during a visit to Moscow, during which he learned the Russian church is seeking dialogue with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church.

It’s a great paper, but then counterpunishment … www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Ogre-like FDR & Churchill sporting quite undergarments as they stare down a tasty cow (labeled "Asia") armed with Japanese swords for horns From a Feb. 1942 edition of the satire magazine Manga

The interesting thing is the y-axis. At this rate, foreigners will take over Japan in only 250,000 years.

Too close.

Doubleplusgood. Let's take a moment to celebrate this announcement and also to remember that prior to 2025, the US tariff on cars imported from Japan was 2.5%. #Tweedledum @japantimes.co.jp‬

How to quantify the impact of AI on long-run cultural evolution? Published today, I give it a go! 400+ years of strategic dynamics in the game of Go (Baduk/Weiqi), from feudalism to AlphaGo!

I could have sworn I created this before on our Previous Parish, but couldn't find it so made it fresh. I present: OUR BLESSED mixed models // THEIR BARBAROUS fixed effects

Seems like quite a moment. This morning, the UK was powered entirely by low-carbon energy, it seems. Yes it's windy and sunny. But it's still a milestone.

Whoa! Elsevier fired @richardtol.bsky.social, longstanding Editor-in-Chief of the journal Energy Economics. Richard's side of the story should be ringing alarm bells. #EconSky Fraud and cover-up richardtol.substack.com/p/fraud-and-...

All is not well at Elsevier richardtol.substack.com/p/fraud-and-...

Celebrate the independence of Mexico by watching on the channel some wonderful works from the country: JAPON. CANOA: A SHAMEFUL MEMORY. SIMON OF THE DESERT. THE EXTERMINATING ANGEL. VICTIMS OF SIN. TÓTEM. CRONOS. ALUCARDA. DEEP CRIMSON and more.

The Tokyo District Court has ruled that a 25-year-old woman's death by suicide was directly due to harassment by her company's president. It's one of many examples of how harassment and stress are taking a toll on employees in Japan. buff.ly/WqlBo2t

📣BREAKING: Known as "Fish 1," the World Trade Organization Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies enters into force today to tackle harmful fishing practices. Read the statement from WRI Ocean's Global Director, @tomolamola.bsky.social: bit.ly/4666ztl

In September's Environmental and Resource Economics: traditionally, US institutions have coupled research leadership with global public goods. As US environmental policy retreats, three leaders of environmental economics in Europe offer ways in which other countries can step-up.

Calling microeconomics professors… Faculty who participate in our study earn $2,000 over two semesters! Apply today to join the last cohort of the Uncommon Econ Faculty Evaluation Community. Deadline: October 1, with rolling deadline after that until all spots are filled.

The Art of Data Visualization with ggplot2: A free online book by @nrennie.bsky.social that guides us through the entire process of creating plots, including why certain decisions were made, using real datasets that have been part of #TidyTuesday. Very excited to get stuck into this one. #rstats

Suggestion for any parliamentarians who see this. Put down a PQ to the Cabinet Office to ask them if an assessment has been made of whether use of X is compatible with GCS propriety rules, the Civil Service Code and the PSED. And if not, why not.

Read in full 👉

One way I can tell if the coffee has got to my brain is that I read something about the disastrous effect pensioners are having on the fiscal situation and I think "you know what, we can definitely solve this"- on.ft.com/46AUDjd via @jburnmurdoch.ft.com

This paper shows that empirical economics research often lacks credibility because of low statistical power and publication bias. About 80% of reported effects are overstated, typically by a factor of two, and sometimes by four or more.

New publication: “A simple growth model of open economies” Small twist to Solow model, aligns it better to open economies. Contribution: 1: Organizes many empirical observations under simple framework. 2: Enables teaching open-economy growth at undergrad. 🧵 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

On 10 Sept, CCS Hayashi confirmed closure of the 6 Japan Centres in Russia. The Japan Centres, which were funded by JPN’s govt, provided language classes to locals. Their closure follows pressure from the RU authorities, incl. prosecution of one manager. www.hokkaido-np.co.jp/article/1209...

