Worst thing about November in Oslo is not that the world looks like this but that half the city is out there going for a run at 7.30am pretending this is acceptable running weather (yes I’m just jealous of their self discipline)

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Sorry I have to say it, but: „American English is wrong about that one“.

Much fewer people have moved from Germany to the US this year compared to the past years (Fortzüge is those who migrated GER—>US, Zuzüge is US—>GER). Last time we saw such a decrease (besides Covid) was 2017 👀 www.destatis.de/DE/Presse/Pr...

📣 We are hiring at the University of Oslo

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Service info: if you sprain your ankle and you happen to have an over equipped kitchen, these wine cooler sleeves are perfect splints

The main question is: why do Europe and the US/Canada do it at different (but close) points in time??

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Our paper "Should we stay or should we go?" has been nominated for the ONS People’s Choice Award! Shall we win it or shall we lose? Totally up to you - but here’s the link to vote 😉 forms.office.com/pages/respon...

I gave a talk at @oslomet.bsky.social today and not only did I have a great time there but they also gifted me honey they get from local bees!! Thank you for having me @aajohnsen.bsky.social 💛🐝

Darf man noch "Ist mir wurst" sagen?

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When you start your commit message with bigfux: instead of bugfix: you can be sure it was a major bug.

Ja, das ist ein Post für Markus Söder

Oslo is more progressive than Munich by most standards I think, but being vegetarian or vegan is definitely much easier in Munich. I was at Oktoberfest this weekend and they had more vegan options than the entire city of Oslo.

Monday morning and a guy is playing the flute on campus in front of our building??

It is very hard for me not to cut and paste passages from my book into posts at this point. I have been told by my editor not to give away the goods. That said. The difference in scale of outrage between Attiah’s firing and Kimmel’s suspension proves a whole point about canaries and coal mines.

The German minister of economic affairs‘ last name is Reiche which translates to rich (plural) and this produces the most beautiful headlines. Today: „The rich are against higher inheritance taxes“

They are quite literally allowed to do that. It’s literally the first rule we made in this country

The @nber.org Race and Stratification in the Economy working group is seeking submissions for our upcoming Spring 2026 meeting to be held on March 27, 2026. The submission deadline is December 11, 2025. The call for papers is here: www.asc.ohio-state.edu/logan.155/pd...

Me when explaining to my co-authors how I messed up our code

I am extremely bad at cancelling subscriptions etc but glad I managed to cancel my Disney+ subscription today

Facts matter

'God is my witness' just means you don't have a witness.

Also why would you think you could redo something today that is almost half a century old? I recently tried watching it for the first time and I can tell you that if you didn’t grow up with it it’s just not that funny. I guess people in the 1970s also didn’t find stuff from the 1920s super funny 🤷‍♀️

When you make it through your first seminar talk in econ

Norwegian elections are coming up and they have put temporary polling stations for early voting in public places. There is one on campus that I can see from my office window and it’s kind of cool to see people constantly waiting in line for voting. Feels like a very live view of democracy.

Over 125 economists signed the open letter calling on the President, Congress, and the American public to uphold the principles of Federal Reserve independence and not remove Lisa Cook without due process. There's still time to sign! And please share. #EconSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...

DLF Nachrichten zu Lisa Cook heute Morgen hören sich an als sei das ein ganz normaler Vorgang und als gebe es ernsthafte Vorwürfe gegen sie. Come on Deutschlandfunk you can do better! (Börsennews direkt im Anschluss waren differenziert)

Of course, the far-right hates that a respected Black woman with a PhD is holding a position of power These people are fundamentally racists and misogynists Their claims that they care about “merit” are bullshit Any person who isn’t a white Christian straight male is inherently meritless for them

I have a great tip for all of you: if you buy flowers for a colleague but forget they’re not in the office you can keep the flowers yourself! Also: carnations are heavily underrated, why did I use to think of them as old people flowers??

Personally, I think the words biannual and biennial are a bit too similar. Like, how am I supposed to remember which is which??

Oh so it does have phd level intelligence

Writing #TheDoubleTax taught me that society punishes moms, even when they give their all, and praises dads for doing the bare minimum.

I’m all for an economy that facilitates career-family balance but maybe the men could also do something.

Not all cape-wearers are heroes.

I am not gonna do this 1 like 1 hot take thing because I simply have too many hot takes, but here is my hot take of this very moment where I am trying to find a paper: Don’t list your publications and working papers on different pages on your website. That makes no sense.

Magpie on our balcony going on a stupid little walk for its stupid mental health

Great program 👇

Awesome programme!

In case you’re wondering what August Sundays look like in Oslo 🫐

I hope you all follow the Tour de France Femmes this year because it’s SO GOOD 🔥

My (non-econ) partner said yesterday that no one combines arrogance with uncoolness as much as economists. I am afraid that after thinking about it for a day now I still haven’t come up with a group that is more arrogant and less cool at the same time.

Very cool website showing how far you can get by train from a given city in a given amount of time. I kind of knew but definite didn’t appreciate enough how well connected German cities are before moving far north 👀 www.chronotrains.com/en/explore

I am begging you ELSTER: wenn Felder sowas sagen wie „Summe aus Zeile A, B und C“, dann füg doch einfach die Summe da ein statt mich wieder in eine andere Anlage zu schicken um die Werte rauszusuchen 😭