In September's Environmental and Resource Economics: This paper is free to download for the next 4 weeks and provides a detailed analysis of how changes to environmental policy in the US are bad economics. buff.ly/5C7ksBE #EconSky

Three Japanese nationals were among the 475 people detained during a raid by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at the construction site of a Hyundai Motor plant in the U.S. state of Georgia, it has been learned.

In September's Environmental and Resource Economics: invasive species are an economic issue in many communities. Erlend Dancke Sandorf and 9 co-authors consider the willingness to pay to limit the spread of the Red King Crab in Norwegian seas. #crab #Econsky #EAERE

In September's Environmental and Resource Economics: Higher global temperatures mean that more regions are seeing widespread adoption of air conditioning. Hongliang Zhang & Shang Xu quantify the impact on domestic electricity demand for the north-west US. #EconSky

Digital Science investigation shows millions of taxpayers’ money has been awarded to researchers associated with fictitious network | @digital-science.com | @mcintold.bsky.social | www.digital-science.com/blog/2025/09...

In September's Environmental and Resource Economics: is there motivational crowding out in volunteering? Robbie Maris, Zack Dorner & Fredrik Carlsson offer further experimental evidence from New Zealand. #Econsky #EAERE

Can confirm that Tsukuba has a great food culture.

If you do find your name, go here to file to get your money! www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com

A small suggestion: in the UK national accounts split 'Education services exports' out of the general 'travel services exports' , then at least politicians can point to it as one of the top 5 export industries.

Useful paper. Possibly also worth noting that the data - from annual reports - pre-dates the election of the current US President.

In September's Environmental and Resource Economics: In the absence of air-conditioning, high summer temperatures can affect student performance. Jose María Martínez, Victor Zuluaga & Alexander Buriticá examine evidence from Colombian high school students. #Econsky

How about paying a living wage? www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/...

In September's Environmental and Resource Economics: William K Jaeger applies recent ideas on the evolution of the value of nature to the cost-benefit of dam busters on the Snake River, USA. buff.ly/lSo75GF #EconSky #EAERE

In September's Environmental and Resource Economics: As extreme weather events become more common, Gruhl, Brehm, Ghosh, Breidenbach & aus dem Moore use German data to understand how householder perceptions of risk evolve after major floods. #EconSky

In September's Environmental and Resource Economics: carbon taxes in the North can induce innovation and in developing countries. That feeds back into trade and investments elsewhere. Jonathon Becker, Jared Carbone & @andreasloeschel.bsky.social explore the issues. #Econsky #EAERE buff.ly/xGRDWlD

We usually rely on GDP, trade, or wages to study the past. This amazing paper flips the script. It analyzes 630,000 paintings (1400-2000) to extract emotions and shows how art tracks living standards, wars, inequality, and even climate shocks. (How is this economics? Everything is economics!)

On behalf of tadpoles everywhere, let us take this moment to repeat: the boiling frog story is scientifically inaccurate archive-srel.uga.edu/outreach/eco...

oh my god someone teach it to say Son Heung-min

This week’s Sunday @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla...

Following the recommendations of an expert panel in 2016, in May 2025 Japan announced plans for a #carbon #ETS with a start date of 2028. #カーボンプライシング #排出量取引制度 Here's an overview table, comparing current plans to two established schemes. How #Japan will make use of cross-border credits is key.

Seems bad

How well can LLMs mimic human behavior in playing games? What is revealed by the prompts needed to generate different behaviors? They reveal quite a lot: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... just published open access with Yutong Xie, Qiaozhu Mei, Walter Yuan

Tour de force review on “Economics of Attention” by Loewenstein just published in J Econ Lit @aeajournals.bsky.social #behavioraleconomics